New Anticancer Agents: Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydropyridopyrizines (1-Deaza-7,8-dihydropteridines)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jm00351a008

Reaction of α-aminoacetophenone oximes (2) with ethyl 6-amino-4-chloro-5-nitropyridine-2-carbamate (1) gave ethyl 6-amino-5-nitro-4-<(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)amino>pyridine-2-carbamate oximes (3), which were hydrolyzed under acidic conditions to give the corresponding ketones (4).Related pyridines substituted with keto side chain were prepared from 1 and 1,3-diaminopropanone oximes and by oxidation of the side-chain hydroxy group of ethyl 6-amino-4-<<3-(N-methyl-N-phenylamino)-2-hydroxypropyl>amino>-5-nitropyridine-7-carbamates (6).Catalytic hydrogenation of the nitro group of 4 over Raney nickel in a large volume of ethanol gave the 1-deaza-7,8-dihydropteridines (7).Several of the oximes 3 were successfully hydrogenated to give 7 directly.The resulting 1-deaza-7,8-dihydropteridines showed potent cytotoxicity against cultured L1210 cells and significant anticancer activity against lymphocytic leukemia P-388 in mice.THese biological activities are attributed to the accumulation of cells at mitosis.