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Synthesis, cyclization, and evaluation of the anticancer activity against hela S-3 cells of ethyl 2-acetylamino-3-ethynylazulene-1-carboxylates
Hyoudou, Marie,Nakagawa, Hajime,Gunji, Takahiro,Ito, Yoshino,Kawai, Yu,Ikeda, Reiko,Konakahara, Takeo,Abe, Noritaka
, p. 233 - 244 (2012)
Reaction of ethyl 2-aminoazulene-1-carboxylate with NIS in CHCl3 gave 2,2'-diamino-3,3'-diethoxycarbonyl-1,1'-biazulene (3) and a terazulene derivative. The coupling of azulenes was catalyzed by acid. Operation of the reaction in the presence of Et3N in CH2Cl2 for 7 min at -7 °C retarded the coupling of the azulene nuclei to give ethyl 2-amino-3-iodoazulene-1-carboxylate (1a) in 95% yield. Sonogashira cross-coupling of ethyl 2-acetylamino-3-iodoazulene-1-carboxylate (1b) gave ethyl 2-acetylamino-3-ethynylazulene-1-carboxylates (5a and 5b) in good yields. Cyclization of ethyl 2-acetylamino-3-phenylethynylazulene-1-carboxylate with Pd-catalyst gave azuleno[2,1-b]pyrrole derivatives. Compounds (3 and 5b) showed potent cytotoxic activity against HeLa S-3 cells (IC50 [μM] : 3: 2.9 ± 0.2, 5b: 13.4 ± 1.1).