Chromone-Based Copper(II) Complexes as Potential Antitumour Agents: Synthesis, Chemical Characterisation and In Vitro Biological Evaluation

Filipović, Nikolina; Balić, Tomislav; Medvidović-Kosanović, Martina; Goman, Dominik; Marković, Berislav; Tatar, Dalibor; Roca, Sunčica; Mišković Špoljarić, Katarina (2025) Chromone-Based Copper(II) Complexes as Potential Antitumour Agents: Synthesis, Chemical Characterisation and In Vitro Biological Evaluation. Crystals, 15 (5). ISSN 2073-4352

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Abstract

Three new complexes of copper(II) and chromone-2-carboxylic acid, a ligand from the group of hydroxypyrones, were synthesised according to the principles of green chemistry. The complexes were characterised by FT–IR and NMR spectroscopy, thermal and electrochemical analysis, and their structures are proposed. The results show the formation of mononuclear (1) and dinuclear hydroxo-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complexes (2 and 3). The results of cyclic voltammetry show that the copper in all complexes is in the +2-oxidation state. The antiproliferative activity was determined by MTT assay on 2D cell models in vitro on seven cell lines. The activity spectrum of complexes 1–3 ranged from the highest to the lowest value in the tumour cell lines tested, in the following order: Hep G2 > NCI-H358 > HT-29 > KATO III > MDA-MB 231 > Caco-2. The most effective concentration was 10−5 mol dm−3, which suppressed the growth of Hep G2 cells as follows: 69.5% (1), 64.8% (2) and 64% (3). The calculated selectivity index clearly shows that Hep G2 is the most sensitive cell line to copper complexes (SI = 1.623 (1); 1.557 (2), 1.431 (3).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	antiproliferative activity; cell line; copper(II) complexes; chromone-2-carboxylic acid; IR spectroscopy; ligands; NMR spectroscopy; tumour
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry > Inorganic Chemistry
Divisions:	NMR Center
Depositing User:	Lorena Palameta
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2025 10:19
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/9874
DOI:	10.3390/cryst15050389

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