Design, synthesis, in vitro and in vivo biological evaluation of 2-amino-3-aroylbenzo[b]furan derivatives as highly potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors.

A new class of inhibitors of tubulin polymerization based on the 2-amino-3-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)benzo[b]furan molecular scaffold was synthesized and evaluated for in vivo and in vitro biological activity. These derivatives were synthesized with different electron-releasing or electron-withdrawing substituents at one of the C-4 through C-7 positions. Methoxy substitution and location on the benzene part of the benzo[b]furan ring played an important role in affecting antiproliferative activity, with the greatest activity occurring with the methoxy group at the C-6 position, the least with the substituent at C-4. The same effect was also observed with ethoxy, methyl or bromine at the C-6 position of the benzo[b]furan skeleton, with the 6-ethoxy-2-amino-3-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)benzo[b]furan derivative 4f as the most promising compound of the series. This compound showed remarkable antiproliferative activity (IC

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