We have been investigating the synthesis of potential drugs for the treatment of cancer. One focus is the synthesis of cisplatin derivatives with lowered toxicities in comparison to cisplatin itself. The eventual aim for most drug synthesis it the production of water soluble drugs since this typically contributes to the ease of administration along with other reasons. Even so, most drugs employed today in the public sector are not water soluble but rather are often soluble in other solvents, most commonly DMSO. The cisplatin derivatives made by us are not water soluble so recent efforts have aimed at the synthesis of water soluble products. In a sister article we have described the synthesis of cisplatin-like drugs from chitosan. Here we describe some of the structural characterization of these products.
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