Abstract
Series of ring-substituted 3-hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxanilides were screened for their in vitro activity against wild-type S427 (bloodstream form) of Trypanosoma brucei brucei. 3-Hydroxy-N-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)- and 3-hydroxy-N-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)naphthalene-2-carboxamides showed the highest biological activity (MIC = 1.56 and 2.08 µmol/dm3, respectively). Antitrypanosomal activity was correlated with the experimentally determined lipophilicity and acid–base dissociation constants of the compounds as well as with the calculated electronic properties of individual anilide substituents expressed as Hammett’s σ parameters. The substitution in the meta- or para-position of anilide of derivatives with higher lipophilicity by an electron-withdrawing moiety is favourable for higher activity. The optimum thermodynamic pK a T value was found to be ca. 7.5. The structure–activity relationships of all compounds are discussed.
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