Title:A Review on the Synthesis and Anti-cancer Activity of 2-substituted Quinolines
VOLUME: 15 ISSUE: 5
Author(s):Kaalin Gopaul, Suhas A. Shintre and Neil A. Koorbanally
Affiliation:School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
Keywords:Anti-cancer, quinoline, 2-substituted.
Abstract:Quinolines substituted at C-2 on the quinoline scaffold have shown interesting anticancer activity in a
number of anticancer assays such as breast (MCF-7, MDA-MB 231), human cervical epithelioid (HeLa), oral
squamous cell carcinoma (SAS), human stomach adenocarcinoma (AGS, MKN45), hepatocellular (SKHep,
HepG-2, Hep-3B), prostate (PC-3, DU145), lung (A549, H-460), gastric (HGC, MNK-74), leukemia (K562,
U937, REH, NALM6, CEM/ADR 5000), colon (Colo-205, HCT 116, SW620, Caco-2, HT29), neuroblastoma
(IMR32), CNS (SF-268), oesophageal (EAC) and melanoma (A-375). They have been synthesised by a number
of strategies starting with isatin, anilines, nitrobenzenes and benzamides and some even with cyclohexanone and
cyclohexa-1,3-diones with ammonium acetate. Many of the synthetic strategies employ the derivatisation of
quinoline precursors itself. We review here the synthesis of 145 bioactive anticancer quinolines substituted at the
2-position and their anticancer activity.
