Asmaa E Kassab, E. M. Gedawy, Zienab Mahmoud
2016
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Heterocycles
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Novel 4-substituted-6,7-dimethoxyquinazolines 3, 4a and 4b were synthesized via reacting the corresponding 4-chloro derivative 2 with 2-(4aminopiperazin-1-yl)ethanol, ethylpiperazine or benzylpiperidine. Quinazolines 6a-c and 8a-d were obtained through reacting 4-hydrazinylquinazoline 5 with different aromatic aldehydes or aromatic isothiocyanates. An attempt to synthesize 6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-4-yl hydrazinecarboxamides via reacting the hydrazinyl derivative 5 with certain aromatic isocyanates was unsuccessful and the unexpected triazoloquinazoline 7 was obtained regardless to the isocyanate used .The anticancer activity of 4 compounds, namely 3, 4a, 4b and 7 was evaluated by National Cancer Institute (USA) at single dose (10-5 M) utilizing 59 different human tumor cell lines. Moreover, the antimicrobial activity of all the newly synthesized quinazolines was screened against Gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis), Gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella) and a fungal strain (Candida albicans). INTRODUCTION Quinazolines are considered to be an important chemical synthon of various therapeutic efficacy and pharmaceutical utility. They possess variety of biological effects including anticancer1-13 and antimicrobial14-27 activities. Moreover, the quinazoline core is an integral part of numerous potential marketed anticancer agents for example gefitinib (IressaTM),28 and tandutinib (MLN518) (phase II 272 HETEROCYCLES, Vol. 92, No. 2, 2016