Jessica J. Sánchez García

Reactions of 2-cyano-3-ferrocenylacrylonitrile with malononitrile: formation of 4-ferrocenylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile derivatives and sodium polymeric complexes containing carbanionic ligands

Abstract The reactions of 2-cyano-3-ferrocenylacrylonitrile with malononitrile in a EtOH/H2O or MeOH/H2O medium in the presence of Na2CO3 afforded 6-alkoxy-2-amino-4-ferrocenylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles 3a,b (multi-component condensation), 6-alkoxy-2-amino-4-ferrocenyl-3-ferrocenylmethyl-3,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles 4a,b (multi-component cyclodimerization) and Na+ polymeric complexes: {[Na+(2-ferrocenyl(tetracyano)propenyl)–L]∞5a,b and [Na+(2-amino-3,5-dicyano-4-ferrocenyl-6-pyridyl-dicyanomethyl)–L]∞6a,b, where L = ethanol, methanol. Complexes with L = acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, acetone, ethyl acetate were prepared by recrystallization. The structures of the compounds 3b, 4b and Na+ polymeric complexes were established by the spectroscopic data and X-ray diffraction analysis. Two compounds 3a and 4a were tested in vitro against six human tumor cell lines U-251, PC-3, K-562, HCT-15, MCF-7 and SKLU-1 to assess their in vitro antitumor activity. The results suggest biological specificity towards PC-3, K-562 and HCT-15 cells for compound 3a, and towards PC-3 cell for compound 4a at doses of 50 μM, which are lower than cis-platin.

Química Inorgánica Medicinal: vanadio, platino, oro

Este articulo pretende presentar una perspectiva medicinal de la quimica inorganica basada en vanadio, platino y oro, sus aplicaciones como agentes terapeuticos para el tratamiento de variadas enfermedades y la relevancia de su quimica de coordinacion. Van a tratarse los compuestos de vanadio como sustitutos de la insulina para tratar la Diabetes II; los compuestos de coordinacion del cis-platino, que estan siendo utilizados como agentes terapeuticos para diferentes tipos de cancer y los compuestos de oro que estan siendo efectivos para tartar la artritis reumatoide.

Polycyclic ferrocenyl(dihydro)thiazepine derivatives: Diastereo-selective synthesis, characterization, electrochemical behavior, theoretical and biological investigation

The reaction of E-2-ferrocenylmethylidenetetralones and E,E-2,6-bis-(ferrocenylmethylidene)-cyclohexanone with 2-aminothiophenol proceed with high diastereoselectivity, forming the ~4.5:1 mixture of trans- and cis-isomers of polycyclic ferrocenylthiazepines, respectively. The reactions of E,E-2,5-bis-(ferrocenylmethylidene)cyclopentanone and E,E-3,5-bis-(ferrocenylmethylidene)-1-methyl-4-piperidone with 2-aminothiophenol take place stereo specifically to form the diastereomeric tricyclic thiazepines of cis- and trans-configuration, respectively. The structures of the obtained compounds were established by IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and mass-spectrometry. The structures of the trans-tetralino[1,2a]-, trans-5,7-dimethyltetralino[1,2a]-2-ferrocenyl [1,5]benzo-2,3-dihydrothiazepines and cis-5-ferrocenyl-methylidenecyclopentano[1,2a]-2-ferrocenyl- [1,5]benzo-2,3-dihydrothiazepine were confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. An electrochemical study reveals that the diferrocenyl derivatives belong to a Class I compounds of the Robin-Day classification. This behavior is explained by the analysis of frontier orbitals as calculated by density functional theory, showing that only one ferrocenyl unit participates in the generation of HOMO and LUMO orbitals. Compounds 4a and 4c showed similar capacity to inhibit the proliferation of HM1: IMSS trophozoite cultures than the first choice drug for human amoebiasis treatment, metronidazole. Morphological changes induced in the trophozoites after drug exposure suggest a redox in balance as the probable mechanism of the parasite death.

N-alkyl-2-(1,2-diferrocenylvinyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazolinium salts, multi-component synthesis and breaking of their heterocyclic systems

Abstract A new multicomponent method for the synthesis of N-alkyl-2-(Z-1,2-diferrocenylvinyl)-4,5-dihydrooxazolinium salts 3a–f, 5-(N-alkyl-2′,3′-diferrocenyl-acryloylamido)-3-aza-3-alkylpentanols 4a–d, (E)-N-alkyl-N-(2-morpholinoethyl)-2,3-diferrocenylacrylamides 9a,b,e,f and (E)-N-alkyl-N-(2-piperidinoethyl)-2,3-diferrocenylacrylamides 10a,c from reactions of 2,3-diferrocenylcyclopropenone 1 with bis-1,4-N,O-nucleophiles in the presence of triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate, alkyl iodides, morpholine, piperidine and Et3N is described. The characterization of the new compounds was done by IR, 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, mass-spectrometry, elemental analysis and X-ray diffraction studies.