Cross section calculations for electron scattering from platinum chemotherapeutic compounds

Cross section for electron impact ionization of carboplatin, C₆H₁₂N₂O₄Pt, and oxaliplatin, C₈H₁₄N₂O₄Pt, have been calculated within binary-encounter-Bethe model for energies from the ionization threshold up to 5000 eV. Cross section for elastic electron scattering from carboplatin and oxaliplatin molecules have also been derived using independent atom method (IAM) and additivity rule for collision energies ranging from 50 eV to 3000 eV. Obtained cross sections have been compared with relevant cross sections for cisplatin molecules.