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Dicobalt hexacarbonyl nucleoside complexes of propargyl ether or esters of 5-substituted uridines react with diverse C-nucleophiles. Synthetic outcomes confirmed that the Nicholas reaction can be carried out in a nucleoside presence, leading to a divergent synthesis of novel metallo-nucleosides enriched with alkene, arene, arylketo, and heterocyclic functions, in the deoxy and ribo series.

This review includes recent developments in the synthesis of benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolines with particular attention given to categorizing protocols based on the structural features of the ring architecture and crystallographically characterized reaction products.

We wish to draw attention to an important issue concerning scientific practice with regard to enhancing the quality of publications in Molecules (as well as for other journals) [...]

On behalf of my Section Editor-in-Chief co-author colleagues I am pleased to announce a Special Issue to commemorate the recent publication of Molecules’ 20,000th paper [...]

In continuation of synthetic pursuit of metallo-nucleosides, in particular dicobalt hexacarbonyl 5-alkynyl-2′-deoxyuridines, novel compounds with alkynyl groups were synthesized, starting from 5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine. Reactions of dicobalt octacarbonyl [Co2(CO)8] with 2′-deoxy-5-oxopropynyluridines and related compounds gave dicobalt hexacarbonyl nucleoside complexes (83–31%). The growth inhibition of HeLa and K562 cancer cell lines by organometallic nucleosides was examined and compared to that by alkynyl nucleoside precursors. Coordination of the dicobalt carbonyl moiety to the 2′-deoxy-5-alkynyluridines led to a significant increase in its cytotoxic potency. The cobalt compounds antiproliferative activities against the HeLa cell line and the K562 cell line will be described. Coordination of an acetyl-substituted cobalt nucleoside was expanded using the 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) ligand, resulting in cytotoxicity at comparable levels. The formation of reactive oxygen species in the presence of cobalt compounds was determined in K562 cells. The results indicate that the mechanism of action for most antiproliferative cobalt compounds may be related to the induction of oxidative stress.