Ruthenium(II) complexes of the general type shown below are potential anticancer drugs: The cytotoxicity of such complexes

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Ruthenium(II) complexes of the general type shown below are potential anticancer drugs:

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The cytotoxicity of such complexes relies upon the replacement of the chlorido ligand by H2O, and is pH dependent. 

(a) Write an equilibrium that defines the Ka value of the hydrolysis product of the above complex. 

(b) How does the introduction of electron withdrawing substituents into the arene ring affect the pKa value of the complex? 

(c) Suggest why the cytotoxicity is pH dependent.

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

5th Edition

Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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