Molecules (Oct 2019)

Synthesis, Antitumor Activity, and Docking Analysis of New Pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]furo(thieno)[3,2-<i>d</i>]pyrimidin-8-amines

  • Samvel N. Sirakanyan,
  • Domenico Spinelli,
  • Athina Geronikaki,
  • Elmira K. Hakobyan,
  • Harutyun Sahakyan,
  • Erik Arabyan,
  • Hovakim Zakaryan,
  • Lusine E. Nersesyan,
  • Anahit S. Aharonyan,
  • Irina S. Danielyan,
  • Rafayel E. Muradyan,
  • Anush A. Hovakimyan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24213952
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 21
p. 3952

Abstract

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Continuing our research in the field of new heterocyclic compounds, herein we report on the synthesis and antitumor activity of new amino derivatives of pyrido[3′,2′:4,5](furo)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidines as well as of two new heterocyclic systems: furo[2−e]imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidine and furo[2,3-e]pyrimido[1,2-c]pyrimidine. Thus, by refluxing the 8-chloro derivatives of pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]thieno(furo)[3,2-d]pyrimidines with various amines, the relevant pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]thieno(furo)[3,2-d]pyrimidin-8-amines were obtained. Further, the cyclization of some amines under the action of phosphorus oxychloride led to the formation of new heterorings: imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidine and pyrimido[1,2-c]pyrimidine. The possible antitumor activity of the newly synthesized compounds was evaluated in vitro. The biological tests evidenced that some of them showed pronounced antitumor activity. A study of the structure−activity relationships revealed that the compound activity depended mostly on the nature of the amine fragments. A docking analysis was also performed for the most active compounds.

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