ABSTRACT
Due to the fact that ferrocene and furan derivatives have long been known to be one of the most biologically active compounds, preparation of their new derivatives might serve a very important purpose. Herein, five furoyl ferrocenes were synthesized via EAS reaction utilizing AlCl3-EtAlCl2 Lewis acids. The compounds 1–5 were obtained in moderate yields and characterized by IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and mass spectrometry. Although toxicity increases with concentration, at 100 µg/mL concentration, the protection of cell viability was observed to be 70% level. At 50 µg/mL concentration, apoptosis in cancer cells observed was 63 ± 4% leading to high apoptosis ratio for the compound 3. For the compounds (1–5), the necrotic effects were found to be between 21% and 39% at 50 µg/mL concentration.
Funding
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Kırıkkale University Scientific Research Centre (Kırıkkale BAP Grant no: 2009-39).