Substituted 4-acylpyrazoles and 4-acylpyrazolones

Author(s)
Peter Chiba, Wolfgang Holzer, Marion Landau, Gerhard Bechmann, Karin Lorenz, Brigitte Plagens, Manuela Hitzler, Elisabeth Richter, Gerhard Ecker
Abstract

A series of 4-acyl-3-pyrazolone derivatives with a 3-substituted 2- hydroxy-3-aminopropyl chain attached to pyrazole N-1 (7-20) as well as isomeric 4-acyl-5-(3-substituted 3-amino-2-hydroxypropoxy)pyrazole derivatives (5, 6) were synthesized, and their multidrug resistance (MDR)- modulating activity was measured using the daunomycin efflux assay. Reaction of N1-substituted 4-acyl-3-pyrazolones (tautomer to 4-acyl-5- hydroxypyrazoles) with excessive epichlorohydrin and successive treatment with an appropriate amine resulted in N-alkylation and thus afforded the target pyrazolone derivatives 7-20. In contrast, O-alkylation occurred upon reaction with 1 equiv of epichlorohydrin and subsequent treatment with amine leading to the corresponding 4-acyl-5-pyrazolyl ethers 5 and 6. QSAR studies showed a good correlation of MDR-modulating activity with lipophilicity of the compounds. Inclusion of hydrogen bond acceptor strength and steric parameters as descriptors led to a QSAR equation with remarkably increased predictive power (r2(cv) = 0.92). Additionally, ortho substitution of the propanolamine side chain and the acyl moiety is favorable. Detailed NMR spectroscopic investigations were carried out with the title compounds.

Organisation(s)
Journal
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume
41
Pages
4001-4011
No. of pages
11
ISSN
0022-2623
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/jm980121y
Publication date
10-1998
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
301207 Pharmaceutical chemistry
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Molecular Medicine, Drug Discovery
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/56f87d22-056a-462f-b5fc-e848bcf07aca