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Brartemicin is a trehalose-based inhibitor of tumor cell invasion produced by the actinomycete of the genus Nonomuraea. In order to find more potent anti-invasive agents and study the structure-activity relationships, a series of 19 brartemicin analogs were prepared via two synthetic routes from α,α-D-trehalose and evaluated for their anti-invasive activities. Compound 4f, 6,6'-bis(2,3-dimethoxybenzoyl)-α,α-D-trehalose, was more potent than the natural brartemicin. It inhibited the invasion of murine colon 26-L5, colon carcinoma SW620, melanoma B16-BL6 and breast MDA-MB-231 cells with IC50 values of 0.15, 2.35, 4.12 and 2.61 μM, respectively. Analog 4p, 6,6'-bis(3,4-dimethoxycinnamoyl)-α,α-D-trehalose, was as potent as brartemicin against invasion of murine colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells in vitro. The structure-activity relationships of these novel trehalose-based compounds were summarized.

A practical synthesis of 2,3-diarylated 2H-benzo[e][1,2]thiazine 1,1-dioxides and their 3,4-dihydro derivatives was developed. ortho-Methyl lithiation of N-aryl-o-toluenesulfonamide followed by reaction with aryl aldehydes gave carbinol sulfonamides, which were either converted directly, or first oxidized to their ketones and converted, to 2,3-diarylated six-membered benzosultams via a TMSCl-NaI-MeCN mediated cyclization. A library of benzosultams was synthesized and evaluated for inhibitory activity against MCF-7 cells. Compound 3 in the 3,4-dihydro (saturated) series and compound 8 in the unsaturated series exhibited the highest potencies with growth inhibition (GI50) values of 0.8 and 18.0 μM, respectively. Molecular modeling studies suggest that these compounds can associate with the colchicine binding site on microtubules. However, experimental assessments of that and other mechanistic possibilities are still ongoing.

Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation are given.