Synthesis, antimalarial evaluation and molecular modeling studies of hydroxyethylpiperazines, potential aspartyl protease inhibitors, part 2

Abstract

The antimalarial acitivity of hydroxyethylamines, synthesized from the reaction of intermediated hydroxyethypiperazines with benzenesulfonyl chlorides or benzoyl chlorides, has been evaluated in vitro against a W2 Plasmodium falciparum clone. Some of the nineteen tested derivatives showed a significant activity in vitro, thus turning into a promising new class of antimalarials. In addition, a molecular modeling study of the most active derivative (5l) was performed and its most probable binding modes within plasmepsin II enzyme were identified.