Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Antitumor Activities of 2-Acyl-β-lactam-2-carboxamides

A series of 2-acyl-β-lactam-2-carboxamides was prepared through a tandem Ugi 4 CC/SN cyclization of bromoacetic acid, primary amine, arylglyoxal, and isocyanide. All of them were characterized by NMR, IR, MS and elemental analysis. Meanwhile, the single crystal of compound 5 a, C_(19)H_(25)ClN_2 O_3, was also obtained and determined by X-ray crystallography. Crystal data: triclinic system, space group P_1, a = 8.1318(15), b = 11.931(2), c = 12.027(2) ?, α = 67.361(3)°, β = 73.009(3)°, γ = 85.663(3)°, V = 1029.1(3) ?3, Z = 2, F(000) = 388, Dc = 1.178 g/cm3, μ = 0.204 mm~(-1), R = 0.0786 and w R = 0.2212 for 3585 independent reflections(Rint = 0.0214) and 2960 observed ones(I 2σ(I)). Intermolecular N–H···O stacking interactions contributed to the stability of the structure. The antitumor abilities of 5 were analyzed with 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazo-liumbromide(MTT) standard method; 5 c stood out as the most potent showing an IC_(50) of 1.70 μmol/L against human tumor cell lines(HepG2).