RESEARCH ARTICLE
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Hybrid Molecules Containing Purine, Coumarin and Isoxazoline or Isoxazole Moieties
Michael G. Kallitsakis1, Angelo Carotti2, Marco Catto2, Aikaterini Peperidou3, Dimitra J. Hadjipavlou-Litina3, Konstantinos E. Litinas1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
First Page: 196
Last Page: 211
Publisher ID: TOMCJ-11-196
DOI: 10.2174/1874104501711010196
Article History:
Received Date: 30/08/2017Revision Received Date: 27/10/2017
Acceptance Date: 30/10/2017
Electronic publication date: 30/11/2017
Collection year: 2017

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Abstract
Introduction:
The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrile oxides formed in situ (in the presence of NCS and Et3N) from the oximes of (purin-9-yl)acetaldehyde or (coumarinyloxy)acetaldehyde with allyloxycoumarins or 9-allylpurines, respectively resulted in 3,5-disubstituted isoxazolines. The similar reactions of propargyloxycoumarins or 9-propargylpurines led to 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles by treatment with PIDA and catalytic amount of TFA.
Methods:
The new compounds were tested in vitro as antioxidant agents and inhibitors of soybean lipoxygenase LO, AChE and MAO-B.
Results:
The majority of the compounds showed significant hydroxyl radical scavenging activity. Compounds 4k and 4n presented LO inhibitory activity.
Conclusion:
Compound 13e presents an antioxidant significant profile combining anti-LO, anti-AChE and anti-MAO-B activities.