Despite the development of science and technology progress so far there have not been found effective drugs for cancer. Many coordination compounds were investigated due to their antitumor potential. The most known cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) is used as anti-cancer therapeutic agent. The copper complexes are the coordination compounds possessing anti-tumour properties. Their capability to kill cancer cells is mainly linked...

The CuII ion in the title complex, [CuBr(C5H8N2)4]Br, is coordinated in a square-pyramidal geometry by four N atoms of imidazole ligands and one bromide anion in the apical position. In the crystal, the ions are linked by a 3-D network of N-H---Br and CH---Br hydrogen bonds.

Crystal structures, UV-Vis and EPR spectra and magnetic properties of four copper(II) complexes with chloride anions and 4-methylimidazole, 2-ethylimidazole, 2-isopropylimidazole or 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole are described. In the solid state three of the complexes are mononuclear and one complex with 2-ethylimidazole is binuclear with bridging chlorido ions. UV-Vis spectra of the methanolic solutions of the complexes show LMCT...