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As a follow-up study to previous work involving the platination of polyamide carriers through metal chelation by side group-incorporated ethylenediamine ligands, the present investigation is concerned with the synthesis of platinum-containing polymers in which the metal-coordinating ethylenediamine segments are components of the main chain. Two chloro groups in cis geometry are attached to each Pt atom as additional ligands, complementing a square-planar cis-diaminedichloroplatinum(II) complex system. The water-soluble polymeric carriers are synthesized by Michael-type addition polymerization, interfacial polymerization, and high-temperature solution polycondensation techniques and are crudely fractionated by stepwise aqueous dialysis, ultimately in tubing with a molecular mass cutoff of 25,000. Carrier platination is brought about by treatment with tetrachloroplatinate(II) anion in aqueous solution, care being taken to exercise strict control of reaction variables and workup conditions in an effort to restrict platination to the given ligands and avoid metal aquation or hydroxylation. The platinum conjugates, with Pt contents ranging from about 11 to 23% by mass, are completely soluble in aqueous media when freshly prepared, although long-term storage at room temperature in the solid state is conducive to gradual loss of solubility. The conjugates are of interest as carcinostatic agents.
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Neuse, E.W., Caldwell, G. cis-Diaminedichloroplatinum(II) Complexes Reversibly Linked into the Main Chain of Water-Soluble Polyamides. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers 7, 163–181 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021686322635
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