Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arylation of pyrimidines: a novel and expedient avenue to benzannulated pyridopyrimidines

A new efficient protocol for the synthesis of benzannulated pyrido[2,3-d]- and pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidines has been successfully accomplished via the palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arylation of C-H bond of pyrimidine moiety. The methodology has also been extended to the synthesis of pyrimido[5,4,-c]isoquinoline-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione derivatives in excellent yields.     

Synthesis and Reactions of Some Novel Triazolo‐, Azolo‐, Tetrazolo‐Pyridopyrimidine and Their Nucleoside Derivatives

Pyridopyrimidine reacted with aromatic aldehydes afforded the arylhydrazone 2a,b which could be cyclized into the pyrido[2,3‐d][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3‐a]pyrimidine 3a,b , with formic acid, and carbon disulphide to give pyrido[2,3‐d][1,2,4]traizolo[4,3‐a]pyrimidine 4, 5. Reaction of 1 with nitrous acid afforded tetrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrido[2,3‐d]pyrimidine 6 , which was reduced by zinc dust to give 2‐amino‐pyrido‐[2,3‐d]pyrimidine 7. Finally the reaction of 2‐hydrazino 1 with D‐xylose or D‐glucose afforded the acyclic N‐nucleoside 8, 11 which were converted into tetra/penta O‐acetate acyclic C‐nucleoside 9, 12 in acetic anhydride/pyridine. De‐acetylation of compounds 9, 12 afforded C‐nucleosides 10, 13.     

Synthesis of a 5-alkoxypyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one derivative via directed ortho-metallation of a pyridine analogue

The synthetic strategy towards a 5-alkoxypyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one is described, utilizing palladium catalyzed amination of a bromopyridine, and subsequent directed ortho-metallation/carboxylation as the key steps.     

Discovery of a series of pyridopyrimidine derivatives as potential topoisomerase I inhibitors

A series of new 3-benzoheterocyclic substituted pyridopyrimidines were designed and synthesized. Structures of the compounds were determined by IR, 1H NMR, and elemental analyses. The anti- proliferation activity of 13 novel compounds was evaluated in A549, HL-60, BGC-823 and SMMC-7721 cell lines. Compounds 3, 5, 7, 8, 9,10 showed potent inhibitory activity against the four tested cancer cell lines. These six compounds were examined for Top I inhibition at 100 μmol/L by measuring the relaxation of supercoiled DNA in plasmid pBR322. Most of the tested compounds inhibited the enzyme at this concentration. The most potent compound 9 was as potent as camptothecin.     

Discovery of a series of pyridopyrimidine derivatives as potential topoisomerase Ⅰ inhibitors

A series of new 3-benzoheterocyclic substituted pyridopyrimidines were designed and synthesized.Structures of the compounds were determined by IR,1H NMR, and elemental analyses. The antiproliferation activity of 13 novel compounds was evaluated in A549, HL-60, BGC-823 and SMMC-7721cell lines. Compounds 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 showed potent inhibitory activity against the four tested cancer cell lines. These six compounds were examined for Top I inhibition at 100 mmol/L by measuring the relaxation of supercoiled DNA in plasmid pBR322. Most of the tested compounds inhibited the enzyme at this concentration. The most potent compound 9 was as potent as camptothecin.     

Indole-substituted 2,4-diamino-5,8-dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines from one-pot process and evaluation of their ability to bind dopamine receptors

A series of novel 7-indole substituted 2,4-diamino-5,8-dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine analogous to the 2,4-diaminopteridine core were synthesized by the three-component one-pot cyclocondensation between 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine, 3-(2-cyanoacetyl)indole and aromatic aldehydes. The reactions, which exhibited good performance, proceeded in EtOH using indium (III) chloride as catalyst under microwave irradiation, in short reaction times. On the basis of certain structural similarity of these compounds with known ligands of the D2 dopamine receptors (D2DR), the study of these compounds as possible ligands of dopamine D2 and D1 receptors was carried out. Three of them showed moderate affinity to D2-DR since the Ki D1/D2 ratio reached values of 40, 65 and 31 for compounds 4c, 4k and 4j, respectively. Finally, molecular modeling studies revealed stronger molecular interactions of such derivatives with the D2DR than with D1DR, what agrees with the experimental data, and gives an additional support to the observed selectivity to the D2DR.