A focused quinazolinone natural product-templated library was designed and synthesized. Compounds from this privileged structure-based library were identified as antimitotic agents acting through destabilization of tubulin polymerization. The results suggested that 2 could be a privileged substructure. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
New types of bronchodilator agents, bi- and tricyclic nitrogenbridgeheadcompounds with a pyrimidin-4(3H)-one ring, were synthesized and evaluated for bronchodilator activity against serotonin-, histamine-, and acetylcholine-induced spasms in the guinea pig Konzett-Rössler test. The structure-activity relationships are discussed. The effects of some bi- and tricyclic derivatives on the human bronchus