Synthesis of alkyl derivatives of 3,7,10-trioxo-2,4,6,8,9,11-hexaaza[3.3.3]propellane and evaluation of their biological activity

Abstract

Today 3,7,10-trioxo-2,4,6,8,9,11-hexaaaza[3.3.3]propellane (THAP) has not yet received widespread re-search attention due to the complexity of the synthesis. This work is devoted to the development of a method for the THAP derivatives synthesis, as well as to the study of their biological activity in comparison with al-kyl-substituted glycolurils (subject of comparison). ТНАРwas N-alkylated to furnish novel hexaalkyl deriva-tives of ТНАРwith methyl, ethyl and propyl substituents. The conditionsfor obtaining the maximum yield of the target productwere optimizedon the base of methyl derivative. The reaction proceeded in DMSO/КОНat 75–80ºC for 13hours in a moderate yield of 56%. The ethyl and propyl derivatives of ТНАРwere synthe-sized under the same conditions. The biological activity of the obtained ТНАРalkyl derivatives and glycoluril alkyl derivatives was evaluated against Sporosarcina ureae, Bacillus pumilus, Salmonella typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and influenza A virus. All the samples were found to exhib-it antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus.It was shown that 2,4,6,8,9,11-hexapropyl-ТНАР, di-tert-butyl-diphenyl-, di-tert-butyl-dibenzyl-, di-tert-butyl-dimethyl-and di-isopropyl-dibenzylglycoluril, have exhibited also toxicity to living cells besides antiviral activity