Synthesis of new bis-phthalimide and thalidomide ester derivatives, and evaluation of their cytotoxic activity

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Abstract

The esterification reaction of trimellitic anhydride chloride TMAC 1 with N-(hydroxymethyl) phthalimide NHMP 2, N-(2-hydroxyethyl) phthalimide NHEP 3 or N-(hydroxymethyl) thalidomide NHMT 4 afforded novel cyclic imide-ester derivatives; phthaloyl-phthalic anhydride methyl ester PPAME 5, phthaloyl-phthalic anhydride ethyl ester PPAEE 6 and thalidomide-phthalic anhydride methyl ester TPAME 7, respectively. These novel derivatives appeared very useful to prepare number of new hybrid structure of substituted N, Nbis-phthalimide and phthalimide-thalidomide moieties with different amino acids. The cytotoxicity of all synthesized compounds were in vitro evaluated against Hep-G2 and MCF-7, which showed that phthalimide derivatives 6, 9b, 10d, 11 and 12 possess significant antitumor potency.

Original languageEnglish
Article number32
Pages (from-to)158-165
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research
Volume33
Issue number2
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Amino acids
  • Antitumor
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Phthalimide
  • Thalidomide

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