The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a tridentate
metal iridium complex, the preparation method of the tridentate
metal iridium complex comprises the following steps: step 1, substituted 1, 3-
benzene diformate and 2-aminothiophenol are subjected to cyclization reaction to obtain a first intermediate; 2, reacting
iridium trichloride
hydrate with the first intermediate obtained in the step 1 to obtain a second intermediate; and step 3, reacting an LX ligand with the second intermediate obtained in the step 2, and then using
silver trifluoromethanesulfonate to obtain a target product. The tridentate clamp
type metal iridium complex disclosed by the invention is composed of a substituted-1, 3-bis (benzothiazolyl)
benzene main ligand, a 2, 2-dipyridyl or
phenanthroline NN ligand and balanced
chloride ions. The complex is simple in synthesis method and has high
cytotoxicity to
cervical cancer cells, colon
cancer cells and
lung cancer cells, and the in-vitro
cell toxicity of the complex is obviously superior to that of clinically applied anti-tumor
drug cis-
platinum, so that the complex has a good application prospect in the field of
metal anti-
cancer drugs.