Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10593558 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2013 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
Thirty new and thirty-four known analogues were designed and synthesized to improve the potential use of the α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone ring, a natural pharmacophore. All structures were confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR, MS, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. The results of antifungal and cytotoxic activity indicated that the synthesized analogues showed significant inhibitory activity and limited selectivity. Compound 45 exhibited the highest antifungal activity with IC50 = 22.8 μM but moderate cytotoxic activity with IC50 = 28.5 μM (against BGC823 cell line) and 7.7 μM (against HeLa cell line). Analysis of structure-activity relationships revealed that the incorporation of an aromatic ring into the β, γ positions of the lactone ring improved antifungal activity, and that the introduction of electron-withdrawing groups into the aromatic rings increased the activity compared with electron-donating groups. The above results identified 4-phenyl-3-phenyl-2-methylenebutyrolactone (33) as a lead scaffold for discovering and developing novel and improved crop-protection agents.
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