1,5-Bis[4,4-dimethyl-1-(4-methylphenyl)-5-(1-piperidinio)-1-penten-3-ylidene]carbonohydrazide Dichloride Methanol Solvate

The title compound, C₃₉H₅₈N₆O²⁺.2Cl^-.CH₃OH, was synthesized as the lead molecule of a novel group of anticancer agents. The biscarbonohydrazide group in the molecule forms a complex conjugated resonance system involving the two 4-methylstyryl groups. Although the chemical bonding implies that the bonds of the molecule should have a mirror plane of symmetry, the molecule adopts an asymmetric bonding conformation.

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