P. Jones, G. Villeneuve, Chen Fei
Jul 30, 1998
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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Abstract
The structure−activity relationships of two series of novel retinoids (2-pyrazinylcarboxamidobenzoates and β-ionylideneacetamidobenzoates) have been investigated by evaluating their ability to induce differentiation in both human promyelocytic leukemia (HL60) cells and mouse embryonal carcinoma (P19) cells. The most active compound (ED50 = 8.3 × 10-9 M) of the 2-pyrazinylcarboxamidobenzoates is 4-[2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethylquinoxalyl)carboxamido]benzoic acid (9u), while the most active analogue of the β-ionylideneacetamidobenzoates is 4-[3-methyl-5-(2‘,6‘,6‘-trimethyl-1‘-cyclohexen-1‘-yl)-(2E,4E)-pentadienamido]benzoic acid (10a, ED50 = 3.2 × 10-8 M). Our studies identify an absolute requirement for the carboxylic acid moiety on the aromatic ring to be para relative to the amide linkage for activity. Benzoate substitutions in the ortho position relative to the terminal carboxylate (9d,k,r) are well-tolerated; however, a methoxy substituent meta relative to the terminal carboxylate gives ris...