In this article we describe a detailed study of the influence of a hydrophobic linker on the properties of a series of ferrocene–carbohydrate conjugates. The alkyne, (4-ferrocenylphenyl)propargyl ether, was prepared from the reaction of propargyl bromide and 4-ferrocenylphenol. The structure of the alkyne was determined using a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. A benzyl triazole (3a) was synthesised for comparison purposes in the electrochemical and cytotoxic study. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of carbohydrate triazole conjugates (3b–h) by using the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of a series of carbohydrate azides and (4-ferrocenylphenyl)propargyl ether. UV-visible spectroscopy and electrochemical studies were performed on the alkyne and triazole compounds. The data generated from the cyclic voltammetric studies was used to calculate the diffusion coefficients (Df) of the ferrocene–carbohydrate conjugates in DMSO and DMSO–buffer solutions. Slightly higher diffusion coefficient values were obtained for the carbohydrate triazole conjugates (3b–h) in the buffer solution, perhaps due to the hydrophobic nature of the linker and the absence of a hydrogen-bonding substituent adjacent to the ferrocene core. Furthermore, the triazole conjugate (3f) derived from ribofuranose exhibited significant cytotoxicity against a hormone dependent breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) with an IC50 value lower than 10 μM.
在本文中,我们详细研究了疏
水性连接子对一系列费罗烯–
碳水化合物共轭物性质的影响。通过炔基
溴化物与4-费罗烯基
苯酚的反应制备了
炔烃(4-费罗烯基苯基)
丙炔醚。通过单晶X射线衍射研究确定了
炔烃的结构。为了在电
化学和细胞毒性研究中进行比较,合成了一种苄基三唑(3a)。在此,我们报告通过Huisgen 1,3-偶极环加成反应使用一系列
碳水化合物叠氮化物与(4-费罗烯基苯基)
丙炔醚合成和表征了一系列
碳水化合物三唑共轭物(3b–h)。对
炔烃和三唑化合物进行了紫外可见光谱和电
化学研究。由循环伏安研究生成的数据用于计算费罗烯–
碳水化合物共轭物在
DMSO和
DMSO–缓冲液中的扩散系数(Df)。在缓冲液中,
碳水化合物三唑共轭物(3b–h)的扩散系数值稍高,这可能是由于连接子的疏
水特性和费罗烯核心附近缺乏氢键取代基。此外,来源于
核糖呋喃糖的三唑共轭物(3f)对激素依赖性乳腺癌
细胞系(MCF-7)显示出显著的细胞毒性,IC50值低于10 μM。