Title:Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Pharmacologically Active 4-Phenoxyquinolines
and their Benzazole-quinoline Hybrids Through SNAr Reaction of
4,7-dichloroquinoline and Phenols Using [bmim][PF6] as a Green Solvent
Volume: 20
Issue: 5
Author(s): Duván A. Rodríguez Enciso, Carlos E. Puerto Galvis and Vladimir V. Kouznetsov*
Affiliation:
- Laboratorio de Química Orgánica y Biomolecular, CMN, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Parque Tecnológico Guatiguará,
Km 2 vía refugio, Piedecuesta, A.A. 681011, Colombia
Keywords:
Microwave-assisted synthesis, Ionic liquids, phenoxyquinolines, molecular hybrids, kinase inhibitors, in silico druglikeness evaluation.
Abstract:
Background: Quinoline and its derivatives have been shown to display a wide spectrum
of biological properties, especially anticancer activity. Particularly, diverse potent anticancer drugs
are based on the 4-phenoxyquinoline skeleton, acting as small-molecules VEGR2 and/or c-Met
kinase inhibitors. However, the design of new drugs based on these quinoline derivatives remains
a challenge. Up till now, all approaches to 4-phenoxyquinoline skeleton construction do not obey
any green chemistry principles.
Aims and Objectives: Developing a new, and efficient protocol for the synthesis of potentially
bioactive 4-phenoxyquinoline derivatives and benzazole-quinoline-quinoline hybrids from commercially
available 4,7-dichloroquinoline and phenol derivatives using microwave energy (MW)
in the presence of 1-methyl 3-butylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate.
Methods: Neweco-efficient protocol for valuable 7-chloro-4-phenoxyquinolines and their hybrids,
which is based on SNAr reaction of 4,7-dichloroquinoline with respective simple phenols and hydroxyaryl-
benzazoles under MWenergy in green reaction media, is studied for the first time.
Results: We found that among various solvents tested, the ionic liquid 1-methyl 3-butylimidazolium
hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF6]) favored the SNAr reaction affording phenoxyquinolines
in excellent yields (72-82%) in 10 min. The developed protocol allowed to obtain quickly in good
yields (48-60%) new diverse benzazole-quinoline hybrids, which are expected to be pharmacologically
active. According to the calculated bioactivity scores, new hybrids are potential kinase inhibitors
that could be useful in anticancer drug research.
Conclusion: We developed for the first time a new green, efficient method to prepare potentially
bioactive functionalized 7-chloro-4-phenoxyquinolines and benzazole-quinoline molecules. Good
to excellent yields of the quinoline products, use of MW irradiation in ([bmim] [PF6] as a green
solvent, and short times of reactions are some of the main advantages of this new protocol.