@article {Philippopoulos20093310, title = {Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of the cis-[RhL2Cl2]Cl complex with the bifunctional ligand (L) 2-(2'-pyridyl)quinoxaline. Biological activity towards PAF (Platelet Activating Factor) induced platelet aggregation}, journal = {Polyhedron}, volume = {28}, number = {15}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By 9}, pages = {3310-3316}, abstract = {The reaction of RhCl3{\textperiodcentered}3H2O with the ligand L = 2-(2'-pyridyl)quinoxaline (pqo) in a 1:2 molar ratio formed the mononuclear complex cis-[RhL2Cl2]Cl (1), which has been characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, FT-Raman, 1H, 13C NMR, electronic absorption spectroscopy and by electrospray mass spectrometry. The molecular structure of 1 (needle like and prismatic polymorphs) in the crystal has been elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing a bidentate behavior of L, while the geometry around the Rh(III) atom is that of a distorted octahedron.. Preliminary biological tests revealed that this compound inhibited PAF-induced rabbit platelet aggregation. {\textcopyright} 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, doi = {10.1016/j.poly.2009.05.014}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70349568363\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.poly.2009.05.014\&partnerID=40\&md5=8ea5d2e6b1d8cc43c606a96eb3ab08d9}, author = {Philippopoulos, A.I. and Tsantila, N. and Demopoulos, C.A. and Raptopoulou, C.P. and V. Likodimos and P. Falaras} }