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  • Title: 2-Acetylpyridine thiosemicarbazones. 12. Derivatives of 3-acetylisoquinoline as potential antimalarial agents.
    Author: Klayman DL, Acton N, Scovill JP.
    Journal: Arzneimittelforschung; 1986; 36(1):10-3. PubMed ID: 3513773.
    Abstract:
    A series of 3-acetylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazones and their related thiosemicarbazides was prepared for evaluation as potential antimalarial agents. The former were synthesized by the reaction of 3-acetylisoquinoline with methyl hydrazinecarbodithioate to give methyl 3-[1-(3-isoquinolinyl)ethylidene]hydrazinecarbodithioate, IV. Displacement of the S-methyl group of this intermediate by the requisite amines gave 3-acetylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazones, V. The corresponding thiosemicarbazides, in which the azomethine bond was reduced, were prepared by the reduction of IV with sodium borohydride to give methyl 3-[1-(3-isoquinolinyl)ethyl]hydrazinecarbodithioate, VI. Reaction of this dithioester with amines gave 1-[1-(3-isoquinolinyl)ethyl-3-thiosemicarbazides, VII. The antimalarial properties of series V and VII were evaluated in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. Significant curative activity could be observed at doses as low as 40 mg/kg for 3 of 10 compounds in series V and at 160 mg/kg for 3 of 11 compounds in series VII.
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