The present invention relates to compounds for use as therapeutic agents, particularly in the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, especially brain cancers/tumours, wherein the compounds are generally defined by the formula I: wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl ring system; and R1 to R 4 are various possible substituent groups, provided that at least one of an R2 group, the R3 group, or an R4 group is or comprises a hydroxy, amino, NH(R x ), or mercapto group.
The present invention relates to compounds for use as therapeutic agents, particularly in the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, especially brain cancers/tumours, wherein the compounds are generally defined by the formula I: wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl ring system; and R
1
to R
4
are various possible substituent groups, provided that at least one of an R
2
group, the R
3
group, or an R
4
group is or comprises a hydroxy, amino, NH(R
x
), or mercapto group.
During preparation of a series of diphenyl ethers it was observed that displacement of an activated aryl fluoride with ortho-hydroxyacetophenone afforded a product that was C-arylated adjacent to the ketone. Evidence suggested this product was formed by Smiles rearrangement of an O-arylated intermediate. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Preliminary biological evaluation and mechanism of action studies of selected 2-arylindoles against glioblastoma
A series of related 2-arylindoles have been evaluated for their anticancer activity against a range of glioblastoma cell lines using a number of different cell-based assays to determine cell viability after treatment with the compounds. The best indoles, which showed comparable activity to cisplatin against a U87MG cell line in the MTS assay, were taken forward and initial studies suggest that their mechanism of action is consistent with the generation of reactive oxygen species followed by autophagic cell death. Furthermore, activity was also observed in glioblastoma short-term cell cultures for the best lead compound and in some cases gave low micromolar IC(50)s. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
An Efficient Process for the Large-Scale Synthesis of a 2,3,6-Trisubstituted Indole
作者:Anthony D. Alorati、Andrew D. Gibb、Peter R. Mullens、Gavin W. Stewart
DOI:10.1021/op300303p
日期:2012.12.21
The efficient synthesis of a key trisubstituted indole intermediate 1 is described. The synthetic route required the use of an aryl Grignard reagent which was not commercially available, and the large-scale formation of this fragment and the thermal evaluation for this step is presented. The key step in the sequence was a Truce-Smiles rearrangement to provide an advanced ketone intermediate which, upon reduction, cyclized to the desired indole 1. Design of experiment (DoE) optimization of this reduction is also presented. In total >50 kg of target indole 1 were synthesized in 55% overall yield over five steps using this new route.