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Gold(III) Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Thiol “Switch-on” Fluorescent Probes and Anti-Cancer Agents†

  1. Taotao Zou,
  2. Dr. Ching Tung Lum,
  3. Dr. Stephen Sin-Yin Chui,
  4. Prof. Dr. Chi-Ming Che*

Article first published online: 1 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201209787

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 52, Issue 10, pages 2930–2933, March 4, 2013

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Zou, T., Lum, C. T., Chui, S. S.-Y. and Che, C.-M. (2013), Gold(III) Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Thiol “Switch-on” Fluorescent Probes and Anti-Cancer Agents . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52: 2930–2933. doi: 10.1002/anie.201209787

Author Information

  1. Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Open Laboratory of Chemical Biology of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

*Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and Open Laboratory of Chemical Biology of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)

  1. †

    This work was supported by The Innovation and Technology Commission (ITF-Tier 2 Project, ITS/134/09FP) and the University Grants Committee (Area of Excellence Scheme AoE/P-03/08) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. We thank Dr. Raymond Wai-Yin Sun for helpful discussion and Dr. Chun-Nam Lok for help in designing the bio-experiments.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 1 FEB 2013
  3. Manuscript Received: 7 DEC 2012

Funded by

  • The Innovation and Technology Commission. Grant Number: ITS/134/09FP
  • University Grants Committee. Grant Number: AoE/P-03/08
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

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