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2-Chlorophenyl-substituted benzofuro[3,2-b]pyridines with enhanced topoisomerase inhibitory activity: The role of the chlorine substituent

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2017 Aug 1;27(15):3279-3283. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.06.025.
Til Bahadur Thapa Magar 1 Tara Man Kadayat 1 Hwa-Jong Lee 2 Seojeong Park 2 Ganesh Bist 1 Aarajana Shrestha 1 Youngjoo Kwon 3 Eung-Seok Lee 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea.
  • 2 College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea.
  • 3 College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ykwon@ewha.ac.kr.
  • 4 College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: eslee@ynu.ac.kr.
Abstract

A new series of 2-chloropheny-substituted benzofuro[3,2-b]pyridines were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for Topoisomerase I and II inhibition and antiproliferative activity. Compounds 17-19, 23, 24, 26, and 27 exhibited excellent Topo II inhibitory activity. A systematic structure-activity relationship study revealed the important role of chlorine substitution in the strong Topoisomerase inhibitory activity.

Keywords

Antiproliferative activity; Benzofuro[3,2-b]pyridines; Chlorine-substituent; Heterocycles; Topoisomerase I and II inhibition.

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