Based on the structural elements of bioactive 3-substituted indoles, a new series of indole–thiosemicarbazone hybrid derivatives were designed, synthesized, and well-characterized using different spectral techniques. The intended scaffolds were screened for their in vitro anti-proliferative activities against breast cancer (MCF-7), lung cancer (A-549), and liver cancer (Hep-G2) cell lines, as well as their anti-oxidant properties. Cytotoxicity studies revealed that compound 6n was the most potent, at least threefold more potent than the commercially available reference drug etoposide, against A-549. In addition, morphological analysis by the acridine orange/ethidium bromide double staining test and flow cytometry analysis confirmed induction of apoptosis in the A-549 cells by compound 6n. In order to validate the experimental results, molecular studies were performed to achieve the possible binding interactions of the most potent compound (6n) and colchicine with tubulin as well as ANP with ATPase domain of topoisomerase IIα active sites. Moreover, the radical scavenging potential of the final derivatives was found to be excellent with the range of 0.015–0.630 µM, comparable to the standard ascorbic acid (0.655 µM).
Access to Polycyclic Sulfonyl Indolines via Fe(II)-Catalyzed or UV-Driven Formal [2 + 2 + 1] Cyclization Reactions of N-((1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)propiolamides with NaHSO<sub>3</sub>
A variety of structurally novel polycyclic sulfonyl indolines have been synthesized via FeCl2-catalyzed or UV-driven intramolecular formal [2 + 2 + 1] dearomatizing cyclization reactions of N-(1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)propiolamides with NaHSO3 in an aqueous medium. The reactions involve the formation of one C–C bond and two C–Sbonds in a single step.
In this work, two novel series of indole‐thiosemicarbazone derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against MCF‐7, A‐549, and Hep‐G2 cell lines in comparison to etoposide and colchicine as the reference drugs. Generally, the synthesized compounds showed better cytotoxicity towards A‐549 and Hep‐G2 than MCF‐7. Among them, (2E)‐2‐[2‐(4‐chlorophenyl)‐1H‐indo
Preparation of some novel imidazopyridine derivatives of indole as anticancer agents: one-pot multicomponent synthesis, biological evaluation and docking studies
A series of novel imidazopyridine derivatives of indole has been synthesized. All the synthesized derivatives were evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against A-549, T-47D, Hep-G2 and MCF-7 human cancer cell lines. The results demonstrated that some of these derivatives exhibited moderate to excellent cytotoxic activities. Compounds 7a having a cyclohexyl ring substituted to the second amine