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This review article provides a perspective on the synthesis of alicyclic and heterocyclic ring-fused benzimidazoles, imidazo[4,5-f]benzimidazoles, and imidazo[5,4-f]benzimidazoles. These heterocycles have a plethora of biological activities with the iminoquinone and quinone derivatives displaying potent bioreductive antitumor activity. Synthesis is categorized according to the cyclization reaction and mechanisms are detailed. Nitrobenzene reduction, cyclization of aryl amidines, lactams and isothiocyanates are described. Protocols include condensation, cross-dehydrogenative coupling with transition metal catalysis, annulation onto benzimidazole, often using CuI-catalysis, and radical cyclization with homolytic aromatic substitution. Many oxidative transformations are under metal-free conditions, including using thermal, photochemical, and electrochemical methods. Syntheses of diazole analogues of mitomycin C derivatives are described. Traditional oxidations of o-(cycloamino)anilines using peroxides in acid via the t-amino effect remain popular.
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Benzimidazoles/chemical synthesis , Imidazoles/chemical synthesis , Benzimidazoles/chemistry , Cyclization , Imidazoles/chemistry , Mitomycin/chemistryABSTRACT
The reactivity of hydrogen peroxide and catalytic hydroiodic acid toward 3,6-dimethoxy-2-(cycloamino)anilines is tunable to give ring-fused benzimidazoles or 1,4,6,9-tetramethoxyphenazine in high yield. Mechanisms via a detected nitroso-intermediate are proposed for oxidative cyclization and the unexpected intermolecular displacement of the oxazine. An aqueous solution of molecular iodine is capable of the same transformations. Oxidative demethylation gave targeted benzimidazolequinones, including without cleavage of the incorporated oxetane.
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Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry , Benzimidazoles/chemistry , Drug Discovery , Ethers, Cyclic/chemistry , Morpholines/chemistry , Phenazines/chemistry , Quinones/chemistry , Acids/chemistry , Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis , Benzimidazoles/chemical synthesis , Catalysis , Cyclization , Hydrogen Peroxide/chemistry , Iodine Compounds/chemistry , Molecular Structure , Oxidation-Reduction , Phenazines/chemical synthesis , Quinones/chemical synthesisABSTRACT
ß-Thalassemia (ß-thal) is a hemoglobinopathy characterized by reduced or absent ß-globin production. Pharmacological reactivation of the γ-globin gene for the production of fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) presents an attractive treatment strategy. In an effort to identify promising therapeutic agents, we evaluated 80 analogues of the histone deacetylase inhibitor MS-275, a known Hb F inducer. The chemical analogues were identified via molecular modeling and targeted chemical modifications. Nine novel agents exhibited significant hemoglobin (Hb)-inducing and erythroid differentiation activities in the human K562 erythroleukemia cell line. Five of them appeared to be stronger inducers than the lead compound, MS-275, demonstrating the effectiveness of our method.
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Benzamides/pharmacology , Cell Differentiation/drug effects , Drug Design , Erythroid Precursor Cells/cytology , Hemoglobins/biosynthesis , Pyridines/pharmacology , Hemoglobins/drug effects , Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Humans , K562 Cells/drug effects , Models, Molecular , Structure-Activity RelationshipABSTRACT
7-Oxo-1,2,4-benzotriazines (benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones) are reversible thioredoxin reductase inhibitors that exhibit very strong correlations to pleurotin. In this article, we provide the first synthesis of fluorinated derivatives. Fluorination using Selectfluor of benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones occurs regioselectively and in high yield at the enamine-activated position. This electron N-lone pair activation overrides the activation/deactivation effects of some other substituents. The reaction time was significantly reduced with the use of microwave irradiation at 120 °C and 7 bar. The cytotoxicity and cyclic voltammetry measurements for 8-fluoro-1,3-diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-7(1H)-one (2) are presented and compared with its synthetic precursor, 1,3-diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-7(1H)-one (1a).
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Diazonium Compounds/chemistry , Triazines/chemistry , Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry , Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Cell Survival/drug effects , Halogenation , Humans , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Molecular Structure , Structure-Activity Relationship , Triazines/pharmacologyABSTRACT
1,5-Dideoxy-1,5-imino-l-fucitol (1-deoxyfuconojirimycin, DFJ) is an iminosugar that inhibits fucosidases. Herein, N-alkyl DFJs have been synthesised and tested against the α-fucosidases of T. maritima (bacterial origin) and B. taurus (bovine origin). The N-alkyl derivatives were inactive against the bacterial fucosidase, while inhibiting the bovine enzyme. Docking of inhibitors to homology models, generated for the bovine and human fucosidases, was carried out. N-Decyl-DFJ was toxic to cancer cell lines and was more potent than the other N-alkyl DFJs studied.
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Enzyme Inhibitors/chemical synthesis , Sugar Alcohols/chemistry , alpha-L-Fucosidase/antagonists & inhibitors , 1-Deoxynojirimycin/analogs & derivatives , 1-Deoxynojirimycin/chemistry , 1-Deoxynojirimycin/metabolism , Bacteria/enzymology , Bacterial Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Binding Sites , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival/drug effects , Enzyme Inhibitors/metabolism , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Humans , Immunoglobulin G/metabolism , Immunoglobulin G/pharmacology , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Melphalan/chemical synthesis , Melphalan/metabolism , Melphalan/pharmacology , Molecular Docking Simulation , Structure-Activity Relationship , Sugar Alcohols/metabolism , alpha-L-Fucosidase/metabolismABSTRACT
The traditional thermal Mannich reaction is unsuitable for preparing polymerizable N-methylene amino substituted acrylamides and methacrylamides. Herein we provide a facile multi-gram high yield synthesis of these monomeric precursors to stimuli-responsive polymers by the addition of acrylamides and methacrylamides onto in situ generated or freshly isolated methylene Schiff base (iminium) salts. The X-ray crystal structure of the hydrated iminium salt, 1-(hydroxymethyl)azocan-1-ium chloride and monomer·HCl salt (N-[(azocan-1-yl)methyl]prop-2-enamide hydrochloride) is described.
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Cell viability studies for benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones and 1,2,4-benzotriazinyl (Blatter-type) radical precursors are described with comparisons made with 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO). All of the stable free radicals were several orders of magnitude less cytotoxic than the benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones. The synthesis and evaluation of two new pyrid-2-yl benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones are described, where altering the 1,3-substitution from phenyl to pyrid-2-yl increased cytotoxicity against most cancer cell lines, as indicated using National Cancer Institute (NCI) one-dose testing. COMPARE analysis of five-dose testing data from the NCI showed very strong correlations to the naturally occurring anti-cancer compound pleurotin. COMPARE is program, which analyzes similarities in cytotoxicity data of compounds, and enables quantitative expression as Pearson correlation coefficients. Compounds were also evaluated using the independent MTT assay, which was compared with SRB assay data generated at the NCI.
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Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Benzene Derivatives/pharmacology , Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings/pharmacology , Triazines/pharmacology , Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis , Benzene Derivatives/chemical synthesis , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival/drug effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Free Radicals , HT29 Cells , Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings/chemical synthesis , Humans , MCF-7 Cells , Structure-Activity Relationship , Triazines/chemical synthesisABSTRACT
Reacting N-aryliminophosphoranes with 1-(het)aroyl-2-aryldiazenes in preheated diphenyl ether at ca. 150-250 °C for 5-25 min affords in most cases the 1,3-diaryl-1,4-dihydrobenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-4-yls (aka Blatter radicals) in moderate to good yields. All new compounds are fully characterized, including EPR and CV studies for the radicals. Single-crystal X-ray structures of 1-benzoyl-2-(perfluorophenyl)diazene and 1-(perfluorophenyl)-3-phenyl-1,4-dihydrobenzo[e][1,2,4]triazinyl are also presented.
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Benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline-6-carbonitriles are prepared in high yields via three new routes: (1) a Cu(OTf)2 (0-5 mol %) catalyzed hypervalent iodine [PhI(OTf)2] mediated oxidative coupling of 4-anilinoquinazoline-2-carbonitriles in neat trifluoroacetic acid (TFA); (2) a Pd(OAc)2 (10 mol %) or CuI (10 mol %) mediated nonoxidative coupling of 4-(2-bromoanilino)quinazoline-2-carbonitrile; and (3) a nonoxidative Pd(Ar3P)3 [Ar = 3,5-(F3C)2C6H3] [aka Superstable Pd(0) Catalyst] (10 mol %) mediated intramolecular C-N cyclization of 3-(2-bromophenyl)-4-imino-3,4-dihydroquinazoline-2-carbonitriles. All new compounds are fully characterized.
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1,3-Diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-7(1H)-one, the oxidation product of 1,3-diphenyl-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-4-yl (Blatter's radical), reacts with N'-arylbenzamidines in PhMe at ca. 100 °C in the presence of N,N-diisopropylethylamine (Hünig's base) (1 equiv.) to give N'-aryl-N-(1,7-dihydro-7-oxo-1,3-diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-6-yl)benzimidamides in 49-95% yield. In neat AcOH heated at ca. 120 °C, N'aryl-N-(1,7-dihydro-7-oxo-1,3-diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-6-yl)benzimidamides cyclodehydrate to give the novel 8-substituted 1,3,7-triphenyl-4,8-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yls in 13-81% yield. During the optimization of this cyclodehydration an additional oxazole fused benzotriazinyl radical 1,3,7-triphenyl-1,4-dihydro[1,3]oxazolo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yl was isolated as a side product and characterized. The CV and EPR data of the imidazolo- and oxazolo-fused radicals are presented as well as single crystal X-ray structures of 1,3,7-triphenyl-1,4-dihydro-[1,3]oxazolo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yl and 1,3,7,8-tetraphenyl-4,8-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yl.
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2-Amino-N'-arylbenzamidines react with 4,5-dichloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium chloride (Appel salt) in the presence of Hünig's base (2 equiv) to give in one step 3-aryl-4-imino-3,4-dihydroquinazoline-2-carbonitriles in 53-81% yields. Nine examples are presented along with the single-crystal X-ray structure of 4-imino-3-phenyl-3,4-dihydroquinazoline-2-carbonitrile. Furthermore, the behavior of the latter toward both acid and base hydrolysis is investigated. All new compounds are fully characterized, and a mechanistic rationale for the formation of the iminoquinazolines is provided.
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Imines/chemistry , Nitriles/chemical synthesis , Quinazolines/chemical synthesis , Thiazoles/chemistry , Molecular Structure , Nitriles/chemistry , Quinazolines/chemistryABSTRACT
Eight 2-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]quinoline-9-carbonitriles 15 are prepared in four steps from N'-arylbenzamidines 11 and tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) in ~70-90% yields. The transformation involves the initial formation of N-aryl-N'-(1,2,2-tricyanovinyl)benzamidines 12 in 87-99% yields, which in MeCN undergo a 5-exodig cyclization to give the 2-[1-aryl-5-imino-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-4(5H)-ylidene]malononitriles 13 in 84-92% yields, while in MeOH the (Z)-2-[2-phenyl-4-(arylimino)-1H-imidazol-5(4H)-ylidene]malononitriles 14 are formed in 85-94% yields. The imidazoles 14 can also be prepared directly from imidazoles 13 via a Dimroth rearrangement in either neat MeOH or in DCM with DBU. Subsequent thermolysis of imidazoles 14 in diphenyl ether affords 2-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]quinoline-9-carbonitriles 15 in near quantitative yields. Mechanistic rationale is provided for all transformations.