Synthesis, Characterization, Anti-proliferative Evaluation, and DNA Flow Cytometry Analysis of Some 2-Thiohydantoin Derivatives.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Due to the well-documented anti-proliferative activity of 2-thiohydantoin incorporated with pyrazole, oxadiazole, quinazoline, urea, ß-naphthyl carbamate and Schiff bases, they are noteworthy in pharmaceutical chemistry. METHODS: An efficient approach for the synthesis of a novel series of 2-thiohydantoin derivatives incorporated with pyrazole and oxadiazole has proceeded via the reaction of the acyl hydrazide with chalcones and/or triethyl orthoformate. Schiff bases were synthesized by the reaction of the acyl hydrazide with different aromatic aldehydes. Moreover, Curtius rearrangement was applied to the acyl azide to obtain the urea derivative, quinazoline derivative, and carbamate derivative. RESULTS: The synthesized compounds structures were discussed and confirmed depending on their spectral data. The anticancer activity of these heterocyclic compounds was evaluated against the breast cancer cell line (MCF-7), where they showed variable activity. Compound 5d found to have a superior anticancer activity, where it has (IC50 = 2.07 ± 0.13 µg/mL) in comparison with the reference drug doxorubicin that has (IC50 = 2.79 ± 0.07 µg / mL). Then compound 5d subjected to further studies such as cell cycle analysis and apoptosis. Apoptosis was confirmed by the upregulation of Bax, downregulation of Bcl-2, and the increase of the caspase 3/7percentage. CONCLUSION: Insertion of pyrazole, oxadiazole and, quinazoline moieties with 2-thiohydantoin moiety led to the enhancement of its anti-proliferative activity. Hence they can be used as anticancer agents.

Design, synthesis and evaluation of anticancer activity of novel 2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one derivatives bearing pyrazole, triazole and benzoxazole moieties.

A novel series of substituted 2-thiohydantoin incorporated with benzoimidazole, pyrazole, triazole and/or benzoxazole moieties has been synthesized using (E)-3-[1-(4-bromophenyl)ethylideneamino]-2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one 1 as the key starting material. The key material 1 also, reacted with an acetic anhydride, aromatic aldehydes, secondary amines, formaldehyde and triethyl orthoformate to give the corresponding acetyl, chalcone, Mannich bases and ethoxymethylene derivatives, respectively. The structures of the novel compounds were confirmed by spectral data and elemental analysis. The cytotoxic activity of all synthesized compounds was assessed in vitro against human hepatocellular cancer cell line (HePG-2) and breast carcinoma cell line (MCF-7). The bioassay results revealed that compound 14 has the best activity against HePG-2 cell line (IC50 = 2.33 µg/mL), while compound 5 has the best activity against MCF-7 cell line (IC50 = 3.98 µg/mL).

Synthesis, Surface Parameters, and Biodegradability of Water-soluble Surfactants for Various Applications.

The synthesis of water-soluble heterocyclic compounds was verified on the basis of nonionic surfactants for use as surface-active agents. Surface characteristics such as surface and interfacial tensions, cloud point, wetting time, emulsion stability, foaming height and foaming stability were measured for these surface factors in aqueous solutions. In addition, the critical micelle concentration (CMC), the surface pressure at CMC (πcmc), the effectiveness of surface tension reduction (pC20), the maximum surface concentration (Γma.) and the minimum area/molecule at the aqueous solution/air interface (Amin) were calculated. Moreover, the biodegradability for these nonionic surfactants has been investigated. Furthermore, the antimicrobial evaluation has been evaluated with some surfactants that have demonstrated a potent cytotoxicity as antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer. These surfactants have a good water solubility, low toxicity, environmentally friendly environment, high foam, good emulsifier and easy production that will be used them in various fields such as medical drugs, insecticides, detergents, emulsifiers, cosmetics, inks clothing, leather industry and oil recovery.

Ammonium chloride catalyzed synthesis of novel Schiff bases from spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyran]-3'-carbonitriles and evaluation of their antimicrobial and anti-breast cancer activities.

BACKGROUND: Indolinone and spiro-indoline derivatives have been employed in the preparation of different important therapeutic compounds required for treatment of anticonvulsants, antibacterial, Antitubercular, and anticancer activities. Schiff bases have been found to possess various pharmacological activities such as antitubercular, plant growth inhibiting, insecticsidal, central nerve system depressant, antibacterial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial. Mannich bases have a variety of biological activities such as antibacterial and antifungal activities. RESULTS: In this study, a green, rapid and efficient protocol for the synthesis of a new series of Schiff bases from spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyran]-3'-carbonitrile derivatives using ammonium chloride as a very inexpensive and readily available reagent. The prepared compounds were assessed in vitro for their antimicrobial activity. Also, the cytotoxic activity of the prepared compounds was assessed in vitro against human cells line MCF7 breast cancer. CONCLUSION: Good activity was distinguished for Schiff bases from spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyran]-3'-carbonitriles, with some members recorded higher antimicrobial and anti-breast cancer activities.Graphical abstractNovel Schiff bases from spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyran]-3'-carbonitriles.

Design and synthesis of some new thiophene, thienopyrimidine and thienothiadiazine derivatives of antipyrine as potential antimicrobial agents.

4-acetamide Pyrazolone 2 was synthesized by acetylation of 4-amino antipyrine 1 in excellent yield. 4-acetamide pyrazolone 2 was exploited as a starting material for the syntheses of hitherto unknown different types of new heterocyclic compounds incorporating the antipyrine moiety which expect highly biological activity against various microorganisms. Thus, Claisen condensation of 4-acetamide pyrazolone 2 with diethyl oxalate have been utility to afford new 4-oxaloacetyl antipyrine 3, which upon hydrazinolysis of the ester function to obtain the acetohydrazide derivative 18 which used as starting material to synthesize 1,2,4-triazol 19 and hydrazone 20 derivatives. 4-aminothiophene carboxylate derivatives 6, 7 were synthesized by utility of Gewald reaction. On the other hand, Michael type addition of the enolate ion of acetyl functions in acetamide pyrazolone 2 to the activated double bond in arylidenemalonoester to furnish pyrane derivative 9 was done. Finally, 4-acetamide pyrazolone 2 was treated with aromatic substituted aldehyde to exhibit thiophenacrylamide derivative 10. Compound 6 gave characteristic reaction for enaminonitriles, thus, the behavior of o-aminoester of 4-aminothiophene carboxylate derivative 6 toward electrophilic reagent, one carbon donars, amide and acid was also investigated to afford the correspondence thiophene derivatives 11,12,13,15 and 16. In addition, treatment of carboxamide derivative 16 with thionyl chloride afforded the thienothiadiazine derivative 17. The characterization of all synthesized compounds was done by elemental analysis and spectral studies. Moreover, all the synthesized compounds were tested against antimicrobial activities by the disc diffusion method, which exhibited higher promising biological activities.