Abstract
The syntheses, structures, electrochemical properties of the series of ferrocenylalkyl azoles, FcAlkAz, as well as the antitumor activity of ferrocenylmethyl benzimidazole ( 8) have been studied. Above mentioned compounds were investigated by the method of cyclic voltametry. All of them exhibited a reversible one-electron oxidation–reduction wave owing to the ferrocene–ferrocenium redox couple with a positive shift (0.50–0.65 V) compared with that of ferrocene (0.42 V). The X-ray determination of molecular structures of 1-(ferrocenylmethyl)imidazole ( 4), 1-(ferrocenylbenzyl)imidazole ( 7) and 1-(ferrocenylmethyl)bezimidazole ( 8) was carried out. Compound 4 with imidazolyl substituent was found to be present in N-protonated form. Antitumor activity of 1-(ferrocenylmethyl)benzimidazole ( 8) against some solid tumor models such as adenocarcinoma 755 (Ca755), melanoma B16 (B16) and Lewis lung carcinoma was studied. The antitumor activity of compound 8 was compared with cisplatin effectiveness against some experimental tumor systems.
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