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A series of thalidomide and phthalimide ester analogs were efficiently synthesized from N-chloromethylthalidomide, N-chloromethylphthalimide, and N-(2-bromoethyl)phthalimide derivatives with various biologically important carboxylic acids. The synthesized compounds were purified and characterized by various chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. The antitumor activity of all the synthesized compounds was screened against human liver and breast cancer cells, which showed that phthalimide ester 6a was the best cytotoxic compound against MCF7 cells, while all of the tested compounds showed a non-cytotoxic effect against HepG2 cells. Compounds 5a, 6a, and 7a possess immunosuppressant effect, while compounds 5c, 5d, 6c, 6d, 7c, and 7d showed an immunostimmulatory effect. Meanwhile, estimation of the binding affinity for all the synthesized compounds toward the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) showed that compounds 5a, 5b, and 7d were the most potent inhibitors.

2-Aryl-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde derivatives underwent Claisen-Schmidt condensation with acetophenone derivatives under microwave irradiation condition compared with the conventional heating to afford excellent yields of trans substituted indolylchalcones which subjected to condensation reaction with phenylhydrazine to afford their indolylpyrazoline analogs. The antitumor activity of the synthesized compounds was examined and evaluated against human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (Hep-G2) as well as the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50). Most of them showed high potent antitumor activity.

Treatment of 2-arylindole derivatives with structurally diverse aldehydes in the presence of glacial acetic acid as an efficient, mild, and inexpensive catalyst under microwave irradiation condition compared with the conventional method afforded excellent yields of biologically important bis(indolyl)methane and tetraindolyl(terephthalyl)dimethane derivatives.

A series of thalidomide and phthalimide ester analogs were efficiently synthesized from N-chloromethylthalidomide, N-chloromethylphthalimide, and N-(2-bromoethyl)phthalimide derivatives with various biologically important carboxylic acids. The synthesized compounds were purified and characterized by various chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. The antitumor activity of all the synthesized compounds was screened against human liver and breast cancer cells, which showed that phthalimide ester 6a was the best cytotoxic compound against MCF7 cells, while all of the tested compounds showed a non-cytotoxic effect against HepG2 cells. Compounds 5a, 6a, and 7a possess immunosuppressant effect, while compounds 5c, 5d, 6c, 6d, 7c, and 7d showed an immunostimmulatory effect. Meanwhile, estimation of the binding affinity for all the synthesized compounds toward the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) showed that compounds 5a, 5b, and 7d were the most potent inhibitors.

The cytotoxicity of all synthesized compounds (III) and (V) against human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (Hep-G2) is tested.