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Mono- and binuclear Cu(+1/+2) complexes of bis-5-(2-pyridyimethylene)-2-selenohydantoins were obtained by the reactions of corresponding ligands with copper(+2) chloride or perchlorate in BuOH/DCM mixtures.

Synthesis, characterization (HRMS, NMR, EPR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and electrochemistry) and in vitro cytotoxic investigation of a series of new ferrocene-containing derivatives, based on ω-ferrocene carboxylic acids and 2-alkylthioimidazolin-4-ones as well as their copper coordination compounds, have been reported. A series of ferrocene–imidazolone conjugates with different lengths and donor properties of the linker fragments have been synthesized; all the obtained compounds were studied in complexation reactions with copper(I) and copper(II) perchlorates. It is shown that the synthesised conjugates rapidly and efficiently convert coordinating copper ions into the Cu(+1) oxidation state, but a change in the length of the linker in ferrocene–imidazolone ligands fundamentally changes the ratio of products formed as a result of iron oxidation/copper reduction and complexation by various mechanisms. After comparing the data on the qualitative and quantitative composition of the reaction mixtures and the kinetic characteristics of the processes occurring in the mixtures of ferrocene–imidazolones with copper(II) perchlorate, a scheme of the ongoing reactions was proposed which may fully explain all the observed processes and products. It has been shown that the obtained bimetallic Cu/Fe coordination compounds are more toxic than cisplatin and induce apoptosis in micromolar concentrations on Hek-293 and MCF-7 cell lines.

Synthesis, characterization (HRMS, NMR, EPR, XANES, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and electrochemistry), DNA and BSA binding and in vitro biological screening of two new ferrocene-incorporated thiohydantoin derivatives (5 and 6) and their copper coordination compounds are reported. The ferrocene-based thiohydantoin derivatives were prepared by copper-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition reactions between alkynyl ferrocenes and 5-(Z)-3-(2-azidoethyl)-2-(methylthio)-5-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)-1H-imidazol-4H-one. Alkynyl ferrocenes necessary for these syntheses were prepared by new procedures. Intermolecular redox reactions between the ferrocene fragment and copper(+2) coordinated ions were studied by different methods to determine the mechanism and kinetic constants of redox processes. Ferrocene-containing imidazolones (5 and 6) and their copper complexes were also tested for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 and A-549 carcinoma cells, and also against the noncancerous cell line Hek-293. The results showed modest cytotoxicity against the subjected cancer cell line compared with cisplatin. The ability of the obtained compounds to cause DNA degradation and cell apoptosis was investigated, and the distribution of cytosol/pellets was studied by AAS.

Correction for ‘New ferrocene-based 2-thio-imidazol-4-ones and their copper complexes. Synthesis and cytotoxicity’ by D. A. Guk et al., Dalton Trans., 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03164a.