Synthesis and research of the pharmacophoric properties of some N-(dimethylphenyl) hydrazinecarbotioamide

The present study was focused on the synthesis of some N-(dimethylphenyl)hydrazine carbothioamides 1-4, that contain the following N-substituents: 2,4-dimethylphenyl; 2,5-dimethylphenyl; 2,6-dimethylphenyl; 3,4-dimethylphenyl, to increase lipophilicity and N-(dimethylphenyl)-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamides 5-8, analogous of Triapine. The structural formula of the compounds was characterized by means of spectroscopy: FT-IR, 1H-, and 13CRMN, and the molecular structure, for the first time, by means of X-ray diffraction. The study of antioxidant activity has shown that all compounds 1-8 are powerful antioxidants. N-(dimethylphenyl)-2-(pyridin2-ylmethylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamides 5-8 were tested as inhibitors of MCF-7 (breast cancer) cell proliferation. It was found that all the compounds exhibit activity comparable to that of Doxorubicin, among them the compound N-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamide 6, with IC50=0.8 μM/L, demonstrated the highest activity.