Azza M. El-Kazak

Synthesis and Characterization of Some New Coumarins with In Vitro Antitumor and Antioxidant Activity and High Protective Effects against DNA Damage

Coumarins are naturally occurring oxygen heterocyclic compounds having multifarious medicinal properties, hence used as lead compounds for designing new potent analogs. The chromene butenoic acid 3 and the benzochromene butenoic acid 4 which are derived from the reaction of glyoxalic acid with 3-acetylcoumarin and 3-acetylbenzocoumarin, respectively, were reacted with different nitrogen and carbon nucleophiles to give new heterocyclic compounds. The structures of the prepared compounds were elucidated by IR, 1H-NMR, and mass spectroscopy. Some of the newly prepared compounds were tested in vitro against a panel of four human tumor cell lines namely; hepatocellular carcinoma (liver) HepG2, colon cancer HCT-116, human prostate cancer PC3, and mammary gland breast MCF-7. Also they were tested as antioxidants. Almost all of the tested compounds showed satisfactory activity.

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Some New Pyrimidine Derivatives

New pyrimidine derivatives comprising azo, schiffs bases, chalcones, and chromene ring moieties were prepared.The newly synthesized compounds have been established on the basis of their m.p., TLC, FT-IR, UV-Vis ,1H-NMR data and element analysis. These compounds were screened for their antimicrobial and in vitro antioxidant properties. The results of this investigation revealed that these compounds are potent antimicrobial and antioxidant agent.

Synthesis, Characterization and ِAntimicrobial Activities of Some New Heterocyclic Schiff Bases Derived from Thiocarbohydrazide

The reaction of prazolobenzothienopyrimidine-3-carbaldehyde 1 with thiocarbohydrazide afforded the Schiffs base 3. The latter compound reacted with some electrophilic reagents to give 1,2,4-triazoles 4-6 and 1,2,4-triazines 7-9. Treatment of compound 3 with 2-cyano-3,3-bis(methylthio)acrylonitrile gave the corresponding 5-amino-4-cyano-3-methylthiopyrazole derivative 11. The reaction of pyrazole 11 with carbon disulfide afforded dithioxopyrazolopyrimidine 12. Acylation of compound 11 by using acetic anhydride yielded acetamide 13. On the other hand, the cyclocondensation of pyrazole 11 with acetic anhydride in pyridine yielded pyrazolopyrimidine derivative 14. The reactivity of compound 11 towards formamide and phenylisothiocyanate to give the pyrazolopyrimidines 15 and 16 was studied. The newly synthesized compounds were screened for their antimicrobial activity.