
ChemistryEurope, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 24, 2025
Ferrocene analogs of biologically active compounds often exert favorable properties, as demonstrated by ferrocifens derived from the selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen. This contribution reports an original approach to modify structure one first ferrocifens, namely ferrociphenol, means a diphenylphosphinyl moiety appended unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ring ferrocene unit. The phosphine‐substituted ferrociphenol 1 is synthesized two alternative routes and fully characterized including determination. Compound converted corresponding phosphonium salt ·MeI used prepare series bimetallic (arene)metal chloridogold(I) complexes. biological evaluation reveals relatively lower antiproliferative activity newly compared parent [AuCl(FcPPh 2 ‐κ P )] (Fc = ferrocenyl) toward both tumorigenic nontumorigenic cells. All exhibit complicated redox behavior due chemical steps that follow initial, ferrocene‐centered oxidation. Overall, collected data indicate introduced phosphine substituent affects properties resulting and, very likely, their mode action.
Language: Английский