Chemistry
All solvents and the chemicals used in this study were purchased from Merck Co. (Merck, Germany). Melting points were determined in open capillaries using electrothermal 9200 melting point apparatus and are uncorrected. 1H-NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer and the chemical shifts are expressed as δ (ppm) with tetramethylsilane as internal standard. Mass spectra were recorded on Shimadzu Mass spectrometer. IR spectra were recorded with a WQF -510 FT-IR spectrophotometer.
Synthesis of 2-(4-chloro-butanamido)-benzoic acid (2)
4-Chlorobutyrylchloride (0.55 mole) was added drop-wise to a stirring solution of anthranilic acid (0.5 mole) in dimethyl formamide (250 mL). The mixture was poured into water to produce a precipitate which was collected by filtration, as a white solid (65%), m.p. 112.5–113οC (Found: M 241, C11H12Cl NO3 requires 241), νmax, 3126 (NH), 2873 (C- H), 1689, 1647 (C=O), 779 (C-Cl) cm-1; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 13.55 (1H, bs, COOH), 11.1(1H, s, NH), 8.41 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-3 Ar), 7.92 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-6 Ar), 7.51 (1H, t, J = 8 Hz, H-4 Ar), 7.1 (1H, t, J = 8 Hz, H-5 Ar), 3.71 (2H, t, J = 8 Hz, NH-CO-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl), 2.51 (2H, t, J = 8 Hz, NH-CO-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl ), 2.1 (2H, qui, J = 8 Hz, NH-CO-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl).
Synthesis of 2-(3-chloro-propyl)-4H-benzo[d] [1, 3] oxazin-4-one (3)
Compound 2 (0.25 mole) was dissolved in acetic anhydride (180 mL) and heated for one hour with vigorous stirring. The excess of acetic anhydride was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was cooled and the product crystallized. The product was triturated with n-hexane and isolated by filtration to yield compound 3 as yellow crystals (62%), m.p. 100.8 – 101.5 οC, νmax, 3059 (C-H) 1770 (C=O) 1640 (C=N) cm-1 ; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 8.25 (1H, d, J = 6.9 Hz, H-5 Ar), 7.85 (1H, d, J = 6.9 Hz, H-8 Ar ), 7.6 (2H, m, H-6 and H-7 Ar), 3.75 (2H, t, J = 6.2 Hz, COO-C-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl), 2.9 (2H, t, J = 6.2 Hz, COO-C-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl), 2.35 (2H, qui, J = 6.2 Hz, COO-C-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl).
Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridazino [6,1b] quinazolin-10-one (4).
Compound 3 (0.15 mole) and excess of hydrazine hydrate were refluxed in ethanol for 2 h. The reaction was monitored by TLC and after complete consumption of compound 3 the mixture was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using an eluent of CHCl3-MeOH 49:1. A fraction containing compound 4 was collected as white crystals (40%), m.p. 152.7 –153.7οC, (MS: m/z (%): 201(M+, 100), 173 (37.5), 146 (8.3), 119 (16.6) , C11H11N3O M.W. 201) νmax, 3263 (N-H) 2974-2883 (C-H), 1662 (C=O), 1608 (C=C, Ar) cm-1; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 8.27(1H, d, J = 8.5Hz, H-9 Ar), 7.74 (1H, t, J = 8.4Hz, H-7 Ar ), 7.68 (1H, d, J = 8.4 Hz, H-6 Ar ) ,7.47 (1H, t, J = 8.5Hz, H-8 Ar ), 7.14 (1H, s, N-H), 3.29 (2H, t, J = 7.2 Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2- CH2), 3.07 (2H, t, J = 7.2 Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-CH2), 2.23 (2H, qui, J = 7.2 Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-CH2).
Synthesis of 2,3-dihydropyrrolo [2,1-b] quinazoline-9(1H)-one ( deoxyvasicinone) (5)
Compounds 3 (0.15 mole) and excess of ammonium acetate was refluxed in ethanol for 2 h. After complete consumption of compound 3 the mixture was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using an eluent of CHCl3-MeOH 19:1 to give compound 5 as white crystals (30%), m.p. 198.7- 199.5οC, (lit 196 - 198 οC) (8), (MS: m/z (%):186, (M+, 100) 158 (79), 132 (41.6), C11H10N2O M.W. 186) νmax, 3059 (C-H Ar), 2927 (C-H), 1678 (C=O), 1635 (C=N), 1603 (C=C, Ar), 1259 (C-N) cm-1; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 8.34(1H, dd, J = 8.4 Hz, J = 1.2 Hz, H-8 Ar), 7.72 (1H, dt, J = 8.4Hz, J = 1.2Hz, H-6 Ar ), 7.47 (1H, t, J = 8.5Hz, H-7 Ar ) , 7.21 (1H, d, J = 8.5Hz, H-5 Ar ), 4.25 (2H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-CH2), 3.2 (2H, t, J = 7.6Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-CH2), 2.42 (2H, qui, J = 7.6Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-CH2).
Synthesis of 3, 3-dibromo-2,3-dihydropyrrolo [2,1-b] quinazolin-9(1H)-one (6).
To a three-neck round-bottom flask equipped with a dropping funnel, was added compound 5 (0.1 mole), anhydrous sodium acetate (10 g) and glacial acetic acid (130 mL). Bromine (16 g) in acetic acid (10 mL) was added drop wise to the solution in 1-2 h. After complete addition of bromine, the mixture was poured into ice water; the precipitated product was isolated by filtration to obtain compound 6 As light brown crystals (29%), mp 145οC (decomposed). MS: m/z (%): 344 (M+,16), 346 (32), 264 (41) C11H8Br2N2O M.W. 344, νmax, 2991-2951(C-H), 1665(C=O), 1601 (C=C, Ar) cm-1; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 8.41(1H, d, J = 8Hz, H-8 Ar), 7.79 (1H, t, J = 8Hz, H-6 Ar), 7.58 (1H, t, J = 8Hz, H-7 Ar), 7.31 (1H, d, J = 8Hz, H-5 Ar), 4.25 (2H, t, J = 7.6Hz, CBr2-CH2-CH2), 3.47 (2H, t, J = 7.6Hz, CBr2-CH2-CH2).
Synthesis of 2-(3-chloropropanamido) benzoic acid (7)
3-Chloropropionyl chloride (0.55 mole) and anthranilic acid (0.5 mole) were reacted according to the procedure explained for 2 to give 7 as a white solid (65%), m.p. 148.3-148.6οC (Found: M 227.5 C10H10ClNO3 requires 227.5) νmax, 3303 (NH), 2972-2873 (C-H), 1678, 1700 (C=O), 1600, 1475(C=C Ar), 756 (C-Cl) cm-1; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 13.55 (1H, bs, COOH), 11.45 (1H, s, NH), 8.57 (1H, d, J = 6.9 Hz, H-3 Ar), 8.1 (1H, d, J = 6.9 Hz, H-6 Ar), 7.45 (1H, t, J = 6.9 Hz, H-4 Ar), 7.1 (1H, t, J = 6.9 Hz, H-5 Ar ), 3.85 (2H, t J = 6.6 Hz, NH-CO-CH2 -CH2-Cl), 2.9 (2H, t, J = 6.6 Hz, NH-CO-CH2 -CH2-Cl).
Synthesis of 2-(2-chloroethyl)-4H-benzo [d] [1,3] oxazin-4-one (8)
Compound 7 (0.25 mole) was dissolved in acetic anhydride (180 mL) and heated for one hour with vigorous stirring. The solvent was removed through distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was used directly for the next step without further purification.
Synthesis of 3-amino-2-(3-ethoxy-ethyl) quinazoline-4(3H)-one (9) and 2, 3-dihydropyrazolo [5, 1-b] quinazolin-9(1H)-one (10).
The benzoxazinone 8 (0.15 mole) and excess of hydrazine-hydrate were dissolved in ethanol and refluxed for 2 h. The mixture was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using an eluent of CHCl3-MeOH 49:1 to give compounds 9 and 10.
(9): white crystals, yield (33% ), m.p. 113.5-114.1 οC (MS: m/z (%): 233 (M+, 8), 204 (100), 160 (16), 189 (50), 119 (20), C12H15N3O2 M.W. 233) νmax,3336- 3278 (NH2) 2976-2870 (C-H), 1676 (C=O), 1601 (C=C, Ar), 1120 (C-O-C) cm-1; δH (400MHz ; CDCl3) 8.27(1H, d, J = 8.5Hz, , H-5 Ar ), 7.75 (1H, t, J = 8.4Hz, H-7 Ar), 7.68 (1H, d, J = 8.5Hz H-8 Ar ), 7.47 (1H, t, J = 8.5Hz, H-6 Ar ), 5.57 (2H, s, NH2), 3.94 (2H, t, J = 4.8Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-O), 3.53 (2H, qua, J = 6.8 Hz, O-CH2- CH3), 3.37 (2H, t, J = 4.8Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2-O), 1.18 (3H, t, J = 6.8, CH3).
(10): white crystals, yield (37 %), m.p. 160.8-161.5 οC (MS: m/z (%): 187 (M+, 100), 160 (14), 145 (4), C10H9N3O M.W. 187) νmax, 3234 (NH), 2997-2931 (C-H), 1650 (C=O), 1626 (C=N), 1605 (C=C, Ar) cm-1; δH (400MHz; CDCl3), 8.28 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-8 Ar), 7.73 (1H, t, J = 8 Hz, H-6 Ar), 7.68 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-5 Ar) 7.47 (1H, t, J = 8 Hz, H-7 Ar ), 5.8 (1H, s, NH) 3.71(2H, t, J = 8 Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2), 3.41 (2H, t, J = 8 Hz, N=C-CH2-CH2).
Synthesis of 2-(3-chloro-propyl)-2-hydroxy-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one (11)
Compound 3 (0.15 mole) was reacted with aniline (0.16 mole) in toluene and refluxed for 5 h. After complete consumption of benzoxazinone, solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The mixture was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using eluent of CHCl3-MeOH 40:1.Compound 11 was isolated in 28% yield as white crystals, m.p. 149.8-150.1 οC, (MS: m/z (%): 316 (M+, 4), 250 (8), 235 (69), 224 (6), 146 (14), C17H17ClN2O2 M.W. 316), νmax, 3240 (NH), 3143-3095 (C-H Ar), 2925 (C-H), 1653 (C=O), 1608 (C=C Ar), cm-1; δH (400MHz;CDCl3) 10.84 (1H, S, NH), 8.62 (1H,d, J = 8.4 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=CH-NH), 7.94 (1H,S,OH), 7.64 (1H, d J = 8 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-NH), 7.6 (2H, d, J = 8 Hz, CO-N-C-CH=CH-CH=CH-CH), 7.54 (1H, t, J = 8 Hz, CO- C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-NH), 7.43 (2H, t, J = 8 Hz, CO-N-C-CH=CH-CH=CH-CH), 7.25(1H, t, J = 8 Hz, CO-N-C-CH=CH-CH=CH-CH ), 7.17(1H, t, J = 8 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-N), 3.66 (2H, t, J = 6.4 Hz, NH-C (OH)-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl), 2.62 (2H, t, J = 7.2 Hz, NH-C (OH)- CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl), 2.22 (2H, qui, J = 6.4 Hz, NH-C (OH)-CH2-CH2-CH2-Cl).
Synthesis of 2-(4-oxo-4H-benzo [d] [1,3] oxazin-2-yl)-benzoic acid (12)
Anthranilic acid 1 (0.04 mole) was treated with phetalic anhydride (0.04 mole) in glacial acetic acid for 5 h. After completion of the reaction, solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, the residue was recrystallized from acetone to obtain compound 12 as white crystals (48%) m.p. 220.4-221.8 οC (MS: m/z (%): 267 (M+, 5), 224 (2.6), 223 (13), 221 (10), C15H9NO4 M.W. 267) νmax, 3178 (OH COOH), 3091 (C-H Ar), 1720, 1701 (C=O), 1603 (C=C, Ar) cm-1 ; δH (400MHz; CD3OD), 8.17 (1H, d, J = 7.6 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-N), 7.97 (2H, m, COO-C-C-CH=CH-CH=CH-C-COOH), 7.88 (2H, m, COO-C-C-CH=CH-CH=CH-C-COOH), 7.75 (1H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-N), 7.62 (1H, t, J = 7.6 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-N), 7.46 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH- CH=C-N).
Synthesis of 2-Benzyl-isoindoline-1, 3-Dione (13)
Compound 12 (0.005 mole) and benzyl amine (0.005 mole) refluxed in toluene for 5 h.The precipitated product was collected by filtration. Ethylene glycol and NaOH (0.01 g) were added to residue and heated in an oil bath for 2h.The crystals were filtered off to provide compound 13 as brown crystals (42% ) m.p. 109.5-110.7 οC (MS: m/z (%): 237 (M+, 100), 219 (33), 160 (8), C15H11NO2 M.W. 237), νmax, 3060 (C-H Ar), 2947 (C-H), 1765-1712 (C=O) cm-1 ; δH (400MHz; CDCl3) 7.85 (2H, dd, J = 2.8 Hz, J = 5.2 Hz, CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-CO), 7.71 (2H, dt, J = 2.8 Hz, J = 5.2 Hz CO-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=C-CO), 7.44 (2H, d, J = 7.2 Hz, CO-N-CH2-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=CH), 7.33 (2H, t, J = 7.6, CO-N-CH2-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=CH), 7.28 (1H, t, J = 7.6, CO-N-CH2-C=CH-CH=CH-CH=CH), 4.86 (2H, s, CH2).
Log P measurement
Log
p measurement is a useful parameter to understand the lipophilicity of drug molecules. The shake flask method is the usual way for measuring log
p values. The UV absorbance of an aqueous solution of a compound is measured before and after being shaken together with a known volume of octanol. One advantage of the method is that the appearance of compound in the octanol may be checked against the disappearance from the aqueous phase. It is very important to pre-saturate the solvents in prolonged shake-flask experiments (
17,
18).
Determination of partition coefficients using the shake flask method
Partition coefficients (K
part) of the compounds were determined using the shake flask method. The two phases used in determination were tris buffer (50 mM, pH 7.4, prepared using distilled water) and 1-octanol, each of which was pre-equilibrated with the other phase before use (the solubility of water in 1-octanol is 2.3 M) (
17,
18) . The synthesized compounds were dissolved in tris buffer to obtain (10
-4 M) stock solutions. The relationship between absorbance and concentration of samples (10
-5, 2×10
-5, 4 ×10
-5, 6×10
-5, 8×10
-5) were found linear according to beer lambert law. A known volume (normally 10-50 ml) sample of the solution was stirred vigorously with a suitable volume of 1-octanol in a glass vessel for 1 h. The two layers were separated by centrifugation for 5 min. An aliquot of the aqueous layers was then carefully removed using a glass Pasteur pipette ensuring that the sample was not contaminated with 1-octanol. The absorbance of the sample was measured as above and the partition coefficient was then calculated using the following formula:
                    (Equation 1)
A1 = Absorbance reading in the aqueous layer before partitioning. A2 = Absorbance reading in the aqueous layer after partitioning. VW = Volume of aqueous layer used in partitioning.
V
O = Volume of 1-octanol layer used in partitioning. For each compound, the experiment was repeated at least three times for the calculation of a mean K
part value and standard deviation. The results are shown in
Table 1.
| λmax = 225.9 No. | Log p (mean ± SD) |
|---|
| 4 | 0.97 ± 0.0 2 |
| 5 | 0.85 ± 0.03 |
| 6 | 1.02 ± 0.03 |
| 9 | 0.7 ± 0.01 |
| 10 | 0.68 ± 0.04 |
| 11 | 2.1 ± 0.09 |
| 12 | 0.45 ± 0.05 |
| 13 | 2.1 ± 0.1 |
Antimicrobial activity
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined by micro plate alamar blue assay (MABA) method. Tested bacteria were three Gram-positive bacteria:
(Staphylococcus aureus PTCC 1337,
Bacillus subtilis PTCC 1023
, Listeria monocitogenes PTCC 1165
) and three Gram-negative bacteria
: (Escherichia coli PTCC 1338,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PTCC 1074,
Salmonella entritidis PTCC 1091) obtained from Persian Type Culture Collection (PTCC). Tested fungi were one yeast-like fungus
(Candida albicans PTCC 5027) and two molds
(Aspergillus niger PTCC 5021 and
Aspergillus flavous PTCC 5003) obtained from PTCC. Sabouraud dextrose agar was used to culture fungal strains and Mueller Hinton agar was used to culture bacterial strains. The inocula of microorganisms (1.5 × 10
8 CFU/mL) were prepared from cultures and suspensions were adjusted to 0.5 Mc Farland standard turbidity. Synthesized compounds were dissolved in DMSO (0.5 mL) and diluted with water up to 1 mL to obtain concentration of 5120 μg/mL as stock solutions. The serial dilution method was used to obtain 2560 to 320 μg/mL concentrations (
19,
20).
Mueller-Hinton broth was used as medium for bacterial growth. 20 μL of each concentration were distributed in 96-well plates with the exception of those wells acting as growth control (contain microorganisms and culture media) and positive control (contain microorganisms and standard antibiotic). After adding Alamar Blue
® reagent (20 μL) to all of the 96 wells total volume in each well became 200 μL. The final concentrations of compounds were (512-32 μg/mL) and the final concentrations of inocula were 1.5 × 10
4 for bacteria and 1.5 × 10
5 for fungi. Plates were covered and sealed with parafilm and incubated for 24 h at 37°C. The MIC was defined as the lowest concentration, which prevented a color change from blue to pink (
20,
21). Ciprofloxacin was used as standard antibacterial drug. The same method except for some modifications was used for the antifungal studies. The incubation time was 48 h at 25°C for fungi. Ketoconazole was used as standard antifungal agent. RPMI 1640 medium was used as medium for fungi (
20).
Following a broth microdilution MIC test, from each well that shows no growth, contents were removed and spreaded onto mueller Hinton agar plates for bacteria and sabouraud dextrose agar for fungi to determine MBC and MFC results. The plates were incubated for 24 h at 37°C for bacteria and 25°C for fungi (
20).