Executive Summary : | Metal-organic compounds and multi-component co-crystals have gained significant attention due to their fascinating structural topologies and potential applications in various fields, including biology, catalysis, and magnetism. Self-assembly processes play a crucial role in nature and biological systems, leading researchers to explore their biological properties. Non-covalent synthon-based techniques are often used to develop structural topologies with desired dimensionalities, but their use in inorganic crystal engineering is scarce. Structure-guiding non-covalent synthons play a crucial role in crystal engineering, governing stabilities to the crystal structures.
This project aims to synthesize metal-organic compounds and multi-component co-crystals with biologically relevant N- and O-donors. Single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques will be used to determine the crystal structures of the compounds. The unconventional supramolecular assemblies will be explored to visualize the roles of non-covalent synthons in the compounds' structure-directing abilities.
Various computational tools will be employed to explore the energetic features of molecular assemblies involving non-covalent contacts. The project also aims to explore the formation of nano-particles and metal-doped nano-composites from synthesized metal-organic compounds. The synthesized nano-particles and nano-composites will be characterized using various techniques. In vitro anticancer activities of the compounds will be conducted in Dalton's lymphoma (DL) cancer cell line, considering cytotoxicity, apoptosis assays, molecular docking, and pharmacophore modeling studies. |