I/TBHP mediated domino synthesis of 2-(2,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydroquinazolin-3(2)-yl)--aryl/alkyl benzamides and evaluation of their anticancer and docking studies

• Published in: RSC advances 2022-06, Vol.12 (26), p.16589-16598
• Main Authors: Soda, Anil Kumar, S, Phani Krishna, Chilaka, Sai Krishna, E, Vamshi Krishna, Misra, Sunil, Madabhushi, Sridhar
• Format: Article
• ISSN: 2046-2069
• DOI: 10.1039/d2ra02216h

A novel I 2 /TBHP mediated domino synthesis of 2-(2,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydroquinazolin-3(2 H )-yl)- N -phenyl benzamides by reaction of isatins with o -amino N -aryl/alkyl benzamides was described. This was the first application of o -amino N -aryl/alkyl benzamides participating in oxidative rearrangement with isatins for synthesis of desired products. The synthesized compounds contained amide and quinazoline units and their combination resulted in molecular hybridization of two important pharmacophores. In this study, the synthesized compounds 3a-r were screened for cytotoxicity against four cancer cell lines A549, DU145, B16-F10, and HepG2 and also non-cancerous cell line CHO-K1. The compounds 3c , 3l and 3o gave promising results. The in silico molecular docking studies (PDB ID 1N37 ) also validated the anticancer activity of these compounds showing good binding affinity with target DNA and by acting as DNA intercalators. A novel I 2 /TBHP mediated domino reaction of isatins for the synthesis of 2-(2,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydroquinazolin-3(2 H )-yl)- N -phenyl benzamides was described. The synthesized compounds gave promising results and were screened for cytotoxicity against cancerous cell lines.