Design, Synthesis and Molecular Modelling Studies of 1-Methyl-3-(4-Substituted phenyl-1,3-
thiazol-2-yl)-2-(pyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones as Potent Anticancer Agents
The present study involves the design, synthesis, characterization and molecular docking studies of biologically active quinazolin-4-ones, which were synthesized by condensing 2-amino-4-substituted phenylthiazole with N-methylbenzoxazin-4-one. The N-methylbenzoxazin-4-one and 2-amino-4- substituted phenylthiazole were synthesized from N-methylanthranilic acid and substituted ketones, respectively. The ADME properties determined the synthetic accessibility of quinazolin-4-ones by in silico Swiss ADME. The colorectal anticancer screening was done by using cell HT-29 human colorectal adenocarcinoma based on molecular docking studies on 3GC7-the structure of p38alpha in complex with dihydroquinazolinone. Finally, compounds 5Dh8, 5DF6, 5Db2 and 5Di9 exhibited better activity at a concentration < 10 μg/mL when compared to 5-fluorouracil. The ADME properties revealed that all the compounds were within the range and docking studies showed the highest binding with glide score -7.19 and -7.027 Kcal/mol compared to the target protein -10.67 Kcal/mol.