(EtBr) fluorescence displacement experiment. Compounds' alkylation potency was investigated via in vitro incubation test using 2-mercaptoethanol, a biomimetic nucleophile. The five of the compounds (7s, 9d, 10b, 11b, 12c) are reported for first time in the literature. Our results suggest that compound 9d has a biological activity close to the reference compound doxorubicin, an intercalating agent in clinical
Mannich reaction of ketones using 1, 3-dioxolane instead of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, or 1, 3, 5-trioxane afforded the corresponding Mannich bases in high yields. Under the same conditions the aminomethylation of aromatics did not proceed but the intramolecular aminomethylation, like a Pictet-Spengler type reaction, proceeded smoothly.
A series of Mannich bases having piperidine moiety were reacted with 2-mercaptoethanol, leading to 1-aryl-3-piperidine-4-yl-1-propanone hydrochlorides. The cytotoxicity and carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activities of these new compounds were evaluated. Among the compounds, only one derivative, nitro substituent bearing EU9, showed an effective cytotoxicity, although weak tumor specificity against human