Quinols as novel therapeutic agents. 7.1 Synthesis of antitumor 4-[1-(arylsulfonyl-1H-indol-2-yl)]-4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ones by Sonogashira reactions

J Med Chem. 2007 Apr 5;50(7):1707-10. doi: 10.1021/jm061163m. Epub 2007 Mar 8.

Abstract

Interaction of 2-iodoaniline or 5-fluoro-2-iodoaniline with a range of arylsulfonyl chlorides affords sulfonamides that undergo Sonogashira couplings under thermal or microwave conditions with the alkyne 4-ethynyl-4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one followed by cyclization to 4-[1-(arylsulfonyl-1H-indol-2-yl)]-4-hydroxycyclo-hexa-2,5-dien-1-ones. This method allows for incorporation of a range of substituents into the arylsulfonyl moiety, and compounds showed selective in vitro inhibition of cancer cell lines of colon and renal origin, a feature of compounds bearing the quinol pharmacophore.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Colonic Neoplasms
  • Cyclohexenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Cyclohexenes / chemistry
  • Cyclohexenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Indoles / chemical synthesis*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Indoles / pharmacology
  • Kidney Neoplasms
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfones / chemical synthesis*
  • Sulfones / chemistry
  • Sulfones / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cyclohexenes
  • Indoles
  • Sulfones