Preparation and Biological Properties of Ring-Substituted Naphthalene-1-Carboxanilides

Author: Gonec Tomas   Kos Jiri   Nevin Eoghan   Govender Rodney   Pesko Matus   Tengler Jan   Kushkevych Ivan   Stastna Vendula   Oravec Michal   Kollar Peter   O’Mahony Jim   Kralova Katarina   Coffey Aidan   Jampilek Josef  

Publisher: MDPI

E-ISSN: 1420-3049|19|7|10386-10409

ISSN: 1420-3049

Source: Molecules, Vol.19, Iss.7, 2014-07, pp. : 10386-10409

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Abstract

In this study, a series of twenty-two ring-substituted naphthalene-1-carboxanilides were prepared and characterized. Primary in vitro screening of the synthesized carboxanilides was performed against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. N-(2-Methoxyphenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide, N-(3-methoxy-phenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide, N-(3-methylphenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide, N-(4-methylphenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide and N-(3-fluorophenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide showed against M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis two-fold higher activity than rifampicin and three-fold higher activity than ciprofloxacin. The most effective antimycobacterial compounds demonstrated insignificant toxicity against the human monocytic leukemia THP-1 cell line. The testing of biological activity of the compounds was completed with the study of photosynthetic electron transport (PET) inhibition in isolated spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. The PET-inhibiting activity expressed by IC50 value of the most active compound N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]naphthalene-1-carboxamide was 59 μmol/L. The structure-activity relationships are discussed.

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