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Synthesis and Cytotoxic Activity of Novel Hybrid Compounds between Indolo[b]tetrahydrofuran and Imidazolium Salts

  • Liu Zhengfen ,
  • Zhang Chaobo ,
  • Duan Shengzu ,
  • Liu Yang ,
  • Chen Wen ,
  • Li Yan ,
  • Zhang Hongbin ,
  • Yang Xiaodong
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  • a. Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming 65009;
    b. State Key Laboratory for Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204

Received date: 2016-10-28

  Revised date: 2017-01-12

  Online published: 2017-01-20

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21662043, 21462049, U1402227, 21332007), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT13095), the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (No. 2013FA028).

Abstract

A series of novel hybrid compounds between indolo[b]tetrahydrofuran and imidazolium salts were prepared from tryptophol by four steps of Sharpless epoxidation, amidation, coupling and salt formation. Their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS and X-ray crystallographic analysis. These compounds were evaluated in vitro against a panel of human tumor cell lines. The results showed that 1-((3aR,8aS)-3,3a-dihydro-3a-hydroxy-2H-furo[2,3-b]indol-8(8aH)-yl)etha-none-3-(2-(naphthalen-2-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-5,6-dimethyl-1H-benzo[d]-imidazol-3-ium bromide (20) and 1-((3aR,8aS)-3,3a-di-hydro-3a-hydroxy-2H-furo[2,3-b]indol-8(8aH)-yl)ethanone-3-(2-naphthylmethyl)-5,6-dimethyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-3-ium bromide (22) exhibited higher inhibitory activity selectively against SMMC-7721, MCF-7 and SW480 cell lines compared with DDP. In particular, 1-((3aR,8aS)-3,3a-dihydro-3a-hydroxy-2H-furo[2,3-b]indol-8(8aH)-yl)ethanone-3-(2-bromobenzyl)-5,6-dimethyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-3-ium bromide (24) was more selective to SW-480 cell lines with IC50 values 2.0-fold lower than DDP.

Cite this article

Liu Zhengfen , Zhang Chaobo , Duan Shengzu , Liu Yang , Chen Wen , Li Yan , Zhang Hongbin , Yang Xiaodong . Synthesis and Cytotoxic Activity of Novel Hybrid Compounds between Indolo[b]tetrahydrofuran and Imidazolium Salts[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017 , 37(6) : 1506 -1515 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201610043

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