Triazatruxenederivatives find many applications as lipophilic compounds, but few examples of hydrosolublederivatives have been reported so far. In this paper, we compare different synthetic routes for the preparation of hydrophilic triazatruxenederivatives and define the most versatile pathway. The synthesized compounds are fluorescent not only in organic solvents, as reported for other lipophilic
A new hydrosoluble triazatruxene derivative (AZATRUX) is reported to selectively bind to G-quadruplex DNA, as derived by ESI-MS measurements and competition experiments.