The first Q-Tube based high-pressure synthesis of anti-cancer active thiazolo[4,5-c]pyridazines via the [4 + 2] cyclocondensation of 3-oxo-2-arylhydrazonopropanals with 4-thiazolidinones

Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 16;10(1):6492. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63453-2.

Abstract

A novel and efficient protocol for the synthesis of thiazolo[4,5-c]pyridazine derivatives was developed. The approach utilizes a high pressure Q-Tube reactor to promote cyclocondensation reactions between 3-oxo-2-arylhydrazonopropanals and 4-thiazolidinones. The process has a significantly high atom economy and a broad substrate scope, as well as being applicable to gram scale syntheses. The in vitro cytotoxic activities of the synthesized thiazolo[4,5-c]pyridazine derivatives were examined utilizing a MTT colorimetric assay with doxorubicin as a reference anti-cancer drug and three human cancer cell lines including HCT-116 (colon), MCF-7 (breast) and A549 (lung). The results show that thiazolopyridazines 7c, h, k and p have high cytotoxic activity against the MCF-7 cell line with respective IC50 values of 14.34, 10.39, 15.43 and 13.60 μM. Moreover, the thiazolopyridazine derivative 7s also show promising cytotoxic activity against the HCT-116 cell line with IC50 = 6.90 μM . Observations made in this effort serve as a basis for further investigations into the design and preparation of new anti-cancer drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / methods*
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / methods
  • Cyclization
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HCT116 Cells
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Pressure
  • Pyridazines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyridazines / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thiazoles / chemical synthesis
  • Thiazoles / pharmacology*
  • Thiazolidines / chemistry

Substances

  • 4-thiazolidinone
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Pyridazines
  • Thiazoles
  • Thiazolidines
  • Doxorubicin