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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A composition comprising the following structure: (formula I) wherein Re represents a rhenium ion having a +1 charge; (formula II) represents an uncharged bidentate bicyclic ligand bonded to the rhenium (Re) by two ring nitrogen (N) atoms; and L is a neutral ligand independently selected from CO and neutral phosphine molecules, wherein at least one of the L groups is a CO molecule; and Xrepresents a non-coordinating monovalent anion; wherein (formula II) is unsubstituted or substituted on any of its two rings, and said neutral phosphine molecule may or may not contain a phosphorus atom as a ring phosphorus atom; provided that, if (formula II) is unsubstituted, then one or two of said L groups are selected from said neutral phosphine molecules, with the provision that at least one of the neutral phosphine molecules has a phosphorus atom as a ring phosphorus atom. Methods for treating cancer by administering the above complex are also disclosed.