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Rauf U, Shabir G, Bukhari S, Albericio F, Saeed A. Contemporary Developments in Ferrocene Chemistry: Physical, Chemical, Biological and Industrial Aspects. Molecules 2023; 28:5765. [PMID: 37570735 PMCID: PMC10420780 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Ferrocenyl-based compounds have many applications in diverse scientific disciplines, including in polymer chemistry as redox dynamic polymers and dendrimers, in materials science as bioreceptors, and in pharmacology, biochemistry, electrochemistry, and nonlinear optics. Considering the horizon of ferrocene chemistry, we attempted to condense the neoteric advancements in the synthesis and applications of ferrocene derivatives reported in the literature from 2016 to date. This paper presents data on the progression of the synthesis of diverse classes of organic compounds having ferrocene scaffolds and recent developments in applications of ferrocene-based organometallic compounds, with a special focus on their biological, medicinal, bio-sensing, chemosensing, asymmetric catalysis, material, and industrial applications.
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- Umair Rauf
- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (U.R.); (G.S.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (U.R.); (G.S.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (U.R.); (G.S.); (S.B.)
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- Peptide Science Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban 4000, South Africa
- CIBER-BBN, Networking Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (U.R.); (G.S.); (S.B.)
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Liu J, Wu Y, Yang G, Liu Z, Liu X. Mitochondrial targeting half-sandwich iridium(III) and ruthenium(II) dppf complexes and in vitro anticancer assay. J Inorg Biochem 2023; 239:112069. [PMID: 36423395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.112069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Considering the potential application of half-sandwich and ferrocenyl-containing organometallic complexes in the area of anticancer, four half-sandwich iridium(III) (IrIII) and ruthenium(II) (RuII) diphenylphosphino ferrocene (dppf) complexes were prepared in this study. Complexes showed favorable anti-proliferation activity towards A549 cell lines compared to cisplatin, meanwhile, which could effectively inhibit cell migration. These complexes followed an energy dependence uptake mechanism, effectively accumulated in mitochondria with a Pearson's Colocalization Coefficient (PCC) of 0.77, decreased the mitochondrial membrane potential, induced a surge of reactive oxygen species, disturbed cell cycle, and eventually led to apoptosis. Western blot assay further confirmed that these complexes induced apoptosis following a mitochondrial pathway. Above all, half-sandwich IrIII and RuII dppf complexes show the prospect of becoming a new multifunctional therapeutic platform for mitochondrial targeted imaging and anticancer drugs.
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- Jinfeng Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, Shandong, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, Shandong, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, Shandong, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, Shandong, China.
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Schoch S, Braccini S, Biancalana L, Pratesi A, Funaioli T, Zacchini S, Pampaloni G, Chiellini F, Marchetti F. When ferrocene and diiron organometallics meet: triiron vinyliminium complexes exhibit strong cytotoxicity and cancer cell selectivity. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qi00534d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Robust and versatile cationic triiron complexes, obtained from the assembly of ferrocenyl with a di-organoiron structure, display an outstanding cytotoxicity profile, which may be related to redox processes provided by the two metallic components.
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- Silvia Schoch
- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via G. Moruzzi 13, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Věžník J, Konhefr M, Fohlerová Z, Lacina K. Redox-dependent cytotoxicity of ferrocene derivatives and ROS-activated prodrugs based on ferrocenyliminoboronates. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 224:111561. [PMID: 34385077 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Four ferrocene derivatives - ferrocenecarboxylic acid, ferrocenium salt, ferroceneboronic acid, and aminoferrocene - were characterized electrochemically, and their cytotoxicity was probed using cancer cells (line MG-63). We related the observed cytotoxicity with the determined redox potentials of these four ferrocenes - aminoferrocene with its lowest redox potential exhibited the highest cytotoxicity. Thus, we synthesized four derivatives consisting of aminoferrocene and phenylboronic acid residue with the intent to employ them as ROS-activated prodrugs (ROS - reactive oxygen species). We characterized them and studied their time-dependent stability in aqueous environments. Then, we performed electrochemical measurements at oxidative conditions to confirm ROS-responsivity of the synthesized molecules. Finally, the cytotoxicity of the synthesized molecules was tested using cancer MG-63 cells and noncancerous NIH-3T3 cells. The experiments revealed sought behaviour, especially for para-regioisomers of synthesized ferrocenyliminoboronates.
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- Jakub Věžník
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic; Department of Microelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, Technická 10, Brno 61600, Czech Republic; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.
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Synthesis and characterization of ferrocene-based thiosemicarbazones along with their computational studies for potential as inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2021. [PMCID: PMC8311418 DOI: 10.1007/s13738-021-02346-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ferrocene and its derivatives are vital class of organometallic compounds having extensive biological activities. Six novel ferrocene-based thiosemicarbazones have been synthesized through the condensation reaction of acetyl ferrocene with differently substituted thiosemicarbazide. Furthermore, we used state-of-the-art computational docking approach to explore the theoretical aspects for possible antiviral potential of our synthesized compounds. All the six compounds were docked with Mpro protein of SARS-CoV-2, which is very crucial protein for viral replication. Among the six derivatives, compounds 2 and 4 showed higher binding affinities with binding energy of − 6.7 and − 6.9 kcal/mol, respectively. The visualization of intermolecular interactions between synthesized derivatives and Mpro protein illustrated that each of compounds 2 and 4 forms two hydrogen bonds accompanied by important hydrophobic interactions. The comparison of binding affinities with some recently approved drugs like remdesivir, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine molecules are also made. The calculated binding energies of remdesivir, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine molecules with Mpro of COVID-19 was found to be − 7.00, − 5.20 and − 5.60 kcal/mol, respectively. The binding energy of compound 4 (− 6.9 kcal/mol) was almost equal to the remdesivir and greater than the binding energies of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. It is expected from the current investigation that our synthesized ferrocene-based thiosemicarbazones might have potential for drug against SARS-CoV-2.
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Chen Z, Duan H, Gai Y, Xie W, Deng W, Jiang F. Separation of the host-guest system for ferrocene derivatives in octahedral nanocages by electrochemical ionization. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Toma M, Kuvek T, Vrček V. Ionization Energy and Reduction Potential in Ferrocene Derivatives: Comparison of Hybrid and Pure DFT Functionals. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:8029-8039. [PMID: 32900203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c06663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hybrid density functionals have been regularly applied in state-of-the-art computational models for predicting reduction potentials. Benchmark calculations of the absolute reduction potential of ferricenium/ferrocene couple, the IUPAC-proposed reference in nonaqueous solution, include the B3LYP/6-31G(d)/LanL2TZf protocol. We used this procedure to calculate ionization energies and reduction potentials for a comprehensive set of ferrocene derivatives. The protocol works very well for a number of derivatives. However, a significant discrepancy (>1 V) between experimental and calculated data was detected for selected cases. Three variables were assessed to detect an origin of the observed failure: density functional, basis set, and solvation model. It comes out that the Hartree-Fock exchange fraction in hybrid-DFT methods is the main source of the error. The accidental errors were observed for other hybrid models like PBE0, BHandHLYP, and M06-2X. Therefore, hybrid DFT methods should be used with caution, or pure functionals (BLYP or M06L) may be used instead.
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- Mateja Toma
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Quintal S, Pires da Silva MJ, Martins SRM, Sales R, Félix V, Drew MGB, Meireles M, Mourato AC, Nunes CD, Saraiva MS, Machuqueiro M, Calhorda MJ. Molybdenum(ii) complexes with p-substituted BIAN ligands: synthesis, characterization, biological activity and computational study. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:8449-8463. [PMID: 31116201 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00469f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New complexes [Mo(η3-C3H5)X(CO)2(4-Y-BIAN)] (4-Y-BIAN = bis(4-Y-phenyl)-acenaphthenequinonediimine), with X = Br and Y = H, Me, OMe, COOH and X = Cl, Y = OMe, as well as the cation with X = NCMe and Y = OMe were synthesized, expanding the scope of this family. Two single crystal X-ray structures (X = Br, Y = Me, OMe) display a less symmetric arrangement (axial isomer), where one N donor atom is trans to the allyl group and the second to one CO. DFT studies showed similar energies for the two possible isomers of the complexes, with a very small preference for the observed axial isomer. The HOMO of the complexes is localized in the metal and the HOMO-1 of the oxidized species has a contribution from the BIAN ligand, while the LUMO is fully localized in BIAN. Electrochemical studies showed one process corresponding to the oxidation of Mo(ii) to Mo(iii) for complexes with X = Br, Y = H, Me, and two oxidation reactions for those with X = Br, Y = Cl, OMe, while the COOH derivative exhibited no oxidation wave. The antitumor effect of the complexes with X = Br was tested in cancer lines, and the H and OMe complexes were particularly active, with EC50 values below 8 μM in HeLa cell lines. The DNA binding constants determined by titration experiments were comparable with those of doxorubicin and ethidium bromide, suggesting a mechanism of action based on intercalation in DNA.
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- Susana Quintal
- Centro de Química e Bioquímica, DQB, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Mourya A, Sinha SK, Mazumdar B. Glassy carbon electrode modified with blast furnace slag for electrochemical investigation of Cu2+ and Pb2+ metal ions. Microchem J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.03.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Oyarzo J, Bosque R, Toro P, Silva CP, Arancibia R, Font-Bardía M, Artigas V, Calvis C, Messeguer R, Klahn AH, López C. A novel type of organometallic 2-R-2,4-dihydro-1H-3,1-benzoxazine with R = [M(η5-C5H4)(CO)3] (M = Re or Mn) units. Experimental and computational studies of the effect of substituent R on ring-chain tautomerism. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:1023-1039. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03265c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Novel 2-cyrhetrenyl and cymantrenyl-2,4-dihydro-1H-3,1-benzoxazines.
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Díaz C, Ferraudi G, Lappin AG, Oliver A, Isaacs M. Synthesis and characterization of low-melting ferrocenyl salts: a study of thermal and photochemical redox reactions. J COORD CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2018.1504036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Carlos Díaz
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Instituto de Ciencias, Universidad de Las Américas, Sede Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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- Notre Dame Radiation Research Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados, CIEN-UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- UC Energy Research Center, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Snegur LV, Lyapunova MV, Verina DD, Kachala VV, Korlyukov AA, Ilyin MM, Davankov VA, Ostrovskaya LA, Bluchterova NV, Fomina MM, Malkov VS, Nevskaya KV, Pershina AG, Simenel AA. Nitro-imidazoles in ferrocenyl alkylation reaction. Synthesis, enantiomeric resolution and in vitro and in vivo bioeffects. J Organomet Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Computational electrochemistry of a novel ferrocene derivative. J Mol Graph Model 2018; 85:84-90. [PMID: 30125780 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, the structural and redox properties of a novel ferrocene derivative in dichlomethane solvent were investigated. For this aim, various exchange-correlation functionals and basis sets in gas phase with different continuum solvation models and cavities in liquid phase were applied. The results indicated that UM06/6-31++G(d,p)/SDD level of theory successfully calculated bond lengths and angles with MADs = 0.02 Å and 0.78 deg., respectively. Also, its combination with CPCM-Pauling-UHF/6-31+G(d)/SDD level of theory in liquid phase effectively computed the redox potential with 0.06 V deviation from the experimental value. Moreover, transferability of the proposed method was studied through ferrocene molecule and its new synthesized derivative.
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Lakouraj MM, Hasantabar V, Tashakkorian H, Golpour M. Novel anticancer and antibacterial organometallic polymer based on ferrocene as a building block and xanthone bioactive scaffolds: Synthesis, characterization, and biological study. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.4401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Moslem Mansour Lakouraj
- Department of Organic-Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry; University of Mazandaran; Babolsar Iran
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- Department of Organic-Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry; University of Mazandaran; Babolsar Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), Health Research Institute; Babol University of Medical Sciences; Babol Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), Health Research Institute; Babol University of Medical Sciences; Babol Iran
- Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine; Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences; Sari Iran
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Khattak R, Nazir M, Summer S, Sayed M, Minhaz A, Naqvi II. Thermodynamic aspect: kinetics of the reduction of dicyanobis(phen)iron(III) by acetylferrocene and methylferrocenemethanol. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-017-0334-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Altaf AA, Khan N, Lal B, Badshah A. Synthesis, characterization and DNA-intercalation studies of two ferrocene-based Fe-Sn heterobimetallic compounds, and crystal structure of trimethyltin (p-ferrocenyl)benzoate. J COORD CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2017.1384547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Ataf Ali Altaf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Energy System Engineering, Sukkur Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Asghar F, Badshah A, Lal B, Zubair S, Fatima S, Butler IS. Facile synthesis of fluoro, methoxy, and methyl substituted ferrocene-based urea complexes as potential therapeutic agents. Bioorg Chem 2017; 72:215-227. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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