title: Synthesis and antitumor activity of novel benzophenone derivatives.
abstract: Novel benzophenone derivatives were synthesized and screened for cytotoxic and antitumor activity. Friedel-Crafts condensation was employed to construct the benzophenone skeleton. Among the compounds synthesized, morpholino and thiomorpholino benzophenones 3a-d exhibited potent cytotoxic activity against P388 murine leukemia and PC-6 human lung carcinoma cells in vitro, and compounds 3a, 3c, and 3j, when administered intraperitoneally, showed significant antitumor activity against the malignant ascites caused by intraperitoneal inoculation of P388 cells in mice.
authors.affiliation: New Product Research Laboratories IV, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kumazawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirotani
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Burford
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawagoe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ejima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001577:Benzophenones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001577:Benzophenones