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Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Imidazo-Dipyridines with Anticancer Activity via the Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé and TBAB-Mediated Cascade Reaction in One Pot

  • Yong Li
  • , Jiu Hong Huang
  • , Juan Li Wang
  • , Gui Ting Song
  • , Dian Yong Tang
  • , Fang Yao
  • , Hui Kuan Lin
  • , Wei Yan
  • , Hong Yu Li
  • , Zhi Gang Xu
  • , Zhong Zhu Chen

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Abstract

A facile and metal-free one-pot protocol for the synthesis of fused imidazopyridine scaffolds has been developed. This novel protocol combines the Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé reaction (GBBR) with a sequential TBAB-mediated cyclization cascade. Biological evaluation demonstrated that compound 6a inhibits human prostate cancer cell DU-145 proliferation with an IC50 of 1.6 μM. The molecular mechanism study indicates that 6a significantly suppresses the oncogenic Erk kinase phosphorylation at 3 μM.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)12632-12638
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume84
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 4 2019
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Organic Chemistry

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