Review Article

Platinum and Palladium Polyamine Complexes as Anticancer Agents: The Structural Factor

Figure 5

Schematic representation of mono- (a) and polynuclear (b) platinum and palladium complexes with amine ligands. (M: Pt or Pd; N: coordinating amine ligand(s); X: leaving group (chloride or carboxylate); Y: axial ligands, for Pt(IV) complexes (chloride, hydroxyl, or carboxylate); L: variable length alkyl diamine linker).
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