Structure-activity and structure-property relationship studies of spirocyclic chromanes with antimalarial activity

Malaria is a prevalent and lethal disease. The fast emergence and spread of resistance to current therapies is a major concern and the development of a novel line of therapy that could overcome, the problem of drug resistance, is imperative. Screening of a set of compounds with drug/natural product-based sub-structural motifs led to the identification of spirocyclic chroman-4-one 1 with promising antimalarial activity against the chloroquine-resistant Dd2 and chloroquine-sensitive 3D7 strains of the parasite. Extensive structure-activity and structure-property relationship studies were conducted to identify the essential features necessary for its activity and properties.

Iredia D Iyamu, Yingzhao Zhao, Prakash T Parvatkar, Bracken F Roberts, Debora R Casandra, Lukasz Wojtas, Dennis E Kyle, Debopam Chakrabarti, Roman Manetsch. Bioorg Med Chem. 2022 Jan 14;57:116629. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116629.