Synthesis and cytotoxicity studies of thiazole analogs of the anticancer marine alkaloid dendrodoine

T. F. Abbs Fen Reji, S. K. Chithralekha Devi, K. Kurien Thomas, Kumaran G. Sreejalekshmi, S. L. Manju, Mary D. Francis, Surya Philip, Asha Bharathan, Kallikat N. Rajasekharan

Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry · 2008 · 16 citations · 0 references

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The synthesis and cytotoxicity evaluation of 2-N,N-dimethylamino-5-indol-3-oylthiazole as the first member of a new portfolio of the thiazole analogs of the cytotoxic marine alkaloid dendrodoine (3-N,N-dimethylamino-5-indol-3-oyl-1,2,4-thiadiazole) is described. Exploiting the opportunity arising from the replacement of the thiadiazole ring of dendrodoine by a thiazole ring which allowed further substitution on the five-membered ring, 2-N,N-dimethylamino-5-indol-3-oyl-4-phenylthiazole has also been synthesized. Structural diversity is further extended by synthesizing 5-fur-2-oyl- and 5-coumarin-3-oyl-2-N,N-dimethylaminothiazoles, as well as 5-fur-2-oyl, 5-thiophen-2-oyl, 5-(1-methylbenzimidazol-2-oyl) and 5-benzothiazol-2-oyl derivatives of 2-N,N-dimethylamino-4-phenylthiazoles. Among these new N,N-dimethylaminothiazoles, 2-N,N-dimethylamino-5-indol-3-oyl-4-phenylthiazole shows significant in vitro cytotoxicity against a panel of human cancer cell lines.