Luminescent Pyrrole-Based Phosphaphenalene Gold Complexes: Versatile Anticancer Tools with Wide Applicability

Valentina Fermi; Elzbieta Regulska; Anna Wolfram; Patrick Wessling; Frank Rominger; Christel Herold-Mende; Carlos Romero-Nieto

doi:10.1002/chem.202201362

Luminescent Pyrrole-Based Phosphaphenalene Gold Complexes: Versatile Anticancer Tools with Wide Applicability

Chemistry. 2022 Jun 15;28(34):e202201362. doi: 10.1002/chem.202201362. Epub 2022 May 26.

Authors

Valentina Fermi¹, Elzbieta Regulska^{2

3}, Anna Wolfram^{2

3}, Patrick Wessling³, Frank Rominger³, Christel Herold-Mende¹, Carlos Romero-Nieto^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgical Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
² Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Calle Almansa 14 - Edif. Bioincubadora, 02008, Albacete, Spain.
³ Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 35616165
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201362

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue are the groups of Christel Herold-Mende and Carlos Romero-Nieto at the Universities of Heidelberg and Castilla-La Mancha. The image depicts the use of phosphaphenalene gold(I) complexes for the treatment of brain cancer. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202104535.

MeSH terms

Gold*
Pyrroles*

Substances

Pyrroles
Gold