Syntheses of heterocyclic derivatives as potential cytotoxic compounds evaluated toward hepatocellular and cervical carcinoma cell lines

Through the present work the 3-oxo-N,3-diphenylpropamide derivatives 5a,b were used to synthesize pridine, pyrazole and thiophene derivatives. 3-Phenylisoxazol-5(4H)-one produced from the reaction of ethyl benzoylacetate was used as the key starting compound for different multi-component reactions. The synthesized compounds were evaluated toward Hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 and cervical carcinoma HeLa cell lines. Compounds 3b, 5b, 7b, 7d, 9c, 9d, 15e, 15f, 16b, 18b, 18e, 18f, 19e and 19f were the most cytotoxic compounds against the tested cell lines. The results obtained in this work encourage further work in the future to produce new cytotoxic compounds. KEY WORDS: Diphenylpropamide, 3-Phenylisoxazole, Pyran, Pyridine, Cytotoxicity Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2023, 37(1), 141-158. DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v37i1.12