title: Synthesis of dihydronaphthofurandiones and dihydrofuroquinolinediones with trypanocidal activity and analysis of their stereoelectronic properties.
abstract: The synthesis of dihydronaphthofurandione and dihydrofuroquinolinedione derivatives 4-11 was performed through Diels-Alder reactions of dihydrobenzofurandione 1 with several carbodienes and acrolein N,N-dimethylhydrazone. Then, the use of 5-bromobenzofurandione 2 toward 1,3-pentadiene and the 1-azadiene afforded quinones 6 and 11 with a total regioselectivity. All the prepared quinones were tested for trypanocidal activity in vitro against Trypanosoma epimastigotes, Tulahuen strain. Among the tested compounds, the furoquinolinediones 10 and 11 have shown potent trypanocidal activities but, only the 1,5-regioisomer (11) was found active as a redox cycling agent. Calculation of their stereoelectronic properties by the density-functional theory method provided a new insight for the trypanocidal activity of these heterocyclic quinones.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago-22, Chile. rtapia@puc.cl
authors.forename: Ricardo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morello
authors.forename: Juan Diego
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Maya
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toro-Labbé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005663:Furans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011804:Quinolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; D011804:Quinolines; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents