Boswellic acids are genus specific to Boswellia; they are the principal biologically active compounds holding exceptionally potent anti-inflammatory activity. A series of new 1H-1,2,3-triazole tethered of 3-O-acetyl-β-boswellic acid (ABA, 1) and 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA, 2) derivatives (10a-d and 11a-d) were synthesized and their carbonic anhydrase II (CA II) inhibitory activity was evaluated in vitro. All compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 2D NMR (HMBC, HSQC, COSY and NOESY) experiments, ESI-MS, and when applicable by 19F NMR spectroscopy (10b, 10c and 11b, 11c). This series has displayed a moderate to strong inhibition against CA II with IC50 values of 13.2–60.1 µM. All the active compounds were reported for the first time for their CA II inhibition potential. Kinetics studies on the most active inhibitors (5 and 10b) were carried out to investigate their mode of inhibition and to determine their inhibition constants Ki. Both compounds (5 and 10b) were found to be non-competitive inhibitors with Ki values of 10.40 ± 0.013 and 14.25 ± 0.017 µM, respectively. Molecular docking studies showed that all compounds were well accommodated in the allosteric site of CA II. The current study has demonstrated the usefulness of incorporating a 1H-1,2,3-triazole moiety into the boswellic acids skeleton.

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Scheme 1. Reagents and conditions: (i) 1-bromo propanol, K2CO3, DMF, room temperature, 18h; (ii) TsCl, Et3N, dry DCM, DMAP, 0 °C to room temperature, 5 h; (iii) NaN3, DMF, 70 °C, 3 h; (iv) Alkyne (9a-d), CuI, Et3N, CH3CN, room temperature, 3 h.
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Posted 19 Feb, 2021
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On 10 Feb, 2021
On 05 Feb, 2021
Posted 19 Feb, 2021
Invitations sent on 17 Feb, 2021
Received 17 Feb, 2021
On 10 Feb, 2021
On 05 Feb, 2021
Boswellic acids are genus specific to Boswellia; they are the principal biologically active compounds holding exceptionally potent anti-inflammatory activity. A series of new 1H-1,2,3-triazole tethered of 3-O-acetyl-β-boswellic acid (ABA, 1) and 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA, 2) derivatives (10a-d and 11a-d) were synthesized and their carbonic anhydrase II (CA II) inhibitory activity was evaluated in vitro. All compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 2D NMR (HMBC, HSQC, COSY and NOESY) experiments, ESI-MS, and when applicable by 19F NMR spectroscopy (10b, 10c and 11b, 11c). This series has displayed a moderate to strong inhibition against CA II with IC50 values of 13.2–60.1 µM. All the active compounds were reported for the first time for their CA II inhibition potential. Kinetics studies on the most active inhibitors (5 and 10b) were carried out to investigate their mode of inhibition and to determine their inhibition constants Ki. Both compounds (5 and 10b) were found to be non-competitive inhibitors with Ki values of 10.40 ± 0.013 and 14.25 ± 0.017 µM, respectively. Molecular docking studies showed that all compounds were well accommodated in the allosteric site of CA II. The current study has demonstrated the usefulness of incorporating a 1H-1,2,3-triazole moiety into the boswellic acids skeleton.

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This is a list of supplementary files associated with this preprint. Click to download.
Scheme 1. Reagents and conditions: (i) 1-bromo propanol, K2CO3, DMF, room temperature, 18h; (ii) TsCl, Et3N, dry DCM, DMAP, 0 °C to room temperature, 5 h; (iii) NaN3, DMF, 70 °C, 3 h; (iv) Alkyne (9a-d), CuI, Et3N, CH3CN, room temperature, 3 h.
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