Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of some novel 17-isoxazoles in the estrone series
作者:Dóra Kovács、Zalán Kádár、Gergő Mótyán、Gyula Schneider、János Wölfling、István Zupkó、Éva Frank
DOI:10.1016/j.steroids.2012.05.003
日期:2012.9
Regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of different aryl nitrile oxides to mestranol were carried out to furnish novel steroidal 17 alpha-isoxazoles in good to excellent yields. Copper(I) was found to be an efficient catalyst, accelerating the intermolecular ring-closures and leading exclusively to 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles. The yields of the cycloadducts, however, were influenced by the substituents on the aromatic moiety of the 1,3-dipoles. Moreover, dehydration of the primary products resulted in the corresponding Delta(16.17) exo-heterocyclic derivatives. All the synthesized compounds were subjected to in vitro pharmacological studies of their antiproliferative effects relative to three human malignant cell lines (HeLa, MCF7 and A2780). (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.