Synthesis of carboxyimidamide-substituted benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazoles and their analogs, and evaluation of biological activity against Leishmania donovani

Leena Keurulainen, Mikko Heiskari, Satu Nenonen, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Dmitry Kopelyanskiy, Teppo O. Leino, Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma, Charles L. Jaffe, Paula Kiuru*

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Abstract

A facile synthesis route to carboxyimidamide-substituted benzoxadiazoles and related derivatives was developed. A total of 25 derivatives were synthesized. They were evaluated for antileishmanial activity by inhibition of Leishmania donovani axenic amastigote growth using a fluorescent viability microplate assay. The most promising derivative (14) demonstrated an antileishmanial EC50 of 4.0 μM, and it also showed activity in infected macrophages (EC50 5.92 μM) without signs of cytotoxicity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1673-1678
Number of pages6
JournalMedChemComm
Volume6
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Jul 2015

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