Arzneimittelforschung 2012; 62(11): 497-507
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1323660
Original Article
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Dapson in Heterocyclic Chemistry Part VI: Synthesis and Molecular Docking of Some Novel Sulfonebiscompounds of Expected Anticancer Activity

M. M. Ghorab
1   Medicinal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Center (MAPPRC), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
M. S. Al-Said
1   Medicinal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Center (MAPPRC), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Y. M. Nissan
2   Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
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Publication History

received 26 June 2012

accepted 23 July 2012

Publication Date:
21 September 2012 (online)

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Abstract

To discover new bioactive lead compounds for medicinal purposes, herein, sulfone biscompounds bearing dihydrothiazoles (3–9, 14, 15), acrylamide (11), thiazolidinones (12, 13, 20), thiophenes (16, 17) and benzothiophene (19) were prepared and tested for their anticancer activity. The structures of the products were confirmed from elemental analysis as well as spectral data. All the synthesized compounds showed remarkable anticancer activity against human breast cancer cell line especially, compound (3) with IC50 value 23.02 µM which was better than that of Doxorubicin by three folds. In order to elucidate the mechanism of action of their cytotoxic activity molecular docking on the active sites of farnesyl transferase and arginine methyl transferase was performed for all synthesized compounds and good results were obtained.