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Over the past years, numerous promising new metalorganic lead structures have been developed exhibiting highly active cytostatic properties. However, the efficiency of such chemotherapeutics in the treatment of tumors is often limited by their low therapeutic index due to their short half-life, lack of tumor selectivity, and associated side effects. Furthermore, the membrane barrier often restricts their cellular uptake by passive diffusion. In this contribution, we describe the synthesis, cellular uptake, and biologic activity of a series of cymantrene−peptide conjugates. Cymantrene CpMn(CO)₃ is a robust organometallic group, which is stable in air and water and easy to functionalize. In this work, some new cymantrene derivatives with different linkers between the half-sandwich complex and the carboxylate group were attached to the cell-penetrating peptide sC18 that should act as a transporter for the metal moiety. All …