Cisplatin and oxaliplatin derivatives involving 7-azaindole: Structural characterisations

► Platinum(II) dichlorido and oxalato complexes with 7-azaindole (Haza). ► Detailed characterisation: X-ray, NMR, IR, Raman, MS, TG/DTA, CHN analysis. ► Distorted square-planar arrangements of cis-[PtCl2(Haza)2] and [Pt(ox)(Haza)2]. ► In vitro cytotoxic inactive against HOS and MCF7 human cancer cells.