A series of novel functionalized
mono
-,
bis
- and
tris-
(
S
)-{[(2
S
,4
R
,8
R
)-8-ethyl-quinuclidin-2-yl](6-methoxyquinolin-4-yl)}methanamines including ferrocene-containing derivatives was obtained by the reaction of the precursor amine with a variety of acylation agents. Their
in vitro
antitumor activity was investigated against human leukemia (HL-60), human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y), human hepatoma (HepG2) and human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT)-assay and the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC
50
) values were determined. Our data indicate that the precursor amine has no antitumor activity
in vitro
, but the
bis
-methanamines with ureido-, thioureido and amide-type linkers display attractive
in vitro
cytotoxicity and cytostatic effects on HL-60, HepG2, MCF-7 and SH-SY5Y cells. Besides
1
H- and
13
C-NMR methods the structures of the new model compounds were also studied by DFT calculations.
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