Platinum complexes terms Links

In general terms, both steric effects and electronic factors are expected to play a role in determinating the reactivity of square-planar platinum complexes. The presence of planar amine ligands in cis- or /ran.y-Pt(anion )2 complexes and their orientation with respect to the coordination plane, as well as their substituents, can reduce the rates of DNA binding or thio binding compared to aliphatic ammine and amine complexes. Especially, substituents close to the coordination site should be expected to slow down axial substitution reactions at Pt. As there is now little doubt that DNA platina-tion is a key event (or THE key event) in the mechanism of action of platinum anticancer drugs, attention to the process of formation of the major adduct (GG) as an intrastrand cross-link between N(7) atoms of two adjacent guanine (G) residues, will remain important. 

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