Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Oct 2019)

α,ß-Didehydrosuberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (DDSAHA) as precursor and possible analogue of the anticancer drug SAHA

  • Shital K. Chattopadhyay,
  • Subhankar Ghosh,
  • Sarita Sarkar,
  • Kakali Bhadra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.245
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 2524 – 2533

Abstract

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An alternate synthetic route to the important anticancer drug suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) from its α,ß-didehydro derivative is described. The didehydro derivative is obtained through a cross metathesis reaction between a suitable terminal alkene and N-benzyloxyacrylamide. Some of the didehydro derivatives of SAHA were preliminarily evaluated for anticancer activity towards HeLa cells. The administration of the analogues caused a significant decrease in the proliferation of HeLa cells. Furthermore, one of the analogues showed a maximum cytotoxicity with a minimum GI50 value of 2.5 µg/mL and the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as some apoptotic features.

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