Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Pyrazoline and Pyrimidine Analogs of Combretastatin-A4 as Anticancer, Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Agents

A library of 3,5-diaryl-1-carbothioamide-pyrazoline (5a–j), N1-phenyl sulfonyl pyrazoline (6a–e) and pyrimidine (7a) analogs of combretastatin-A4 were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity. Results of in vitro assay against human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) showed several compounds endowed with significant cytotoxicity compared to the adriamycin, a standard anticancer drug. Among the compounds synthesized, 7a was found to possess significant antiproliferative activity (GI50 < 0.1 µM) against the MCF-7 cell line as good as adriamycin (GI50 < 0.1 µM) whereas, compounds 6c, 5j and 5g also displayed good cytotoxicity (GI50 = 25.3–42.6 µM). Besides this, most active compound 7a was also evaluated against human myeloid leukemia cell line K562 and the remarkable result was obtained with GI50 < 0.1 µM, comparable to that of adriamycin (GI50 < 0.1 µM). In addition, all the synthesized compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity. The percent inhibition studies revealed that most of the compounds were found to possess substantial anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Design, Synthesis, and Spectroscopic Study of 7-Azaindolyl Hydrazones with Anti-Breast Cancer Activity

A series of 7-azaindolyl hydrazones were prepared by reacting of hydrazides of 7-azaindole-3-acetic acids with aromatic aldehydes and N-substituted indolyl-3-carboxyaldehydes. Structure of all the synthesized compounds were satisfactorily correlated by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectroscopic evidences. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their possible anticancer potential against MCF-7 induced breast carcinoma. It is worth mentioning that most of the compounds were considerably active against MCF-7 cell line with GI50 values ranging from 22.3–81.0 μM. The hydrazones of N-1-substituted indole-3-carboxyaldehydes 9f, 9g, 9h, 9c, and 9j were active against MCF-7 cell line with GI50 values less than 40 μM (GI50 = 22.3 and 24.9, 29.6, 30.2 and 37.8 μM respectively) with moderate TGI values (TGI = 56.6, 59.5, 65.5, 70.7 and 94.6 μM respectively). The active compounds were also screened against the normal Vero monkey cell line, which showed moderate selectivity against inhibition of cancer cells. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

SYNTHESIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF MANNICH BASES OF IMIDAZO[1,2-A]PYRIDINE

<p>Prompted by the varied biological activities of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and<br>Mannich bases, a series of Mannich bases were prepared by condensing 2-(4-<br>bromophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with different secondary amines and<br>formaldehyde in the presence of acid catalyst. The structures of these novel compounds<br>were confirmed on the basis of spectral data. All the title compounds were screened for<br>their antimicrobial activities. The screening data indicated that tested compounds<br>showed good antimicrobial activity.</p> <p> </p

Polyethylene glycol in water: Simple, efficient, and catalyst-free synthesis of 4H-pyran derivatives

<p>A green, one-pot, multicomponent method for the synthesis of diverse library of 4H-pyran derivatives such as 4-phenyl-4H-pyrans, spirochromenes, and dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromines was developed using polyethylene glycol (PEG-600) as promoting reaction medium in water. The 4-phenyl-4H-pyran dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromine derivatives were synthesized by a three-component reaction of aromatic aldehyde, malononitrile, and cyclic 1,3-dione/4-hydroxy coumarin at room temperature and reflux respectively. The promising points for the present methodology are efficiency, generality, high yield, short reaction time, cleaner reaction profile, ease of product isolation, potential to recycle reaction medium, and agreement with green chemistry protocols, making it a useful and attractive process for the synthesis of 4H-pyran derivatives.</p