Potassium tetrachloroplatinate (K₂PtCl₄) is used as common starting material of the classic Pt(II) anticancer complexes such as cisplatin [1]. Potassium tetrachloroplatinate is used as catalyst in deuteriation of benzoic acid with D2O [2].
In vitro, Potassium tetrachloroplatinate (150μM; 1h) killed about 50% EMT6 mammary tumor cell at 37℃ [3].
In vivo, Potassium tetrachloroplatinate (10mg/kg; i.p.) induced a tumor growth delay of ~3.8 days in Lewis lung carcinoma-transplanted C57BL/6J mice, and a combination treatment with hyperthermia (43°C, 30min) did not significantly enhance the antitumor effect [3].
References:
[1] Wilson, Justin J., and Stephen J. Lippard. "Synthetic methods for the preparation of platinum anticancer complexes." Chemical reviews 114.8 (2014): 4470-4495.
[2] Kańska, Marianna, and R. Kański. "Deuteriation of benzoic acid in the presence of homogeneous potassium tetrachloroplatinate (II) catalyst." Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry 162.1 (1992): 179-186.
[3] Herman, Terence S., et al. "Effect of hyperthermia on the action of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (ii), rhodamine 1232 [tetrachloroplatinum (ii)], rhodamine 123, and potassium tetrachloroplatinate in vitro and in vivo." Cancer research 48.9 (1988): 2335-2341.
















