A therapeutically viable photo-activated manganese-based CO-releasing molecule (photo-CO-RM)

Dalton Trans. 2012 Sep 21;41(35):10514-7. doi: 10.1039/c2dt31588b. Epub 2012 Jul 31.

Abstract

A new class of photochemically-activated CO-releasing molecule (photo-CO-RM), based on a Mn(CO)(4)(C^N) system, is reported in this study. Three CO molecules are released per CO-RM molecule. Complex 3 is a fast releaser, thermally stable in the dark and a viable therapeutic agent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Monoxide / chemistry*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Manganese / chemistry*
  • Mice
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Organometallic Compounds / pharmacology
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Manganese
  • Carbon Monoxide