3-Phenyl-5-methyl-2H,5H-furan-2-ones: tuning antifungal activity by varying substituents on the phenyl ring
作者:Milan Pour、Marcel Špulák、Vojtěch Balšánek、Jiřı́ Kuneš、Vladimı́r Buchta、Karel Waisser
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00376-0
日期:2000.8
A series of racemic 3-phenyl-5-methyl-2H,5H-furan-2-ones related to a natural product, (-)incrustoporine, was synthesized, and their antifungal activity evaluated. The key structural feature, furanone ring, was closed via H2SO4-mediated cyclization of 3-phenylpent-4-enoic acids. The compounds displayed antifungal activity, especially against filamentous fungi. Expressed as the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) in mu mol/L, the activity of the most promising derivative against Absidia corymbifera matched that of ketoconazole (31.25 mu mol/L). In terms of mu g/mL, the substance was more active (7.6 mu g/mL) than this standard antifungal drug (16.6 mu g/mL). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.