Design, synthesis and 3D-QSAR analysis of novel 2-hydrazinyl-4-morpholinothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives as potential antitumor agents

A series of 2-hydrazinyl-4-morpholinothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against five Cancer cell lines. Most of them exhibited moderate to significant cytotoxic activities and high-selectivity against one or more cell lines, and nearly all of them had higher potency than positive controls against MDA-MB-231 cell line. The most promising compound 15f showed strong cytotoxic activities against H460, HT-29 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines, which were 1.7- to 66.5-folds more active than 2-(1H-Indazol-4-yl)-6-((4-(methylsulfonyl)-1-piperazinyl)methyl)-4-(4-morpholinyl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine(GDC-0941). To investigate the SARs of thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives in more details, CoMFA (q(2) = 0.436, r(2) = 0.937) and CoMSIA (q(2) = 0.706, r(2) = 0.947) models on H460 cell line were established. The generated 3D-QSAR models can be used for further rational design of novel thienopyrimidines as highly potent and selective cytotoxic agents.