Pt-complexes are compounds used in the treatment of solid tumors.However, their use is limited by severe side effects such as renal toxicity.The authors platinum-based drug discovery program is aimed at developing drugs capable of diminishing toxicity and improving antitumor activity.The authors synthesized new Pt (II) complex analogs containing 1,2-diaminocyclohexane (dach) as the carrier ligand and 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (DPPP) or 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (DPPE) as a leaving group.Furthermore, nitrate was added to improve the solubilityA new series of (KHPC-001) [Pt(trans-1-dach)(DPPP)] 2NO3 and (KHPC-002) [Pt(trans-1-dach)(DPPE)] 2NO3 were synthesized and characterized by their elemental anal. and by various spectroscopic techniques [IR, 13carbon NMR].KHPC-001 and KHPC-002 demonstrated acceptable antitumor activity against P-388 and L-1210 lymphocytic leukemia cells and significant activity as compared with that of cisplatin.The toxicity of KHPC-001 and KHPC-002 was found to be less than that of cisplatin using MTT and [3H]thymidine uptake and glucose consumption tests in rabbit proximal tubule cells and human kidney cortical cells.