Possible pre-dissociation of diorganotin dihalide complexes: relationship between antitumour activity and structure

Crowe, A. J., Smith, P. J., Cardin, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9995, Parge, H. E. and Smith, F. E. (1984) Possible pre-dissociation of diorganotin dihalide complexes: relationship between antitumour activity and structure. Cancer Letters, 24 (1). pp. 45-48. ISSN 0304-3835 doi: 10.1016/0304-3835(84)90078-8

Abstract/Summary

An examination of crystallographic data has indicated that the structure/activity relationship for diorganotin dihalide complexes is different from that of other metal dihalides, in that the SnN bond lengths appear to determine the antitumour activity.