Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196559
Keywords
oxidative dearomatization; hypervalent iodine; cyclohexadienones; antiprotozoal activity; physicochemical parameters
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- NAWI Graz
- University of Graz
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In this study, a series of cyclohexadienone and naphthoquinone derivatives were synthesized using different hypervalent iodine(III) reagents and evaluated for their in vitro antiprotozoal activity. It was found that benzyl naphthoquinone 5c was the most active and selective molecule against T. brucei rhodesiense.
Quinones and quinols are secondary metabolites of higher plants that are associated with many biological activities. The oxidative dearomatization of phenols induced by hypervalent iodine(III) reagents has proven to be a very useful synthetic approach for the preparation of these compounds, which are also widely used in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Starting from several substituted phenols and naphthols, a series of cyclohexadienone and naphthoquinone derivatives were synthesized using different hypervalent iodine(III) reagents and evaluated for their in vitro antiprotozoal activity. Antiprotozoal activity was assessed against Plasmodium falciparum NF54 and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense STIB900. Cytotoxicity of all compounds towards L6 cells was evaluated and the respective selectivity indices (SI) were calculated. We found that benzyl naphthoquinone 5c was the most active and selective molecule against T. brucei rhodesiense (IC50 = 0.08 mu M, SI = 275). Furthermore, the antiprotozoal assays revealed no specific effects. In addition, some key physicochemical parameters of the synthesised compounds were calculated.
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