O-Benzyl-N-(9-acridinyl)hydroxylamines

Abstract

A series of O-benzyl-N-(9-acridinyl)hydroxylamines was prepared, isolated, and evaluated for biological activity using both thermal denaturation and MTT assays. Changes in the thermal denaturation temperature of genomic calf-thymus DNA ranged from +6.6 °C to +20.2 °C. MTT assays on SNB-19 glioblastoma cells provided biological activity that ranged from 17.4 µM to 33.2 µM. Both evaluation methods of biological activity indicate that substitution of the benzyl group by either electron-withdrawing or electron-donating groups provides a measureable benefit in these assays. The two assays agreed on the magnitude of the interaction for each substitution pattern.