[go: up one dir, main page]

WO2011151789A2 - Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues and derivatives thereof - Google Patents

Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues and derivatives thereof Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2011151789A2
WO2011151789A2 PCT/IB2011/052396 IB2011052396W WO2011151789A2 WO 2011151789 A2 WO2011151789 A2 WO 2011151789A2 IB 2011052396 W IB2011052396 W IB 2011052396W WO 2011151789 A2 WO2011151789 A2 WO 2011151789A2
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
formula
bushrachalcone
moieties
designated
set out
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/IB2011/052396
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2011151789A3 (en
Inventor
Jan Hendrik Van Der Westhuizen
Anwar Elbushra Mohammed Nor Eljaleel
Susanna Lucia Bonnet
Anke Wilhelm-Mouton
Original Assignee
University Of The Free State
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by University Of The Free State filed Critical University Of The Free State
Priority to AP2012006642A priority Critical patent/AP2012006642A0/en
Publication of WO2011151789A2 publication Critical patent/WO2011151789A2/en
Publication of WO2011151789A3 publication Critical patent/WO2011151789A3/en
Priority to ZA2012/09581A priority patent/ZA201209581B/en

Links

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07CACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C225/00Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones
    • C07C225/02Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton
    • C07C225/14Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton the carbon skeleton being unsaturated
    • C07C225/16Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton the carbon skeleton being unsaturated and containing six-membered aromatic rings
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07CACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C225/00Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones
    • C07C225/02Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton
    • C07C225/14Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton the carbon skeleton being unsaturated
    • C07C225/16Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton the carbon skeleton being unsaturated and containing six-membered aromatic rings
    • C07C225/18Compounds containing amino groups and doubly—bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton, at least one of the doubly—bound oxygen atoms not being part of a —CHO group, e.g. amino ketones having amino groups bound to acyclic carbon atoms of the carbon skeleton the carbon skeleton being unsaturated and containing six-membered aromatic rings the carbon skeleton containing also rings other than six-membered aromatic rings
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07CACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C239/00Compounds containing nitrogen-to-halogen bonds; Hydroxylamino compounds or ethers or esters thereof
    • C07C239/08Hydroxylamino compounds or their ethers or esters
    • C07C239/14Hydroxylamino compounds or their ethers or esters having nitrogen atoms of hydroxylamino groups further bound to carbon atoms of hydrocarbon radicals substituted by doubly-bound oxygen atoms
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D231/00Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-diazole or hydrogenated 1,2-diazole rings
    • C07D231/02Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-diazole or hydrogenated 1,2-diazole rings not condensed with other rings
    • C07D231/10Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-diazole or hydrogenated 1,2-diazole rings not condensed with other rings having two or three double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members
    • C07D231/12Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-diazole or hydrogenated 1,2-diazole rings not condensed with other rings having two or three double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with only hydrogen atoms, hydrocarbon or substituted hydrocarbon radicals, directly attached to ring carbon atoms
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D261/00Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-oxazole or hydrogenated 1,2-oxazole rings
    • C07D261/02Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-oxazole or hydrogenated 1,2-oxazole rings not condensed with other rings
    • C07D261/06Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-oxazole or hydrogenated 1,2-oxazole rings not condensed with other rings having two or more double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members
    • C07D261/08Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,2-oxazole or hydrogenated 1,2-oxazole rings not condensed with other rings having two or more double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with only hydrogen atoms, hydrocarbon or substituted hydrocarbon radicals, directly attached to ring carbon atoms
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D295/00Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms
    • C07D295/04Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring nitrogen atoms
    • C07D295/08Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring nitrogen atoms substituted by singly bound oxygen or sulfur atoms
    • C07D295/096Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring nitrogen atoms substituted by singly bound oxygen or sulfur atoms with the ring nitrogen atoms and the oxygen or sulfur atoms separated by carbocyclic rings or by carbon chains interrupted by carbocyclic rings
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D295/00Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms
    • C07D295/22Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with hetero atoms directly attached to ring nitrogen atoms
    • C07D295/24Oxygen atoms
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D311/00Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only hetero atom, condensed with other rings
    • C07D311/02Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only hetero atom, condensed with other rings ortho- or peri-condensed with carbocyclic rings or ring systems
    • C07D311/04Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring
    • C07D311/22Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring with oxygen or sulfur atoms directly attached in position 4
    • C07D311/26Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring with oxygen or sulfur atoms directly attached in position 4 with aromatic rings attached in position 2 or 3
    • C07D311/28Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring with oxygen or sulfur atoms directly attached in position 4 with aromatic rings attached in position 2 or 3 with aromatic rings attached in position 2 only
    • C07D311/322,3-Dihydro derivatives, e.g. flavanones
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D311/00Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only hetero atom, condensed with other rings
    • C07D311/02Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only hetero atom, condensed with other rings ortho- or peri-condensed with carbocyclic rings or ring systems
    • C07D311/04Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring
    • C07D311/58Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring other than with oxygen or sulphur atoms in position 2 or 4
    • C07D311/60Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring other than with oxygen or sulphur atoms in position 2 or 4 with aryl radicals attached in position 2
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07DHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07D311/00Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only hetero atom, condensed with other rings
    • C07D311/02Heterocyclic compounds containing six-membered rings having one oxygen atom as the only hetero atom, condensed with other rings ortho- or peri-condensed with carbocyclic rings or ring systems
    • C07D311/04Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring
    • C07D311/58Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring other than with oxygen or sulphur atoms in position 2 or 4
    • C07D311/60Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring other than with oxygen or sulphur atoms in position 2 or 4 with aryl radicals attached in position 2
    • C07D311/62Benzo[b]pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring other than with oxygen or sulphur atoms in position 2 or 4 with aryl radicals attached in position 2 with oxygen atoms directly attached in position 3, e.g. anthocyanidins
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02ATECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A50/00TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE in human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather
    • Y02A50/30Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change

Definitions

  • This invention relates to B-ring aminoalkyi substituted chalcones and analogues thereof. It also relates to processes for the synthesis of such compounds and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, in particular but not exclusively for the treatment of cancer and malaria.
  • a chalcone is defined as a molecule that consists of two aromatic rings linked by a carbonyl and an alkene group.
  • the convention is followed of referring to the aromatic ring structure adjacent the carbonyl group as the A ring and to the aromatic ring adjacent the alkene group as the B ring.
  • the carbonyl group and the alkene double bond are conjugated with each other and with the two aromatic rings, one on either side thereof.
  • the aromatic rings are normally hydroxylated aromatic rings i.e. substituted by one or more hydroxy groups.
  • the hydroxy group or groups may be further fully or selectively derivatised to methyl or benzyl ethers or acetates.
  • the aromatic rings may in addition to, or instead of one or more of the hydroxy groups, also be substituted with one or more CF 3 , halide, a C1 to C6 alkyl group such as a methyl group, an added sugar group such as glucose, fructose or ribose group or groups.
  • Chalcones can be prepared by an aldol condensation between a benzaldehyde and an acetophenone in the presence of sodium hydroxide as a catalyst. Chalcones always have three carbons between the two aromatic rings, one a carbonyl carbon and the other two alkene carbons. The alkene double bond, when present, is always conjugated with the carbonyl group. They are thus 1 ,3-Diaryl-2- propen-1-ones.
  • the present invention provides compounds designated by the arbitrary collective name of bushrachalcones which compounds are B-ring aminoalkyi substituted chalcones, analogues of chalcones and derivatives of such chalcones.
  • Bushrachalcones as defined herein may accordingly be in either a chalcone form or in the form of an analogue of a chalcone, and in particular, but not only, flavonoid analogues of chalcones, and their derivatives.
  • an amine moiety typically morpholine and
  • a carbon moiety typically CH 2 , linking the B-ring of the chalcone to the amine moiety.
  • the amine moiety is linked at its nitrogen to the B-ring of the chalcone via a carbon-atom.
  • Bushrachalcones thus include B-ring aminoalkylated chalcones with an aminoalkyi substituent on the B-ring of the chalcone.
  • Flavonoids may be derived from chalcones via cyclisation between a 2-hydroxy substituent on the A-ring of the chalcone and the alkene moiety of the chalcone. This cyclisation creates a five or six membered heterocyclic ring, conventional! designated the C-ring. Whether the C-ring is a 5 or 6 membered ring depends on which alkene carbon binds to the 2-hydroxy during the cyclysation. Only chalcones with a 2-hydroxygroup on the A-ring can be converted to flavonoids. It is also possible to prepare flavonoids by other methodologies which do not proceed via the cyclysation of chalcones. Flavonoids so prepared are also notionally considered to be analogues or derivatives of chalcones.
  • an amine moiety typically morpholine and
  • F R7, Rs, R9, R10, R16 and R is an aminoalkyl substituent of the general
  • each of R and R12 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, oxygen, Ci-Ce hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR18 wherein R « is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group;
  • each of R13, R14 and R15 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, C1-C6 hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR18 wherein R 8 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group so that the nitrogen may be selected from a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine, an amine oxide and an amine acetate; or
  • Ri 3 Ri 4 (Ris)m are collectively a cyclic amine, including an aromatic amine and also including cyclic amines which include other hetero atoms; and the remainder of each of Ri , R2, R3, R4, Rs, Re, R7, Re.
  • R10, R16 and Rn is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, CF 3 , CHF2,CH 2 F, nitro moieties, amino moieties (but excluding (7-Chloro-4-quinolinyl)amino), sulfonic moieties, sulphanilamide moieties, cyano moieties, sulphide moieties, sulfoxide moieties, sulfone moieties, phosphonate moieties, phosphate moieties, d- Ce hydrocarbyl moieties, saccharide moieties and -OR13 wherein R-ie is selected from the group consisting of -H, and a Ci to C 6 hydrocarbyl group, with the proviso that when R 7 and R9 are both dimethylaminomethyl groups and R 8 is an
  • R 3 and R4 shall not both be -H or -CI or R 3 shall not be -Br when R 4 is -H, and with the further proviso that when R 2 and R4 are both dimethylaminomethyl groups and R3
  • R 8 are both hydroxyl groups then at least one of Ri , R 5 , R 6 , R7, R9, R10, Rie and R17 shall not be -H, and analogues and derivatives of a chalcone of Formula 10, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of the chalcones, its analogues and derivatives.
  • a compound which is a derivative of a chalcone of the Formula 10 which is selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general Formula 25a or general Formula 25b
  • substituents Ri to R17 are as defined above and R25 is selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, CF3, CHF2.CH2F, nitro moieties, amino moieties, sulfonic moieties, sulphanilamide moieties, cyano moieties, sulphide moieties, sulfoxide moieties, sulfone moieties, phosphonate moieties, phosphate moieties, Ci- C 6 hydrocarbyl moieties, saccharide moieties and -ORi 8 wherein Ri 8 is selected from the group consisting of -H, and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group.
  • a compound which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which the carbonyl group between the two aromatic rings is hydrogenated to reduce the compound to a 1 ,3-diaryl-prop-2-ene in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a propene moiety with a 2,3- double bond the analogue compound having a structure as set out in Formula B2
  • R6, R7, Re, 9, R10, R16 and R17 in Formula 10 is a hydroxyl group or a derivative of a hydroxy group which hydroxy group or derivative thereof is bound to a carbon adjacent to the carbon on which the alkylamino substituent is bound.
  • the invention specifically provides for compound designated as bushrachalcone A, having the formula depicted as Formula A
  • the invention also provides a compound designated as bushrachalcone AB having a structure as set out in formula AB
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone E having a structure as set out in Formula E
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone F having a structure as set out in Formula
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone G having a structure as set out in Formula G
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone I having a structure as set out in Formula I
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone J having a structure as set out in Formula J
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone K having a structure as set out in Formula K
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone L having a structure as set out in Formula
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone M having a structure as set out in Formula M
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone N having a structure as set out in Formula N
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone P having a structure as set out in Formula P
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone R having a structure as set out in Formula R
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone S having a structure as set out in Formula
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone T having a structure as set out in Formula T
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone V having a structure as set out in Formula V
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone W having a structure as set out in Formula W
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone W1 having a structure as set out in Formula W1
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone X having a structure as set out in Formula X
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone Z having a structure as set out in Formula
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone X1 having a structure as set out i Formula X1
  • the invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone X2 having a structure as set out in Formula X2
  • a method for synthesising a compound according to the invention defined above including the steps of reacting a suitably substituted chalcone with a suitably selected amine moiety of formula AX in the presence of a non-enolizable aldehyde under acidic or basic Mannich reaction conditions, or alternatively treating a suitably substituted aldehyde with an amine moiety of formula AX in the presence of a non-enolizable aldehyde under acidic or basic Mannich reaction conditions and converting the resultant compound to a chalcone, and optionally further derivitising the compound,
  • each of Ri 3 , Ru. F1 ⁇ 2 and R20IS independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, C1-C6 hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR18 wherein R18 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group so that the nitrogen may be selected from a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine, an amine oxide and an amine acetate; or
  • (Ri3 i4R2o(Ri5)m) are collectively a cyclic amine, including an aromatic amine and also including cyclic amines which include other hetero atoms.
  • the method as defined above is performed with an amine moiety selected from the group consisting of NH 3 or a primary or a secondary amine or cyclic amine or acceptable salt thereof.
  • the method according to the invention may be performed with NH 3 , or a primary or secondary amines or cyclic amines which is a hydrochlorides of such compounds.
  • the invention further provides for a method for synthesising a compound according to the invention as herein defined wherein the non enolizable aldehyde is beforehand reacted with the NH 3 or primary or secondary amines or cyclic amines or their suitable salts to form an iminium salt, and such preformed salt is then reacted with the chalcone.
  • the invention also specifically provides for a method for synthesising bushrachaicone A comprising the steps of preparing a precursor chalcone of Formula B
  • the invention provides for a method for synthesising bushrachalcone A comprising the steps of reacting an aminoalkylated acetaldehyde of the structure of Formula D1 with the acetophenone of the structure of Formula C as set out herein under aldol conditions
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone E comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone A with methyl iodide.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone G comprising the step oxidising the benzyl protected form of bushrachalcone A designated bushrachalcone F with hydrogen peroxide or mCPBA to obtain the N-oxide analogue, designated bushrachalcone G as herein defined.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone I comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone H with acetic acid anhydride in pyridine.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone K comprising the step of cyclising bushrachalcone J.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone L comprising the step of deprotecting the hydroxyl group of bushrachalcone J.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone N comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone M with piperidine and formaldehyde.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone P comprising the step of treating catechin of formula O with dimethylammoniumchloride ((CHs NHCI) in the presence of formaldehyde
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone R comprising the steps of reacting formaldehyde with dimethylamine to form an iminium salt of the formula Q,
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone T comprising the step of treating the glycoside of formula S1 with the dimethyl iminium salt of formula Q
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone V comprising the step of aminoalkylating a-hydroxychalcone of formula U
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone X comprising the step of transforming bushrachalcone W via a tosyl intermediate of formula W1 into the trifluoromethyl analogue Bushrachalcone X.
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone Z comprising the step of aminoalkylating compound of formula Y
  • the invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone X1 comprising the step of transforming buschrachalcone X with hydroxylamine . According to a further aspect of the invention it provides for the use of a compound according to the invention as herein defined for the treatment of ailments in animals including man.
  • the use may thus be for the treatment of cancer or malaria in animals including man.
  • the invention according to a further aspect thereof also provides for a method for the treatment of ailments in animals including man, and in particular the treatment of cancer or malaria, by administering to an animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to the invention. Further the invention provides for the use of compounds according to the invention as herein described for use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of an ailment in animals including man.
  • the invention also provides for a pharmaceutical preparation containing a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to the invention, or part of such dose, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
  • Flavonoid analogues of bushrachalcone are thus aminoalkylated flavonoids with an aminoalkyl substuent on the B-ring of the flavonoid.
  • the amine moiety of the bushrachaikones and flavonoid analogues can be in the N-H, N-oxide, N-alkyl or N-carbonyl form.
  • the alkene moiety in the bushrachaikones in chalcone form may be in the Z or E configuration.
  • the alkene is normally unsubsituted but can have substituents such as with a hydroxyl or acetoxy group in which case it is an a- or ⁇ - hydroxy- or acetoxychalcone.
  • the amine moiety of bushrachalcone may be a primary (NH 2 ), secondary (NHR), tertriary (NR2) or quaternary (NR 3 + ) amine.
  • the two or three substituents (R) may be different (e.g. the amine can be R1R2 or RiR2R3 + ) where Ri , R2 and R3 are different. They may however also be the same. Ri and R2 together with the N to which they are bound can also be part of the same moiety in which case they collectively constitute a cyclic amine e.g. piperidine.
  • Ri , R 2 and R 3 together with the N to which they are bound may also be aromatic or heterocyclic or both.
  • the nitrogen may also have other substituents e.g. it may be acetylated (N-H replaced by N-OAc) or alkylated (e.g. N- H replaced by CH 3 ).
  • One or more of the hydroxy groups on the aromatic rings may be replaced by a group that resist enzymatic degradation such as -CF 3 , a halogen, a C1-C6 alkyl group such as a methyl group or added sugar group such as glucose, in which case it is a C-glycoside of a chalcone.
  • a group that resist enzymatic degradation such as -CF 3 , a halogen, a C1-C6 alkyl group such as a methyl group or added sugar group such as glucose, in which case it is a C-glycoside of a chalcone.
  • bushrachalcone A The presently preferred form the bushrachalcones, herein designated as bushrachalcone A, the amine group is morpholine, and it has the formula depicted as Formula A herein described.
  • Bushrachalcone A has been tested by the applicant and found to have good activity against melanoma and malaria.
  • the chalkone may be cyclised via the carbonylgroup on C1 and further transformed with retention or migration of the alkenegroup to yield fiavone derivatives of bushrachalcone.
  • fiavone derivatives can also be manufactured directly by treating the corresponding flavanone, fiavone or flav-3-ene precursors with an amine in the presence of an aldehyde under acidic or basic annich conditions.
  • the amine may be in the form of hydrochloride or other acid salt form or a preformed iminium salt may be used.
  • Flavan-3-ol and 3-oxo-flavans can be treated in a similar way to obtain flav-3-ol-amines (formula 7) and 3-oxo-flavan (formula 8) derivatives.
  • the aminoalkylated chalcone or other derivatives contain primary, secondary or tertiary amines
  • the amine moieties may be alkylated to secondary, tertiary and quaternary amines respectively.
  • Primary and secondary amine moieties may also be acetylated to N-acetates or oxidized to amine oxides.
  • the amine may be any amine, including aliphatic amines such as methylamine, dimethylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, cyclohexylamine, amphetamine, cyclic amines such as pipendine, pyrrolidine and aromatic amines such as aniline, benzylamine etc.
  • aliphatic amines such as methylamine, dimethylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, cyclohexylamine, amphetamine, cyclic amines such as pipendine, pyrrolidine and aromatic amines such as aniline, benzylamine etc.
  • One or more hydroxy groups of any of the bushrachalcones, chalcone, acetophenone, benzaldehyde or flavones precursor may be protected prior to being coupled to the amine, typically as a benzyl ester or acetate.
  • the protecting groups may be removed after the synthesis of the bushrachalcones.
  • the diarylpropane e [3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propane] was synthesized via reduction of the carbonyl group and double bond of a using conventional methods (Pd(OH) 2 /C/H 2 ).
  • Ojvdwaw 720 is the bushrachalcone of Formula F
  • Ojvdwaw 723 is the bushrachalcone of Formula A.
  • test samples were prepared to a 20 mg/ml stock solution in 100% DMSO. Stock solutions were stored at -20° C. Further dilutions were prepared in DMSO and complete medium on the day of the experiment. Samples were tested as a suspension if not completely dissolved. Chloroquine (CQ) was used as the reference drug. A full dose-response was performed to determine the concentration inhibiting 50% of parasite growth (IC 50 -value). Test samples were initially tested at a starting concentration of 100 pg/MI, which was then serially diluted 2-fold in complete medium to give 10 concentrations, with the lowest concentration being 0.2 pg/ml. The same dilution technique was used for all samples.
  • CQ Chloroquine
  • the MTT-assay is used as a colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival, and compares well with other available assays (Mosman et al., 1983 and Rubinstein et al., 1990).
  • the tetrazolium salt MTT was used to measure all growth and chemosensitivity. The test samples were tested in triplicate on one occasion.
  • test samples were prepared to a 20 mg/MI stock solution in 100% DMSO. Stock solutions were stored at -20 °C. Further dilutions were prepared in DMSO and complete medium on the day of the experiment. Samples were tested as a suspension if not completely dissolved. Chloroquine (CQ) was used as the reference drug. A full dose-response was performed to determine the concentration inhibiting 50% of parasite growth (ICso-value). Test samples were initially tested at a starting concentration of 100 pg/MI, which was then serially diluted 2-fold in complete medium to give 10 concentrations, with the lowest concentration being 0.2 pg/MI. The same dilution technique was used for all samples.
  • CQ Chloroquine
  • the MTT-assay is used as a colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival, and compares well with other available assays (Mosman et al., 1983 and Rubinstein et al., 1990).
  • the tetrazolium salt MTT was used to measure all growth and chemosensitivity.
  • the test samples were tested in triplicate on one occasion.
  • the sample preparation was the same as for the antiplasmodial testing. Dilutions were prepared on the day of the experiment.
  • Emetine was used as the reference drug in all experiments.
  • the initial concentration of emetine was 100 ug ml, which was serially diluted in complete medium with 10-fold dilutions to give 6 concentrations, the lowest being 0.001 pg/ml.
  • the same dilution technique was applied to all the test samples.
  • the highest concentration of solvent (0.5%) to which the cells were exposed to had no measurable effect on the cell viability (data not shown).
  • IC50 50% inhibitory concentration
  • n number of data sets averaged
  • Compounds Ojvdwaw 722, Ojvdwaw 723, OslbAnke4, and OslbAnke 1 showed moderate activity with ICso-values ranging from 1 g/MI to 3 pg/MI. 5.
  • SRB Sulforhodamine B
  • the SRB assay was developed by Skehan and colleagues to measure drug-induced cytotoxicity and cell proliferation. Its principle is based on the ability of the protein dye sulforhodamine B (Acid Red 52) to bind electrostatically in a pH-dependent manner to protein basic amino acid residues of trichloroacetic acid-fixed cells. Under mild acidic conditions it binds to the fixed cellular protein, while under mild basic conditions it can be extracted from cells and solubilized for measurement.
  • the SRB Assay is performed at CSIR in accordance with the protocol of the Drug Evaluation Branch, NCI, and the assay has been adopted for this screen.
  • the human cell lines TK10, UACC62 and MCF7 was obtained from NCI in the framework of a collaborative research program between CSIR and NCI. Cell lines was routinely maintained as a monolayer cell culture at 37 °C, 5% CO2, 95% air and 100% relative humidity in RPMI containing 5% fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine and 50pg/MI gentamicin.
  • the cells (3-19 passages) were inoculated in 96-well microtiter plates at plating densities of 7-10 000 cells/well and were incubated for 24 h. After 24 h one plate was fixed with TCA to represent a measurement of the cell population for each cell line at the time of drug addition (TO).
  • the other plates with cells were treated with the experimental drugs which were previously dissolved in DMSO and diluted in medium to produce 5 concentrations (6.25-100 ppm). Cells without drug addition served as control.
  • the blank contains complete medium without cells. Etoposide was used as a standard.
  • the plates were incubated for 48 h after addition of the compounds. Viable cells were fixed to the bottom of each well with cold 50% trichloroacetic acid, washed, dried and dyed by SRB. Unbound dye was removed and protein- bound dye was extracted with 10 mM Tris base for optical density determination at the wavelength 540 nm using a multiwell spectrophotometer.
  • the optical density of the test well after 48-h period of exposure to the test drug is T
  • the optical density at time zero is TO
  • the control optical density is C.
  • the TGI signifies a cytostatic effect.
  • TGI total growth inhibition
  • the biological activities were separated into 4 categories: inactive (TGI >50 ug/MI or TGI >100 ⁇ ), weak activity (15 pg/MI ⁇ TGI ⁇ 50 pg/MI or 30 ⁇ ⁇ TGI ⁇ 100 ⁇ , moderate activity (6.25 ⁇ 9/ ⁇ ⁇ TGI ⁇ 15 pg/ml or 10 ⁇ ⁇ TGI ⁇ 30 ⁇ and potent activity (TGI ⁇ 6.25 Mg/MI or TGI ⁇ 10 ⁇ ).
  • GI50 50% growth inhibition and signifies the growth inhibitory power of the test agent
  • TGI which is the drug concentration resulting in total growth inhibition and signifies the cytostatic effect of the test agent
  • LC50 50% lethal concentration and signifies the cytotoxic effect of the test agent
  • LC100 50% lethal concentration and signifies the cytotoxic effect of the test agent
  • Test compound concentration 100 - 0.01 ⁇ (5 x 10-fold serial dilutions)
  • the compounds are considered inactive if parameter TGI for two cell lines is higher than 50 pg/ml or 100 ⁇ . Therefore the samples Ojvdwaw 719 and OslbAnke3 can be considered as inactive at the tested concentrations but may well be active at higher concentrations.
  • the compounds Ojvdwaw 719 and OslbAnke3 demonstrate higher selectivity at the cell line UACC-62.
  • Ojvdwaw 713 and Ojvdwaw 722 can be estimated as weakly active, and OslbAnke 1, OslbAnke 4 and Ojvdwaw 723 can be considered as moderately active .
  • the sample Ojvdwaw 720 is active against cell linesTK and potent against cell lines UACC-62 and MCF-7 (values TGI).

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)
  • Acyclic And Carbocyclic Compounds In Medicinal Compositions (AREA)

Abstract

This invention relates to B-ring aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues thereof. It also relates to processes for the synthesis of such compounds and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, in particular but not exclusively for the treatment of cancer and malaria.

Description

AMINOALKYL SUBSTITUTED CHALCONES AND ANALOGUES AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to B-ring aminoalkyi substituted chalcones and analogues thereof. It also relates to processes for the synthesis of such compounds and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, in particular but not exclusively for the treatment of cancer and malaria.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
Significant biological activities have been attributed to the classes of compounds known as chalcones and flavonoids. The present invention introduces novel compounds in these classes.
A chalcone is defined as a molecule that consists of two aromatic rings linked by a carbonyl and an alkene group. In this description the convention is followed of referring to the aromatic ring structure adjacent the carbonyl group as the A ring and to the aromatic ring adjacent the alkene group as the B ring. The carbonyl group and the alkene double bond are conjugated with each other and with the two aromatic rings, one on either side thereof. The aromatic rings are normally hydroxylated aromatic rings i.e. substituted by one or more hydroxy groups. The hydroxy group or groups may be further fully or selectively derivatised to methyl or benzyl ethers or acetates. The aromatic rings may in addition to, or instead of one or more of the hydroxy groups, also be substituted with one or more CF3, halide, a C1 to C6 alkyl group such as a methyl group, an added sugar group such as glucose, fructose or ribose group or groups. Chalcones can be prepared by an aldol condensation between a benzaldehyde and an acetophenone in the presence of sodium hydroxide as a catalyst. Chalcones always have three carbons between the two aromatic rings, one a carbonyl carbon and the other two alkene carbons. The alkene double bond, when present, is always conjugated with the carbonyl group. They are thus 1 ,3-Diaryl-2- propen-1-ones.
The present invention provides compounds designated by the arbitrary collective name of bushrachalcones which compounds are B-ring aminoalkyi substituted chalcones, analogues of chalcones and derivatives of such chalcones. Bushrachalcones as defined herein may accordingly be in either a chalcone form or in the form of an analogue of a chalcone, and in particular, but not only, flavonoid analogues of chalcones, and their derivatives.
Bushrachalcones in their chalcone form typically consist of three building blocks:
a chalcone moiety;
an amine moiety, typically morpholine and
a carbon moiety, typically CH2 , linking the B-ring of the chalcone to the amine moiety.
The amine moiety is linked at its nitrogen to the B-ring of the chalcone via a carbon-atom. Bushrachalcones thus include B-ring aminoalkylated chalcones with an aminoalkyi substituent on the B-ring of the chalcone.
Flavonoids may be derived from chalcones via cyclisation between a 2-hydroxy substituent on the A-ring of the chalcone and the alkene moiety of the chalcone. This cyclisation creates a five or six membered heterocyclic ring, conventional! designated the C-ring. Whether the C-ring is a 5 or 6 membered ring depends on which alkene carbon binds to the 2-hydroxy during the cyclysation. Only chalcones with a 2-hydroxygroup on the A-ring can be converted to flavonoids. It is also possible to prepare flavonoids by other methodologies which do not proceed via the cyclysation of chalcones. Flavonoids so prepared are also notionally considered to be analogues or derivatives of chalcones.
Bushrachatcones in the form of flavonoid analogues of chalcones consist of the following building blocks:
a flavonoid moiety;
an amine moiety, typically morpholine and
a carbon moiety, typically CH2 , linking the B-ring of the flavonoid to the amine moietiey.. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention there is provided a compound which is selected from the chalcones of the general Formula 10
Figure imgf000004_0001
Formula 10
wherein:
at least one of F R7, Rs, R9, R10, R16 and R is an aminoalkyl substituent of the general
Formula AA:
-C(RiiRi2)N(Ri3Ri,(Ri5)m) Formula AA in which
m is a numeral which is either 0 or 1 and when m = 1 the nitrogen is positively charged and the chalcone is a salt;
each of R and R12 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, oxygen, Ci-Ce hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR18 wherein R« is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group;
each of R13, R14 and R15 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, C1-C6 hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR18 wherein R 8 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group so that the nitrogen may be selected from a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine, an amine oxide and an amine acetate; or
- (Ri3Ri4(Ris)m) are collectively a cyclic amine, including an aromatic amine and also including cyclic amines which include other hetero atoms; and the remainder of each of Ri , R2, R3, R4, Rs, Re, R7, Re. F¾, R10, R16 and Rn, is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, CF3, CHF2,CH2F, nitro moieties, amino moieties (but excluding (7-Chloro-4-quinolinyl)amino), sulfonic moieties, sulphanilamide moieties, cyano moieties, sulphide moieties, sulfoxide moieties, sulfone moieties, phosphonate moieties, phosphate moieties, d- Ce hydrocarbyl moieties, saccharide moieties and -OR13 wherein R-ie is selected from the group consisting of -H, and a Ci to C6 hydrocarbyl group, with the proviso that when R7 and R9 are both dimethylaminomethyl groups and R8 is an
hydroxy group then R3 and R4 shall not both be -H or -CI or R3 shall not be -Br when R4 is -H, and with the further proviso that when R2 and R4 are both dimethylaminomethyl groups and R3
and R8 are both hydroxyl groups then at least one of Ri , R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, Rie and R17 shall not be -H, and analogues and derivatives of a chalcone of Formula 10, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of the chalcones, its analogues and derivatives.
In one form of the invention there is provided a compound which is a derivative of a chalcone of the Formula 10 which is selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general Formula 25a or general Formula 25b
Figure imgf000005_0001
Formula 25a Formula 25b
wherein the substituents Ri to R17 are as defined above and R25 is selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, CF3, CHF2.CH2F, nitro moieties, amino moieties, sulfonic moieties, sulphanilamide moieties, cyano moieties, sulphide moieties, sulfoxide moieties, sulfone moieties, phosphonate moieties, phosphate moieties, Ci- C6 hydrocarbyl moieties, saccharide moieties and -ORi8 wherein Ri8 is selected from the group consisting of -H, and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group.
In another form of the invention there is provided a compound which is a cyclised flavonoid derivative of a chalcone of Formula 10 selected from the group consisting of flavanones of the Formula 3, flavones of the Formula 4, flavonols of the Formula 5, flav-3-enes of the Formula 6, flavan-3-ols of the formula 7, 3-oxo-flavans of the Formula 8 and flavanols of formula 9
Figure imgf000005_0002
Formula 3 Formula 4
Figure imgf000006_0001
wherein the substituents F¾ to Rio are as defined above.
In a further form of the invention there is provided a compound which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which the alkene group beween the two aromatic rings is hydrogenated to render the compound a dihydrochalcone in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a propanoid moiety with a carbonyl in the 1 -position, the analogue compound having a structure as set out in Formula B1
Figure imgf000006_0002
Formula B 1
wherein the substituents Ri to Rio are as defined above.
Also according to the invention there is provided a compound which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which the carbonyl group between the two aromatic rings is hydrogenated to reduce the compound to a 1 ,3-diaryl-prop-2-ene in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a propene moiety with a 2,3- double bond, the analogue compound having a structure as set out in Formula B2
Figure imgf000007_0001
wherein the substituents Ri to R10 are as defined above. Again in accordance with the present invention there is provided a compound which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which both the carbonyl group and alkene groups between the two aromatic rings are hydrogenated to render the compound a 1 ,3-diaryl-propane in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a linear propane moiety, the analogue compound having a structure as set out in Formula B3
Figure imgf000007_0002
Formula B3
wherein the substituents Ri to Rio are as defined above.
Yet further according to the invention there is provided a compound wherein at least one of R6, R7, Re, 9, R10, R16 and R17 in Formula 10 is a hydroxyl group or a derivative of a hydroxy group which hydroxy group or derivative thereof is bound to a carbon adjacent to the carbon on which the alkylamino substituent is bound.
The invention specifically provides for compound designated as bushrachalcone A, having the formula depicted as Formula A
Figure imgf000007_0003
Formula A.
The invention also provides a compound designated as bushrachalcone AB having a structure as set out in formula AB
Figure imgf000007_0004
Formula AB
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone E having a structure as set out in Formula E
Figure imgf000008_0001
Formula E.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone F having a structure as set out in Formula
Figure imgf000008_0002
Formula F
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone G having a structure as set out in Formula G
Figure imgf000008_0003
Formula H
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone I having a structure as set out in Formula I
Figure imgf000009_0001
Formula I.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone J having a structure as set out in Formula J
Figure imgf000009_0002
Formula J
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone K having a structure as set out in Formula K
Figure imgf000009_0003
Formula K
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone L having a structure as set out in Formula
Figure imgf000009_0004
Formula L. The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone M having a structure as set out in Formula M
Figure imgf000010_0001
Formula .
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone N having a structure as set out in Formula N
Figure imgf000010_0002
Formula N.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone P having a structure as set out in Formula P
Figure imgf000010_0003
Formula P.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone R having a structure as set out in Formula R
Figure imgf000010_0004
Formula R.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone S having a structure as set out in Formula
Figure imgf000011_0001
Formula S.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone T having a structure as set out in Formula T
Figure imgf000011_0002
Formula T
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone V having a structure as set out in Formula V
Figure imgf000011_0003
Formula V.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone W having a structure as set out in Formula W
Figure imgf000011_0004
formula W
Formula W.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone W1 having a structure as set out in Formula W1
Figure imgf000012_0001
Formula W1.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone X having a structure as set out in Formula X
Figure imgf000012_0002
Formula X
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone Z having a structure as set out in Formula
Figure imgf000012_0003
Formula Z.
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone X1 having a structure as set out i Formula X1
Figure imgf000012_0004
Formula X1
The invention also provides a compound designated bushrachalcone X2 having a structure as set out in Formula X2
Figure imgf000012_0005
Formula X2
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for synthesising a compound according to the invention defined above, including the steps of reacting a suitably substituted chalcone with a suitably selected amine moiety of formula AX in the presence of a non-enolizable aldehyde under acidic or basic Mannich reaction conditions, or alternatively treating a suitably substituted aldehyde with an amine moiety of formula AX in the presence of a non-enolizable aldehyde under acidic or basic Mannich reaction conditions and converting the resultant compound to a chalcone, and optionally further derivitising the compound,
wherein the amine moiety has a structure of the Formula AX
N( i3 i4 2o(Ri5 Formula AX
in which
m is a numeral which is either 0 or 1 and when m = 1 the nitrogen is positively charged and the amine is a salt;
each of Ri3, Ru. F½ and R20IS independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, C1-C6 hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR18 wherein R18 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group so that the nitrogen may be selected from a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine, an amine oxide and an amine acetate; or
(Ri3 i4R2o(Ri5)m) are collectively a cyclic amine, including an aromatic amine and also including cyclic amines which include other hetero atoms.
In a preferred for of this aspect of the invention the method as defined above is performed with an amine moiety selected from the group consisting of NH3 or a primary or a secondary amine or cyclic amine or acceptable salt thereof.
Thus the method according to the invention may be performed with NH3, or a primary or secondary amines or cyclic amines which is a hydrochlorides of such compounds.
The invention further provides for a method for synthesising a compound according to the invention as herein defined wherein the non enolizable aldehyde is beforehand reacted with the NH3 or primary or secondary amines or cyclic amines or their suitable salts to form an iminium salt, and such preformed salt is then reacted with the chalcone.
The invention also specifically provides for a method for synthesising bushrachaicone A comprising the steps of preparing a precursor chalcone of Formula B
Figure imgf000013_0001
by performing an aldol condensation between an acetophenone of Formula C and a benzaldehyde of Formula D
Figure imgf000013_0002
Formula Formula D and thereafter treating the chalcone of formula B with formaldehyde in the presence of morpholine to yield buschrachalcone A. As an alternative the invention provides for a method for synthesising bushrachalcone A comprising the steps of reacting an aminoalkylated acetaldehyde of the structure of Formula D1 with the acetophenone of the structure of Formula C as set out herein under aldol conditions
Figure imgf000014_0001
Formula Dl
Formula D1.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone E comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone A with methyl iodide.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone G comprising the step oxidising the benzyl protected form of bushrachalcone A designated bushrachalcone F with hydrogen peroxide or mCPBA to obtain the N-oxide analogue, designated bushrachalcone G as herein defined.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone I comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone H with acetic acid anhydride in pyridine.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone K comprising the step of cyclising bushrachalcone J.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone L comprising the step of deprotecting the hydroxyl group of bushrachalcone J. The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone N comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone M with piperidine and formaldehyde.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone P comprising the step of treating catechin of formula O with dimethylammoniumchloride ((CHs NHCI) in the presence of formaldehyde
Figure imgf000014_0002
Formula O.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone R comprising the steps of reacting formaldehyde with dimethylamine to form an iminium salt of the formula Q,
Figure imgf000015_0001
formula Q
isolating the iminium salt and reacting the iminium salt with the chalcone of formula B to yield the chalcone analogue designated bushrachalcone R. The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone T comprising the step of treating the glycoside of formula S1 with the dimethyl iminium salt of formula Q
Figure imgf000015_0002
Formula S1
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone V comprising the step of aminoalkylating a-hydroxychalcone of formula U
Figure imgf000015_0003
formula U
Formula U
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone X comprising the step of transforming bushrachalcone W via a tosyl intermediate of formula W1 into the trifluoromethyl analogue Bushrachalcone X.
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone Z comprising the step of aminoalkylating compound of formula Y
Figure imgf000015_0004
Formula Y
The invention also provides a method for synthesising bushrachalcone X1 comprising the step of transforming buschrachalcone X with hydroxylamine . According to a further aspect of the invention it provides for the use of a compound according to the invention as herein defined for the treatment of ailments in animals including man.
The use may thus be for the treatment of cancer or malaria in animals including man.
The invention according to a further aspect thereof also provides for a method for the treatment of ailments in animals including man, and in particular the treatment of cancer or malaria, by administering to an animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to the invention. Further the invention provides for the use of compounds according to the invention as herein described for use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of an ailment in animals including man.
The invention also provides for a pharmaceutical preparation containing a therapeutically effective dose of a compound according to the invention, or part of such dose, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
The amine moiety is linked at its nitrogen to the B-ring via a carbon moiety. Flavonoid analogues of bushrachalcone are thus aminoalkylated flavonoids with an aminoalkyl substuent on the B-ring of the flavonoid. The amine moiety of the bushrachaikones and flavonoid analogues can be in the N-H, N-oxide, N-alkyl or N-carbonyl form.
The alkene moiety in the bushrachaikones in chalcone form may be in the Z or E configuration. The alkene is normally unsubsituted but can have substituents such as with a hydroxyl or acetoxy group in which case it is an a- or β- hydroxy- or acetoxychalcone.
In bushrachalcones according to the invention the amine moiety of bushrachalcone may be a primary (NH2), secondary (NHR), tertriary (NR2) or quaternary (NR3 +) amine. In the tertiary and quaternary amines the two or three substituents (R) may be different (e.g. the amine can be R1R2 or RiR2R3+) where Ri , R2 and R3 are different. They may however also be the same. Ri and R2 together with the N to which they are bound can also be part of the same moiety in which case they collectively constitute a cyclic amine e.g. piperidine. Ri , R2 and R3 together with the N to which they are bound may also be aromatic or heterocyclic or both. The nitrogen of the amine group may be oxidised in which case the amine moiety is a nitrogen oxide (N-H replaced by N=0). The nitrogen may also have other substituents e.g. it may be acetylated (N-H replaced by N-OAc) or alkylated (e.g. N- H replaced by CH3).
One or more of the hydroxy groups on the aromatic rings may be replaced by a group that resist enzymatic degradation such as -CF3, a halogen, a C1-C6 alkyl group such as a methyl group or added sugar group such as glucose, in which case it is a C-glycoside of a chalcone.
The presently preferred form the bushrachalcones, herein designated as bushrachalcone A, the amine group is morpholine, and it has the formula depicted as Formula A herein described. Bushrachalcone A has been tested by the applicant and found to have good activity against melanoma and malaria. In cases where the aromatic ring attached to the alkene group (C3 of the propanoid moiety) has a hydroxyl group in the ortho- position (2"-position) the chalkone may be cyclised via the carbonylgroup on C1 and further transformed with retention or migration of the alkenegroup to yield fiavone derivatives of bushrachalcone. This includes aminoalkylated ftav-3-enes (formula 6) or other aminoalkylated derivatives of chalkones e.g. aminolalkylated flavan-3-ols.
These and other related fiavone derivatives can also be manufactured directly by treating the corresponding flavanone, fiavone or flav-3-ene precursors with an amine in the presence of an aldehyde under acidic or basic annich conditions. The amine may be in the form of hydrochloride or other acid salt form or a preformed iminium salt may be used. Flavan-3-ol and 3-oxo-flavans can be treated in a similar way to obtain flav-3-ol-amines (formula 7) and 3-oxo-flavan (formula 8) derivatives.
In all cases where the aminoalkylated chalcone or other derivatives contain primary, secondary or tertiary amines, the amine moieties may be alkylated to secondary, tertiary and quaternary amines respectively. Primary and secondary amine moieties may also be acetylated to N-acetates or oxidized to amine oxides.
The amine may be any amine, including aliphatic amines such as methylamine, dimethylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, cyclohexylamine, amphetamine, cyclic amines such as pipendine, pyrrolidine and aromatic amines such as aniline, benzylamine etc.
One or more hydroxy groups of any of the bushrachalcones, chalcone, acetophenone, benzaldehyde or flavones precursor may be protected prior to being coupled to the amine, typically as a benzyl ester or acetate.
The protecting groups may be removed after the synthesis of the bushrachalcones.
EXAMPLES OF THE INVENTION
A. EXAMPLES OF SYNTHESIS OF BUSHRACHALCONES OF THE INVENTION AND STARTING
MATERIALS USED IN SUCH SYNTHESIS.
Without thereby limiting the scope of the present invention it will now be exemplified in the following examples. Generic synthesis:
General reaction procedure for the syntheses of chalcones (£)-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4- methoxyphenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one (a), (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one (b), (£)-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one (c) and (£)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-(4- methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1 -one (d).
Figure imgf000018_0001
Structures 1 : Examples of some chalcones used in the syntheses of Bushrachalcones
General Procedure 1. Synthesis of (E)-3-(4-hvdroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (b)
Aldol condensation of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde with 4-methoxyacetophenone
4-Methoxyacetophenone (3.4793 g; 0.02318 mol) and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (3.0055 g; 0.02461 mol) were dissolved in EtOH (50 mL) with constant stirring at room temperature. A 50% KOH solution (50 mL) was added after 10 minutes, which turned the reaction mixture bright yellow. The reaction was left to stir overnight. The reaction mixture was poured over ice and 3 N HCI solution and extracted with EtOAc. The crude mixture was dried over a2S04 and evaporated under reduced pressure. The chalcone product was isolated with column chromatography (cyclohexane:EtOAc 5:5). (£)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (b) was crystallized from EtOH.
Figure imgf000018_0002
Structure 2: (£)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1 -(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1 -one (b) Mp: 148-149 °C, v max 1644 cm ~\ [Μ-ΗΓ 253.2, 1H NMR δ (600 MHz, Acet-d6, Me4Si) 3.91 (3H, s, OCH3) 6.92 (2H, d, J = 8.6 Hz, H-3"/H-5"), 7.06 (2H, d, J = 8.6 Hz, H-37H-5'), 7.69 (1 H, d, J = 15.6 Hz, H-2), 7.70 (2H, d, J = 8.6 Hz, H-2"/H-6"), 7.73 (1 H, d, J = 15.6, H-3), 8.14 (2H, d, J = 8.9 Hz, H-27H-6'). 13C NMR δ (150 MHz, Acet-d6, Me4Si) 55.0 (OCH3), 1 13.7 (C-37C-5'), 115.8 (C-3 C-5"), 118.7 (C-2), 126.9 (C-1 "), 130.5 (C-2', C-6'), 130.6 (C- 2 C-6"), 131.4 (C-1 '), 143.4 (C-3), 159.8 (C-4"), 163.4 (C-4'), 187.2 (C-1 ).
General Procedure 2. General reaction procedure for the syntheses of Bushrachalcones.
Mannich reaction of (E)-3-(4-hvdroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenv0prop-2-en-1-one b and orpholine (Synthesis of Bushrachalcone).
(£)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1 -(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (b) (486.5 mg; 0.0020mol), paraformaldehyde (59.8 mg; 0.002 mol) and morpholine (0.30 mL; 0.0020 mol) were dissolved in EtOH (2 mL) and cone. HCI (5 drops). The reaction mixture was refluxed for 9 hrs until TLC showed the disappearance of the starting material. The reaction mixture was quenched with NaHCOs and extracted with EtOAc and water. The organic layer was dried over Na2S04 and the solvent evaporated under reduced pressure. Crystallization from EtOH yielded (£ 3-(4- hydroxy-3-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (A) as yellow crystals.
Figure imgf000019_0001
Structure 3: (£)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2- en-1-one
Mp: 154-155 °C, [M+H]+ 354.3, I H (600 MHz, Acet-d6, Me4Si): 2.60 (4H, broadend s, H-3"7H-5"') 3.70 (4H, t, J = 4.40 Hz, H-2"7H-6'"), 3.82 (2H, s, CH2), 3.91 (3H, s, OCH3), 6.80 (1 H, d, J = 8.40 Hz, H-5"), 7.06 (2H, d, J = 8.9 Hz, H-37H-5'), 7.58 (1 H, d, J = 2.1 Hz, H-2"), 7.64 (1 H, dd, J = 2.0, 8.4 Hz, H-6"), 7.68 (1 H, d, J = 15.6 Hz, H-2), 7.71 (1 H, d, J = 15.6, H-3), 8.13 (2H, d, J = 8.9 Hz, H-27H-6'). I c (150 MHz, Acet-d6, Me4Si): 52.8 (2 x N-C), 55.1 (OCH3), 60.9 (CH2), 66.4 (2 x O-C), 113.7 (C-37C-5'), 116.2 (C-5"), 1 18.7 (C-2), 121.8 (C-3"), 126.5 (C-1"), 129.7 (C-2", C-6"), 130.6 (C-27C-6'), 131.4 (C-1 '), 143.3 (C-3), 160.4 (C-4"), 163.4 (C-4'), 187.1 (-C=0).
Specific examples:
Group 1. Bushrachalcones of (£)-3-(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (a).
Compound (a) was prepared via aldol condensation, as described under general synthesis 1 , of
4methoxyacetophenone and 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde.
EXAMPLE 1
Preparation of (£)-3-(4-((Dimethylamino)methyl)-3-hvdroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenvnprop-2-en-1-one
Compound a was reacted with dimethyl amine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data: Mp: 135-136 °C IR: v max 1651 cm "1 , [M-H]" 310.1 , ! H (600 MHz, CDCI3): 2.36 (s, 6H, 2x -N-CH3), 3.69 (s, 2H, - N-CH2), 3.89 (s, 3H, -OCH3), 6.98 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-2V6'), 7.01 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1 H, H-5"), 7.03 (dd, 1 H, J = 7.6 Hz, J = 1.5 Hz, H-6"), 7.15 (d, 1 H, J = 1.5 Hz, H-2"), 7.51 (d, J = 15.6 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 7.73 (d, J = 15.6 Hz, 1 H, H- 3), 8.03 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-375'). I c (150 MHz, CDCI3): 44.4 (2x -N-CH3), 55.4 (-N-CH2-), 62.5 (-OCH3), 1 3.8 (C-3751), 114.8 (C-6"), 120.0 (C-2), 121.0 (C-5"), 124.2 (C-2761), 128.8 (C-2"), 130.0 (C-1 "), 130.7 (C-1 '), 135.8 (C-4"), 143.8 (C-3), 158.4 (C-3"), 163.3 (C-4'), 188.7 (-C=0).
Figure imgf000020_0001
(E)-3-(4-((dimethylamino)methyl)-3-h^ EXAMPLE 2
Preparation of (£)-3-(3-hvdroxy-4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl¾-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Compound a was reacted with morpholine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data:
Mp: 145-147 °C, \R: vmax 1654 cm"1 , [M+H]+ 354.3, I H (600 MHz, CDCI3): 2.60 (m, 4H, H-2' 6'"), 3.73 (m, 4H, H-3' 5'"), 3.78 (s, 2H, -N-CH2-), 3.90 (s, 3H, -OCH3 ), 6.98 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-276'), 7.04 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 1 H, H- 5"), 7.15 (dd, J = 7.6 Hz, J = 1.6 Hz, 1 H, H-6"), 7.18 (d, J = 1.6 Hz, 1 H, H-2"), 7.52 (d, J = 15.6 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 7.73 (d, J = 15.6 Hz, 1 H, H-3) 8.03 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-375'). I c (150 MHz, C3D60): 52.9 (C-2"^), 55.4 (-OCH3), 61.4 (C-3'75'"), 66.7 (-N-CH2-), 1 13.8 (C-375'), 1 15.0 (C-6"), 120.4 (C-2), 121 .8. (C-2"), 123.2 (C-4"), 129.3 (C-5"), 130.7 (C-276'), 131.1 (C-1'), 136.0 (C-1 "), 143.6 (C-3), 157.8 (C-3"), 163.4 (C-4'), 188.6 (-C=0)
Figure imgf000020_0002
(ii)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl)- 1 -(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en- 1 -one EXAMPLE 3
Preparation of (E)-3-(3-hvdroxy-4-((4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl)phenyl)-1 -(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-
1-one Compound a was reacted with W-methylpiperazine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data:
Mp: 136-137 °C, IR: v max 1653.7 cm"1 , ; H (600 MHz, CDCI3): 2.17 (s, 3H, -N-CH3), 2.32 (m, 4H, H-3"75"' ), 2.32 (m, 4H, H-2'76'"), 3.75 (s, 2H, -IM-CH2), 3.89 (s, 3H, -OCH3), 6.98 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-276'), 7.00 (d, J = 7.7 Hz, 1 H, H-5"), 7.13 (dd, J = 7.7 Hz, J = 1.5 Hz, 1 H, H-6"), 7.15 (d, J = 1 .5 Hz, 1 H, H-2"), 7.51 (d, J = 15.6 Hz, 1 H, H- 2), 7.73 (d, J = 15.6 Hz, 1 H, H-3), 8.03 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-375'). ! c ( 50 MHz, CDCI3): 45.8 (-N-CH3), 52.5 (C- 3*75'"), 54.8 (C-2"76m), 55.4 (-OCH3), 61.2 (-N-CH2), 113.8 (C-3751), 114.9 (C-6"), 120.0 (C-2), 121.7. (C-2"), 123.8 (C-4"), 129.1 (C-3), 130.7 (C-276'), 131.1 (C-1 '), 135.8 (C-1 "), 143.8 (C-3"), 158.1 (C-5"), 163.3 (C-4'), 188.7 (-C=0)
Figure imgf000021_0001
(£)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-((4-methylpiperazin- 1 -yl)methyl)pheny I)- 1 -(4-methoxypheny l)prop-2 -en- 1 -one
2. Bushrachalcones of (£)-3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (b). The synthesis of b is described under general synthesis 1.
EXAMPLE 4
Preparation of (E)-3-(3-(f4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl¾methvH-4-hvdroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxy-phenyl)prop-2-en-1- one Compound b was reacted with W-ethylpiperazine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data:
IR: v max 1660 ! H (600 MHz, CDCI3): 1.17 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 3H, -N-CH2-CH3), 2.59 (q, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H, -N-CH2-CH3) 2.75 (m, 8H, 4x -N-CH2), 3.83 (s, 2H, -CH2), 3.88 (s, 3H, -OCH3), 6.84 (d , J = 8.4. Hz, 1 H, 5"-H), 6.96 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, 276'-H), 7.30 (d, J 1.6 Hz, 1 H, 2"-H), 7.38 (d, J = 15.4 Hz, 1 H, 2-H), 7.48 (dd, J = 8.4, Hz, J = 1.6 Hz, 1 H, 6"-H), 7.72 (d, J = 15.4 Hz, 1 H, 3-H), 8.03 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, 375'-H). ί c (150 MHz, CDCI3): 11.3 (-N- CH2CH3), 51.7 (-N-CH2CH3), 52.1 (C-3"75'"), 52.2 (C-2"76'"), 55.4 (-OCH3), 60.9 (-CH2), 113.7 (C-375'), 116.8 (C- 5"), 1 18.9 (C-2), 121.2 (C-3"), 126.6 (C-1 '), 129.1 (C-6"), 129.7 (C-2"), 130.4 (C-276'), 131.1 (C-1 "), 143.9 (C-3), 160.2 (C-4"), 163.2 (C-4'), 188.6 (-C=0)
Figure imgf000021_0002
-((4-ethylpiperazin-l -yl)methyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)-l-(4- methoxypheny l)prop-2-en- 1 -one
EXAMPLE 5
Preparation of (£)-3-(4-hvdroxy-3.5-bis(piperidin-1-ylmethyl)phenyl)-1 -(4-methoxy- phenyl)prop-2-en-1-one Compound b was reacted with piperidine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data:
Mp: 192-193 °C. IR: vmax 1649.8 cm "1. : H (600 MHz, C3D60): 1.63 (m, 8H, 2 x H-3'75'"), 1.82 (m, 4H, 2x H-4'") 2.50 (m, 8H, 2 x H-2' 6'"), 3.64 (s, 4H, -N-CH2), 3.90 (s, 3H, -OCH3), 6.98 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H, H-276'), 7.39 (s, 2H, H-276"), 7.40 (d, J = 15.5 Hz, 1 H, H-2), 7.74 (d, J = 15.5 Hz, 1 H, H-3), 8.05 (d, J = 9.0 Hz, 2H, H-3V5'). ! c (150 MHz, CDCI3): 24.0 (2 x C-4'"), 25.7 (2 x C-3"V5'"), 54.1 (2 x C-2'76'"), 55.4 (-OCH3)) 59.3 (-N-CH2), 113.7 (C- 3V5'),118.5 (C-2), 123.3 (C-1 "), 125.4 (C-11), 130.7 (C-276'), 131.5 (C-375"), 144.6 (C-3), 159.4 (C-4"), 163.1 (C- 4'), 188.9 (-C=0)
Figure imgf000022_0001
(£)-3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-bis(piperidin- l-ylmethyl)phenyl)- l-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-
2-en- l-one
Group 3.Bushrachalcone of (£)-3-(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (c). (c) was prepared via aldol condensation, as described under general synthesis 1 , of acetophenone and 3- hydroxybenzaldehyde.
EXAMPLE 6
Preparation of (£)-3-(3-hyclroxy-4-(plperidin-1 -ylmethvnphenvH-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-one Compound c was reacted with piperidine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data:
Mp 120-121 °C. IR (KBr): vmax = 2933.9, 1660.32, 1603.07, 1275.16 cm"1 , [M-H]" 320.4, 1 H NMR δ (600 MHz, Acet-de, Me4Si) 8.02 (2H, d, J = 7.9 Hz, H-2', H-6'), 7.76 (1 H, d, J = 15.7 Hz, H-3), 7.60 (1 H, m, H-4'), 7.51 (1 H, d, J = 15.7 Hz, H-2), 7.54-7.50 (2H, m, H-3', H-5'), 7.14 (1 H, d, J = 1.54 Hz, H-2"), 7.05 (1 H, dd, J = 1.5, 7.8 Hz, H- 6"), 7.01 (1 H, d, J = 7.8 Hz, H-5"), 3.72 (2H, s, CH2), 1.96-1 .00 (10H, 5 x N-CH2). 13C NMR δ (150 MHz, Acet-de, Me4Si) 190.7 (C-1 ), 158.5 (C-3"), 145.0 (C-3), 138.3 (C-1 '), 135.4 (C-1 "), 132.8 (C-4'), 129.0 (C-5"), 128.7 (C- 370-5') (this assignment may interchange), 128.5 (C-27C-6')2, 124.7 (C-4"), 121 .7 (C-2), 120.0 (C-6"), 1 14.9 (C- 2"), 62.1 (CHz), 54.1 (C-2"7C-6"'), 25.9 (C-3"7C-5"'), 23.0 (C-4"').
Figure imgf000022_0002
(£)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-(piperidin- 1 -ylmethy l)pheny 1)- 1 -pheny lprop-2-en- 1 -one Group 4. Bushrachaicone of (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1- one d. (d) was prepared via aldol condensation, as described under general synthesis 1 , of 4- methoxyacetophenone and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde.
EXAMPLE 7
Preparation of (Q-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-(piperidin-1-ylmethv^
1-one
Compound d was reacted with piperidine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data:
Mp 149-150 °C, IR (KBr): vmax = 2939.18, 1650.69, 1603.79, 1157.02 cm"1, [M-H]" 380.5, 1H NMR δ (600 MHz, Acet-de, Me4Si) 8.12 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, H-2', H-6'), 7.71 (1H, d, J = 15.5, H-3), 7.68 (1 H, d, J = 15.5 Hz, H-2), 7.38 (1 H, d, J = 1.6 Hz, H-2"), 7.13 (1 H, d, J = 1.6 Hz, H-6"), 7.06 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, H-3', H-5'), 3.91 (3H, s, OCH3), 3.89 (3H, s, OCH3), 3.76 (2H, s, CH2), 2.56 (4H, broadend s, H-2'", H-6'"), 1.65 (4H, m, H-3'", H-5'"), 1.53 (2H, broadend s, H-4'"). 13C NMR δ (150 MHz, Acet-d6, Me4Si) 187.3 (C-1 ), 163.3 (C-4'), 151.1 (C-4"), 150.9 (C- 1"), 148.4 (C-3"), 144.0 (C-3), 130.6 (C-27C-6'), 125.9 (C-1 '), 123.0 (C-6"), 122.2 (C-5"), 118.6 (C-2), 113.8 (C- 37C-5'), 111.1 (C-2"), 61.1 (CH2), 55.5 (OCH3), 55.0 (OCH3), 53.5 (C-2"7C-6'"), 25.7 (C-3"7C-5"'), 23.7 (C-4'").
Figure imgf000023_0001
(i?)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-(piperidin-l-ylmethyl)phenyl)-l-(4- methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en- 1 -one
5. Many variations of the invention may be devised without thereby departing from the scope of the statements of the invention as set out above:
The diarylpropane e [3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)propane] was synthesized via reduction of the carbonyl group and double bond of a using conventional methods (Pd(OH)2/C/H2).
Figure imgf000023_0002
3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)- 1 -(4-methoxyphenyl)propane
EXAMPLE 9
Preparation of 3-(3-hvdroxy-4-(piperidin-1-ylmethyl)phenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenvi)propane
Compound e was reacted with piperidine under Mannich conditions as described under general procedure 2. The procedure yielded the title compound with the following physical data: [M+H]+ 340.3, 1H NMR δ (600 MHz, Acet-de, Me4Si) 7.15 (2H, d, J = 8.6 Hz, H-2', H-6'), 6.90 (1 H, d, J = 7.3 Hz, H-5"), 6.87 (2H, d, J = 8.6 Hz, H-3', H-5'), 6.60 (1 H, broadende s, H-2"), 6.58 (1 H, dd, J = 1.6, 7.3 Hz, H-6"), 3.77 (3H, s, OCH3), 3.62 (2H, s, CH2), 2.59 (2H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, H-1 )( This assignment may interchange), 2.55 (2H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, H-3)2, 2.47 (4H, broadend s, H-2'", H-6'"), 1.88 (2H, m, H-2), 1.58 (4H, m, H-3"', H-5'"), 1.48 (2H, broadend s, 1 x H-4'"). 3C NMR δ (150 MHz, Acet-d6, Me4Si) 158.2 (C-4'), 157.9 (C-3"), 142.8 (C-1 "), 134.2 (C- 1 '), 129.2 (C-2VC-6'), 128.4 (C-5"), 1 19.2 (C-4"), 118.7 (C-6"), 1 15.6 (C-2"), 113.6 (C-37C-5'), 61.52 (CH2), 54.5 (2 x N-C), 53.5 (OCH3), 35.0 (C-3), 34.4 (C-1 ), 33.4 (C-2), 25.8 (2 x N-C), 23.9 (1 x N-C).
Figure imgf000024_0001
3-(3-hydroxy-4-(piperidin-l-ylmethyl)phenyl)-l-(4-methoxyphenyl)propane
B. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY DETERMINATIONS In this section the results of assays to demonstrate biological activity of some of the compounds according to the invention are reported. Different reference numbers are however used in referring to the compounds, in particular OslbAnke 4 is the bushrachalcone of Formula W
Ojvdwaw 720 is the bushrachalcone of Formula F
Ojvdwaw 723 is the bushrachalcone of Formula A.
1. Antimalaria activity of selected Bushrachalcones and derivatives thereof.
1. Objectives
• To test samples for in vitro antiplasmodial activity against a chloroquine sensitive (CQS) strain of Plasmodium falciparum (D10)
• To test samples for in vitro cytotoxicity against a mammalian cell-line, Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO) using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide (MTT)-assay
Methodology
2.1 Antiplasmodial assay
Continuous in vitro cultures of asexual erythrocyte stages of P. falciparum were maintained using a modified method of Trager and Jensen (1976). Quantitative assessment of antiplasmodial activity in vitro was determined via the parasite lactate dehydrogenase assay using a modified method described by Makler (1993). The test samples were tested in triplicate on one or two separate occasions.
The test samples were prepared to a 20 mg/ml stock solution in 100% DMSO. Stock solutions were stored at -20° C. Further dilutions were prepared in DMSO and complete medium on the day of the experiment. Samples were tested as a suspension if not completely dissolved. Chloroquine (CQ) was used as the reference drug. A full dose-response was performed to determine the concentration inhibiting 50% of parasite growth (IC50-value). Test samples were initially tested at a starting concentration of 100 pg/MI, which was then serially diluted 2-fold in complete medium to give 10 concentrations, with the lowest concentration being 0.2 pg/ml. The same dilution technique was used for all samples. Active samples were retested at a starting concentration of 10 g/MI or 1000 ng MI. CQ was tested at a starting concentration of 100 ng/ml. The highest concentration of solvent (0.5%) to which the parasites were exposed to had no measurable effect on the parasite viability (data not shown).
2.2 Cytotoxicity assay
The MTT-assay is used as a colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival, and compares well with other available assays (Mosman et al., 1983 and Rubinstein et al., 1990). The tetrazolium salt MTT was used to measure all growth and chemosensitivity. The test samples were tested in triplicate on one occasion.
2. Objectives
• To test samples for in vitro antiplasmodial activity against a chloroquine sensitive (CQS) strain of Plasmodium falciparum (D10)
• To test samples for in vitro cytotoxicity against a mammalian cell-line, Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO) using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthtazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide (MTT)-assay
3. Methodology
2.1 Antiplasmodial assay
Continuous in vitro cultures of asexual erythrocyte stages of P. falciparum were maintained using a modified method of Trager and Jensen (1976). Quantitative assessment of antiplasmodial activity in vitro was determined via the parasite lactate dehydrogenase assay using a modified method described by Makler (1993). The test samples were tested in triplicate on one or two separate occasions.
The test samples were prepared to a 20 mg/MI stock solution in 100% DMSO. Stock solutions were stored at -20 °C. Further dilutions were prepared in DMSO and complete medium on the day of the experiment. Samples were tested as a suspension if not completely dissolved. Chloroquine (CQ) was used as the reference drug. A full dose-response was performed to determine the concentration inhibiting 50% of parasite growth (ICso-value). Test samples were initially tested at a starting concentration of 100 pg/MI, which was then serially diluted 2-fold in complete medium to give 10 concentrations, with the lowest concentration being 0.2 pg/MI. The same dilution technique was used for all samples. Active samples were retested at a starting concentration of 10 pg/MI or 1000 ng/ml. CQ was tested at a starting concentration of 100 ng/MI. The highest concentration of solvent (0.5%) to which the parasites were exposed to had no measurable effect on the parasite viability (data not shown).
2.2 Cytotoxicity assay
The MTT-assay is used as a colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival, and compares well with other available assays (Mosman et al., 1983 and Rubinstein et al., 1990). The tetrazolium salt MTT was used to measure all growth and chemosensitivity. The test samples were tested in triplicate on one occasion. The sample preparation was the same as for the antiplasmodial testing. Dilutions were prepared on the day of the experiment. Emetine was used as the reference drug in all experiments. The initial concentration of emetine was 100 ug ml, which was serially diluted in complete medium with 10-fold dilutions to give 6 concentrations, the lowest being 0.001 pg/ml. The same dilution technique was applied to all the test samples. The highest concentration of solvent (0.5%) to which the cells were exposed to had no measurable effect on the cell viability (data not shown).
The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values were obtained from full dose-response curves, using a nonlinear dose-response curve fitting analysis via GraphPad Prism v.4 software.
3. Results
The results obtained are represented in Table 1 below and in the attached graphs in which are
Figurel . Dose-response curves of test samples against the CQS D10 strain of P. falciparum and
Figure2. Dose-response curves of test samples against the CHO cell-line.
Table 1. ICso-values of compounds tested in vitro for antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity
n=number of data sets averaged
Figure imgf000026_0001
Selectivity index (SI) = IC50 CHO/IC50 D10
4. Discussion
The results showed that Ojvdwaw 720 was the most promising compound with good activity against the CQS strain of the parasite P. falciparum (IC50 = 290 ng/MI) and a SI of 234 (Tablel ). Compounds Ojvdwaw 722, Ojvdwaw 723, OslbAnke4, and OslbAnke 1 showed moderate activity with ICso-values ranging from 1 g/MI to 3 pg/MI. 5. References Makier T, Ries JM, Williams JA, Bancroft JE, Piper RC, Gibbins BL, Hinrichs DJ, 1993. Parasite lactate dehydrogenase as an assay for Plasmodium falciparum drug sensitivity. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 48, 739-741.
Mosmann T, 1983. Rapid colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival: Application to proliferation and cytotoxicity assays. Journal of Immunological Methods 65, 55-63.
Rubinstein LV, Shoemaker RH, Paull KD, Simon RM, Tosini S, Skehan P, Scudiero DA, Monks A, Boyd MR, 1990. Comparison of in vitro anticancer-drug-screening data generated with a tetrazolium assay against a diverse panel of human tumor cell lines. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 82, 1113-8.
Trager W, Jensen JB, 1976. Human malaria parasite in continuous culture. Science 193(4254), 673-5.
2. Cytotocicity against cancer cells of selected Bushrachalcones and derivatives thereof.
1. Assay Background The growth inhibitory effects of the compounds were tested in the 3-cell line panel consisting of TK10 (renal), UACC62 (melanoma) and MCF7 (breast) by Sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay.The SRB assay was developed by Skehan and colleagues to measure drug-induced cytotoxicity and cell proliferation. Its principle is based on the ability of the protein dye sulforhodamine B (Acid Red 52) to bind electrostatically in a pH-dependent manner to protein basic amino acid residues of trichloroacetic acid-fixed cells. Under mild acidic conditions it binds to the fixed cellular protein, while under mild basic conditions it can be extracted from cells and solubilized for measurement. The SRB Assay is performed at CSIR in accordance with the protocol of the Drug Evaluation Branch, NCI, and the assay has been adopted for this screen. MATERIALS AND METHOD
The human cell lines TK10, UACC62 and MCF7 was obtained from NCI in the framework of a collaborative research program between CSIR and NCI. Cell lines was routinely maintained as a monolayer cell culture at 37 °C, 5% CO2, 95% air and 100% relative humidity in RPMI containing 5% fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine and 50pg/MI gentamicin.
For the screening experiment, the cells (3-19 passages) were inoculated in 96-well microtiter plates at plating densities of 7-10 000 cells/well and were incubated for 24 h. After 24 h one plate was fixed with TCA to represent a measurement of the cell population for each cell line at the time of drug addition (TO).The other plates with cells were treated with the experimental drugs which were previously dissolved in DMSO and diluted in medium to produce 5 concentrations (6.25-100 ppm). Cells without drug addition served as control. The blank contains complete medium without cells. Etoposide was used as a standard.
The plates were incubated for 48 h after addition of the compounds. Viable cells were fixed to the bottom of each well with cold 50% trichloroacetic acid, washed, dried and dyed by SRB. Unbound dye was removed and protein- bound dye was extracted with 10 mM Tris base for optical density determination at the wavelength 540 nm using a multiwell spectrophotometer.
The optical density of the test well after 48-h period of exposure to the test drug is T, the optical density at time zero is TO, and the control optical density is C. The TGI is the concentration of test drug where 100 x (T-T0)/(C- T0) = 0. The TGI signifies a cytostatic effect.
The results of five dose screening were reported as TGI (total growth inhibition). The biological activities were separated into 4 categories: inactive (TGI >50 ug/MI or TGI >100μΜ), weak activity (15 pg/MI < TGI <50 pg/MI or 30 μΜ < TGI <100 μ , moderate activity (6.25 μ9/ Ι < TGI <15 pg/ml or 10 μ < TGI <30 μΜ and potent activity (TGI <6.25 Mg/MI or TGI <10 μΜ ).
For each tested compound, four response parameters, GI50 (50% growth inhibition and signifies the growth inhibitory power of the test agent), TGI (which is the drug concentration resulting in total growth inhibition and signifies the cytostatic effect of the test agent), LC50 (50% lethal concentration and signifies the cytotoxic effect of the test agent), LC100 (100% lethal concentration and signifies the cytotoxic effect of the test agent), were calculated for each cell
line. Assay prerequisites:
* Z' factor > 0.5
2. Assay conditions Compounds screened: 13
Test compound concentration: 100 - 0.01 μΜ (5 x 10-fold serial dilutions)
Standard (Etoposide) concentration 100 - 0.01 μΜ (5 x 10-fold serial dilutions)
Figure imgf000028_0001
Z' Factor :
3. Results
The results of the assays are represented in the graphs and associated tables attached hereto as Figures 3 to 10.
4. Results Summary
The results may be summarised as follows
Figure imgf000028_0002
5. Conclusions Criteria
Figure imgf000029_0001
According to our criterion the compounds are considered inactive if parameter TGI for two cell lines is higher than 50 pg/ml or 100 μΜ. Therefore the samples Ojvdwaw 719 and OslbAnke3 can be considered as inactive at the tested concentrations but may well be active at higher concentrations.
The compounds Ojvdwaw 719 and OslbAnke3 demonstrate higher selectivity at the cell line UACC-62.
Again at the tested concentrations Ojvdwaw 713 and Ojvdwaw 722 can be estimated as weakly active, and OslbAnke 1, OslbAnke 4 and Ojvdwaw 723 can be considered as moderately active . The sample Ojvdwaw 720 is active against cell linesTK and potent against cell lines UACC-62 and MCF-7 (values TGI). Many variations of the invention may be devised without thereby departing from the scope of the statements of the invention as set out above

Claims

CLAIMS.
A compound which is selected from the chalcones of the general Formula 10
Figure imgf000030_0001
Formula 10
wherein:
at least one of Re, R7, Re, R9, R10, R16 and R17 is an aminoalkyl substituent of the general Formula AA:
-C(RiiRi2)N(R13Ri4(Ri5)m) Formula AA in which
m is a numeral which is either 0 or 1 and when m = 1 the nitrogen is positively charged and the chalcone is a salt;
each of R and R12 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, oxygen, Ci-C6 hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -ORi8 wherein R18 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to s hydrocarbyl group; each of R13, 14 and R15 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, - OH, halogens, C-i-Ce hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -ORi8 wherein R18 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group so that the nitrogen may be selected from a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine, an amine oxide and an amine acetate; or
-IM(Ri3Ri4(Ri5)m) are collectively a cyclic amine, including an aromatic amine and also including cyclic amines which include other hetero atoms; and the remainder of each of R1 f R2> R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Re, R9, R10, R16 and R17, is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, CF3, CHF2,CH2F, nitro moieties, amino moieties (but excluding (7-Chloro-4-quinolinyl)amino), sulfonic moieties, sulphanilamide moieties, cyano moieties, sulphide moieties, sulfoxide moieties, sulfone moieties, phosphonate moieties, phosphate moieties, Ci-Ce hydrocarbyl moieties, saccharide moieties and -ORie wherein R18 is selected from the group consisting of -H, and a Ci to C6 hydrocarbyl group, with the proviso that when R7 and R9 are both dimethylaminomethyl groups and R8 is an hydroxy group then R3 and R4 shall not both be -H or -CI or R3 shall not be -Br when R4 is -H, and with the further proviso that when 2 and R4 are both dimethylaminornethyl groups and R3 and Re are both hydroxyl groups then at least one of Ri , R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, R16 and R17 shall not be -H, and analogues and derivatives of a chalcone of Formula 10, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates of the chalcones, its analogues and derivatives.
2. A compound according to claim 1 which is a derivative of a chalcone of the Formula 10 which is selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general Formula 25a or general Formula 25b
Figure imgf000031_0001
Formula 25a Formula 25b
wherein the substituents Ri to R17 are as defined in claim 1 and R25 is selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens, CF3, CHF2,CH2F, nitro moieties, amino moieties, sulfonic moieties, sulphanilamide moieties, cyano moieties, sulphide moieties, sulfoxide moieties, sulfone moieties, phosphonate moieties, phosphate moieties, Ci-Ce hydrocarbyl moieties, saccharide moieties and -ORi8 wherein Ri8 is selected from the group consisting of -H, and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group.
3. A compound according to claim 1 which is a cyclised flavonoid derivative of a chalcone of Formula 10 selected from the group consisting of flavanones of the Formula 3, flavones of the Formula 4, flavonols of the Formula 5, flav-3-enes of the Formula 6, flavan-3-ols of the formula 7, 3-oxo-flavans of the Formula 8 and flavanols of formula 9
Figure imgf000031_0002
Formula 3 Formula 4
Figure imgf000031_0003
Figure imgf000032_0001
wherein the substituents F¾ to Rio are as defined in claim 1.
A compound according to claim 1 which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which the alkene group beween the two aromatic rings is hydrogenated to render the compound a dihydrochalcone in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a propanoid moiety with a carbonyl in the 1 -position, the analogue compound having a structure as set out in Formula B1
Figure imgf000032_0002
A compound according to claim 1 which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which the carbonyl group between the two aromatic rings is hydrogenated to reduce the compound to a 1 ,3-diaryl-prop-2-ene in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a propene moiety with a 2,3- double bond, the analogue compoun set out in Formula B2
Figure imgf000032_0003
Formula B2 e
A compound according to claim 1 which is an hydrogenated derivative of a compound of Formula 10 in which both the carbonyl group and alkene groups between the two aromatic rings are hydrogenated to render the compound a 1 ,3-diaryl-propane in which the two aromatic rings are linked by a linear propane moiety, the analogue compound having a structure as set out in Formula B3
Figure imgf000033_0001
A compound according to claim 1 wherein at least one of Re, Re, and R in Formula 10 is a hydroxyl group or a derivative of a hydroxy group which hydroxy group or derivative thereof is bound to a carbon adjacent to the carbon on which the alkylamino substituent is bound.
A compound according to claim 1 designated as bushrachalcone A, having the formula depicted Formula A
Figure imgf000033_0002
Formula A.
A compound according to claim 1 designated as bushrachalcone AB having a structure as set out in formula AB
Figure imgf000033_0003
Formula AB
A compound according to claim 1 designated a bushrachalcone E having a structure as set out ' Formula E
Figure imgf000033_0004
Formula E.
11. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone F having a structure as set out in
Formula F
Figure imgf000034_0001
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone G having a structure as set out in Formula G
Figure imgf000034_0002
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone H having a structure as set out in Formula H
Figure imgf000034_0003
Formula H
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone I having a structure as set out in Formula
Figure imgf000034_0004
Formula I.
15. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone J having a structure as set out in
Formula J
Figure imgf000035_0001
Formula J
6. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone K having a structure as set out in Formula K
Figure imgf000035_0002
Formula K
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone L having a structure as set out in Formula L
Figure imgf000035_0003
Formula L.
8. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone M having a structure as set out in Formula M
Figure imgf000036_0001
Formula M.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone N having a structure as set out in Formula N
Figure imgf000036_0002
Formula N.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone P having a structure as set out in Formula P
Figure imgf000036_0003
Formula P.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone R having a structure as set out in Formula R
Figure imgf000036_0004
Formula R. 22. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone S having a structure as set out in Formula S
Figure imgf000037_0001
Formula S.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone T having a structure as set out in Formula T
Figure imgf000037_0002
Formula T
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone V having a structure as set out in Formula V
Figure imgf000037_0003
Formula V.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone W having a structure as set out in Formula W
Figure imgf000037_0004
formula W
Formula W.
26. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone W1 having a structure as set out in Formula W1
Figure imgf000038_0001
Formula W1.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone X having a structure as set out in Formula X
Figure imgf000038_0002
Formula X
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone Z having a structure as set out in Formula Z
Figure imgf000038_0003
Formula Z.
A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone X1 having a structure as set out in Formula X1
Figure imgf000038_0004
Formula X1 30. A compound according to claim 1 designated bushrachalcone X2 having a structure as set out in Formula X2
Figure imgf000038_0005
Formula X2
A method for synthesising a compound as defined in claim 1 , including the steps of reacting a suitably substituted chalcone with a suitably selected amine moiety of formula AX in the presence of a non- enolizable aldehyde under acidic or basic Mannich reaction conditions, or alternatively treating a suitably substituted aldehyde with an amine moiety of formula AX in the presence of a non-enolizable aldehyde under acidic or basic Mannich reaction conditions and converting the resultant compound to a chalcone, and optionally further derivitising the compound,
wherein the amine moiety has a structure of the Formula AX
N( 13 i4R2o(Ri5)m ) Formula AX in which
m is a numeral which is either 0 or land when m = 1 the nitrogen is positively charged and the chalcone is a salt); each of R13, R1 ,Ris and R20 is independently selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, halogens,
Ci-Ce hydrocarbyl groups, saccharide moieties and -OR-m wherein Ri8 is selected from the group consisting of -H and a Ci to Ce hydrocarbyl group so that the nitrogen may be selected from a primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary amine, an amine oxide and an amine acetate; or (Ri3 i4 2o( is)m) are collectively a cyclic amine, including an aromatic amine and also including cyclic amines which include other hetero atoms.
A method according to claim 31 wherein the amine moiety is selected from the group consisting of NH3 or a primary or a secondary amine or cyclic amine or acceptable salt thereof. 33. A method according to claim 31 wherein the NH3, or primary or secondary amines or cyclic amines utilised in the synthesis methods are hydrochlorides of such compounds.
A method according to claim 31 for synthesising a compound as defined in claim 1 wherein the non enolizable aldehyde is beforehand reacted with the NH3 or primary or secondary amines or cyclic amines or their suitable salts to form an iminium salt, and such preformed salt is then reacted with the chalcone.
A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone A comprising the steps of preparing precursor chalcone of Formula B
Figure imgf000039_0001
by performing an aldol condensation between an acetophenone of Formula C and a benzaldehyde Formula D
Figure imgf000039_0002
Formula C I'ormula D and thereafter treating the chalcone of formula B with formaldehyde in the presence of morpholine to yield buschrachalcone A. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone A comprising the steps of reacting an aminoalkylated acetaldehyde of the structure of Formula D1 with the acetophenone of the structure of Formula C as set out herein under aldol conditions
Figure imgf000040_0001
Formula Dl
Formula D1.
37. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone E comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone A with methyl iodide.
38. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone G comprising the step oxidising the benzyl protected form of bushrachalcone A designated bushrachalcone F with hydrogen peroxide or mCPBA to obtain the N-oxide analogue, designated bushrachalcone G as herein defined.
39. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone I comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone H with acetic acid anhydride in pyridine.
40. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone K comprising the step of cyclising bushrachalcone J .
41. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone L comprising the step of deprotecting the hydroxyl group of bushrachalcone J. 42. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone N comprising the step of treating bushrachalcone M with piperidine and formaldehyde.
43. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone P comprising the step of treating catechin of formula 0 with dimethylammoniumchloride ((CH3)2NHCI) in the presence of formaldehyde
Figure imgf000040_0002
Formula O.
44. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone R comprising the steps of reacting formaldehyde with dimethylamine to form an iminium salt of the formula Q,
Figure imgf000041_0001
formula Q
isolating the iminium salt and reacting the iminium salt with the chalcone of formula B to yield the chalcone analogue designated bushrachalcone R. 45. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone T comprising the step of treating the glycoside of formula S1 with the dimethyl iminium salt of formula Q
Figure imgf000041_0002
aminoalkylating a-hydroxychalcone of formula U
Figure imgf000041_0003
A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone X comprising the step of transforming bushrachalcone W via a tosyl intermediate of formula W1 into the trifluoromethyl analogue Bushrachalcone X.
A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone Z comprising the step of aminoalkylating a compound of formula Y
Figure imgf000041_0004
0 ormu a
49. A method according to claim 31 for synthesising bushrachalcone X1 comprising the step of transforming buschrachalcone X with hydroxylamine .
50. The use of a bushrachalcone as claimed in claim 1 for the treatment of ailments in animals including man.
The use of a bushrachalcone as claimed in claim 49 for the treatment of cancer or malaria in animals including man.
A method for the treatment of ailments in animals including man, and in particular cancer or malaria, by administering to an animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective dose of a
bushrachalcone according to claim 1.
The use of bushrachalcones as claimed in claim 1 for use in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of an ailment in animals including man.
54. A pharmaceutical preparation containing a therapeutically effective dose of a bushrachalcone as claimed in claim 1 , or part of such dose, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient
PCT/IB2011/052396 2010-05-31 2011-05-31 Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues and derivatives thereof WO2011151789A2 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AP2012006642A AP2012006642A0 (en) 2010-05-31 2011-05-31 Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues andderivatives thereof
ZA2012/09581A ZA201209581B (en) 2010-05-31 2012-12-18 Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues and derivatives thereof

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ZA201003897 2010-05-31
ZA2010/03897 2010-05-31

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2011151789A2 true WO2011151789A2 (en) 2011-12-08
WO2011151789A3 WO2011151789A3 (en) 2012-05-24

Family

ID=44629425

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/IB2011/052396 WO2011151789A2 (en) 2010-05-31 2011-05-31 Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues and derivatives thereof

Country Status (3)

Country Link
AP (1) AP2012006642A0 (en)
WO (1) WO2011151789A2 (en)
ZA (1) ZA201209581B (en)

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN102775288A (en) * 2012-07-12 2012-11-14 温州大学 Synthetic method of chalcone compounds
CN109608346A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-04-12 四川大学 Chalcone bis-Mannich base compound, its preparation method and use
CN109665969A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-04-23 四川大学 The double Mannich alkaloid compounds of 3- methoxyl group -4-HC, preparation method and use
CN109678736A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-04-26 四川大学 Chalcone Mannich alkaloid compound, preparation method and use
CN109734614A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-05-10 四川大学 3-Hydroxychalcone Mannich base compound, its preparation method and use
CN112694392A (en) * 2020-12-21 2021-04-23 青岛大学 TRPV3 inhibitor and preparation method thereof
CN112826812A (en) * 2020-12-21 2021-05-25 青岛大学 A kind of pharmaceutical composition for treating colon cancer and application thereof

Non-Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
MAKLER MT, RIES JM, WILLIAMS JA, BANCROFT JE, PIPER RC, GIBBINS BL, HINRICHS DJ: "Parasite lactate dehydrogenase as an assay for Plasmodium falciparum drug sensitivity", THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, vol. 48, 1993, pages 739 - 741
MOSMANN T: "Rapid colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival: Application to proliferation and cytotoxicity assays", JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS, vol. 65, 1983, pages 55 - 63, XP023973702, DOI: doi:10.1016/0022-1759(83)90303-4
RUBINSTEIN LV, SHOEMAKER RH, PAULL KD, SIMON RM, TOSINI S, SKEHAN P, SCUDIERO DA, MONKS A, BOYD MR: "Comparison of in vitro anticancer-drug-screening data generated with a tetrazolium assay against a diverse panel of human tumor cell lines", JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, vol. 82, 1990, pages 1113 - 8
TRAGER W, JENSEN JB: "Human malaria parasite in continuous culture", SCIENCE, vol. 193, no. 4254, 1976, pages 673 - 5

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN102775288A (en) * 2012-07-12 2012-11-14 温州大学 Synthetic method of chalcone compounds
CN109608346A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-04-12 四川大学 Chalcone bis-Mannich base compound, its preparation method and use
CN109665969A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-04-23 四川大学 The double Mannich alkaloid compounds of 3- methoxyl group -4-HC, preparation method and use
CN109678736A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-04-26 四川大学 Chalcone Mannich alkaloid compound, preparation method and use
CN109734614A (en) * 2019-01-11 2019-05-10 四川大学 3-Hydroxychalcone Mannich base compound, its preparation method and use
CN109665969B (en) * 2019-01-11 2022-04-22 四川大学 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxychalcone bis-Mannich base compound, its preparation method and use
CN112694392A (en) * 2020-12-21 2021-04-23 青岛大学 TRPV3 inhibitor and preparation method thereof
CN112826812A (en) * 2020-12-21 2021-05-25 青岛大学 A kind of pharmaceutical composition for treating colon cancer and application thereof
CN112826812B (en) * 2020-12-21 2023-08-25 青岛大学 A kind of pharmaceutical composition and application thereof for treating colon cancer

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
ZA201209581B (en) 2013-08-28
AP2012006642A0 (en) 2012-12-31
WO2011151789A3 (en) 2012-05-24

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2011151789A2 (en) Aminoalkyl substituted chalcones and analogues and derivatives thereof
CN105481706B (en) The Hydroxylated Chalcones and Related compound of one class 2, preparation method and use
US5166416A (en) Propenone oxime ethers, a method of preparing them, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
CA3216096A1 (en) Dimethoxyphenylalkylamine activators of serotonin receptors
EP1904493B1 (en) Tetrahydroprotoberberine compounds, the synthetic method and the use thereof
CN107698492A (en) A kind of 2 hydroxylated chalcone aminated compounds and application thereof
CN104557973A (en) 3,3&#39;-methene-difluoroquinolone derivative of chiral oxazine quinoline ring as well as preparation method and application of 3,3&#39;-methene-difluoroquinolone derivative
Hayun et al. Synthesis, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of mannich bases of dehydrozingerone derivatives
Gul et al. Syntheses and stability studies of some Mannich bases of acetophenones and evaluation of their cytotoxicity against Jurkat cells
CN106831799B (en) Hydroxy styrenes pyridine Mannich alkaloid compound, preparation method and use
IE59651B1 (en) Fused benzazepines
AU2002237282B2 (en) 2H-1-Benzopyran derivatives, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions thereof
CN106279019B (en) A kind of α of Enrofloxacin, alpha, beta-unsaturated ketone derivative and its preparation method and application
Lapierre et al. Hit-to-lead optimization of a pyrazinylpiperazine series against Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis
US5180746A (en) Aralkylamine compounds
JP2765876B2 (en) Pyridyl ketoxime ether derivatives
Kumar et al. Synthetic modification of hydroxychavicol by Mannich reaction and alkyne–azide cycloaddition derivatives depicting cytotoxic potential
CN106831574A (en) N (1,2,3,4 tetrahydro isoquinolyl) asafoetide acid amides O alkyl amines compound and application
Mulula et al. Synthesis, In-vitro Antimalarial Activity and In silico Molecular Docking Study of Amino Chalcone Derivatives from 1-(2-aminophenyl)-3-(4-substituted-phenyl) prop-2-en-1-one and Dihydroquinolone Derivatives
Gevariya et al. Synthesis of some new unsymmetrical 1, 4-dihydropyridine derivatives as potent antitubercular agents
FR2986230A1 (en) NOVEL COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS AS ANTICANCER
KR101035709B1 (en) 2-substituted aminoalkylenyloxy-3-substituted phenylethynyl-6-aminoquinoxaline derivatives
CN110003034B (en) A kind of hydroxyflurbiprofen Mannich base compound, its preparation method and use
CN106632191B (en) Homoisoflavone Mannich alkaloid compound, preparation method and use
Chintakunta et al. Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of anti-tubercular activity of ofloxacin chalcone conjugates

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 11738808

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 11738808

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 11738808

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2