Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure study of the hydroxyurea and hydantoin derivatives of l-valine

Skeletal and Appendage Diversity as Design Elements in the Synthesis of a Discovery Library of Nonaromatic Polycyclic 5-Iminooxazolidin-2-ones, Hydantoins, and Acylureas

Amino acid-derived cross-conjugated trienes were used as a starting point for the synthesis of a discovery library of over 200 polycyclic 5-iminooxazolidin-2-ones, hydantoins, and acylureas. The main feature of this library synthesis is a triple branching strategy which provides efficient access to five skeletally diverse scaffolds. In addition, four sets of building blocks were applied in both a front end and a back end diversification strategy. Multiple fused rings were obtained by cyclization of diamides with phosgene and stereoselective Diels-Alder reactions with maleimides. The 5-iminooxazolidin-2-one scaffold was rearranged into the isomeric hydantoin scaffold through a sequence of ring opening and ring closing reactions.

Hydantoin derivatives of L- and D-amino acids: synthesis and evaluation of their antiviral and antitumoral activity

3,5-Disubstituted hydantoin (1,3-imidazolidinedione) derivatives 5a-h were prepared by base induced cyclization of the corresponding N-(1-benzotriazolecarbonyl)-L- and D-amino acid amides 4a-h. Compounds 5a-h were evaluated for their cytostatic and antiviral activities. Among all the compounds evaluated, 3-benzhydryl-5-isopropyl hydantoin (5a) showed a weak but selective inhibitory effect against vaccinia virus (EC(50) = 16 microg/mL; selectivity index: 25). 3-Cyclohexyl-5-phenyl hydantoin (5g) showed inhibitory activity against cervical carcinoma (HeLa, IC(50) = 5.4 microM) and breast carcinoma (MCF-7, IC(50) = 2 microM), but also cytotoxic effects towards human normal fibroblasts (WI 38). On the contrary, the 3-benzhydryl-5-phenyl substituted hydantoin derivative 5h showed moderate inhibitory activity towards HeLa, MCF-7, pancreatic carcinoma (MiaPaCa-2), lung carcinoma (H 460) and colon carcinoma (SW 620) (IC(50) = 20-23 microM), but no effect on WI 38.