Synthesis of selenium-N-heterocyclic carbene adducts with antiproliferative activity against human lung cancer cells: experimental and computational investigations
Abstract Three new mononuclear selenium adducts (MC1–MC3) and their corresponding N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) salts (ML1–ML3) derived from benzimidazole were synthesized and characterized to evaluate their anticancer potential. The benzimidazolium ligands were synthesized by the N-alkylation of 1-phenethyl-1H-benzimid...