title: Synthesis and antiprotozoal evaluation of benzothiazolopyrroloquinoxalinones, analogues of kuanoniamine A.
abstract: Boc-aminoethylindoloquinone 8, a key intermediate for the building of pentacyclic quinoneimines, analogues of kuanoniamine A, was synthesized by alkylation of 4,7-dimethoxyindole 3 with 1,2-dibromoethane followed by transformation into azide, reduction of the latter with trimethylphosphine in the presence of 2-(tert-butoxycarbonyloximino)-2-phenylacetonitrile and oxydative demethylation of the Boc-amine 6 with silver(II) oxide. Quinone 8 was then treated in situ with the thiazole o-quinodimethane 10 to afford a regioisomeric mixture of the tetracyclic quinones 11. Treatment of the mixture with trifluoroacetic acid and molecular sieves 4-A provided the corresponding quinoneimines 12. Separation of the regioisomers was performed by preparative thin-layer chromatography on silica gel. The structural assignment was made by 2D 1H-13C HMBC correlations performed on the less polar regioisomer 12b. In vitro anti-leishmanial assays showed that the tested compounds possess a good potency towards two Leishmania sp. as well as against a virulent strain of Toxoplasma gondii and without any cytotoxicity against THP-1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Qui;mica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Ricardo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pautet
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Walchshofer
authors.forename: Houda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fillion
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fenet
authors.forename: Marie Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sarciron
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D002460:Cell Line; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D007891:Leishmania / Q000187:drug effects; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; C483139:kuanoniamine A