Antioxidant effectiveness generated by one or two phenolic hydroxyl groups in coumarin-substituted dihydropyrazoles

Abstract

A cascade operation was designed to synthesize nine coumarin-substituted dihydropyrazoles with only one or two phenolic hydroxyl groups contained. Antioxidant abilities of the obtained compounds were evaluated by inhibiting 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropanehydrochloride) (AAPH)-, Cu2+/glutathione (GSH)-, and .OH-induced oxidation of DNA. It was found that less phenolic hydroxyl groups can enhance the abilities of coumarin-substituted dihydropyrazoles to protect DNA against the oxidation. Moreover, these coumarin-substituted dihydropyrazoles were employed to scavenge 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) cationic radical (ABTS+.), 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH), and galvinoxyl radical, respectively. It was found that double phenolic hydroxyl groups were more beneficial for enhancing the abilities of coumarin-substituted dihydropyrazoles to quench the aforementioned radicals. Therefore, dihydropyrazole linked with coumarin exhibited powerful antioxidant effectiveness even in the case of less phenolic hydroxyl groups involved.

Keywords: Antioxidant; Coumarin; Dihydropyrazole; Free radical; Oxidation of DNA.