Thiosemicarbazones iron complexes

Selective inhibition of DNA synthesis over RNA and protein synthesis, as examined by standard assays, does not automatically imply binding to DNA. An example is rhodium acetate which may exert its influence on DNA synthesis by reaction and inhibition of precursor enzymes (Chapter 6.1.2). Inhibition of the synthesis of essential precursors is also well demonstrated by thiosemicarbazone—iron complexes, which may be formed in vivo (Chapter 6.2.2). 

MOSSBAUER SPECTRA OF IRON COMPLEXES WITH THIOSEMICARBAZONE OF DIACETYLOXIME AND THEIR INTERPRETATION,... 

The synthesis of iron, cobalt and nickel complexes of 2-fomiylpyridine thiosemicarbazone has been reported [59]. The a-(AO-heterocyclic carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazones strongly complex transition metals through their N -N -S ... 

Treatment via chelation has been observed for 2-acetylpyridine thiosemi-carbazone derivatives, which have been found to possess inhibitory activity for the RNA-polymerases of the influenza virus [133]. The iron(III) complexes were shown to be 3 to 6 times more active as inhibitors of partially purified ribonucleotide reductase (no added iron) compared to uncomplexed thiosemi-carbazone [128]. Raina and Srivastava [134] prepared and characterized low spin iron(III) complexes of 2-acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazone, [Fe(8-H)2A] (A = NO3, OH, Cl, N3, NCS or NO2), which were proposed as being seven-coordinate. However, all but the azide complex are 1 1 electrolytes in DMF and their solid ESR spectra are rhombic with the g-values being about 2.20,2.15 and 2.00. Of the six complexes, the azide ion seems to interact ihost strongly with the iron(III) center. 

There have been no reports of complexes of " JV-substituted thiosemicarbazones derived from 2-formylpyridine, but 2-acetylpyridine JV-methyl-thiosemicarbazone, 3a, formed [Fe(3a-H)2]C104 and [Fe(3a-H)2]FeCl4 [117]. The nature of these two species was established by partial elemental analyses, molar conductivities, magnetic moments, electronic, infrared, mass and electron spin resonance spectra. A crystal structure of a related selenosemicarbazone complex confirmed the presence of a distorted octahedral iron(III) cation coordinated by two deprotonated anions so that each ligand is essentially planar and the azomethine nitrogens are trans to each other the pyridyl nitrogen and selenium donors are both cis. 

An iron(III) complex of 2-acetylpyridine 3-azabicyclononylthiosemi-carbazone, 4, the thiosemicarbazone that was found to have the most potent antimalarial activity of a large number of 2-acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazones tested [88], was originally formulated as 5-coordinate [Fe(4-H)Cl2], [135], but more recent studies have shown it to be [Fe(4-H)2] [FeCl4] [117]. This complex has similar antimalarial activity to that of the uncomplexed ligand, but possesses enhanced antitumor activity [136]. 

Table 1. ESR parameters for iron(III) thiosemicarbazone complexes at 77 K as powders...

Iron(III) complexes have also been prepared with 2-acetylpyridine N-phenylthiosemicarbazone [142], 14. Three have been formulated as square pyramidal [Fe(14-H)A2] (A = Cl, NCS and NOj) based, in part, on molar conductivities of 37-62 ohm cm mol . Their ESR spectra in frozen DMF are essentially the same as for other Af-substituted species, which likely indicates the presence of [FeL2] ions. More recently [138], [Fe(14-H)2]C104 has been isolated and its solid ESR spectrum is reported to be axial with g > g - Table 1 summarizes the g-values of iron(III) heterocyclic thiosemicarbazone complexes. 

While iron(III) complexes of thiosemicarbazones with different functional groups involving have been prepared from 2-acetylpyridine, substitution on the ring has been more popular with thiosemicarbazones derived from 2-formylpyridine. The only thiosemicarbazones in which the 2-acetylpyridine ring has been substituted are 15a and 15b, prepared from 6-methyl-2-acetyl-pyridine [120]. Both of these iron(III) complexes have rhombic spectra and values of g, are similar to those found for the 2-acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazones. Solution studies have been carried out on the iron(III) complex of 2,6-diacetylpyridine mono-thiosemicarbazone, but the solid complex was not isolated [143]. 

Complexes of 2-formylquinoline and 1-formylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazones, 20 and 21, respectively, have been prepared, but iron(III) complexes were not included in the initial study [147], More recently [132], an iron(III) complex of 1-formylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazone, [Fe(21)Cl3] has been found to have a magnetic moment of about 2.1, g of 2.146, and involve the neutral ligand bound in a tridentate manner. A complex of the same stoichiometry was reported for 4-methyl-5-amino-1-formylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazone, 22. Its magnetic moment is about 2.1 and g, = 2.126. 

The iron(III) complexes of 21 and 22 were shown to be 3 to 6 times more active as inhibitors of partially purified ribonucleotide reductase than un-complexed thiosemicarbazones [128]. The mechanism of antitumor action by these complexes still remains largely speculative, although some excellent preliminary studies have appeared. It has been postulated [148] that tridentate... 

Iron(III) complexes of 2-acetylpyridine Af-oxide iV-methyl- and 3-azabicyclo[3.2.2.]nonylthiosemicarbazone, 24 and 25, respectively, have been isolated from both iron(III) perchlorate and chloride [117], The perchlorate salt yields low spin, octahedral, monovalent, cationic complexes involving two deprotonated, tridentate thiosemicarbazone ligands coordinated via the N-oxide oxygen, azomethine nitrogen and thiol sulfur based on infrared spectral studies. Their powder ESR g-values are included in Table 1 and indicate that bonding is less covalent than for the analogous thiosemicarbazones prepared from 2-acetylpyridine, 3a and 4. Starting with iron (III) chloride, compounds with the same cations, but with tetrachloroferrate(III) anions, were isolated. 

Besides complexes of thiosemicarbazones prepared from nitrogen heterocycles, iron(III) complexes of both 2-formylthiophene thiosemicarbazone, 26, and 2-acetylthiophene thiosemicarbazone, 27, have been isolated [155]. Low spin, distorted octahedral complexes of stoichiometry [Fe(26)2A2]A (A = Cl, Br, SCN) were found to be 1 1 electrolytes in nitromethane. Low spin Fe(27)3A3 (A = Cl, Br, SCN) complexes were also isolated, but their insolubility in organic solvents did not allow molar conductivity measurements. Infrared speetra indicate coordination of both via the azomethine nitrogen and thione sulfur, but not the thiophene sulfur. The thiocyanate complexes have spectral bands at 2065, 770 and 470 cm consistent with N-bonded thiocyanato ligands, but v(FeCl) and v(FeBr) were not assigned due to the large number of bands found in the spectra of the two ligands. 

Iron(II) complexes are often included in studies when complexes are prepared from a large number of different metal ions. 2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone, 5, forms brown [Fe(5)2A2] (A = Cl, Br) when prepared in ethanol and [Fe(5-H)2] from aqueous alcohol solution [156], All of these complexes are diamagnetic. The resonance Raman and infrared spectra of [Fe(5-H)2] were examined in detail [130] and coordination occurs via the pyridyl nitrogen, azomethine nitrogen and thiol sulfur. There is appreciable d-d sulfur-to-iron(II) Jt-bonding. Solution studies of iron(II) complexes of some 5-substituted-2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazones have been reported [157], but no solids... 

No iron(II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones or S-alkyldithiocarbazates derived from 2-acetylpyridine have been reported to date. 

Iron(II) complexes of general formula [FeLA2] A = Cl, Br, I, NO3, NCS or NCSe have been formed [145] with both 2-formylquinohne thiosemicarbazone, 20, and 1-formylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazone, 21. All are characterized as five-coordinate, high spin iron(II) complexes and the electronic spectra are assigned consistent with distorted trigonal bipyramidal structures. 

The copper(II) complexes of 3-ethoxy-2-oxobutyraldehyde bis(thiosemicarbazone) and related compounds are active in vivo agents [151, 158, 159]. The metal complexes of 2-heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones were evaluated for their cytotoxicities [160, 161]. Further studies have revealed that these ligand s iron and copper complexes are effective inhibitors of DNA synthesis at much lower concentrations than the free thiosemicarbazones without apparent cytotoxicity [127]. Although the iron(III) complex of 2-isoformylquinoline thiosemicarbaz-one, 21, is considerably more active than free 21, the copper(II) complex is only moderately more active [127]. 

The transitions of type (c) are defined by two transition temperatures, one for decreasing (Ti/2j), and one for increasing temperature (Ti/2 ). Two-step transitions (Fig. Id), first reported in 1981 for an iron(III) complex of 2-bromo-salicylaldehyde-thiosemicarbazone [21], are relatively rare and have their origins in several sources. The most obvious is the presence of two lattice sites for the complex molecules. There are several examples of this [22]. In addition, binuclear systems can give rise to this effect, even when the environment of each metal atom is the same—in this instance the... 

The Fe(III) complexes of R-substituted salicylaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (R-thsa2- Fig. 6) are among the most studied spin crossover materials of this family. The crystal structures of several of them have been determined at various temperatures. The iron-donor atom distances are compiled in Table 2. The Fe(III) ion is in a distorted FeS2N202 octahedron formed by two thiosemicarbazone ligands, which are geometrically arranged in such a way that the S and O atoms are located in cis positions, whereas the N atoms occupy trans positions, i.e. each tridentate molecule coordinates in an equatorial plane [101]. 

The coordination shell comprises three fac-S and three fac-N-donor atoms in [Fe(6mp)3] [FeClJCl, where 6mp = 6-thiopurine, (189). Both iron(II) and iron(III) complexes are included in a review of transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazones. " 5,5 -Dimethyl-l,2,3-cyclohex-anetrione-l,2-dioxime-3-thiosemi-carbazone, dcdt (190), acts as an A, A, 5 -donor to Fe +, giving a bis-ligand complex (contrast [Fe(7V,7V -dcdt)3] with Fe " "). The Schiff bases from pyridine 2-carboxaldehyde and thiosemicarbazide or 4-phenyl thiosemicarbazide also act as A, VV, 5 -donors, both to Fe " " and to Fe " ". The antibacterial activity of these complexes was assessed, in... 

The other thiosemicarbazones are less well studied and as yet the link between antiviral action and chelation is not fully established. It has been proposed that the chelation of iron(II), a cofactor of ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase, could be the principal mode of action of the thiosemicarbazones300. However, other mechanisms are possible. Investigations of the ESR spectra of copper(II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones has been used to follow the intracellular reactions of the complexes - see Antholine et al.301 for a review. In Ehrlich cells the chelate becomes localized in the cell membrane302. This spectroscopic technique could also be used to monitor the antimala-rial action of 2-acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazones303. ... 

Several compounds capable of metal chelation inhibit the non-heme iron ribonucleotide reductases with many of these chelators the mechanism of inhibition appears to be more complex than simple competition for the iron atom required by the enzyme. The most potent members of one such group of inhibitors are the thiosemicarbazones of 1-formyl-isoquinoline (I) and 2-formylpyridine (II). 

Studies conducted on the inhibition of libonucleoside diphosphate reductase by the preformed iron chelate of 1-formylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazone (1) [(Fe)IQ-11 have shown that under appropriate conditions (Fe)IQ-1 was essentially equal to (1) as an inhibitor of enzymatic activity (78). At a concentration of (Fe)IQ-l which inhibited enzymatic activity by 73% in the absence of added Fe, only 30% inhibition was observed when Fe " was added to the preparation. In contrast, (1) decreased enzyme activity 65% in the presence of Fe but only 15% without Fe. The findings imply that Fe(IQ-l) is the active form of the inhibitor and stress further complexities in the mode of inhibition. 

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