Ismail FM, Dascombe MJ, Carr P, North SE. An exploration of the structure-activity relationships of 4-aminoquinolines: novel antimalarials with activity in-vivo.
J Pharm Pharmacol 1996;
48:841-50. [PMID:
8887736 DOI:
10.1111/j.2042-7158.1996.tb03985.x]
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Abstract
The structure-activity relationships of bisquinolines, a potentially important group of novel antimalarial drugs, were studied. The high-temperature (180-250 degrees C) synthesis of 4-aminoquinolines, including bisquinolines, by nucleophilic displacement was both fast and efficient Several bisquinolines including (+/-)-trans-N1,N2-bis(7-trifluoroquinolin-4-yl)cyclohexane-1, 2-diamine and 1R,2R-(-)-, 1S,2S-(+)-, (+/-)-trans- and cis-N1, N2-bis(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine exhibited potent activity against Plasmodium berghei in mice; (+/-)-trans-N1,N2-bis(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)cyclohexane-1, 2-diamine was orally active. Our results indicate that these compounds conform to a putative receptor for quinoline antimalarials. In addition, a 7-haloquinoline linked by a heterocyclic bridge, at the 4-position, to another heterocycle (such as an acridine at the 9-position) maximally occupies the active site of our postulated target.
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