Issue 11, 2019

Synthesis and antitubercular activity of 1- and 3-substituted benzo[g]isoquinoline-5,10-diones

Abstract

In this study, a small library of twenty benzo[g]isoquinoline-5,10-diones were synthesized in a novel straightforward approach, starting from 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (vitamin K). An intramolecular Heck reaction of a N-vinylacetamide was a crucial step in the synthetic route, at which the combination of cesium carbonate and a bulky, electron rich trialkylphosphine (tBuCy2P.HBF4) provided high 6-endo-trig selectivity. The anti-tubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra and acute cytotoxicity against J774 A.1 macrophages were studied. From the structure activity relationship, it could be derived that in general the substitution of position 3 yielded analogs with a higher antitubercular potency. Among these, two analogs, 27a and 27b, showed remarkable activity with minimal inhibition concentrations of respectively 28.92 μM and 1.05 μM, and acute cytotoxic concentrations of >128 μM and 34.85 μM. In addition, the analogs and their possible metabolites were evaluated using a Vitotox™ assay to study the possibility of genotoxicity. Results indicated that none of the evaluated analogs and their possible metabolites showed early signs of genotoxicity.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and antitubercular activity of 1- and 3-substituted benzo[g]isoquinoline-5,10-diones

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Oct 2018
Accepted
19 Feb 2019
First published
19 Feb 2019

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 2923-2939

Synthesis and antitubercular activity of 1- and 3-substituted benzo[g]isoquinoline-5,10-diones

R. J. Smets, E. Torfs, F. Lemière, P. Cos, D. Cappoen and K. Abbaspour Tehrani, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 2923 DOI: 10.1039/C8OB02690D

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