NOVEL INDENO[1,2-c]QUINOLIN-11-ONE DERIVATIVES, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF

Abstract
The present invention provides a novel series of indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one derivatives and further provides their preparation methods as well as applications. Said applications includes utilizing such derivatives as pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancers; moreover, said applications includes the capability possessed by such derivatives to effectively inhibit cancer cell growth as well as the activity of Type I topoisomerases and can be further applied for cancer treatment.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention


This invention relates to the development of anticancer drugs, in particular, featuring a series of novel indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one derivatives, preparation methods and applications as well as the evaluation of the anticancer activity of the inventive drugs.


2. Description of the Prior Art


Cancers arise from the abnormal proliferation of DNA. Therefore, selectively destroying the DNA of cancer cells without damaging the DNA of normal cells is highly desired. However, it is difficult to differentiate the DNAs between normal cells and cancer cells. Consequently, specific ‘targeted therapy’ was developed following the identification of the differences between normal cells and cancer cells, and when combined with other chemotherapies or radiation therapies, targeted therapy can significantly reduce the side effects and provide better treatment outcomes. Thus, targeted therapy currently is a popular field in studying cancer treatments. Because topoisomerases have been found to play an indispensible role in DNA replication, they have become the object of targeted therapy for anticancer treatments. The anticancer drug camptothecin discovered by M. E. Wall and M. C. Wani in 1966 through systematic screening of natural substances is an inhibitor for type I topoisomerases.


Unfortunately, camptothecin has numerous disadvantages and thus cannot be used for clinical treatment. For example, the lactone ring can be easily hydrolyzed to hydroxycarboxylate in vivo at the normal pH and then binds to serum albumin and lose its effect of inhibiting the function of type I topoisomerases. In addition, the structure of the tricomplex of camptothecin-Top I-DNA is not stable because the complex is not maintained by covalent bonds and water solubility of camptothecin is poor which causes lower bioavailability. The p-glycoprotein (MDR1, ABCB1) efflux transporter proteins in the cell membrane transport the drugs out of the cells and more important is that some tumor cells have slowly developed resistance and adverse drug side effects against camptothecin. As a result, a number of water-soluble semi-synthetic drugs were developed even after commercialization of camptothecin such as Topotecan (HYCAMTIN®) which is used for treating ovarian cancer and Irinotecan (CAMPTO®) which is used for treating colon cancer and both have issues when used for clinical treatment.


Hence, based on the importance of topoisomerase inhibitors in development of anticancer drugs, the inventor of this application developed a series of novel indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one derivatives and disclosed the preparation methods as well as relevant applications herein after a number of innovative improvements.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect, present invention provides a formula I compound:




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wherein the R group is selected from the groups consisting of: i) haloformyl, amino, hydroxy and thiol groups, ii) linear alkyl chains of N(CH2)nH, alkyl groups with substituted side chains and alkyl side chains with a substituted amino group, NH(CH2)nN(CH2)n, O(CH2)n and S(CH2)nOH, wherein 1≦n≦10, iii) nitrogen-containing cycloalkyl groups and heterocyclic compounds of C3-12 which contain 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, S and N, wherein the ortho-, para- and meta-position can be further selected independently from one of the following functional groups comprising (CH2)n alkyl groups, (CH2)nC3-12 cycloalkyl groups, (CH2)nC3-12 nitrogen-containing cycloalkyl groups, (CH2)n benzene rings and (CH2)nCOC3-12 nitrogen-containing cycloalkyl groups, wherein 0≦n≦10, wherein the nitrogen-containing cycloalkyl groups or the benzene rings can be further substituted by one or more substitution groups selected from the following groups comprising alkyl groups containing C1-12, amino groups, nitro groups, hydroxyl groups, cyano groups, halogen groups, un-substituted or halogen group substituted C1-5 alkyl groups, un-substituted or halogen group substituted alkoxy groups, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers and enantimoers.


According to the invention, the functional groups of ii) for substitution are selected from the groups consisting of methylamino group, dimethylamino group, 2-(diethylamino)ethyl-amine and 2-hydroxyethyl ethyl sulfide.


According to the invention, the functional groups of iii) is selected from the groups consisting of pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, 4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl, azepan-1-yl, morpholino, thiomorpholino, piperazin-1-, 2-methyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-cyclopentyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-(piperidin-1-yl) piperidin-1-yl, 4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-benzyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazine-1-yl, 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(1,4-dioxo-8-aza-spiro[4,5]dec-8-yl, 4-((piperazin-1-yl) (piperidin-1-yl) methanone), 4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl) propyl) piperidin-1-yl, hydroxy, and methoxy.


According to the invention, the compound is selected from the groups consisting of

  • 9-Chloro-6-(methylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-(azepan-1-yl)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-morpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-thiomorpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(2-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-cyclopentyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(piperidin-1-yl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-(4-benzyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(1,4-dioxo-8-aza-spiro[4,5]dec-8-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-((piperazin-1-yl) (piperidin-1-yl)methanone))-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one, and
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl) propyl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-(2-Hydroxyethylthio)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-hydroxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-methoxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one, and their salts.


In another aspect, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising of the effective dose of the abovementioned compound and at least one of the pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles, diluents or excipients.


In the other aspect, present invention provides an application of the abovementioned compound which can be used to produce pharmaceutical products capable of inhibiting the activity of type I topoisomerases.


In still another aspect, the invention provides an application of the abovementioned compound which can be used to produce pharmaceutical products for cancer treatment.


In one aspect, the invention provides a method for inhibiting type I topoisomerase activity including administration of an effective dose of the abovementioned compound.


According to the invention, the cancers are selected from the following list: leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer. In another aspect, present invention provides a method used for producing the compound disclosed in claim 1, and the method comprising (1) Mix isatin, 2-(4-chlorophenyl) acetic acid and sodium acetate at 200° C. for 3 hours, allow cooling before adding acetic acid and collect the precipitate following extraction and filtration. Wash the precipitate with acetic acid, water and n-hexane to give an intermediate product and add the intermediate product to phosphoryl trichloride and reflux at 150° C. for 48 hours. Upon completion, allow cooling to room temperature followed by addition of 0° C. ice water. Collect the resulting precipitate after extraction and filtration and place in 10% aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution for 1 hour with vigorous stirring. The crude product was recrystallized from dichloromethane after washing with water to give 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one (TC-XCl-1), (2) Dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in N,N-dimethylformamide and add methylamine or N1,N1-diethylethane-1,2-diamine followed by addition of N,N-diisopropylethylamine to catalyze the reaction at 150° C. for 4 hours. The resulting mixture was poured into ice water and incubated for 10 to 20 minutes to give the precipitate which was then recrystallized by ethanol to produce the compounds 9-chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-1) and 6-(2-(diethylamino)ethylamine yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-3), (3) Dissolve the 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step (1) in dimethyl formamide, add secondary amines followed by addition of pyridine to catalyze the reaction at 150° C. for 4 hours. The mixture resulted at the end of reaction was poured into ice water and incubated for 10 to 20 minutes to give the precipitate which was then recrystallized by ethanol to produce the compounds which are selected from the following groups consisting of 9-chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,

  • 9-chloro-6-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-(azepan-1-yl)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-morpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-thiomorpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(2-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-cyclopentyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(piperidin-1-yl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 6-(4-benzyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(1,4-dioxo-8-aza-spiro[4,5]dec-8-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-((piperazin-1-yl) (piperidin-1-yl)methanone))-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one, and
  • 9-chloro-6-(4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl) propyl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one; (4) Dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in dimethyl formamide and then add 2-mercaptoethanol followed by catalytic reaction of potassium carbonate at 150° C. for 4 hours. At the end of reaction, pour the mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes. Finally, recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to give the compound 6-(2-hydroxy-ethylthio)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one; (5) dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in dimethyl formamide and then add conc. hydrochloric acid at 150° C. for 24 hours. At the end of reaction, pour the mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes. Finally, recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to give the compound 6-hydroxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one; (6) dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in methanol then add sodium methoxide at 90° C. for 10 hours. At the end of reaction, cool the mixture and recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to give the compound 6-methoxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one.


These features and advantages of the present invention will be fully understood and appreciated from the following detailed description of the accompanying Drawings.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 shows the overview of the chemical reaction for synthesis of various compounds. Reactoin i is NaOAc at 200° C. for 2 hours, reaction ii is POCl3 at 150° C. for 48 hours, reaction iii: (a) SJ-1-3: the reactions of primary amines DMF and DIPEA in a mini-reactor at 150° C. for 2 hours; (b) SJ-4-24: reactions of secondary amines DMF and pyridine in a mini-reactor at 150° C. for 2 hours; (c) SJ-25: add 2-mercaptoethanol/K2CO3; (d) SJ-26: add conc. HCl, DMF, reflux 24 hours; (e) SJ-27: NaOMe, MeOH, reflux 8 hours.



FIG. 2 shows the screening results of 4 compounds selected from SRB assays for use as the Topoisomerase I drugs.



FIG. 3 shows the TC-XCl (NSC 773972) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 4 shows the SJ-1 (NSC 772856) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 5 shows the SJ-2 (NSC 771781) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 6 shows the SJ-3 (NSC 772864) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 7 shows the SJ-6 (NSC 772860) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 8 shows the SJ-8 (NSC 771782)) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 9 shows the SJ-9 (NSC 772857) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 10 shows the SJ-10 (NSC 772862) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 11 shows the SJ-12 (NSC 771783) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 12 shows the SJ-14 (NSC 772859) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 13 shows the SJ-16 (NSC 772861) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 14 shows the SJ-20 (NSC 772863) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 15 shows the SJ-23 (NSC 772858) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.



FIG. 16 shows the SJ-25 (NSC 765596) cytotoxicity in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the meaning commonly understood by a person skilled in the art to which this invention belongs. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them unless specified otherwise. The present invention will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments, which are provided for the purpose of demonstration rather than limitation.


The term “treatment”, “under treatment” and similar terms refer to the methods which ameliorate, improve, reduce or reverse the patient's disease or any relevant symptoms caused by the disease, or methods which can prevent the onset of such diseases or any resulting symptoms.


The term ““pharmaceutically acceptable” is used to describe substances to be used in the composition which must be compatible with other ingredients in the formulation and be harmless to the subject.


The inventive composition can be prepared into a dosage form for suitable application of the inventive composition by using technology commonly understood by a person skilled in the art through formulating the abovementioned compound with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, wherein the excipients include, but are not limited to, solution, emulsion, suspension, powder, tablet, pill, lozenge, troche, chewing gum, slurry, and other suitable forms.


The pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle may contain one or several reagents selected from the following list: solvents, emulsifiers, suspending agents, decomposers, binding agents, excipients, stabilizing agents, chelating agents, diluents, gelling agents, preservatives, lubricants, surfactants and other agents suitable for use in the invention.


In the abovementioned compositions, one or more dissolving aids, buffers, preservatives, colorants, fragrances, flavoring agents and the like, which are commonly used for formulation can be added as desired.


The term “pharmaceutically acceptable excipients”, include, but are not limited to, polymers, resins, plasticizers, fillers, lubricants, diluents, binders, disintegrants, solvents, co-solvents, surfactants, preservatives, sweetening agents, flavoring agents, pharmaceutical grade dyes or pigments, and viscosity agents.


The term “pharmaceutical composition” is used to describe solid or liquid compositions in a form, concentration and purity that is suitable for administration in patients (e.g. humans or animals) and can induce desired physiological changes following administration. Pharmaceutical compositions are typically sterile and non-pyrogenic.


The present invention will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments, which are provided for the purpose of demonstration rather than limitation. The drugs as well as biomaterials used in the invention are all commercially available materials and the sources disclosed below are merely examples.


General Procedures for Chemical Synthesis


General procedure A: Synthesis of the compound TC-XCl-1. Mix isatin (0.44 g, 3 mmole), 2-(4-chlorophenyl)acetic acid (0.59 g, 3.47 mmole) and sodium acetate (0.05 g) in a miniclave (200° C.) for 3 hours. Allow cooling of the mixture before addition of acetic acid (10 mL) and collect precipitate by filtration and extraction. Wash the precipitate with acetic acid, water and n-hexane to obtain the intermediate product (TC-XCl).


Slowly add dried intermediate product (TC-XCl) (0.72 g, 2.4 mmole) to phosphoryl trichloride (20 mL) and allow to reflux at 150° C. for 48 hours. Upon completion of the reaction, allow cooling to room temperature followed by addition of 0° C. ice water. Collect precipitate by filtration and suction and add the collected precipitate to 10% sodium bicarbonate solution (300 mL) for 1 hr with vigorous shaking. Wash with water and recrystallize the crude product with dichloromethane to give the orange compound, TC-XCl-1.


General procedure B: Synthesis of the compounds SJ-1 and SJ-3. Dissolve 0.3 g TC-XCl-1 (1 mmole) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) and then add methylamine/N1,N1-diethylethane-1,2-diamine (10 mmole). Catalyze the reaction with 0.5 mL N,N-diisopropylethylamine (2.9 mmole) and place in a miniclave (150° C.) for 4 hours. At the end of reaction, pour the mixture into 100 mL ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes to allow precipitation. Collect the precipitate by filtration and suction and recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to obtain the compounds SJ-1 and SJ-3.


General procedure C: Synthesis of the compounds SJ-2, SJ4-24, 26 and 27. Dissolve 0.3 g of TC-XCl-1 (1 mmole) in 10 mL N,N-dimethylformamide and add secondary amine (10 mmole) and catalyze the reaction by adding 0.5 mL pyridine (6.21 mmole) and incubate in a miniclave (150° C.) for 4 hours. At the end of reaction, pour the mixture into 100 mL of ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes to acquire precipitate. Vacuum extraction of the precipitate and recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to obtain SJ-2 and SJ4-24.


General procedure D: Synthesis of the compound SJ-25. Dissolve 0.3 g of TC-XCl-1 (1 mmole) in 10 mL N,N-dimethylformamide (10 ml) and add 0.78 g of 2-mercaptoethanol (10 mmole) and catalyze the reaction by adding 0.27 g of potassium carbonate (2 mmole) and incubate in a miniclave (150° C.) for 4 hours. At the end of reaction, pour the mixture into 100 mL of ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes to acquire precipitate. Vacuum extraction of the precipitate and recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to obtain SJ-25.


A total of 28 compounds were synthesized (FIG. 1) and are numbered as TC-XCl-1 and SJ-1 through SJ-27 including compound synthesis process, nomenclature, methods for synthesis, molecular formula, molecular weight, melting point, Rf, HRMS, IR, 1H-NMR, and 13C-NMR. The melting point was measured using a Biichi 545 melting point apparatus in our lab and the measurement results are accurate to the first decimal place. In order to ensure consistency, only the integer parts of the numbers were recorded. IR values are determined using Shimadzu FTIR-8300 infrared spectrometer which is located in Department of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical College on the ninth floor. 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR values are measure using the Varian GEMINI-300 (300 MHz) which is located in the basement of National Defense Medical Center. Determination of molecular weights was conducted at in the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University (Precious Instrument Center of NSC). MAT-95XL HRMS is measured using the high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) (EI) Finnigan/Thermo Quest MAT HRMS in the Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, and a high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry HRMS (ESI) FINNIGAN MAT95S in the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University.


Example 1
6,9-Dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)



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A mixture of isatin 0.44 g (3 mmol), 2-(4-chlorophenyl) acetic acid 0.59 g (3.47 mmol), and sodium acetate (0.05 g) was heated in miniclave at 200° C. for 3 hours (TLC monitoring). Add 10 mL of acetic acid to the mixture after cooling, and collect the precipitate was and wash with H2O and n-hexane to get compound TC-XCl (0.72 g, 80%).


Add 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyquinoline-4-carboxylic acid (0.72 g, 2.4 mmol) to 20 mL of phosphoryl trichloride and reflux the mixture at 150° C. for 48 hours. After cooling, pour the mixture into ice water (300 mL) at 0° C. Collect the resulting precipitate by filtration and mix with 10% NaHCO3 solution (300 mL) with vigorous stirring for 1 hr. Wash the resulting precipitate with H2O. The crude product was recrystallized from dichloromethane to get orange product TC-XCl-1 (0.22 g, 30.0%).


Mol. Wt.: 300.1389 (C16H7Cl2NO); Yield: 30.0%; Mp.: 241-243° C. (EtOH); Rf: 0.48 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1719 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C16H7Cl2NO+[M]+: 298.9905. Found: [M+H]+=299.9965 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 7.52 (dd, J=8.25, 1.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H8), 7.62-7.68 (m, 2H, Ar—H2,10), 7.70-7.76 (m, 1H, Ar—H3), 7.97-8.01 (dt, J=7.5, 0.6 Hz, 1H, Ar—H4), 8.10 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.77-8.80 (m, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 122.97, 124.59, 125.30, 125.69, 129.13, 130.32, 131.70, 135.06, 135.14, 136.19, 136.74, 136.80, 140.15, 145.25, 150.48, 192.804 (CO).


Example 2
9-Chloro-6-(methylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-1)



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Add Methylamine (0.39 mL, 10 mmole) to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added 0.5 mL N,N-diisopropylethylamine (2.9 mmole) to catalyze the reaction. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallize the crude product from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-1 (0.22 g).


Mol. Wt.: 294.735 (C17H11ClN2O); Rf: 0.51 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 75.0%; Mp.: 189-191° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1716 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C17H11ClN2O+[M]+: 294.0560. Found: [M+H]+=295.0634 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.01 (s, 3H, N—CH3), 7.41-7.47 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.62 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,7), 7.84 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H4), 8.68 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 42.22, 120.81, 124.29, 124.93, 124.99, 127.02, 128.13, 130.44, 131.60, 134.33, 135.16, 135.24, 136.59, 141.85, 149.69, 158.14, 194.48 (CO).


Example 3
9-Chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-2)



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Dimethylamine (0.51 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours anded added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-2 (0.23 g).


Mol. Wt.: 308.7617 (C18H13ClN2O); Rf: 0.51 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 74.5%; Mp.: 193-195° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 3407 (N—H stretch), 1718 (C═O); HRMS (EI) m/z calcd for C18H13ClN2O+[M]+: 308.0716. Found: 308.0708 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.04 (s, 6H, —N—(CH3)2), 7.41-7.48 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.63 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,7), 7.86 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H4), 8.68-8.71 (m, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 42.19, 120.80, 124.27, 124.91, 124.96, 126.99, 128.13, 130.40, 131.57, 134.30, 135.14, 135.22, 136.54, 141.84, 149.70, 158.13, 194.45 (CO).


Example 4
6-(2-(Diethylamino)ethylamino)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-3)



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N1,N1-diethylethane-1,2-diamine (1.44 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 115° C. for 24 hours and added N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.5 mL, 2.9 mmole) as catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-3 (0.07 g).


Mol. Wt.: 379.8826 (C22H22ClN3O); Rf: 0.46 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 17.5%; Mp.: 160-161° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 3371 (N—H stretch), 1712 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C22H22ClN3O+[M]+: 379.1451. Found: [M+H]+=380.1510 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.11 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 6H, CH3), 2.66 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 4H, —NCH2—), 2.84 (t, J=5.7 Hz, 2H, —CH2N—), 3.71-3.73 (m, 2H, NHCH2—), 6.14 (br, 1H, NH), 7.28-7.33 (m, 1H, Ar—H8), 7.41-7.55 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,10), 7.60 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H, Ar—H4), 7.70 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.60 (m, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 12.23, 38.81, 46.92, 51.64, 119.00, 122.48, 124.42, 124.95, 125.40, 126.94, 127.86, 130.53, 134.07, 134.90, 135.08, 135.45, 141.24, 150.68, 152.96, 194.65 (CO).


Example 5
9-Chloro-6-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-4)



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Add 0.83 mL of pyrrolidine (10 mmole) to DMF (10 mL) containing the compound 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1) (0.3 g, 1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added 0.5 mL of pyridine (6.21 mmole) to catalyze the reaction. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-4 (0.15 g).


Mol. Wt.: 334.7989 (C20H15N4ClN2O); Rf: 0.51 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 43.6%; Mp.: 149-150° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C20H15N4ClN2O+[M]+: 334.0873. Found: [M+H]+=335.0952 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.98 (quin, J=3.6 Hz, 4H, H-3′,4′), 3.56 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 4H, H-2′,5′), 7.33-7.42 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,8,10), 7.54 (td, J=7.5, 1.5 Hz, 2H, Ar—H3,4), 7.76 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.63 (dd, J=8.4, 0.9 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 25.07, 50.37, 120.39, 124.25, 124.80, 124.96, 126.29, 127.78, 130.33, 130.40, 134.10, 134.83, 135.27, 136.46, 142.50, 149.78, 155.73, 194.65 (CO).


Example 6
9-Chloro-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-5)



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Add 0.99 mL of piperidine (10 mmole) to 10 mL of DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours followed by addition of 0.5 mL of pyridine (6.21 mmole) to catalyze the reaction. Pour the mixture into ice water after reaction and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-5 (0.15 g).


Mol. Wt.: 348.8255 (C21H17ClN2O); Rf: 0.63 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 43.0%; Mp.: 191-192° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1717 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C21H17ClN2O+[M]+: 348.1029. Found: [M+H]+=349.1106 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.71 (br, 2H, H-4′), 1.83-1.86 (m, 4H, H-3′,5′), 3.33 (br, 4H, H-2′,6′), 7.43-7.48 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.58-7.66 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.90 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.70 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 24.37, 26.01, 51.30, 120.81, 124.22, 124.41, 124.83, 127.09, 128.29, 130.24, 131.88, 134.24, 135.01, 135.17, 136.35, 142.05, 149.79, 158.35, 194.38 (CO).


Example 7
9-Chloro-6-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-6)



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4-methylpiperidine (1.18 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-6 (0.09 g).


Mol. Wt.: 362.8521 (C22H19ClN2O); Rf: 0.61 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 25.4%; Mp.: 190-192° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C22H19ClN2O+[M]+: 362.1186. Found: [M+H]+=363.1260 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.07 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H, —CH3), 1.46-1.60 (m, 3H, —CH2—, —CH—), 1.84-1.87 (m, 2H, —CH2—), 2.96 (t, J=11.6 Hz, 2H, N—CH2—), 3.67-3.71 (m, 2H, N—CH2—), 7.44-7.46 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.58 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.82-7.85 (m, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.66-8.69 (m, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 22.07, 30.87, 34.43, 50.69, 120.88, 124.27, 124.46, 124.91, 127.15, 128.31, 130.32, 131.98, 134.33, 135.07, 135.23, 136.44, 142.13, 149.83, 158.25, 194.52 (CO).


Example 8
6-(Azepan-1-yl)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-7)



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Azepane (1.13 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-7 (0.13 g).


Mol. Wt.: 362.8521 (C22H19ClN2O); Rf: 0.69 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 35.8%; Mp.: 146-147° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1712 (C═O); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C22H19ClN2O+[M]+: 362.1186. Found: [M+H]+=363.2000 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.72-1.75 (m, 4H, —CH2—), 1.86 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.64 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 4H, —N—CH2—), 7.40-7.46 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.54-7.60 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.78-7.80 (m, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.68 (dd, J=8.4, 0.6 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 27.96, 28.40, 52.91, 120.48, 124.24, 124.76, 124.89, 126.60, 127.98, 130.30, 131.09, 134.13, 134.97, 135.15, 136.84, 142.54, 149.74, 157.83, 194.62 (CO).


Example 9
9-Chloro-6-morpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-8)



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Morpholine (0.86 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-8 (0.16 g).


Mol. Wt.: 350.7983 (C20H15aN2O2); Rf: 0.54 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 47.0%; Mp.: 207-208° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1712 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C20H15ClN2O2+[M]+: 350.0822. Found: [M+H]+=351.0898 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.41 (t, J=4.5 Hz, 4H, —CĤ2—), 3.98 (t, J=4.5 Hz, 4H, —CĤ2—), 7.48 (td, J=8.1, 2.1 Hz, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.59-7.65 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.87 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.69-8.72 (dt, J=8.1, 0.9 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 50.56, 66.98, 121.18, 124.35, 124.43, 125.23, 127.65, 128.51, 130.59, 131.46, 134.42, 135.21, 135.55, 136.80, 141.66, 149.81, 157.31, 194.14 (CO).


Example 10
9-Chloro-6-thiomorpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-9)



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Thiomorpholine (1 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-9 (0.27 g).


Mol. Wt.: 366.8639 (C20H15ClN2O2); Rf: 0.33 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 74.3%; Mp.: 228-230° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1711 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C20H15ClN2O2+[M]+: 366.0594. Found: [M+H]+=367.0664 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 2.91 (t, J=5.1 Hz, 4H, —CH2—), 2.69-2.73 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 7.45-7.50 (td, J=7.8, 1.8 Hz, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.64 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.85 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.68-8.71 (dd, J=8.25, 1.2 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 27.38, 52.36, 121.07, 124.29, 125.19, 127.66, 128.48, 129.44, 130.57, 131.59, 134.40, 135.10, 135.54, 136.87, 141.70, 149.70, 157.66, 194.17 (CO).


Example 11
9-Chloro-6-(piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-10)



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piperazine (0.86 g, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-10 (0.17 g).


Mol. Wt.: 349.8135 (C20H16ClN3O); Rf: 0.43 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 47.5%; Mp.: 180-181° C. (EtOH); R (KBr) cm−1: 3341 (N—H stretch), 1718 (C═O); FIRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C20H16ClN3O+[M]+: 349.0982. Found: [M+H]+=350.1063 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.16 (t, J=4.8 Hz, 4H, —CH2—), 3.36 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 7.46-7.49 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.62-7.66 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.87 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.71 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 46.17, 51.51, 121.05, 124.31, 124.54, 125.11, 127.45, 128.46, 130.48, 131.69, 134.39, 135.16, 135.40, 136.68, 141.88, 149.84, 157.83, 194.37 (CO).


Example 12
9-Chloro-6-(2-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-11)



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3-methylpiperazine (1.0 g, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-11 (0.06 g).


Mol. Wt.: 363.8401 (C21H18ClN3O); Rf: 0.49 (Dichloromethane:Methanol=2:0.5); Yield: 17.5%; Mp.: 199-200° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 3222 (N—H stretch), 1719 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C21H18ClN3O+[M]+: 363.1138. Found: [M+H]+=364.1201 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.17 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 3H, —CH3), 2.70 (t, 1H, —CH2—), 3.03-3.07 (m, 1H, N—CH—), 3.15-3.19 (m, 3H, —CH2—, —CH2—NH), 3.60-3.65 (d, J=12.6 Hz, 2H, NH—CH2—), 7.44-7.48 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.58-7.62 (m, 3H, ArH2,3,4), 7.86 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.69 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 19.96, 45.98, 50.63, 50.75, 57.67, 120.98, 124.29, 124.47, 125.09, 127.39, 128.41, 130.47, 131.63, 134.37, 135.15, 135.36, 136.65, 141.89, 149.82, 157.56, 194.36 (CO).


Example 13
9-Chloro-6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-12)



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1-methylpiperazine (1.11 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[ 1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-12 (0.19 g).


Mol. Wt.: 363.8401 (C21H18ClN3O); Rf: 0.4 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 51.4%; Mp.: 205-207° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 3426 (N—H stretch), 1720 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C21H18ClN3O+[M]+: 363.1138. Found: [M+H]+=364.1222 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 2.42 (s, 3H, N—CH3), 2.70 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.43 (br, 4H, N—CH2—), 7.44-7.47 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.58-7.61 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.84 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.67 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 46.38, 49.97, 55.17, 121.00, 124.28, 124.54, 125.07, 127.38, 128.46, 130.45, 131.51, 134.35, 135.13, 135.38, 136.63, 141.84, 149.80, 157.37, 194.29 (CO).


Example 14
9-Chloro-6-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-13)



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1-ethylpiperazine (1.27 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-13 (0.07 g).


Mol. Wt.: 377.8667 (C22H20ClN3O); Rf: 0.43 (Dichloromethane:Hexane:Methanol=2:1:0.5); Yield: 19.8%; Mp.: 182-184° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1710 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C22H20ClN3O+[M]+: 377.1295. Found: [M+H]+=378.1380 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.19 (t, 3H, J=7.2 Hz, —CH3), 2.57 (q, 2H, J=7.4 Hz, —N—CH2—), 3.03 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.46 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 7.43-7.48 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.60 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.85 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.69 (dd, J=8.25, 0.9 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 12.06, 49.99, 52.69, 52.85, 121.02, 124.30, 124.59, 125.07, 127.36, 128.49, 130.43, 131.53, 134.36, 135.19, 135.38, 136.64, 141.89, 149.84, 15740, 194.32 (CO).


Example 15
9-Chloro-6-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-14)



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1-cyclopentylpiperazine (1.27 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-14 (0.16 g).


Mol. Wt.: 417.9306 (C25H24ClN3O); Rf: 0.46 (Dichloromethane:Hexane:Methanol=2:1:0.5); Yield: 37.3%; Mp.: 183-184° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1716 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C25H24ClN3O+[M]+: 417.1608. Found: [M+H]+=418.1689 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.19 (t, 3H, J=7.2 Hz, —CH3), 2.57 (q, 2H, J=7.4 Hz, N—CH2—), 3.03 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.46 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 7.43-7.48 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.63 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.85 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.69 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 24.32, 30.67, 50.12, 52.36, 67.87, 120.99, 124.28, 124.61, 125.05, 127.31, 128.50, 130.40, 131.56, 134.36, 135.19, 135.32, 136.58, 141.94, 149.85, 157.48, 194.40 (CO).


Example 16
9-Chloro-6-(4-(piperidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-15)



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1-(piperidin-4-yl)piperidine (1.68 g, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-15 (0.25 g).


Mol. Wt.: 431.9571 (C26H26ClN3O); Rf: 0.51 (Dichloromethane:Hexane:Methanol=2:1:0.5); Yield: 57.3%; Mp.: 174-175° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C26H26ClN3O+[M]+: 431.1764. Found: [M+H]+=432.1822 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.48-1.50 (m, 2H, —CH2—), 1.63-1.65 (m, 2H, —CH2—), 1.72-1.85 (m, 4H, —CH2—), 2.08 (d, J=11.4 Hz, 2H, —CH2—), 2.38-2.46 (m, 1H, —CH2—), 2.60 (s, 4H, —CH—), 2.91-3.02 (m, 2H, —CH2—), 3.76 (d, J=12.3 Hz, 2H, —CH2—), 7.41-7.45 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.55-7.61 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.82 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.66 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 24.99, 26.61, 28.77, 50.17, 50.85, 62.51, 120.98, 124.27, 124.42, 124.96, 127.26, 128.36, 130.34, 131.86, 134.37, 135.08, 135.32, 136.45, 141.99, 149.80, 157.82, 194.39 (CO).


Example 17
9-Chloro-6-(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-16)



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1-phenylpiperazine (1.53 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-16 (0.22 g).


Mol. Wt.: 425.9095 (C26H20ClN3O); Rf: 0.91 (Dichloromethane:Hexane:Methanol=3:1:0.5); Yield: 51.7%; Mp.: 193-194° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1714 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C26H20ClN3O+[M]+: 425.1295. Found: [M+H]+=426.1370 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.47 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.57 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 6.93 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 7.04 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 2H, Ar—H), 7.30-7.36 (m, 2H, Ar—H), 7.45-7.51 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.58-7.70 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.88 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.72 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 49.44, 50.16, 116.66, 120.53, 121.14, 124.32, 124.52, 125.21, 127.60, 128.49, 129.57, 130.56, 131.60, 134.43, 135.16, 135.49, 136.68, 141.74, 149.78, 151.65, 157.41, 194.30 (CO).


Example 18
6-(4-Benzylpiperazin-1-yl)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-17)



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1-benzylpiperazine (1.74 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-17 (0.18 g).


Mol. Wt.: 439.9361 (C27H22ClN3O); Rf: 0.37 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 40.9%; Mp.: 178-180° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C27H22ClN3O+[M]+: 439.1451. Found: [M+H]+=440.1503 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 2.73 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.41 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.65 (s, 2H, —CH2—) 7.28-7.47 (m, 7H, Ar—H8,10, Ar—H), 7.57-7.63 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.84 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.68 (d, J=7.05 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 50.11, 53.21, 63.34, 120.97, 124.26, 124.60, 125.04, 127.34, 127.50, 128.42, 128.64, 129.40, 130.42, 131.61, 134.35, 135.11, 135.30, 136.53, 138.46, 141.83, 149.78, 157.55, 194.38 (CO).


Example 19
9-Chloro-6-(4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-18)



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1-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazine (1.58 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-18 (0.18 g).


Mol. Wt.: 443.9 (C26H19ClN3O); Rf: 0.46 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 40.6%; Mp.: 182-183° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1715 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C26H19ClN3O+[M]+: 443.1201. Found: [M+H]+=444.1269 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.37 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.59 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 7.00-7.12 (m, 4H, Ar—H), 7.44-7.50 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.59-7.68 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.88 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.71 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 50.27, 50.63, 116.47, 116.75, 119.48, 121.09, 123.06, 123.17, 124.31, 124.53, 124.80, 124.86, 125.17, 127.54, 128.49, 130.54, 131.55, 134.40, 135.16, 135.45, 141.76, 149.78, 157.37, 194.29 (CO).


Example 20
9-Chloro-6-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-19)



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1-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine (1.38 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-19 (0.17 g).


Mol. Wt.: 455.9355 (C27H22ClN3O2); Rf: 0.38 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 37.3%; Mp.: 129-131° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1714 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C27H22ClN3O2+[M]+: 455.1401. Found: [M+H]+=456.1473 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.36 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.60 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.90 (s, 3H, —O—CH3), 6.91-7.07 (m, 4H, Ar—H), 7.47 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.59-7.63 (m, 2H, Ar—H2,3), 7.68 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H4), 7.87 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.70 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 50.39, 50.75, 55.75, 112.15, 118.68, 121.03, 121.49, 123.55, 124.28, 124.61, 125.09, 127.40, 128.47, 130.46, 131.58, 134.36, 135.15, 135.36, 136.61, 141.66, 141.85, 149.81, 152.86, 157.53, 194.38 (CO).


Example 21
9-Chloro-6-(4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-20)



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1-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazine (1.73 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as catalyst. After reaction, poured it into ice water and filtered to gain crude. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to gain compound SJ-20 (0.39 g).


Mol. Wt.: 455.9355 (C27H22ClN3O2); Rf: 0.43 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 85.9%; Mp.: 189-191° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1723 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C27H22ClN3O2+[M]+: 455.1401. Found: [M+H]+=456.1464 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.46 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.55 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 3.83 (s, 3H, —O—CH3), 6.50 (m, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 6.57 (s, 1H, Ar—H), 6.65 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 7.22 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 7.44-7.51 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.60-7.68 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.88 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.71 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 49.36, 50.08, 55.46, 103.25, 105.29, 109.41, 121.14, 124.31, 124.50, 125.18, 127.60, 128.49, 130.25, 130.56, 131.56, 134.42, 135.15, 135.49, 136.68, 141.70, 149.77, 153.00, 157.35, 161.17, 194.23 (CO).


Example 22
9-Chloro-6-(4-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-inden o[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-21)



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1-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)piperazine (1.83 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-21 (0.14 g).


Mol. Wt.: 446.9718 (C26H27ClN4O); Rf: 0.90 (Dichloromethane:Hexane:Methanol=2:1:0.5); Yield: 30.4%; Mp.: 208-209° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1710 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C26H27ClN4O+[M]+: 446.1873. Found: [M+H]+=447.1944 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.64-1.72 (m, 2H, —CH2—), 1.88 (d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H, —CH2—), 1.95-2.03 (m, 2H, —CH2—), 2.29 (s, 4H, —CH—, —CH3), 2.82 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 2.95 (d, J=9.6 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1), 3.40 (br, 4H, —CH2—), 6.47-6.50 (m, 1H, Ar—H), 6.57 (s, 1H, Ar—H), 6.65 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 7.22 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H), 7.42-7.47 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.61 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.84 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.68 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 28.54, 46.34, 49.24, 50.49, 55.62, 61.83, 120.96, 124.27, 124.61, 125.04, 127.31, 128.45, 130.40, 131.54, 134.33, 135.15, 135.31, 136.55, 141.89, 149.81, 157.49, 194.38 (CO).


Example 23
9-Chloro-6-(4-(1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4,5]dec-8-yl)-11H-indeno[1, 2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-22)



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1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4,5]dec-8-yl (1.29 mL, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-22 (0.23 g).


Mol. Wt.: 406.8616 (C23H19ClN2O3); Rf: 0.34 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 56.0%; Mp.: 218-219° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C23H19ClN2O3+[M]+: 406.1084. Found: [M+H]+=407.1154 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.98 (t, J=5.7 Hz, 4H, —CH2—), 3.51 (br, 4H, —N—CH2—), 4.04 (s, 4H, —O—CH2—), 7.46 (td, J=8.7, 2.1 Hz, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.62 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.83 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.69 (dd, J=8.4, 0.9 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 35.00, 48.35, 64.66, 107.31, 120.98, 124.25, 125.06, 127.32, 128.41, 130.42, 131.65, 134.38, 135.09, 135.36, 136.57, 141.97, 149.74, 157.34, 194.43 (CO).


Example 24
9-Chloro-6-(4-((piperazin-1-yl)(piperidin-1-yl)methanone)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-23)



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(piperazin-1-yl)(piperidin-1-yl)methanone (1.00 g, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[ 1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1) (1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-23 (0.22 g).


Mol. Wt.: 460.9553 (C26H25ClN4O2); Rf: 0.17 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 46.9%; Mp.: 266-267° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718, 1647 (C═O stretch); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C23H19ClN2O3+[M]+: 460.1666. Found: [M+H]+=461.1739 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.63 (s, 2H, —CH2—), 3.28-3.47 (m, 16H, —CH2—), 7.42-7.49 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.57-7.61 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.82 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.69 (d, J=7.8, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 24.86, 25.97, 47.12, 47.99, 49.99, 121.16, 124.32, 124.47, 125.20, 127.65, 128.39, 130.58, 131.62, 134.49, 135.09, 135.54, 136.68, 141.56, 149.69, 157.36, 164.84 (CO), 194.20 (CO).


Example 25
9-Chloro-6-(4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl)propyl)piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-24)



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4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl)propyl)piperidine (2.10 g, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1) (1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added pyridine (0.5 mL, 6.21 mmole) as the catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-24 (0.04 g).


Mol. Wt.: 474.0369 (C29H32ClN3O); Rf: 0.41 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 8.4%; Mp.: 149-151° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H32ClN3O [M]+: 473.2234. Found: [M+H]+=474.2318 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 1.07-1.46 (m, 12H, —CH2—, —CH—), 1.66-1.91 (m, 4H, —CH2—), 2.54-2.62 (m, 2H, N—CH2(axial)—), 2.90-2.94 (m, 2H, N—CH2(axial)—), 3.06 (d, J=12 Hz, 2H, N—CH2(equatorial)—), 3.70 (d, J=12.3 Hz, 2H, N—CH2(equatorial)—), 7.41-7.47 (m, 2H, Ar—H8,10), 7.56-7.61 (m, 3H, Ar—H2,3,4), 7.84 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.68 (d, J=8.1, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 23.81, 32.58, 33.95, 35.88, 36.49, 37.04, 37.65, 47.07, 50.75, 120.89, 124.27, 124.44, 124.92, 127.15, 128.31, 130.32, 131.96, 134.33, 135.08, 135.23, 136.43, 142.12, 149.83, 158.22, 194.52 (CO).


Example 26
6-(2-Hydroxyethylthio)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-25)



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2-mercaptoethanol (0.78 g, 10 mmole) was added to 10 mL DMF containing 0.3 g of 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (TC-XCl-1)(1 mmol). The mixture was heated while stirring at 150° C. for 4 hours and added potassium carbonate (0.27 g, 2 mmol) as catalyst. Pour the mixture into ice water after the reaction is completed and filter to get the crude product. Recrystallized from hot EtOH to get compound SJ-25 (0.33 g).


Mol. Wt.: 341.8114 (C18H12ClNO2S); Rf: 0.23 (Dichloromethane:Hexane=2:1); Yield: 95.0%; Mp.: 169-170° C. (EtOH); IR (KBr) cm−1: 1718 (C═O); HRMS (EI) m/z calcd for C18H12ClNO2S+[M]+: 341.0277. Found: 341.0287 (error<0.3%); 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 3.66 (t, J=5.4 Hz, 2H, —S—CH2—), 4.11 (t, J=5.25 Hz, 2H, —CH2—OH), 4.34 (br, 1H, OH), 7.47 (dd, J=8.4, 2.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H8), 7.53 (td, J=8.4, 1.5 Hz, 1H, Ar—H2), 7.61 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H10), 7.65 (td, J=8.4, 1.5 Hz, 1H, Ar—H3), 7.87 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H4), 7.92 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H, Ar—H7), 8.72 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H, Ar—H1); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 34.05, 63.23, 121.54, 124.64, 125.36, 125.83, 127.90, 128.79, 131.14, 134.11, 134.61, 135.02, 136.08, 136.70, 140.76, 149.91, 155.11, 193.79 (CO).


Example 27
6-Hydroxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-26)



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Add 0.30 g of TC-XCl-1 (1.0 mmol) to 2 ml of 36% HCl and allow to reflux in DMF (20 mL) at 150° C. for 24 hours. Pour the mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes. The precipitate collected at this stage is subjected to crystallization by ethanol to get the red compound SJ-26 (0.16 g, 57%).


Mol. Wt.: 281.6950 (C16H8ClNO2); Yield: 57%; Mp.: 380° C.; HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C16H8NO2Cl [M]+: 281.0244. Found: [M+H]+=282.0322, [M−H]280.0178; [M−H]280.0244; 1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 7.29 (1H, td, J=7.5, 1.2 Hz, Ar—H2), 7.40 (1H, d, J=8.4 Hz, Ar—H9), 7.54-7.65 (3H, m, Ar—H3,7,8), 7.93 (1H, d, J=7.5 Hz, Ar—H4), 8.37 (1H, d, J=7.8 Hz, Ar—H1), 12.38 (br, 1H, —OH); 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ ppm 7.30 (1H, t, J=7.6 Hz, Ar—H), 7.40 (1H, d, J=8.0 Hz, Ar—H), 7.56 (1H, t, J=7.6 Hz, Ar—H), 7.61 (1H, s, Ar—H), 7.63 (1H, d, J=7.6 Hz, Ar—H), 7.93 (1H, d, J=7.6 Hz, Ar—H), 8.37 (1H, d, J=8.4 Hz, Ar—H), 12.42 (1H, br, —OH); 13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6): 6 ppm 115.12, 116.39, 123.91, 124.41, 125.02, 131.62, 133.69, 134.33, 134.82, 135.68, 136.68, 140.78, 141.10, 159.20, 194.44.


Example 28
6-Methoxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-27)



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Slowly added methanol containing 1.08 g of sodium methoxide (20 mmol) to TC-XCl-1/methanol (10 ml) and incubate for 10 minutes and allow to reflux in DMF (20 mL) at 90° C. for 10 hours (TLC monitored). After cooling, use a rotary evaporator to remove and filter the solvent and wash with alcohol and n-hexane to get compound SJ-27.


Mol. Wt.: 295.7220 (C17H10ClNO2); Rf: 0.52 (CH2Cl2: n-hexane=1:1); Yield: 60%; Mp 259-261° C. (EtOH). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 4.24 (3H, s, —OCH3), 7.44 (1H, dd, J=8.0 Hz, 2.0 Hz, Ar—H), 7.47 (1H, td, J=7.6 Hz, 1.2 Hz, Ar—H), 7.59 (1H, d, J=2.0 Hz, Ar—H), 7.62 (1H, td, J=8.0 Hz, 1.6 Hz, Ar—H), 7.75 (1H, d, J=7.6 Hz, Ar—H), 7.85 (1H, d, J=8.4 Hz, Ar—H), 8.67 (1H, dd, J=8.0 Hz, 1.2 Hz, Ar—H). 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 53.92, 120.66, 124.09, 124.86, 125.03, 126.68, 127.48, 129.08, 130.25, 134.31, 134.51, 135.16, 136.14, 140.25, 148.79, 158.13, 193.88 (C═O). HRMS (ESI) calcd for C17H10NO2Cl [M]+295.0400. found [M+H]+296.0482.


Pharmacological Activity Assay


In pharmacological tests, compounds synthesized chemically including TC-XCl-1 and SJ-1 through SJ-27 (a total of 28 drugs) are subjected to the following pharmacological activity tests: (1) SRB assay, (2) Topoisomerase I Drug Screening Test, and (3) cytotoxicity assays conducted by NCI on the 16 screened compounds in 55 to 60 cancer cell lines.


Example 29
Sulforhodamine B (SRB) Assay

Add 5% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) to 96-well plate and fix the cells with 10% TCA after 24 hours of incubation and add the compound (T0). Add DMSO and culture for another 48 hours and the cells are fixed in 0.4% (W/V), 10% TCA and SRB, and stained with 1% acetic acid. Excess SRB is washed off by 1% acetic acid and cells stained with SRB are dissolved in 10 mmol/L Trizma base. The absorbance is measured at 515 nm. The treatment time is 0 (T0), control growth (C) and the increase of the compound (Tx) in the cells are shown below and are used to calculate the increase of the concentration of the compound in percentage. Growth inhibition (GI %) is calculated using the following formula 100−[(TX−T0)/(C−T0)]×100. The 50% growth inhibition concentration (IC50) is used to confirm the concentration of compound and thus results in 50% reduction of the treated cells which control the amount of total protein.


This part of experimental results are SRB assays measuring cytotoxicity of the 26 synthesized compounds against human PC-3 cells and are summarized in Table 1 and 2.









TABLE 1







The SRB assay results (I)










Compound
IC50 (μM)














TC-XCl-1
>15



SJ-2
4.34



SJ-8
>10



SJ-25
>10

















TABLE 2







The SRB assay results (II)












GI %
Tox-




(10
icity


Compd.
—R
μM)
(%)













SJ-1


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100
52.8 





SJ-3


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100
55.6 





SJ-4


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100
47.2 





SJ-5


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100
22.2 





SJ-6


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89.81
0 





SJ-7


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100
41.7 





SJ-9


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100
33.3 





SJ-10


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100
47.2 





SJ-11


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100
64.9 





SJ-12


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39.4
0 





SJ-13


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100
29.7 





SJ-14


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96.26
0 





SJ-15


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98.83
0 





SJ-16


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65.91
0 





SJ-17


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73.53
0 





SJ-18


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85.48
0 





SJ-19


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100
8.5





SJ-20


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98.05
0 





SJ-21


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100
66 





SJ-22


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100
42.6 





SJ-23


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100
43 





SJ-24


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100
63.8 









Example 30
Topoisomerase I Drug Screening

Four compounds are selected (SJ-2, SJ-3, SJ-11 and SJ-24) and are used in SRB assays for examination of their cytotoxicity effects against PC-3 cells based on the following principles.


TopoGEN Topoisomerase I Drug Screening Kit comprises necessary reagents for examining whether the compound has inhibition effects on topoisomerase I (Topo I). This kit can detect compounds utilizing two different mechanisms for inhibition of Top I, the first type inhibits enzyme activity and is called catalytic inhibitory compounds (CICs) and the second type stimulates stable formation of the drug-Top I-DNA cleavage complex and is referred to interfacial poisons (IFPs). Though CICs affect various levels of the enzyme, such as inhibition of the interaction between Topo I and DNA, which is non-specific, but high concentration of salts or polyamines are strong CICs. IFPs, on the other hand, inhibits ligation between nicked DNA. Camptothecin (CPT) and its derivatives are IFPs and are used as positive control in this kit. Under normal conditions, the mechanism of Topo I allows Topo I to enter a breakage/resealing DNA cycle. The cleavage stage during the process is very short and cannot be detected, whereas IFPs, such as integration of Camptothecin into the cleavage complex which leads to interruption of the resealing step and consequently leave the DNA in the nicked (ss break) form and linked to Topo I at the 5′ end of the nick on the DNA by covalent bonds while 3′ end is free. This kit utilizes circular supercoiled plasmid DNA (pHOT1) as the matrix. Topo I relaxes DNA and makes the DNA circular and prevents formation of nicked DNA. Following addition of the drug CPT, proteinase K will denature Topo I and produce nicked (nicked and unsealed) DNA, and this step is necessary for determination of unligated plasmid. If the tested compounds are CICs which can effectively inhibit enzyme activity, no relaxed DNA will be detected in the experiment.


Based on the results obtained from SRB assays, preliminary tests were conducted to examine the inhibition effects of the four compounds with better drug efficacy, SJ-2, SJ-3, SJ-11 and SJ-24, at the concentrations of 25 μM and 100 μM and the control group camptothecin (CPT) at 100 μM, in duplicate. The results indicate that SJ-11 is more effective than CPT in inhibition of topoisomerase I at the concentration of 25 μM (FIG. 2). The solubility of the four compounds in DMSO is poor, SJ-2<SJ-24<SJ-3<SJ-11, and therefore it is estimated and this is the reason why the three compounds which have previously proven to be effective against PC-3 cell line by SRB assays are ineffective in this experiment.


Example 31
National Cancer Institute Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity Assay

The test results shown in this section are the compound cytotoxicities in vitro against cancer cell lines National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s anticancer drug screen and 16 (TC-XLC-1, SJ-1, SJ-2, SJ-3, SJ-6, SJ-8, SJ-9, SJ-10, SJ-12, SJ-14, SJ-16, SJ-20, SJ-23, SJ-25, SJ-26 and SJ-27) were selected from the original 28 compounds screened. In the first stage, cytotoxicity of the 16 compounds at the concentration of 10 μM was conducted on 55 to 60 cell lines and SRB assay was performed after 48 hours of incubation. The results are shown in FIGS. 3 to 16 and Tables 3 to 7 and are represented by growth percentage. The mean of the growth percentage of all tested cell lines in a group is deducted from the obtained results and is used for determination of the cytotoxicity effect of that particular compound in the tested cancer cell line.


Two compounds SJ-3 and SJ-10 were found to have potential cytotoxicity and were subjected to the cytotoxicity tests at 5 different concentrations in the second stage. From the results, compounds SJ-3 (NSC 772864) and SJ-10 (NSC 772862) were selected by NCI for a five-dose level screening test and the mean growth percentage of the 60 cancer cell lines for the two compounds are 62.4 and −14.37, respectively. Preliminary analysis of the test results of the 16 compounds selected in the first stage suggests that substitution of the replacement functional group at site 6 of TC-XCl-1 induces more significant selective inhibition effect in breast cancer MCF-7 cell line. A summary of the NCI data provides information on the inhibition effect of various compound in different cancer cell lines (FIGS. 3 to 16 and Tables 3 to 8). For example, compound TC-XCl-1 can inhibit the growth of 9 cancer cell lines including leukemia and breast cancer cells, whereas compounds SJ-1 and SJ-2 are more effective in breast cancer cell line and compound SJ-10 show preferable inhibition effects in leukemia and colon cancer cells. Table 9 indicates the GI50, TGI and LC50 of the NCI data of TC-XCl, SJ-3 and SJ-10 NCI.


Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.









TABLE 3







TC-XCl-1, SJ-1 and SJ-2 data collected from NCI













TC-XCL-1
SJ-1
SJ-2


Compound No.

NSC
NSC
NSC


NCI No.

763969
772856
771781














Leukemia
CCRF-CEM
64.86
101.50
92.13



HL-60 (TB)
102.00
102.75
95.49



K-562
102.16
90.99
88.81



MOLT-4
70.83
93.26
88.92



RPMI-8226
92.83
91.82
88.05



SR
65.85
91.67
86.12


Non-Small Cell
A549/ATCC
108.98
96.83
98.85


Lung Cancer
EKVX
79.27
N.T.
N.T.



HOP-62
94.89
87.10
78.02



HOP-92
71.94
N.T.
44.26



NCI-H226
91.86
92.19
84.79



NCI-H23
79.30
86.83
82.62



NCI-H322M
95.38
80.85
78.83



NCI-H460
98.68
84.38
94.17



NCI-H522
89.37
90.50
88.97


Colon Cancer
COLO 205
99.18
66.47
100.97



HCC-2998
98.52
57.51
81.50



HCT-116
105.87
88.31
98.57



HCT-15
114.88
66.20
80.49



HT29
104.27
99.44
94.89



KM12
111.92
66.82
94.44



SW-620
98.29
96.25
96.35


CNS Cancer
SF-268
117.27
97.27
100.26



SF-295
92.80
95.71
93.22



SF-539
110.08
92.08
87.80



SNB-19
101.30
95.95
104.19



SNB-75
82.91
79.70
69.12



U251
100.63
96.03
98.98


Melanoma
LOX IMVI
84.23
93.40
85.45



MALME-3M
102.06
114.83
111.50



M14
109.79
112.68
113.63



MDA-MB-435
100.46
107.24
97.33



SK-MEL-2
117.11
N.T.
95.09



SK-MEL-28
90.08
114.89
113.43



SK-MEL-5
86.30
80.96
94.89



UACC-257
127.99
107.69
101.11



UACC-62
94.45
77.41
78.16


Ovarian Cancer
IGROV1
92.82
54.41
83.38



OVCAR-3
119.93
84.91
103.48



OVCAR-4
94.13
72.83
84.28



OVCAR-5
137.00
81.54
89.14



OVCAR-8
101.08
94.33
84.55



NCI/ADR-RES
96.78
92.22
92.57



SK-OV-3
N.T.
92.62
99.12


Renal Cancer
786-0
112.40
103.34
108.01



A498
N.T.
82.03
96.00



ACHN
111.67
88.46
87.55



CAKI-1
75.67
73.84
84.65



RXF 393
112.80
97.15
101.32



SN12C
88.03
94.82
95.38



TK-10
138.45
65.31
91.84



UO-31
80.62
56.91
48.63


Prostate Cancer
PC-3
92.73
89.44
82.55



DU-145
113.91
106.88
106.50


Breast Cancer
MCF7
74.25
5.24
23.99



MDA-MB-231/
87.66
83.87
76.68



ATCC






HS 578T
91.01
85.28
72.84



BT-549
119.62
101.88
102.55



T-47D
86.97
23.53
44.88



MDA-MB-468
107.92
-31.61
0.60


Mean

98.17
84.15
87.15


Delta

33.31
115.76
86.55


Range

73.59
146.5
113.03
















TABLE 4







SJ-3, SJ-6 and SJ-8 data collected from NCI













SJ-3
SJ-6
SJ-8


Compound No.

NSC
NSC
NSC


NCI No.

772864
772860
771782














Leukemia
CCRF-CEM
42.00
104.33
88.85



HL-60 (TB)
94.33
98.84
97.09



K-562
45.29
103.57
89.01



MOLT-4
34.63
94.41
88.74



RPMI- 8226
81.94
97.99
83.40



SR
46.92
98.51
85.94


Non-Small Cell
A549/ATCC
51.79
101.69
101.47


Lung Cancer
EKVX
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.



HOP-62
24.86
64.18
78.71



HOP-92
N.T.
N.T.
66.08



NCI-H226
80.86
94.59
87.21



NCI-H23
80.63
90.42
90.40



NCI-H322M
69.83
107.08
91.28



NCI-H460
25.15
101.21
102.14



NCI-H522
77.39
98.45
91.11


Colon Cancer
COLO 205
45.69
104.79
100.71



HCC-2998
88.65
102.76
107.23



HCT-116
36.96
102.51
93.64



HCT-15
50.38
97.78
80.29



HT29
9.75
104.84
91.34



KM12
53.42
94.80
109.99



SW-620
43.72
88.89
103.71


CNS Cancer
SF-268
65.88
96.49
103.58



SF-295
N.T.
96.18
102.43



SF-539
85.04
90.22
96.24



SNB-19
94.02
103.87
100.01



SNB-75
71.52
84.42
81.55



U251
N.T.
N.T.
95.72


Melanoma
LOX IMVI
N.T.
N.T.
91.20



MALME-3M
52.55
98.31
136.93



M14
76.44
96.60
106.99



MDA-MB-435
92.72
104.53
106.62



SK-MEL-2
N.T.
N.T.
104.29



SK-MEL-28
87.40
105.21
113.81



5K-MEL-5
82.51
98.52
99.19



UACC-257
92.18
106.47
103.31



UACC-62
99.56
93.36
88.33


Ovarian Cancer
IGROV1
43.43
94.36
86.47



OVCAR-3
73.13
97.59
102.34



OVCAR-4
52.50
97.11
96.67



OVCAR-5
89.34
104.92
90.30



OVCAR-8
61.36
96.38
95.25



NCI/ADR-RES
69.55
90.28
94.32



SK-OV-3
84.20
99.78
107.26


Renal Cancer
786-0
74.13
102.73
103.71



A498
88.98
87.55
93.88



ACHN
55.86
94.75
81.66



CAKI-1
64.35
83.89
94.99



RXF 393
51.90
97.51
114.61



SN12C
61.60
99.08
96.95



TK-10
95.55
134.79
101.98



UO-31
25.86
76.25
45.74


Prostate Cancer
PC-3
41.01
90.64
79.64



DU-145
65.48
103.47
119.02


Breast Cancer
MCF7
12.70
64.65
52.31



MDA-MB-231/
25.16
90.96
79.28



ATCC






HS 578T
84.70
98.38
88.93



BT-549
87.48
95.52
93.95



T-47D
43.28
67.68
88.81



MDA-MB-468
33.81
97.12
59.47


Mean

62.4
96.2
93.66


Delta

52.65
32.02
47.92


Range

89.81
70.61
91.19
















TABLE 5







SJ-9, SJ-10 and SJ-12 data collected from NCI













SJ-9
SJ-10
SJ-12


Compound No.

NSC
NSC
NSC


NCI No.

772857
772862
771783














Leukemia
CCRF-CEM
105.04
-35.45
92.44



HL-60 (TB)
94.50
-38.36
101.15



K-562
100.89
-65.71
92.13



MOLT-4
93.29
-43.22
92.90



RPMI-8226
95.20
-43.57
85.92



SR
99.53
-55.19
75.13


Non-Small Cell
A549/ATCC
104.35
18.70
96.43


Lung Cancer
EKVX
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.



HOP-62
78.17
-61.80
61.42



HOP-92
N.T.
N.T.
38.50



NCI-H226
94.22
49.94
86.17



NCI-H23
94.33
49.19
86.27



NCI-H322M
92.29
35.89
87.41



NCI-H460
93.32
-66.36
91.83



NCI-H522
92.76
18.08
96.62


Colon Cancer
COLO 205
96.30
-81.49
93.65



HCC-2998
103.16
-55.83
103.21



HCT-116
89.08
-83.19
92.78



HCT-15
97.88
-78.92
92.83



HT29
95.52
-80.89
93.76



KM12
97.97
-47.09
99.06



SW-620
91.88
-73.67
92.76


CNS Cancer
SF-268
96.13
34.33
92.35



SF-295
93.33
23.75
90.01



SF-539
92.93
36.91
95.23



SNB-19
113.43
67.25
85.41



SNB-75
72.13
22.34
70.00



U251
111.96
N.T.
85.86


Melanoma
LOX IMVI
100.04
N.T.
87.17



MALME-3M
101.05
-32.28
106.59



M14
101.69
-56.24
106.31



MDA-MB-435
107.70
-6.57
98.43



SK-MEL-2
N.T.
N.T.
104.36



SK-MEL-28
110.84
-91.38
110.81



SK-MEL-5
89.52
59.18
97.67



UACC-257
107.44
-39.24
95.34



UACC-62
94.90
-81.71
96.67


Ovarian Cancer
IGROV1
72.45
3.23
75.03



OVCAR-3
96.58
22.86
93.41



OVCAR-4
98.19
35.59
94.70



OVCAR-5
94.37
39.14
99.31



OVCAR-8
96.11
-46.09
87.51



NCI/ADR-RES
102.85
-4.00
88.19



SK-OV-3
84.60
57.81
87.98


Renal Cancer
786-0
99.53
25.31
89.51



A498
99.15
59.79
72.81



ACHN
86.42
-83.29
88.10



CAKI-1
82.68
17.84
83.81



RXF 393
106.09
20.51
94.00



SN12C
93.10
15.89
83.57



TK-10
121.79
47.07
99.56



UO-31
65.33
-40.61
47.60


Prostate Cancer
PC-3
87.77
-58.51
82.93



DU-145
106.04
-41.83
102.37


Breast Cancer
MCF7
49.61
-100.00
68.30



MDA-MB-231/
93.08
-10.45
62.53



ATCC






HS 578T
87.68
60.88
70.47



BT-549
92.91
58.35
82.89



T-47D
83.86
-31.54
76.27



MDA-MB-468
97.71
-35.66
95.71


Mean

94.75
-14.37
88.15


Delta

45.14
85.63
49.65


Range

72.18
167.25
72.31
















TABLE 6







SJ-14, SJ-16 and SJ-20 data collected from NCI













SJ-14
SJ-16
SJ-20


Compound No.

NSC
NSC
NSC


NCI No.

772859
7772861
772863














Leukemia
CCRF-CEM
95.17
93.52
93.78



HL-60 (TB)
103.04
105.45
99.09



K-562
99.26
95.17
94.25



MOLT-4
98.39
98.13
95.46



RPMI-8226
94.89
95.33
93.63



SR
97.09
95.93
95.05


Non-Small Cell
A549/ATCC
101.56
90.89
101.22


Lung Cancer
EKVX
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.



HOP-62
108.83
N.T.
90.22



HOP-92
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.



NCI-H226
92.80
79.43
89.19



NCI-H23
92.80
83.34
87.22



NCI-H322M
98.50
98.63
91.93



NCI-H460
101.46
97.04
101.76



NCI-H522
98.72
80.10
79.75


Colon Cancer
COLO 205
104.54
102.19
106.63



HCC-2998
106.04
106.23
105.79



HCT-116
91.34
78.18
93.02



HCT-15
89.64
80.71
100.39



HT29
93.22
82.40
95.93



KM12
99.33
98.34
105.95



SW-620
93.06
93.14
91.16


CNS Cancer
SF-268
96.39
85.45
83.89



SF-295
96.87
60.91
90.05



SF-539
101.34
83.17
83.97



SNB-19
95.06
88.40
105.27



SNB-75
86.36
33.20
37.76



U251
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.


Melanoma
LOX IMVI
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.



MALME-3M
92.48
100.05
92.79



M14
105.34
97.52
105.07



MDA-MB-435
99.93
99.55
100.75



SK-MEL-2
N.T.
N.T.
N.T.



SK-MEL-28
107.58
104.82
103.93



5K-MEL-5
97.48
99.23
96.87



UACC-257
98.37
98.40
93.79



UACC-62
95.06
87.17
86.44


Ovarian Cancer
IGROV1
85.84
65.13
80.87



OVCAR-3
99.54
98.07
104.27



OVCAR-4
94.20
90.32
87.08



OVCAR-5
106.41
88.56
98.22



OVCAR- 8
96.55
75.82
83.98



NCI/ADR-RPS
100.39
97.88
92.82



SK-OV-3
96.85
78.58
86.02


Renal Cancer
786-0
97.90
81.41
81.67



A498
88.64
97.48
104.53



ACHN
100.03
68.58
93.51



CAKI-1
93.83
80.23
86.59



RXF 393
95.60
72.95
78.38



SN12C
99.08
87.90
88.17



TK-10
N.T.
115.61
133.34



UO-31
72.57
65.02
86.64


Prostate Cancer
PC-3
86.19
79.79
72.83



DU-145
110.73
102.96
98.98


Breast Cancer
MCF7
75.18
53.31
77.46



MDA-MB-231/
82.96
73.80
79.81



ATCC






HS 578T
99.40
N.T.
71.75



BT-549
102.74
89.83
101.57



T-47D
92.20
75.93
86.68



MDA-MB-468
103.99
95.37
101.04


Mean

96.53
87.29
92.15


Delta

23.96
54.09
54.39


Range

38.16
82.41
95.58
















TABLE 7







SJ-23 data collected from NCI













SJ-23



Compound No.

NSC



NCI No.

772858















Leukemia
CCRF-CEM
109.87




HL-60 (TB)
109.78




K-562
95.70




MOLT-4
104.77




RPMI-8226
104.31




SR
105.15



Non-Small Cell
A549/ATCC
99.12



Lung Cancer
EKVX
N.T.




HOP-62
96.39




HOP-92
N.T.




NCI-H226
96.06




NCI-H23
95.41




NCI-H322M
94.59




NCI-H460
98.85




NCI-H522
99.28



Colon Cancer
COLO 205
98.52




HCC-2998
106.23




HCT-116
101.67




HCT-15
99.35




HT29
108.65




KM12
101.58




SW-620
92.51



CNS Cancer
SF-268
107.51




SF-295
97.83




SF-539
92.98




SNB-19
108.66




SNB-75
80.84




U251
98.15



Melanoma
LOX IMVI
103.19




MALME-3M
102.62




M14
101.18




MDA-MB-435
102.57




SK-MEL-2
N.T.




SK-MEL-28
107.03




SK-MEL-5
92.50




UACC-257
104.23




UACC-62
93.92



Ovarian Cancer
IGROV1
81.63




OVCAR-3
103.33




OVCAR-4
98.31




OVCAR-5
102.33




OVCAR- 8
104.73




NCI/ADR-RES
107.13




SK-OV-3
95.59



Renal Cancer
786-0
105.05




A498
104.44




ACHN
95.59




CAKI-1
90.50




RXF 393
107.22




SN12C
101.12




TK-10
131.97




UO-31
82.74



Prostate Cancer
PC-3
93.07




DU-145
114.04



Breast Cancer
MCF7
97.24




MDA-MB-231/ATCC
93.54




HS 578T
102.06




BT-549
105.34




T-47D
95.99




MDA-MB-468
106.42



Mean

100.53



Delta

19.69



Range

51.13

















TABLE 8







SJ-25, SJ-26 and SJ-27 data collected from NCI













SJ-25
SJ-26
SJ-27


Compound No.

NSC
NSC
NSC


NCI No.

763971
763970
765596














Leukemia
CCRF-CEM
71.56
105.78
89.25



HL-60 (TB)
91.75
102.31
108.77



K-562
63.81
97.48
108.53



MOLT-4
59.49
95.10
110.33



RPMI-8226
62.28
90.60
90.30



SR
61.70
77.02
N.T.


Non-Small Cell
A549/ATCC
76.42
104.88
99.70


Lung Cancer
EKVX
30.15
72.14
N.T.



HOP-62
91.46
91.26
96.01



HOP-92
N.T.
N.T.
77.75



NCI-H226
80.52
85.66
89.22



NCI-H23
66.22
81.56
93.26



NCI-H322M
73.47
90.72
99.80



NCI-H460
79.22
83.32
98.27



NCI-H522
68.89
92.22
95.89


Colon Cancer
COLO 205
87.39
98.25
108.91



HCC-2998
96.27
102.24
104.46



HCT-116
77.94
103.43
88.60



HCT-15
80.10
108.54
94.98



HT29
84.03
102.38
111.60



KM12
84.62
102.73
98.35



SW-620
86.99
95.26
98.89


CNS Cancer
SF-268
96.53
106.64
113.64



SF-295
73.28
92.48
N.T.



SF-539
100.05
105.79
91.49



SNB-19
89.19
99.28
96.35



SNB-75
66.06
80.33
59.75



U251
78.04
96.46
97.67


Melanoma
LOX IMVI
68.41
86.91
116.91



MALME-3M
107.23
103.37
107.54



M14
98.89
108.50
96.50



MDA-MB-435
95.15
100.35
100.31



SK-MEL-2
95.85
117.12
109.44



SK-MEL-28
86.90
100.02
106.24



SK-MEL-5
68.56
84.87
98.51



UACC-257
106.91
106.31
98.20



UACC-62
84.47
95.17
74.08


Ovarian Cancer
IGROV1
69.73
91.28
96.92



OVCAR-3
89.42
117.80
111.89



OVCAR-4
73.19
80.74
N.T.



OVCAR-5
112.54
126.77
96.81



OVCAR-8
90.21
107.63
98.75



NCPADR-RES
73.58
97.00
94.29



SK-OV-3
N.T.
N.T.
119.79


Renal Cancer
786-0
100.58
114.55
103.51



A498
N.T.
N.T.
93.51



ACHN
88.12
104.75
90.83



CAKI-1
41.86
71.62
90.65



RXF 393
79.39
99.93
114.49



SN12C
84.58
96.69
89.48



TK-10
99.82
126.63
N.T.



UO-31
56.23
70.50
55.69


Prostate Cancer
PC-3
58.35
93.44
74.44



DU-145
92.27
111.80
121.06


Breast Cancer
MCF7
67.82
68.09
71.98



MDA-MB-231/
72.56
86.98
74.61



ATCC






HS 578T
58.28
105.98
92.74



BT-549
92.88
120.08
92.95



T-47D
63.89
67.23
78.97



MDA-MB-486
77.36
80.08
99.51


Mean

79.52
96.60
96.23


delta

49.37
29.37
40.54


Range

82.39
59.54
65.37
















TABLE 9







The GI50, TGI and LC50 data of TC-XCI, SJ-3


and SJ-10 collected from NCI











(TC-XC1) (NSC763972)
SJ-3 (NSC772864)
SJ-10 (NSC772862)
















Panel/

TGI
LC50

TGI
LC50

TGI
LC50


Cell

Sub-
Se-

Sub-
Se-

Sub-
Se-


line

panel
lectivity

panel
lectivity

panel
lectivity


(μM)
GI50
MIDb
ratio
GI50
MIDb
ratio
GI50
MIDb
ratio



















Leukemia































CCRF-CEM
1.42
1.114
8.063
15.5
>100
8.24
9.696
1.475
3.50
7.80
6.32
11.000
0.954
>100
>100


HL-60(TB)
1.06


4.28
>100
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.
36.9


>100
>100


K-562
0.315


>100
>100
8.75


3.61
7.46
7.80


>100
>100


MOLT-4
1.97


15.3
>100
6.24


3.43
7.91
4.41


>100
>100


RPMI-8226
0.549


>100
>100
20.20


4.31
9.73
7.48


>100
>100


SR
1.37


43.4
>100
5.05


4.06
11.60
3.09


>100
>100


Non-Small Cell

















Lung Cancer

















A549/ATCC
2.95
5.840
1.538
>100
>100
15.20
11.819
1.210
3.51
6.72
4.87
6.477
1.621
>100
>100


EKVX
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.


HOP-62
3.84


>100
>100
4.51


2.83
5.74
12.3


>100
>100


HOP-92
1.21


13.4
>100
3.08


5.80
25.10
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.


NCI-H226
11.6


>100
>100
1.88




7.77


>100
>100


NCI-H23
3.44


63.6
>100
2.63


4.00
8.35
6.65


>100
>100


NCI-H322M
16


92.3
>100
34.50


13.10
36.20
5.62


>100
>100


NCI-460
7.44


86.3
>100
5.15


3.20
6.74
4.15


>100
>100


NCI-H522
0.238


0.644
3.57
27.60


3.80
7.23
3.98


>100
>100


Colon Cancer

















COLO 205
3.77
9.560
0.939
15.8
39.8
2.41
18.400
0.778


12.2
9.763
1.075
>100
>100


HCC-2998
11.0


>100
>100
>100


4.08
7.94
30.9


>100
>100


HCT-116
0.807


>100
>100
6.19


3.19
6.06
5.42


>100
>100


HCT-15
0.716


>100
>100
4.37


3.51
7.50
4.34


>100
>100


HT29
39.0


>100
>100
4.23


3.16
6.28
7.84


>100
>100


KM12
4.62


>100
>100
6.48


3.11
5.96
2.50


>100
>100


SW-620
7.01


>100
>100
5.12


3.06
6.67
5.14


>100
>100


CNS Cancer

















SF-268
4.28
14.364
0.625
>100
>100
17.70
14.875
0.962
3.27
6.52
8.71
8.053
1.304
>100
>100


SF-295
10.8


87.9
>100
17.80


4.60
9.85
7.79


>100
>100


SF-539
23.1


64.2
>100
20.90


3.15
5.86
14.2


>100
>100


SNB-19
30.9


>100
>100
18.20


3.42

8.27


>100
>100


SNB-75
N.T.


N.T.
>100
3.25


2.35
4.86
4.53


>100
>100


U251
2.74


>100
>100
11.40


3.06
5.88
4.82


>100
>100


Melanoma

















LOX IMV1
0.64
10.637
0.844
57.00
>100
6.04
15.654
0.914
3.04
6.02
4.74
19.894
0.528
>100
>100


MALME-3M
8.32


42.20
>100
17.30


3.83
7.46
8.87


>100
>100


M14
3.75


>100
>100
16.50


5.48
19.30
7.49


>100
>100


MDA-MB-435
3.97


>100
>100
20.20


3.86
7.62
7.01


>100
>100


SK-MEL-2
17.10


50.20
>100
37.70


4.73
10.40
7.36


>100
>100


SK-MEL-28
33.00


>100
>100
6.00


3.21
5.83
>100


>100
>100


SK-MEL-5
7.36


22.50
56.5
1.15


2.61

4.10


>100
>100


UACC-257
6.39


65.10
>100
21.20


3.39
6.37
35.1


>100
>100


UACC-62
15.20


88.40
>100
14.80


3.31
6.68
4.38


>100
>100


Ovarian Cancer

















IGROV1
14.3
13.649
0.658
>100
>100
11.20
17.448
0.820
3.62
7.82
5.94
13.591
0.772
>100
>100


OVCAR-3
4.46


95.1
>100
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.
12.8


>100
>100


OVCAR-4
8.83


21.9
49.30
2.99


2.79
5.68
6.39


>100
>100


OVCAR-5
16.1


66.1
>100
21.50


3.32
6.52
34.5


>100
>100


OVCAR-8
1.49


>100
>100
13.80


3.63
7.76
8.66


>100
>100


NCI/ADR-RES
2.26


25.2
>100
19.30


3.67
7.41
22.5


>100
>100


SK-OV-3
48.1


>100
>100
35.90


5.57
17.20
4.35


>100
>100


Renal Cancer

















786-O
23.4
10.988
0.817
>100
>100
26.80
12.733
1.124
3.29
6.01
23.5
6.370
1.648
>100
>100


A498
6.75


71.7
>100
8.76


1.78
50.80
2.63


>100
>100


ACHN
4.2


>100
>100
6.44


3.04
5.89
3.14


>100
>100


CAKI-1
7.92


>100
>100
14.80


3.26
6.80
2.52


>100
>100


RXF 393
17.9


63.6
>100
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.
4.55


>100
>100


SN12C
3.24


>100
>100
4.12


2.87
6.16
5.42


>100
>100


TK-10
22.7


68.9
>100
24.60


3.70
6.38
N.T.


N.T.
N.T.


UO-31
1.79


35.3
>100
3.61


2.88
6.48
2.83


>100
>100


Prostate Cancer

















PC-3
0.606
2.968
3.026
>100
>100
12.50
15.650
0.914
3.82
8.98
5.93
5.360
1.959
>100
>100


DU-145
5.33


>100
>100
18.80


2.94
5.43
4.79


>100
>100


Breast Cancer

















MCF7
7.73
7.280
1.234
>100
>100
0.44
12.345
1.159
2.60
5.54
5.42
6.813
1.541
>100
>100


MDA-MB-231/
2.44


13.8
75.1
2.23


2.71
5.70
7.23


>100
>100


ATCC

















HS 578T
20.3


>100
>100
19.30


10.00
46.10
4.77


>100
>100


BT-549
7.55


>100
>100
32.50


9.50
45.50
10.6


>100
>100


T-47D
0.84


2.86
8.96
17.80


3.56
7.19
8.44


>100
>100


MDA-MB-468
4.82


29.4
>100
1.71


3.07

4.42


>100
>100


MIDa
8.982




14.306




10.498









MIDa


MIDa = Average sensitivity of all cell line in μM.


MIDb = Average sensitivity of all cell line of a particular subpanel in μM.


Selectivity ratio = MIDa:MIDb


N.T. = No test





Claims
  • 1. A compound as shown in formulation (I):
  • 2. The compound according to claim 1, wherein the functional group ii) is selected from the group consisting of methyl amine, dimethyl amine, 2-(diethylamino) ethyl amine, and 2-hydroxyethylthio.
  • 3. The compound according to claim 1, wherein the functional group iii) is selected from the groups consisting of pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, 4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl, azepan-1-yl, morpholino, thiomorpholino, piperazin-1-yl, 2-methyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-cyclopentyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-(piperidin-1-yl) piperidin-1-yl, 4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-benzyl-piperazin-1-yl, 4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazine-1-yl, 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(3-methoxyphenyl) piperazin-1-yl, 4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl, 4-(1,4-dioxo-8-aza-spiro[4,5]dec-8-yl, 4-((piperazin-1-yl) (piperidin-1-yl) methanone), 4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl) propyl) piperidin-1-yl, hydroxyl, and methoxyl.
  • 4. The compound according to claim 1, wherein the compound is selected from the groups consisting of: 9-Chloro-6-(methylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-(azepan-1-yl)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-morpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-thiomorpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(2-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-cyclopentyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(piperidin-1-yl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-(4-benzyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(1,4-dioxo-8-aza-spiro[4,5]dec-8-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-((piperazin-1-yl) (piperidin-1-yl) methanone))-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one, and9-chloro-6-(4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl) propyl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-(2-Hydroxyethylthio)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-hydroxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-methoxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,and their salts.
  • 5. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the effective dosage compound according to claim 1 and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, diluent or excipient.
  • 6. A method for inhibiting Topoisomerase I activity which comprises administration an effective amount of the compound according to claim 1 at effective doses.
  • 7. A method for the treatment of cancers which comprises administrating an effective amount of the compound according to claim 1.
  • 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the cancers are selected from the groups consisting of leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, central nervous system (CNS) cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer.
  • 9. A method for preparation of indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one derivatives, wherein the method comprising: (1) mix isatin, 2-(4-chlorophenyl) acetic acid and sodium acetate at 200° C. for 3 hours, allow cooling before adding acetic acid and collect the precipitate following extraction and filtration; wash the precipitate with acetic acid, water and n-hexane to give an intermediate product and add the intermediate product to phosphoryl trichloride and reflux at 150° C. for 48 hours; upon completion, allow cooling to room temperature followed by addition of 0° C. ice water; collect the resulting precipitate after extraction and filtration and place in 10% aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution for 1 hour with vigorous stirring; the crude product was recrystallized from dichloromethane after washing with water to give 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one (TC-XCl-1);(2) dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in N,N-dimethylformamide and add methylamine or N1,N1-diethylethane-1,2-diamine followed by addition of N,N-diisopropylethylamine to catalyze the reaction at 150° C. for 4 hours; pour the resulting mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes to give the precipitate which was then recrystallized from ethanol to produce the compounds 9-chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-1) and 6-(2-(diethylamino)ethylamine yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one (SJ-3);(3) dissolve the 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step (1) in dimethyl formamide, add secondary amines followed by addition of pyridine to catalyze the reaction at 150° C. for 4 hours; pour the resulting mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes to give the precipitate which was then recrystallized from ethanol to produce the compounds which are selected from the groups consisting of9-chloro-6-(dimethylamino)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-(azepan-1-yl)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-morpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-thiomorpholino-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(2-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-cyclopentyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(piperidin-1-yl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-phenyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,6-(4-benzyl-piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(2-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-(1,4-dioxo-8-aza-spiro[4,5]dec-8-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one,9-chloro-6-(4-((piperazin-1-yl) (piperidin-1-yl) methanone))-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one, and9-chloro-6-(4-(3-(piperidin-4-yl) propyl) piperidin-1-yl)-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one;(4) dissolve the 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step (1) in dimethyl formamide, add 2-mercaptoethanol followed by addition of potassium carbonate to catalyze the reaction at 150° C. for 4 hours; pour the resulting mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes to give the precipitate which was then recrystallized from ethanol to produce the compound 6-(2-hydroxy-ethylthio)-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one;(5) dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in dimethyl formamide and then add conc. hydrochloric acid at 150° C. for 24 hours. At the end of reaction, pour the mixture into ice water and incubate for 10 to 20 minutes. Finally, recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to give the compound 6-hydroxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one;(6) dissolve 6,9-dichloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinoline-11-one obtained from step 1 in methanol then add sodium methoxide at 90° C. for 10 hours. At the end of reaction, cool the mixture and recrystallize the precipitate with ethanol to give the compound 6-methoxy-9-chloro-11H-indeno[1,2-c]quinolin-11-one.