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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
Regioselective synthesis and molecular modeling study of vasorelaxant active
Adel S Girgis1, Nasser S M Ismail, Hanaa Farag
1Pesticide Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt. girgisas10@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Nitrilimines (PhC(-):N(+):NR') generated in situ from hydrazonoyl chlorides 2a,b reacted regioselectively with 5-arylidene-2,2-dimethyl[1,3]dioxane-4,6-diones 1a-f to afford 1,3,4-triaryl-8,8-dimethyl-7,9-dioxa-1,2-diaza-spiro[4.5]dec-2-ene-6,10-diones 3a-l. In vitro vasodilation activity screening of the synthesized compounds using isolated thoracic aortic rings of male Wister rats pre-contracted with norepinephrine hydrochloride revealed considerable vasodilation activity; compounds 3f and 3j had IC(50) (concentration necessary for 50% reduction of maximal norepinephrine hydrochloride induced contracture) of 0.325, 0.321 mM, respectively. Molecular modeling, including fitting to a 3D-pharmacophore model using Discovery studio 2.1 programs and their docking into optimized alpha(1)-AR homology models as alpha(1)-AR antagonist showed high-docking score and fit values. The experimental in vitro vasodilation activity of compounds 3a-l was consistent with the molecular modeling.
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