1,2-Bis(arylsulfonyl)hydrazines. 2. The influence of arenesulfonyl and aralkylsulfonyl substituents on antitumor and alkylating activity
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Vol. 29 (7) , 1323-1325
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jm00157a041
Abstract
Several 1,2-bis(arylsulfonyl)-1-methylhydrazines were synthesized and evaluated for antineoplastic activity against the L1210 leukemia. The most active compound to emerge from this study, 2-[(4-chlorophenyl)sulfonyl]-1-methyl-1-(4-tolylsulfonyl)hydrazine, increased the survival times of tumor-bearing mice by 88%. The alkylating activity of the synthesized analogues and several compounds reported earlier was determined by measuring the absorbance at 540 nm of the alkylated product of 1-(4-nitrobenzyl)pyridine. The results obtained support the concept that the ability to alkylate is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the expression of antitumor activity by agents of this class.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: