Research Article

Synthesis, DNA-Binding, Anticancer Evaluation, and Molecular Docking Studies of Bishomoleptic and Trisheteroleptic Ru-Diimine Complexes Bearing 2-(2-Pyridyl)-quinoxaline

Table 6

Binding constants and Stern–Volmer quenching constants of Ru (II) complexes at 25°C.

CompoundKb (M−1)KSV (M−1)Kq (M−1s−1)Kapp (M−1)Βinding modeReferences

10.873.4·10116·104
24.46·1050.961.8·10129·104
[Ru(phen)2(cd2, 2’-pq)]+24.67 1030.0524.67·103Groove binding[56]
[RuCl3(dmso) (phen)]3.036.9·106Intercalation[57]
[RuCl3(dmso) (bpy)]1.733.43·106[57]
[RuCl3(dmso) (dppz)]4.478.62·106Intercalation[57]
[Ru(aeip)2(Haip)]2+4.47·1063.26Groove binding[58]