Synthesis and evaluation of benzosuberone embedded with 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole and 1,2,4-triazole moieties as new potential anti proliferative agents.

As an aspect of our ongoing research in search of new anti proliferative agents, a series of novel analogs of benzosuberone embedded with 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole and 1,2,4-triazole moieties were synthesized in excellent yields (82–93%). All the newly synthesized compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, ESI/LC–MS, HRMS and evaluated for their in vitro anti proliferative activity against four human cancer cell lines (cervical, breast, pancreatic and alveolar). Among the synthesized compounds, 4b, 6a, 7d and 7l showed potent anti proliferative activity with GI50 values range of 0.079–0.957μM against four human cancer cell lines. However, it was revealed that the compound 7d have shown very close GI50 value 0.079μM as compared with positive control of colchicine against cervical cancer cell line.