Design, synthesis and antiproliferative activity studies of 1,2,3-triazole–chalcones

Abstract

A series of 1,2,3-triazole–chalcone hybrids were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against three selected cancer cell lines (SK-N-SH, HepG-2 and MGC-803). Most of the synthesized compounds exhibited moderate to good activity against all the cancer cell lines selected. Particularly, compound 12k showed the most excellent antiproliferative activity with an IC₅₀ value of 1.53 μM against SK-N-SH cancer cells. The mechanism studies revealed that compound 12k inhibited the proliferation of SK-N-SH cancer cells by inducing apoptosis and arresting the cell cycle at the G1 phase.