N-(α-Ketoacyl)anthranilicacids were prepared by oxidative ring opening of 3-hydroxyquinoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones by using paraperiodic acid (H5IO6) or sodium periodate (NaIO4). The optimisation of the reaction conditions is described as well as the utilisation of N-(α-ketoacyl)anthranilicacids in the preparation of anthranilicacid hydrochlorides.
None of these selected derivatives showed significant acute toxicity against MRC-5 cells or early signs of genotoxicity in the Vitotox™ assay at the active concentration range. The structure activity study relation provided some insight in the further favourable substitution pattern at the 4-hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-one scaffold and finally 6-fluoro-4-hydroxy-3-phenylquinolin-2(1H)-one (38) was selected as