Synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of naphthofuranquinones and naphthothiophenequinones containing a fused thiazole ring

Bioorg Med Chem. 2003 May 15;11(10):2175-82. doi: 10.1016/s0968-0896(03)00122-6.

Abstract

The synthesis of tetracyclic quinones 10a,b, 14a,b, 19a,b and 20a,b is described. The preparations involve regioselective Diels-Alder reactions via trapping the thiazole o-quinodimethane 9 with several benzofuranquinones and benzothiophenequinones. The structure of the regioisomers was assigned through 2D NMR 1H-13C HMBC experiments performed on 10a and 14a. Compounds 10a,b, 14a as well as phenol 1 and the starting quinones 2, 5, 7 and 15 are evaluated against Leishmania sp., Toxoplasma gondii and THP-1 cells. Almost all the tested compounds exhibit significant antiprotozoal activities with lower cytotoxicities than the reference compounds. Among them, quinones 2 and 14a possess the best activities towards L. donovani and T. gondii with the lowest toxicities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / toxicity
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Leishmania donovani / drug effects*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Myeloid Cells / drug effects
  • Myeloid Cells / parasitology
  • Naphthoquinones / chemical synthesis*
  • Naphthoquinones / pharmacology
  • Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thiazoles / chemistry
  • Thiophenes / chemistry
  • Toxoplasma / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Furans
  • Naphthoquinones
  • Thiazoles
  • Thiophenes