Synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepines and their conjugates by azido reductive cyclization strategy as potential DNA-binding agents

Synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepines via azido reductive cyclization process employing FeCl3-NaI reagent system. This methodology has been extended for the preparation of new nicotinamido-pyrrolobenzodiazepine hybrids linked through piperazino-alkane-oxy spacers that exhibit good DNA binding affinity. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.