Ferrocene-pyrimidine conjugates: Synthesis, electrochemistry, physicochemical properties and antiplasmodial activities

Eur J Med Chem. 2015 Jul 15:100:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.05.043. Epub 2015 May 30.

Abstract

The promise of hybrid antimalarial agents and the precedence set by the antimalarial drug ferroquine prompted us to design ferrocene-pyrimidine conjugates. Herein, we report the synthesis, electrochemistry and anti-plasmodial evaluation of ferrocenyl-pyrimidine conjugates against chloroquine susceptible NF54 strain of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Also their physicochemical properties have been studied.

Keywords: Antiplasmodial studies; Ferrocene conjugates; Ferrocene/ferrocenium redox couple; Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; Lipophilicity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / chemical synthesis
  • Antimalarials / chemistry*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electrochemical Techniques*
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemistry
  • Ferrous Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Metallocenes
  • Molecular Structure
  • Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Metallocenes
  • Pyrimidines
  • pyrimidine
  • ferrocene