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The synthesis, characterization, cytotoxic activity assessment and structure-activity relationship of 4-aryl-6-(2,5-dichlorothiophen-3-yl)-2-methoxypyridine-3-carbonitriles
Al-Refai, Mahmoud,Ibrahim, Mohammad M.,Azmi, Mohamad Nurul,Osman, Hasnah,Bakar, Mohamad Hafizi Abu,Geyer, Armin
, (2019)
A series of 2-methoxypyridine-3-carbonitrile (5a-i)-bearing aryl substituents were successfully synthesized in good yields by the condensation of chalcones (4a-i) with malononitrile in basic medium. The condensation process, in most cases, offers a route to a variety of methoxypyridine derivatives (6a-g) as side products in poor yields. All new compounds were fully characterized using different spectroscopic methods. Mass ESI-HMRS measurements were also performed. Furthermore, these compounds were screened for their in vitro cytotoxicity activities against three cancer cell lines; namely, those of the liver (line HepG2), prostate (line DU145) and breast (line MBA-MB-231). The cytotoxicity assessment revealed that compounds 5d, 5g, 5h and 5i exhibit promising antiproliferative effects (IC50 1-5 μM) against those three cancer cell lines.