摘要 |
A ruthenium (II) compound of formula (I): or a solvate on prodrug thereof, wherein: R<SUP>1</SUP>, R<SUP>1</SUP>, R<SUP>3</SUP>, R<SUP>4</SUP>, R<SUP>5 </SUP>and R<SUP>6 </SUP>are independently selected from H, C<SUB>1-7 </SUB>alkyl, C<SUB>5-20 </SUB>aryl, C<SUB>3-20 </SUB>heterocyclyl, halo, ester, amido, acyl, sulfo, sulfonamido, ether, thioether, azo, amino, or R<SUP>1 </SUP>and R<SUP>2 </SUP>together with the ring to which they are attached form a saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic group containing up to three 3- to 8-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings, wherein each carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring may be fused to one or more other carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings; X is a neutral or negatively charged N- or S-donor ligand; Y is a counterion; in is 0 or 1; q is 1, 2 or 3; C'' is C<SUB>1-12 </SUB>alkylene bound to two A groups; p is 0 or 1 and r is 1 when p is 0 and r is 2 when p is 1; and A and B are each independently O-donor, N-donor or S-donor ligands, and may be connected to one another. The compounds are used in cancer therapy.
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