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A selected set of new N1-(indan-5-yl)amidrazones 4a-p, encompassing piperazines or related amines, has been
prepared via interaction of the hydrazonoyl chloride 3 (derived from 5-aminoindane) with the appropriate sec-cyclic amine
in the presence of triethyl amine. Their suggested structures are supported by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, high resolution MS
(ESI) spectral data and further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography for 4k. These novel compounds were
screened for their antitumor activity against breast cancer cells (MCF7 and T47D); amongst all of them, only compound 4o,
incorporating N-(pyrimidin-2-yl)piperazine, was fairly active with IC50 values of 69 µM and 61 µM, respectively.