Romagnoli, Romeo published the artcileDiscovery of 8-methoxypyrazino[1,2-a]indole as a new potent antiproliferative agent against human leukemia K562 cells. a structure-activity relationship study, Name: Ethyl 7-methoxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylate, the publication is Letters in Drug Design & Discovery (2009), 6(4), 298-303, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
Identification of novel and selective anticancer agents remains an important and challenging goal in pharmacol. research. The indole nucleus, frequently encountered as a mol. fragment in natural products and pharmaceutically active compounds, was employed as the initial building block for the synthesis of a series of pyrazino[1,2-a]indoles 1a-k, variably substituted at the 6, 7, 8 and 9-positions. Compound 1e (I), bearing the methoxy group at the 8-position of the pyrazino[1,2-a]indole nucleus was identified as a novel potent antiproliferative agent against the human chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 cell line, but it was much less active against several other cancer cell lines. Comparison of positional isomers indicated that moving the methoxy group from the 8- to the 7- or 6-position, to furnish compounds 1f and 1g, resp., yielded inactive compounds The anal. of structure-activity relationships observed in the series of investigated compounds may represent the basis for the design of more active mols.
Letters in Drug Design & Discovery published new progress about 20538-12-9. 20538-12-9 belongs to indole-building-block, auxiliary class Indole,Ester,Ether, name is Ethyl 7-methoxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylate, and the molecular formula is C12H13NO3, Name: Ethyl 7-methoxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylate.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-020-0333-2,
Preparation of Indole Containing Building Blocks for the Regiospecific Construction of Indole Appended Pyrazoles and Pyrroles