Nguyen HV, Sallustrau A, Balzarini J, Bedford MR, Eden JC, Georgousi N, Hodges NJ, Kedge J, Mehellou Y, Tselepis C, Tucker JHR. Organometallic nucleoside analogues with ferrocenyl linker groups: synthesis and cancer cell line studies.
J Med Chem 2014;
57:5817-22. [PMID:
24905419 DOI:
10.1021/jm500246h]
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Abstract
Examples of organometallic compounds as nucleoside analogues are rare within the field of medicinal bioorganometallic chemistry. We report on the synthesis and properties of two chiral ferrocene derivatives containing a nucleobase and a hydroxyalkyl group. These so-called ferronucleosides show promising anticancer activity, with cytostatic studies on five different cancer cell lines indicating that both functional groups are required for optimal activity.
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