Inclusion of molybdenocene dichloride (Cp2MoCl2) in 2-hydroxypropyl- and trimethyl-β-cyclodextrin: Structural and biological properties

Organometallic-cyclodextrin inclusion compounds were obtained by the treatment of molybdenocene dichloride (Cp₂MoCl₂) with the modified cyclodextrins (CDs) heptakis-2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-β-CD (TRIMEB) and 2-hydroxypropyl-β-CD (HPβCD) in aqueous solution. The products were isolated by liophilisation and characterised in the solid-state by powder XRD, thermogravimetric analysis, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy, and ¹³C CP MAS NMR spectroscopy. The results are consistent with inclusion of Cp₂MoCl₂, rather than hydrolysis products such as [Cp₂Mo(H₂O)X]⁺ (X = Cl, OH) or [Cp₂Mo(H₂O)₂]²⁺. The pure non-included metallocene Cp₂MoCl₂ and its inclusion compounds with unmodified β-CD, TRIMEB and HPβCD were screened for their potential antiproliferative and cytotoxic activity, in both human cancer and healthy cell lines. Inclusion in CD was found to enhance the cytotoxic effect of Cp₂MoCl₂, with the TRIMEB adduct displaying the highest anti-tumour activity, along with the lowest toxicity towards non-neoplastic cells.     

Relative Stability ofcis andtrans conformers of 2- and 3-fluorostyrene: An ab initio SCF-MO study

Ab initio SCF-MO calculations, mainly at the 6-31G F^* level with 3-21G F^* fully optimized geometries, were performed for 2- and 3-fluorostyrene in different comformations.Structures and conformational preferences of these molecules are compared with available data and discussed. It was found that the 2-fluorostyrene molecule has acis-trans energy difference of ca. 2.4 kJ mol^–1, showing a small barrier to planarity of 0.26 kJ mol^–1 in thetrans form. While the reduced stability of thecis form is mainly ascribed to a repulsive F ... vinyl group interaction, the partial loss of resonance stabilization between the ring and the vinyl group in the trans form and the H₆ ... H_c repulsive interaction in this form are taken to explain the local maximum at=180. In the 3-fluorostyrene molecule, thecis form is favored over thetrans by ca. 0.5 kJ mol^–1. An appreciable asymmetry of charge distribution found for thetrans form is assumed to slightly overweigh the difference in nuclear repulsion energy favorable to this conformation, thus explaining the observed relative stability.