Microwave and conventional synthesis of ester based dicationic pyridinium ionic liquids carrying hydrazone linkage: DNA binding, anticancer and docking studies

Novel task dicationic ionic liquids (Ts-DiILs) 6–29 were designed and synthesized, under both conventional and microwave conditions; through molecular hybridization of the appropriate bispyridines having a hydrazone linkage as spacer with some alkyl functionalized esters forming the counter cations. Beside the synthesized halogenated DiILs 6–11, fluorinated metal anions were introduced via metathesis reaction in order to create new dipyridinium...