Pyrazolobenzotriazinone derivatives as COX inhibitors: synthesis, biological activity, and molecular-modeling studies

Arch Pharm (Weinheim). 2010 Nov;343(11-12):631-8. doi: 10.1002/ardp.200900317.

Abstract

Pyrazolylbenzotriazinones are endowed with a structural analogy with the COX-2 selective inhibitor celecoxib. Considering that our research group has long been interested in the 3-pyrazolyl-substituted benzotriazinones as anti-inflammatory agents, six new pyrazolylbenzotriazinone derivatives 16a-c and 18a-c have been prepared by reacting the opportune ethyl 5-(2-aminobenzamido)-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate or 5-(2-aminobenzamido)-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxyic acid with sodium nitrite in glacial acetic acid. The biological studies revealed a good pharmacological profile for some pyrazolylbenzotriazinones and, in the case of the ethyl 5-(4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazin-3(4H)-yl)-1-pyridin-2-yl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate, a good COX-1/COX-2 selectivity. Molecular modeling studies confirmed the obtained biological results.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Celecoxib
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Pyrazoles
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfonamides
  • Triazines / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors
  • Pyrazoles
  • Sulfonamides
  • Triazines
  • Celecoxib