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Polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes have been widely researched as promising functional molecules. We have found unique photoisomerization reactions of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) aquo complexes. Recently we have attempted to provide insight into the mechanism of the photoisomerization of the complexes and distinguish between the distal,àí/proximal-isomers in their physicochemical properties and functions. Moreover, polypyridyl ruthenium(II) aquo complexes have been intensively studied as active water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) which are indispensable for artificial photosynthesis. The catalytic aspect and mechanism of water oxidation by the distal-/proximal-isomers of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) aquo complexes have been investigated to provide the guided thought to develop more efficient molecular catalysts for water oxidation. The recent progress on the photoisomerization and water oxidation of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) aquo complexes in our group are reviewed to understand the properties and functions of ruthenium complexes.
The investigation and development of transition metal complexes as cancer chemotherapeutics has gained a lot of interest in the past few decades and has become a promising area of research. Metal complexes of platinum and ruthenium in particular that have demonstrated success as anticancer drugs or are under exploration currently for clinical use are highlighted in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 describes studies undertaken to understand the neurotoxicity of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes (RPCs), including toxicity in mice and inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), as previous work by Dwyer demonstrated that RPCs could be acutely toxic in mice, presumably due to their inhibition of AChE. Several ruthenium complexes were screened for their enzyme inhibitory potency which was correlated to their structural properties including size, charge, and lipophilicity. In addition, the inhibitory activity of the compounds was correlated to their animal toxicity data so as to understand the potential mode of action of the RPCs in vivo. Chapter 3 describes the synthesis of a series of novel ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes and their characterization. These complexes were prepared in an effort to tune the reduction potential of the redox-active intercalating ligand (RAIL) to potentials slightly above and below those observed for the Ru-tatpp complexes. The redox activity of ruthenium-tatpp complexes appears to be responsible for their DNA cleavage activity and these analogues, with slightly different reduction potentials, should give us additional insight into the activity of this class of RPCs. In Chapter 4, the electrochemical properties of the RPCs were measured and correlated with their ability to cause DNA cleavage under reducing conditions with GSH. Complexes with reduction potentials less (more positive) than the redox couple of GSH/GSSG were shown to efficiently cleave DNA. However complexes with higher reduction potentials than the biological reducing agent were not observed to cleave DNA under the same conditions. Cytotoxicity screening of these complexes in human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell lines (NSCLC -- H358 and HOP-62) and breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7), as well as the non-malignant cell line (MCF-10) was performed and described in Chapter 4.