title: An efficient and convenient microwave-assisted chemical synthesis of (thio)xanthones with additional in vitro and in silico characterization.
abstract: Xanthones and their thio-derivatives are a class of pleiotropic compounds with various reported pharmacological and biological activities. Although these activities are mainly determined in laboratory conditions, the class itself has a great potential to be utilized as promising chemical scaffold for the synthesis of new drug candidates. One of the main obstacles in utilization of these compounds was related to the difficulties in their chemical synthesis. Most of the known methods require two steps, and are limited to specific reagents not applicable to a large number of starting materials. In this paper a new and improved method for chemical synthesis of xanthones is presented. By applying a new procedure, we have successfully obtained these compounds with the desired regioselectivity in a shorter reaction time (50s) and with better yield (>80%). Finally, the preliminary in vitro screenings on different bacterial species and cytotoxicity assessment, as well as in silico activity evaluation were performed. The obtained results confirm potential pharmacological use of this class of molecules.
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. donatella.verbanac@mef.hr
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verbanac
authors.forename: Subhash C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cipčić Paljetak
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matijašić
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perić
authors.forename: Višnja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stepanić
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saso
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D008872:Microwaves; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D044004:Xanthones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D044004:Xanthones