Thetitlecomplex[NH_3CH_2CH(NH_2)CH_3]_2[M(Ⅵ)O_2(OC_6H_4O)_2](M=Mo_(0.6)W_(0.4))wassynthesizedviaasimplesolution-phasechemicalroute.ThedeterminationofsinglecrystalX-raydiffractionrevealedthatthetitlecompoundiscrystallizedinamonoclinicsystemwithP2(1)/nspacegroup,a=1.0913(10)nm,b=1.0442(10)nm,c=1.8842(19)nm,α=90°,β=96.530(17)°,γ=90°,Z=4,andV=2.133(4)nm3.Themononuclearanionicunit[M(Ⅵ)O2(OC6H4O)2]2-displayschiralpseudo-octahedral[MO_6]coordinationgeometryandislinkedbychiralcationsviahydrogenbondandπ…πstackinginteraction.Thetransmissionelectronmicroscopyimagesshowthatthetitlecomplexiscomprisedofnano-particleswithdiametersrangingfrom20to50nm.TheNMRstudyshowsthe1Hdownfieldchemicalshiftsof[NH_3CHaHbCH(NH_2)CH_3]+cationsinthetitlecomplexwhenitismixedwithadenosine-triphosphate(ATP),andthechemicalshiftdifferencebetweenHaandHbisincreasedgreatly,andmostofthecatecholateligandsdissociatefromthecentralmetalatoms.TheDNAcleavageactivityexperimentrevealsthatDNAcleavagepromotedbythetitlecomplexislowerthanthatbyNa_2MoO_4whichpossessesantitumorpro-perty,buthigherthanthatbyNa_2WO_4.
