We report a new route to the preparation of C-2-symmetrical bivalent phenylboronic acids having alkyl linker groups in the molecule and results of biological evaluation of their biological activity and cytotoxic activity against Vero cells. Among the tested compounds, C-2-symmetrical bivalent meta-oriented phenylboronic acid 2f (n=7) showed high cytotoxic activity (CC50=5.43 mu M) against Vero cells. The results of an SAR study suggested that the presence of a C7-methylene linker group in the molecule is an important structural factor for expression of potential cytotoxic activities. A sugar recognition property of this C-2-symmetrical geometric molecule was suggested by NMR analysis of compound 2f with methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside 6.
We here report the results of evaluation of antibacterial and anti-herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) activities of a novel twin-drug type C-2-symmetrical boronic acid and its pinacol ester derivatives. By using a primitive amide bond formation reaction, various targeted C-2-symmetrical cyclic phenylboronic acid derivatives were obtained from the reactions of commercially available amino-substituted phenylboronic acid derivatives and diacid dichlorides. The C-2-symmetrical bivalent molecule 3bd containing two cyclic phenylboronic acid pinacol ester moieties and a flexible hexamethylene linker showed both antibacterial activity (S. aureus) and anti-HSV-1 activity. The corresponding boronic acid derivative 3dd showed neither antibacterial nor anti-HSV-1 activity, indicating the importance of two pinacol ester functionalities.
Preparation of Novel Bivalent Linker Mode Phenylboronic Acid Derivatives and Their Biological Evaluation
We report a new route to the preparation of C-2-symmetrical bivalent phenylboronic acids having alkyl linker groups in the molecule and results of biological evaluation of their biological activity and cytotoxic activity against Vero cells. Among the tested compounds, C-2-symmetrical bivalent meta-oriented phenylboronic acid 2f (n=7) showed high cytotoxic activity (CC50=5.43 mu M) against Vero cells. The results of an SAR study suggested that the presence of a C7-methylene linker group in the molecule is an important structural factor for expression of potential cytotoxic activities. A sugar recognition property of this C-2-symmetrical geometric molecule was suggested by NMR analysis of compound 2f with methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside 6.