Synthesis and characterisation of new antimalarial fluorinated triazolopyrazine compounds

Autor: Kah Yean Lum, Jonathan M. White, Daniel J. G. Johnson, Vicky M. Avery, Rohan A. Davis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 107-114 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.19.11
Popis: Nine new fluorinated analogues were synthesised by late-stage functionalisation using Diversinate™ chemistry on the Open Source Malaria (OSM) triazolopyrazine scaffold (Series 4). The structures of all analogues were fully characterised by NMR, UV and MS data analysis; three triazolopyrazines were confirmed by X-ray crystal structure analysis. The inhibitory activity of all compounds against the growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (3D7 and Dd2 strains) and the cytotoxicity against a human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cell line were tested. Some of the compounds demonstrated moderate antimalarial activity with IC50 values ranging from 0.2 to >80 µM; none of the compounds displayed any cytotoxicity against HEK293 cells at 80 µM. Antimalarial activity was significantly reduced when C-8 of the triazolopyrazine scaffold was substituted with CF3 and CF2H moieties, whereas incorporation of a CF2Me group at the same position completely abolished antiplasmodial effects.
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