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Functionalized Spirocyclic Heterocycle Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Assay
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel dibenzofluorene derivatives as anticancer agents
Bimal K Banik1, Chhanda Mukhopadhyay, Frederick F Becker
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539.
Oncology Letters
|September 12, 2012
Abstract:
The novel synthesis of dibenzofluorene has been achieved by a cyclodehydration method. Several derivatives have also been prepared using this hydrocarbon. These compounds have been tested against a number of cancer cell lines in vitro, and useful selectivity has been observed.
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