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MTD model (minimal the topologic difference) to evaluate the steroid-receptor
interactions11,12. In addition, there are QSAR studies which suggest a correlation between
logP and lipophilicity degree for some steroids13 for example, the reports of Li et al.14 which
showed that logP have a correlation with the passive diffusion from some steroids.
Additionally, several studies15,16 have determined the relationship of some steroid
derivatives with the physicochemical descriptors such as logPπ, Rm, Vm and the frontier
molecular orbitals (HOMO-LUMO gap)17,18. All these works show several protocols for QSAR
study of steroids that involved; geometry optimization, conformational analysis and electronic
energy. In this work our initial design included the synthesis of two danazol derivatives and its
relationship with HOMO-LUMO gap, ∆Hf, RMSg, dipole moment and bond length.
Experimental
General methods
Danazol succinate (1) was prepared according to a previously reported method by several
investigators19. The other compounds evaluated in this study were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich
Co., Ltd. The melting points for the different compounds were determined on an Electrothermal
(900 model). Infrared spectra (IR) were recorded using KBr pellets on a Perkin Elmer Lambda 40
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spectrometer. H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian VXR-300/5 FT NMR
spectrometer at 300 and 75.4 MHz in CDCl3 using TMS as internal standard. EIMS spectra were
obtained with a Finnigan Trace GCPolaris Q. spectrometer. Elementary analysis data were
acquired from a Perkin Elmer Ser. II CHNS/0 2400 elemental analyzer.
N-(-Amino-ethyl)succinamic acid 1-ethynyl-10a,12a-dimethyl-2,3,3a,3b,4,5,5a,6,6a,9a,10
10a,10b,11,12,12a-hexadecahydro-1H-7-oxa-8-aza-dicyclopenta[a,h]phenanthren-1-yl
ester (3).
Method A
A solution of 1(100 mg, 0.23 mmol), ethylenediamine (28 µL, 0.46 mmol) and 26 mg boric
acid (0.42 mmol) in toluene (10 mL) was heated under reflux for 8 h. The reaction was
allowed to cool to room temperature and the toluene was evaporated under vacuum. The
reaction mixture was dissolved in ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL); the organic
layer was separated and the aqueous layer was re-extracted with ethyl acetate (10 mL). The
combined organic layers were washed with water (15 mL) and then dried over sodium
carbonate (anhydrous). The organic phase was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure
(Scheme 1). The residue was purified by crystallization from methanol:water (3:1) yielding 45
% of product , m.p. 190 oC; IR υmax 3380, 2138, 1730 cm-1; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δH:
0.96 (s, 3H,), 0.98 (m, 1H), 1.01 (s, 3H), 1.04-1.42 (m, 2H), 1.56-1.90 (m, 10H ), 2.10-2.26
(m, 2H), 2.34-2.42 (m, 2H), 2.49 (t, 2H, J = 6.5 Hz), 2.69 (t, 2H, J = 6.5 Hz), 2.90 (s, 1H),
2.96 (t, 2H), 3.30 (t, 2H), 4.78 (broad), 6.53 (s, 1H), 7.98 (s, 1H) ppm. 13C NMR (74.5 MHz,
DMSO-d6) δC: 14.91 (C-22), 19.66 (C-21), 21.05 (C-19), 23.88 (C-13), 30.43, (C-29), 30.60
(C-17), 31.30 (C-28), 31.70 (C-20), 32.90 (C-18), 33.71 (C-5), 33.84 (C-12), 37.65 (C-8),
38.70 (C-6), 39.44 (C-33), 4050 (C-34), 46.43 (C-10), 52.90 (C-9), 53.12 (C-7), 75.43 (C-27),
84.43 (C-11), 84.64 (C-26), 110.50 (C-15), 121.63 (C-4), 141.60 (C-16), 149.60 (C-3), 156.07
(C-14), 168.20 (C-24), 171.90 (C-30) ppm. MS (70 ev): m/z 479.20 [M+]; Anal. Calcd. For
C28H37N3O4: C, 70.12; H, 7.78; N, 8.76; 0, 13.34. Found: C, 70.10; H, 7.72.
Method B
A solution of 1(100 mg, 0.23 mmol), ethylenediamine (28 µL, 0.46mmol) and 1-ethyl-3-(3-
dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (60 mg , 0.31 mmol) in acetonitrile-water