• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.106-110
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• 2007

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.162-167
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• 2005

Synthetic method for the selective N-monoalkylation of anilines using alkyl halides and triethylamine under room temperature was described. The corresponding N-alkyl anilines were obtained in good yields with minor quantities of dialkylated products. Anilines 2a-m and 3a-m were identified using NMR and IR. A series of 2a-m and 3a-m has been synthesized from aniline, toluidines, ethylanilines, aminoacetophenones, phenetidines. Formation of anilines was undertaken with dropping of alkylhalides at room temperature in methanol (or ethanol) for 3 hours~5 days. Selectivity on the monoalkylation was relatively high. Synthetic ratio of monoalkylated and dialkylated product was 94 : 6 in case of maximum monoalkylation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.10
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• pp.1988-1992
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• 2008

A series of new derivatives on the ring A of luotonin A were prepared by Friedländer condensation of 6,7,8,10- tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazoline-6,10-dione and suitably substituted 2-aminobenzaldehydes and 2- aminoacetophenones. Their inhibitory activities on topoisomerases and cytotoxicities against selected human cancer cell lines were evaluated. Among the compounds tested, 8-fluoroluotonin A showed similar inhibitory activity on topoisomerase I comparable to camptothecin while luotonin A and 9-hydroxyluotonin A showed 1.37 and 0.94 times stronger inhibitory activity, respectively, on topoisomerase II compared to etoposide. Some derivatives of luotonin A showed moderate cytotoxicity. The possible relationship between the inhibitory activity on Topo II and the cytotoxicity of luotonin A and its analogues, thus, cannot be ruled out.