Organic Chemistry: Current Research
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Abstract

Synthesis, Characterization and In Vitro Antitumor Evaluation of New Pyrazolo[3,4-d]Pyrimidine Derivatives

Ahmed M El-Morsy, Mohamed S El-Sayed and Hamada S Abulkhair

A new series of 3-(methylthio)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives was synthesized. The antitumor activity of this series against human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF7 was evaluated. Out of twenty new derivatives, ten were revealed mild to moderate activity compared with doxorubicin as a reference antitumor. Among this new series N-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(3-(methylthio)-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-5(4H)-yl)acetamide (13 a) was found the most active one with IC50 equal to µM.