Synthesis and 2D-QSAR study of dispiropyrrolodinyl-oxindole based alkaloids as cholinesterase inhibitors.

In this work, we describe the regioselective synthesis of some new dispiro[indene-2,3'-pyrrolidine-2',3″-indoline]-1,2″(3H)-dione 4-29 attributable to the previously described methods. All the new chemical entities were assessed in-vitro as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) enzymes; while no significant inhibitory activity for the tested compounds were assigned on AChE, compounds 4, 27, 29, 28 and 15 were the most active against BChE enzyme with IC50 = 13.7 µM, 21.8 µM, 22.1 µM, 22.9 µM and 24.9 µM respectively compared to Donepezil (IC50 = 0.72 µM). Compound 4 was found to have a mixed type mode of inhibition, the bioactivity of the new chemical entities (N = 26, n = 5, R2 = 0.893, R2 cvOO = 0.831, R2 cvMO = 0.838, F = 33.32, s2 = 0.003) was elucidated via a statistically significant QSAR model utilizing CODESSA-Pro software that validated the observed results.

Synthesis and molecular modeling of new benzimidazoles as glutathione S-transferase inhibitors and anticancer agents.

AIM: Synthesis of novel glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) inhibitors constitutes a promising strategy in cancer treatment. Results & methodology: A new set of benzimidazoles clubbed with various heterocycles as GST inhibitors and anticancer agents were synthesized. The biological results proved the potential of the new compounds as GST inhibitors, specifically compounds 7 and 14 which produced more potency than ethacrynic acid by three- and tenfold, respectively. Most compounds exhibited promising cytotoxic activity against breast and colon cancer cell lines. Molecular modeling studies revealed that compounds 7 and 14 showed good binding with the amino acids of the GST protein. CONCLUSION: Both compounds 7 and 14 fulfilled the Lipinski's rule of five suggesting them as new promising GST inhibitors and anticancer agents.

Synthesis of new pyrimidine derivatives with evaluation of their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities.

5-Formyl-6-aminopyrimidine-2,4-(1H, 3H)-dione (2) has been previously prepared fromcompound 1. Cyclocondensation reaction of compound 2 with cyanoacetamide gave substituted pyridopyrimidine 3. Also, compound 2 was condensed with p-amino acetophenone and hydrazine derivatives to give 5-([(4-acetylphenyl)imino]methyl)-6-aminopyrimidine (4) and 5-substituted carboaldehyde-6-amino pyrimidine derivatives (5a-d), respectively. Moreover, cyclocondensation reaction of compound 2 with thiosemcarbazide and semicarbazide hydrochloride gave 5-(5-thioxo or oxo-triazol-3-yl)-6-amino pyrimidine (6) and (7), respectively. Cyclocondensation reaction of compound 2 with thiourea and ethyl acetoacetate led to the formation of substituted ethyl bipyrimidine-5-carboxylate 8. Also, compound 2 was reacted with acetoacetic acid hydrazide and 2-cyanoacetohydrazide to give 5-(acetylpyrazol-6-aminopyrimidine 9 and 3-(6-aminopyrimidine-5-yl) pyrazole-4-carboxamide 10, respectively. Furthermore, compound 1 was diazotized to afford the diazonium salt 11. Its coupling with ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl cyanoacetate, acetylacetone, malononitrile, cyanoacetamide, diethylmalonate, in sodium acetate buffered solution afforded substituted hydrazonopyrimidines: ethylhydrazono-3-oxobutanoate 12, ethylhydrazono-3-oxopropanoate 13, pentane-2,3,4-trione hydrazone 14, cyanohydrazonoacetamide 15, diazenyl malonamide 16 and diethylhydrazonomalonate 17, respectively. Moreover, substituted pyrazolediazenylpyrimidine derivatives 18a,b, 19a,b, 20, 21a-c, 22 were synthesized by the cyclization of substituted hydrazonopyrimidines 12, 17, 15, 14 and 13, respectively. The analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of some of the synthesized compounds were evaluated. Compounds C18a, C20, C21b and C22 showed the most significant analgesic effects among synthesized moieties. All tested compounds, nonetheless, C18b showed significant anti-inflammatory effect in carrageenan induced paw edema model.

Novel benzimidazole derivatives as expected anticancer agents.

A series of 1-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-3-(substituted)-2-propen-1-one and its 1-methyl analogues 2c-h were synthesized and cyclized with different reagents such as ethyl cyanoacetate, thiourea, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, guanidinium sulfate, methylhydrazine, phenylhydrazine and/or hydrogen peroxide in different reactions to produce pyridones 3a,b, pyrimidinethione 4a,b, isoxazole 5a,b, aminopyrimidine 6a,b, pyrazoline 7i-k and epoxy derivative 8, respectively. Acetohydrazide 10 reacted with formic acid, acetic anhydride, carbon disulfide and/or thiosemicarbazide to yield compounds 11-19. Also compound 21a,b was condensed with different monosaccharides to yield the corresponding N-glycoside Schiff's bases derivatives 22a-h, which upon treatment with acetic anhydride afforded 23a-h derivatives. The anticancer activity of some of the newly synthesized compounds was evaluated against HEPG2 (human liver carcinoma cell line) and PC12 (pheochromocytoma of the rat adrenal medulla) cells. Benzimidazole-2-isoxazole 5a derivative exhibited high potency against HEPG2 and PC12 cells. Benzimidazole chalcones 2c,e, benzimidazole mercaptoacetohydrazide 14 and benzimidazole thiosemicarbazide 15a,b derivatives gave high potency against PC12 cells.