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Facile Preparation of 4-Substituted Quinazoline Derivatives
Published on: February 15, 2016
New water soluble pyrroloquinoline derivatives as new potential anticancer agents
Maria Grazia Ferlin1, Christine Marzano, Lisa Dalla Via
1Molecular Modeling Section, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, 5-35100 Padova, Italy.
Abstract:
A new class of water soluble 3H-pyrrolo[3,2-f]quinoline derivatives has been synthesized and investigated as potential anticancer drugs. Water solubility profiles have been used to select the most promising derivatives. The novel compound 10, having two (2-diethylamino-ethyl) side chains linked through positions 3N and 9O, presents a suitable water solubility profile, and it was shown to exhibit cell growth inhibitory properties when tested against the in-house panel of cell lines, in particular those obtained from melanoma.
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