A novel series of compounds combining indolin-2-one and quinazolin-4(3H)-one moiety via a carbon-carbon double bond were synthesized by aldol-condensation of 2-methylquinazolin-4(3H)-one-6-carbaldehyde with variou...A novel series of compounds combining indolin-2-one and quinazolin-4(3H)-one moiety via a carbon-carbon double bond were synthesized by aldol-condensation of 2-methylquinazolin-4(3H)-one-6-carbaldehyde with various indolin-2-ones. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against five human cancer cell lines, namely, A549, MCF-7, HeLa, HT-29 and HCT-116. We found that compound 5e with two bromine atoms at the 5- and 7-positions of the indolin-2-one ring was most potent, which inhibited proliferation of five cancer cell lines in the range of 32.0%-62.3% at a concentration of 50 p,M. Our results further indicate that the connection of 5,7-dibromoindolin-2-one and 2-methylquinazolin- 4(3H)-one moiety with a carbon-carbon double bond is essential for compound 5e to exert cytotoxicity.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.20972099,31130017)Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (Grant No.KZ201210028035)+1 种基金Scientific Research Base Development Program of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Educationthe 973 Project (Grant No.2013CB911000)
文摘A novel series of compounds combining indolin-2-one and quinazolin-4(3H)-one moiety via a carbon-carbon double bond were synthesized by aldol-condensation of 2-methylquinazolin-4(3H)-one-6-carbaldehyde with various indolin-2-ones. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against five human cancer cell lines, namely, A549, MCF-7, HeLa, HT-29 and HCT-116. We found that compound 5e with two bromine atoms at the 5- and 7-positions of the indolin-2-one ring was most potent, which inhibited proliferation of five cancer cell lines in the range of 32.0%-62.3% at a concentration of 50 p,M. Our results further indicate that the connection of 5,7-dibromoindolin-2-one and 2-methylquinazolin- 4(3H)-one moiety with a carbon-carbon double bond is essential for compound 5e to exert cytotoxicity.