Design and synthesis of γ-butyrolactone derivatives as potential spermicidal agents
Rishi Ranjan Pandey1, Akansha Srivastava1, Shakti Deep Pachauri1
1Pharmaceutics Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India.
Abstract:
A series of γ-butyrolactone derivatives has been designed and synthesized from commercially available 2-acetyl butyrolactone (3-acetyldihydrofuran-2(3H)-one, 1) by aminoalkylating its active methylene followed by condensation with different aldehydes. Compounds having amino group were further converted to their respective tartrate salts and were evaluated for spermicidal activity against human sperm in vitro. Compounds showing appreciable spermicidal activity at ⩽0.5% [3c, 4d (0.5%); 2c, 3d (0.1%); 2d, 4c (0.05%)] were tested for safety studies against human cervical (HeLa) cell line. These compounds were found safer than, Nonoxynol-9. One of the two most active compounds was also found to be the safest (IC50=961 μg/ml; 4c), while the second compound exhibited lower safety against HeLa (IC50=269 μg/ml; 2d). The compound 4c significantly reduced the number of free thiols on human sperm. All the compounds were inactive against Trichomonas vaginalis.
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