Chalcone coumarins
AssigneeIndena S.p.A.
InventorsEzio Bombardelli, Piero Valenti
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Abstract
The present invention discloses new and useful compounds including methyl p-hydroxyphenyllactate, its analogues, chemical derivatives and chemically related compounds and their use as antitumor and immune suppressive agents, as inhibitors of proliferative cell growth and as prophylactic agents to inhibit and prevent cancer and non-malignant cell growth.
Claims30
A compound of Formula (I):
- 4
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof wherein:
- Ar represents:
- a substituted or unsubstituted, (preferably aromatic), carbocyclic or heterocyclic group, said carbocyclic or heterocyclic group containing from 5 to 10 ring atoms, said ring atoms forming one or two rings, wherein the or each ring contains 5 or 6 ring atoms, any heteroatoms being selected from N, O and S, any substituents on the Ar group being independently selected from the group consisting of.
- (a) Cl, (b) Br, (c) F, (d) OH, (e) NO2, (f) CF3, (g) C1-4 lower alkyl (in particular CH3), (h) SCH3, (i) NHCOCH3, (j) N(R6)(R8) wherein R6 and R8 are the same or different and each represents H or lower C1-4 alkyl, (k) OR10 wherein R10 represents a saturated or unsaturated lower C1-6 straight or branched hydrocarbyl group which may be unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from:
- Cl, Br, F, OMe, NO2 and CF3,
- and (I) —OCOR11, wherein R11 represents a saturated or unsaturated lower
- C1-6 straight or branched hydrocarbyl group or a phenyl group;
- R represents
- OH, OR10 or OCOR11, wherein R10 and R11 are as defined above;
- and
- R1 represents H or a lower C1-6 straight or branched hydrocarbyl group which may be unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from Cl, Br, F, OMe, NO2 and CF3.
A compound according to any preceding claim wherein Ar represents pyridyl or indolyl.
A compound according to any preceding claim wherein Ar is substituted with one or more OR10 groups, wherein R10 represents a saturated or unsaturated lower C1-6 straight or branched hydrocarbyl group.
A compound according to any preceding claim wherein R represents an unsaturated lower C1-6 straight or branched hydrocarbyl group.
A compound according to any preceding claim wherein R1 represents a lower C1-6 straight or branched hydrocarbyl group.
A compound according to any preceding claim wherein R6 and R8 are the same or different and each represents H or lower C1-4 alkyl.
A compound according to any preceding claim wherein R10 and R11 represents a saturated or unsaturated C1-6 straight chain or branched hydrocarbyl group.
A compound of Formula (I) selected from the following:
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(3-methylbut-2-enyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(pyridine-3-yl)propen-1-one (VIB 106),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(3-methylbut-2-enyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-phenylpropen-1-one (VIB 119),
- 1-[4methyl-7-(3-methylbut-2-enyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-propen-1-one (VIB 120),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(2-methylallyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(pyridine-3-yl)propen-1-one VIB 122),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(2-methylallyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-phenylpropen-1-one (VIB 121),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(2-methylallyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)propen-1-one (VIB 162),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(2-methylallyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)propen-1-one (VIB 123),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(allyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-phenylpropen-1-one (VIB 158),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(allyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(pyridin-3-yl)propen-1-one (VIB 161),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(allyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)propen-1-one (VIB 159),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(allyloxy)coumarin-3-yl]-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)propen-1-one (VIB 160),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)propen-1-one (VIB 126),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-phenylpropen-1-one (VIB 124),
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(pyridin-3-yl)propen-1-one (VIB 125), and
- 1-[4-methyl-7-(prop-2-ynyloxy)coumarin-8-yl]-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)propen-1-one (VIB 163).
A compound of Formula (I) as defined in any preceding claim for use as a antiproliferative medicament.
Use of a compound of Formula (I) as defined in any preceding claim for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of neoplasms.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising one of more of the compounds of Formula (I) as defined in any preceding claim, in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.