108718-33-8Relevant academic research and scientific papers
5′-Chloro-2,2′-dihydroxychalcone and related flavanoids as treatments for prostate cancer
Saito, Yohei,Mizokami, Atsushi,Tsurimoto, Hiroyuki,Izumi, Kouji,Goto, Masuo,Nakagawa-Goto, Kyoko
, p. 1143 - 1152 (2018/09/10)
Several flavonoids and their biosynthetic precursor chalcones were designed and synthesized to improve the biological effects of the lead compound 2′-hydroxyflavonone against androgen receptor (AR)-dependent transcriptional stimulation. Newly synthesized chalcones 19 and 26 suppressed AR-dependent transcription as well as DHT-dependent growth stimulation at a low micromolar level. These compounds were also effective against ligand-independent constitutively active mutant AR derived from castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). Compounds 19 and 26 showed broad spectrum antiproliferative activity at 5–10 μM against multiple tumor cell lines including androgen-independent and taxane-resistant prostate cancer as well as a multidrug-resistant subline. Mode of action studies suggested that 19 induced sub-G1 accumulation in PC-3 cells by disrupting the microtubule network without affecting cell cycle progression. Furthermore, the in vivo effectiveness of chalcone 19 was confirmed in a xenograft model antitumor assay. Thus, chalcone 19 has the potential to be a bifunctional lead for treatment of AR-dependent PCa at lower doses as well as AR-independent PCa, including CRPC, at higher doses.
Solution phase photocyclisation reaction of 2-hydroxychalcones to 4-flavanones
Kamboj, Ramesh C.,Berar, Surinder,Berar, Urmila,Gupta, Satish C.
experimental part, p. 879 - 885 (2012/04/04)
The photochemical cyclisation of 2-hydroxychalcones leading to the synthesis of 4-flavanones in solution phase has been investigated. The formation of photoproducts has been explained on the basis of excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) and the cyclisation efficiency of the chalcones has been found to depend upon the electron density on the phenolic oxygen as well as on the carbonyl group. This synthesis of flavanones by photoirradiation is an eco-friendly route with comparative yield to those of thermal methods. Although the molecular skeletons of these substrates is amenable to cis-trans isomerisations and cycloadditions but no photoproducts corresponding to these reactions have been realized.
