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Facile Preparation of 4-Substituted Quinazoline Derivatives
Published on: February 15, 2016
Identification of benzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline derivatives as a new class of antituberculosis agents
Chiao-Li Yang1, Chih-Hua Tseng, Yeh-Long Chen
1Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
Abstract:
A series of 11-alkoxylated and 11-aminated benzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their anti-TB and cytotoxic activities. The known 11-chlorobenzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline (3) was synthesized in a single step from anthranilic acid and 2-coumaranone in phosphorus oxychloride in 51% yield for the first time. Treatment of 3 with alcohols and amines gave 11-alkoxylated and 11-aminated benzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline derivatives respectively, which were evaluated for their anti-TB and cytotoxic activities. Our results indicated that 11-arylaminated derivatives were more active than their respective 11-aryloxylated isosteric isomers against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Among the tested compounds, 11-methoxybenzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline (4), 11-methylamino- benzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline (9), and 11-dimethylaminobenzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline (14) exhibited significant activities against the growth of M. tuberculosis (MIC values of <0.20 microg/mL) and low cytotoxicities against VERO cell with IC(50) values of 11.77, 5.55, and >30.00 microg/mL respectively. The selectivity index (SI=IC(50)/MIC) for 4, 9, and 14 was greater than 58.85, 27.75, and 150 respectively.
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