Open AccessDesign, Synthesis and Structural Confirmation of a Series of 2-(Thiophen-2-yl)- 4H-chromen-3-yl-sulfonate Derivatives and Preliminary Investigation of Their Antioxidant and Anticancer Potentials
Author(s) -
Jialin Zang,
Ming Bu,
Jifang Yang,
Lu Han,
Zhen Lv
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the brazilian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1678-4790
pISSN - 0103-5053
DOI - 10.21577/0103-5053.20210069
Subject(s) - hela , chemistry , abts , dpph , bromide , cytotoxicity , antioxidant , carbon 13 nmr , ascorbic acid , ic50 , mtt assay , thiazole , combinatorial chemistry , in vitro , stereochemistry , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , food science
A series of novel 2-(thiophen-2-yl)-4H-chromen-3-yl-sulfonate derivatives (4a-4n) were synthesized and investigated for their in vitro free radical scavenging potential as well as cytotoxic efficacies against selected cancer cell lines. The cytotoxicity of the 4H-chromene derivatives (4a‑4n) was evaluated according to three human cancer cell lines (HepG2, A549, HeLa) by utilizing a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Accordingly, part of the results exhibited better cytotoxic activities than that of the positive controls (4H-chromen-4-one and apigenin). Among them, compounds 4c-4g exhibited better training to the positive control against the three human cancer cell lines (half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) = 3.87 ± 0.12 to 21.38 ± 0.52 μM). Moreover, the extract of the 4H-chromene derivatives (4a‑4n) showed better activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2’-azino-bis-3‑ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) in antioxidant assays compared to that of the positive control ascorbic acid (IC50 = 12.72 ± 0.27, 5.09 ± 0.21 μg mL-1). Thus, it can be confirmed from the bioassay results that the overall structural design, as well as proper substitution, is crucial in delivering anticipated biological effects. In this regard, spectroscopic techniques such as 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 13C NMR, and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) were also carried out to confirm the final structures.