Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling of substituted 2-aminobenzimidazoles as novel inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase
A series of novel 2-aminobenzimidazolederivatives were synthesized under microwave irradiation. Their biological activities were evaluated on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). A number of the 2-aminobenzimidazolederivatives showed good inhibitory activities to AChE and BuChE. Among them, compounds 9, 12 and 13 were found to be >25-fold more selective for BuChE than AChE