Organotin(IV) derivatives of 3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenylacetic acid: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and in vitro antitumour properties

The triphenyltin and tri-n-butyltin 3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenylacetates as well as the tetra-n-butylbis[3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenylacetato]distannoxane dimer have been synthesized and characterized by H-1, C-13, Sn-117 NMR, Sn-119m Mossbauer and mass spectroscopy. The compounds have been screened against a panel of tumour cell lines of human origin