Issue 12, 2021

4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide–ferrocene conjugates as potential multi-targeted anticancer and fluorescent cellular imaging agents

Abstract

Herein we present eight ferrocenyl 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimides. Designed as fluorescent logic gates for acidity and oxidisability, the molecules have been repurposed as anti-proliferation and cellular imaging agents. The compounds were studied in vitro against MCF-7 and K562 cancer cell lines by the MTT method. Compounds with protonable secondary amines tended to exhibit greater cytotoxicity than those with tertiary amines. Compounds with no measurable GI50 values within a 24 hour time window, as well as at shorter exposure times, may be suitable as fluorescent cellular imaging probes.

Graphical abstract: 4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide–ferrocene conjugates as potential multi-targeted anticancer and fluorescent cellular imaging agents

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
21 Jul 2021
Accepted
21 Oct 2021
First published
21 Oct 2021

RSC Med. Chem., 2021,12, 2060-2064

4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide–ferrocene conjugates as potential multi-targeted anticancer and fluorescent cellular imaging agents

A. D. Johnson, J. A. Buhagiar and D. C. Magri, RSC Med. Chem., 2021, 12, 2060 DOI: 10.1039/D1MD00246E

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