Patent Application: US-15975507-A

Abstract:
the bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives with anti - parasitic and anti - cancer activity . bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives bnipput , bnipdapen , bnipdhex , bnipdahep , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bntpdadec , bnipdadod , bnpdpta , bnipdeta were synthesized in yields ranging from 50 - 70 and their cytotoxicity against colon cancer cells and the parasite leishmania infantum determined using the mtt assay and by luciferase activity present in parasite , respectively . cytotoxicity within caco - 2 cells was manifested with ic 50 values between 0 . 3 and 22 m m after 48 h of compounds incubation . against leishmania infantum , ic 50 values were encompassed within a narrower concentration range of 0 . 39 - 2 . 09 m m , for pro - mastigote form , and between 5 . 24 and 17 . 42 m m , for axenic amastigote and between 2 . 43 and 9 . 52 m m , for intracellular amastigote forms . these compounds can be an alternative to the normal therapeutic in the fields below , could be a solution to the toxicity and resistance related to the compounds existent in the market . point of diversity .

Description:
the synthesis of the protected compounds in this invention was based on methods previously described by our group ( kong et al ., 2003 ). the bisnaphthalimido compounds with linker chain containing 2 nitrogens were previously synthesised by simply reacting the corresponding alkyltetraamine with 1 , 8 - naphthalic anhydride ( brana et al ., 1995 ). in order to introduce more heteroatoms in the linker chain , n - alkylation reaction was chosen according to a kong modified method ( kong et al , 1998 ). the common intermediate for the synthesis of different compounds was toluenesulfonyloxypropylnaphthalimide . this was prepared by first reacting 1 , 8 - naphthalic anhydride with aminopropanol to give n -( 3 - hydroxypropyl ) naphthalimide which upon reaction with tosyl chloride gave toluenesulfonyloxypropylnaphthalimide , with 60 % yield . to obtain the bisnaphthimide the polyamine used depends on the compound to synthesise and were first protected with 2 , 4 , 5 - trimethylsulphonyl chloride ( mts - cl ) in pyridine followed by their n - alkylation with toluenesulfonyloxypropylnaphthalimide produced the bisnaphthalimide derivative protected . the deprotection was obtained with hydrobromic acid / glacial acetic acid in dichloromethane to give the respective derivative as their hydrobromide salts . caco - 2 cells ( ecacc , 86010202 ) were obtained from the european collection of cell cultures . all reagents were purchased from aldrich , fluka and lancaster and were used without purification . tlc was performed on kieselgel plates ( merck ) 60 f 254 in chloroform : methanol ( 97 : 3 or 99 : 1 ). column chromatography was done with silica gel 60 , 230 - 400 meshes using chloroform and methanol as eluent . fab - mass spectra were obtained on a vg analytical autospec ( 25 kv ) spectrometer ; ec / cj spectra were performed on a micromass quatro ii ( low resolution ) or a vg analytical zab - e instrument ( accurate mass ). 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra were recorded on a jeol jnm - ex90 ft nmr spectrometer . bnipspd and bnipput were synthesised according to our methods previously reported ( kong et al , 2003 and tavares et al ., 2005 ). cytotoxity was evaluated for caco - 2 colon carcinoma using the mtt assay with protocols appropriate for the individual test system . 11 , 13 caco - 2 cells were maintained in earle &# 39 ; s minimum essential medium ( sigma ), supplemented with 10 % fetal calf serum ( biosera ), 2 mm l - glutamine ( sigma ), 1 % non - essential amino acids ( sigma ), 100 iu ml − 1 penicillin and 100 m g ml − 1 streptomycin ( sigma ). exponentially growing cells were plated at 2 × 10 4 cells cm − 2 into 96 - well plates and incubated for 24 h before the addition of drugs . stock solutions of compounds were initially dissolved in 20 % dmso and further diluted with fresh complete medium . after 24 and 48 h of incubation at 37 ° c ., the medium was removed and 200 μl of mtt reagent ( 1 mg / ml ) in serum free medium was added to each well . the plates were incubated at 37 ° c . for 4 h . at the end of the incubation period , the medium was removed and pure dmso ( 200 μl ) was added to each well . the metabolized mtt product dissolved in dmso was quantified by reading the absorbance at 560 nm on a micro plate reader ( dynex technologics , usa ). ic 50 values are defined , as the drug concentrations required to reduce the absorbance by 50 % of the control values . the ic 50 values were calculated from the equation of the logarithmic line determined by fitting the best line ( microsoft excel ) to the curve formed from the data . the ic 50 value was obtained from the equation for y = 50 ( 50 % value ). leishmania infantum ( clone mhom / ma671tma - p263 ) promastigotes transfected with reporter gene that encode to the luciferase enzyme ( roy et al ., 2000 ) were grown at 27 ° c . in rpmi medium ( gibco ) supplemented with 10 % of heat inactivated fetal bovine serum ( fbs - gibco ), 2 mm l - glutamine ( gibco ), 20 mm hepes ( gibco ), 100 u / ml penicillin ( gibco ) and 100μ / ml streptomycin ( gibco ). the parasites ( 10 6 / ml ) in the logarithmic phase ( 2 days of culture ) were incubated with a serial range of concentrations of each drug for 3 days at 27 ° c . and the growth of parasites was determined by using the luciferase activity using luciferin as subtract . the axenic amastigote of leishmania infantum ( clone mhom / ma671tma - p263 ) transfected with reporter gene that encode to the luciferase enzyme ( roy et al ., 2000 ) were grown at 37 ° c . with 5 % co 2 in a cell - free medium called maa ( medium for axenically grown amastigote ). the medium maa / 20 , consisted of modified medium 199 ( hanks &# 39 ; balanced salts ) supplemented with 0 . 5 % soya trypto - casein , 15 mm d - glucose , 5 mm l - glutamine , 4 mm nahco 3 , 0 . 023 mm bovine hemin , 25 mm hepes final ph , 6 . 5 and 20 % inactivated fetal calf serum . the parasites were incubated with different concentrations during 3 days at 37 ° c . with 5 % co 2 . the growth of the parasites was done by measuring the luciferase activity using luciferin as a substract . the intracellular amastigotes of l . infantum were cultured in a macrophage differentiated human leukemia monocyte cell line ( thp - 1 cells ). the thp - 1 cells were differentiated during 2 days with 20 ng / ml of pma in rpmi - 1640 medium supplemented with 10 % fcs , 2 mm glutamine , 100 iu of penicillin / ml and 100 m g / ml of streptomycin . the non differentiated cells were washed with prewarmed medium and the adherent cells sinfected with luciferase - expressing axenic amastigotes at a parasite / macrophage ratio of 3 : 1 for 4 h at 37 ° c . with 5 % co 2 . noninternalized parasites were removed and serial dilutions of each drug were made in the rpmi medium supplemented with 110 % fcs . after 3 days of drug exposure , wells containing adherent differentiated thp - 1 cells were washed and luciferase activity was determined . the synthetic strategy adopted to synthesise bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives bnmpdapen , bnipdhex , bnipdahep , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bnipdadec , bnipdadod , bnipdpta , bntpdeta based on methods previously developed in our laboratory ( kong et al , 2000 ). protection and activation of all the di - and tri - amines were carried with mesitylene chloride in pyridine at room temperature to give compounds 1 - 5 in high yield . n - alkylation of the latter compounds with o - tosylpropylnaphthalimide 6 with ceasium carbonate in anhydrous dmf , afforded the fully protected bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives which upon deprotection with hydrobromic acid / glacial acetic acid in ch 2 cl 2 gave bnipdapen , bnipdhex , bnipdahep , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bnipdadec , bnipdadod , bnipdpta , bnipdeta in yield varying from 50 - 70 %. the in vitro cytotoxicity of all the bisnaphthalmidopropyl derivatives described above were studied against colon cancer cell lines caco - 2 and parasite leishmania infantum . in the cancer cell line the ic 50 values of each compound were determined after 24 and 48 hr drug exposure ( table 1 ). all compounds except for bnipdeta ( ic 50 values , 21 . 7 and 22 . 3 μm for 24 and 48 h respectively exerted ic 50 values between 0 . 15 and 8 . 00 μm . bnipspd was the most active compound ( ic 50 , 0 . 15 and 0 . 47 a at 24 and 48h respectively ). in the same order of activity , the compound bnmpdadec showed a ic50 0 . 77 and 0 . 36 μm , after 24 h and 48 h of incubation , respectively . the removal of a nitrogen atom from the linker chain does not appear to substantially affect the cytotoxic properties of these compounds . we previously reported that when the central alkyl group is a butyl chain , the compound ( bnipput ) is not soluble in most solvents and the aqueous solubility of bisnapthalimidopropyl compounds is enhanced by introducing a heteroatom like nitrogen in the central chain ( kong et al ., 2000 ). here , by increasing the length of the alkyl central chain such as in bnipdao , bnipdan and bnmpdad , also helps aqueous solubility . we reason that with the longer alkyl chain , the two naphthalimido rings do not tend to stack on top of each other by t - t interactions between the aromatic rings and hence favour aqueous solubility . among the latter compounds , bnipdad showed the highest cytotoxicity against caco - 2 cells with ic 50 values of 0 . 36 μm ( 48 hr ) and 0 . 77 μm ( 24 hr ). a cytotoxicity determined by mtt assay . data obtained after treating caco - 2 cells with varying concentrations of analogues ( 0 . 01 - 40 μm ) for 24 and 48 hours . data are mean ± sd of 6 replicates . nd : not determined . fig1 . the growth curve of luciferase promastigote and axenic amastigote forms . in vitro effect of different bisnaphthalimidopropil derivatives on parasite growth . the results are representative of 5 assays made independently . the promastigote and axénic amastigote were incubated with a serial range of drug concentrations 0 . 30 to 12 . 5 μm , at 27 ° c . and 3 . 125 to 100 μm at 37 ° c . in 5 % co 2 , respectively , during 3 days . the growth curves represented indicate the percentage growth related to the control for each concentration after luciferase activity determination . each point represents a mean of 3 assays ± std . the treatment of different forms of the parasite leismania infantum , promastigote , axenic amastigote and intracellular amastigote , with the compounds , bnipspd , bnipput , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bnipdpta , bnipdeta , in range of concentration 0 . 39 to 12 . 50 μm resulted in a dose dependent inhibition of parasite growth , except to the axenic amastigote incubated with bnipdaoct , which didn &# 39 ; t inhibited the parasite growth up to 50 μm concentration ( fig1 ). we have observed that the parasite growth was completely blocked after 6 . 25 μm to the promastigote and 50 μm to the axenic amastigote , except to the bnipdaoct . in the case of promastigote , the ic50 ± sd determined were 1 . 86 ± 0 . 82 , 0 . 40 ± 0 . 15 , # 0 . 39 , 2 . 09 ± 0 . 54 , 1 . 09 ± 0 . 12 , 0 . 96 ± 0 . 17 , for bnipspd , bnipput , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bnipdpta , bnmpdeta , respectively . the most active compound for this parasite form was bnipdoct . in case of axenic amastigote form the ic50 ± sd determined were 9 . 61 ± 1 . 84 , 5 . 49 ± 0 . 67 , # 50 , 00 , 17 . 42 ± 0 . 97 , 5 . 24 ± 0 . 93 , 6 . 97 ± 0 . 20 μm , for the following compounds bnipspd , bnipput , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bnipdpta , bnfpdeta , respectively . the most active compound for this parasitic form was bnipdpta . in the case of intracellular amastigote form the ic50 ± sd determined were 8 . 92 ± 1 . 07 , 4 . 53 ± 0 . 54 , 2 . 43 ± 0 . 19 , 6 . 03 ± 0 . 67 , 4 . 22 ± 1 . 07 , 9 . 52 ± 0 . 56 μm , for the following compounds , bnipspd , bnipput , bnipdaoct , bnipdanon , bnipdpta , bntpdeta , respectively . the most active compound for this parasitic form was bnipdaoct . according to the results obtained all the compounds in study have anti - parasitic activity that give potential drugs to the leishmaniase treatment . cytotoxicity determined by luciferase assay . the results were obtained after treatment of different parasite forms with a range of different drug concentrations 0 . 30 to 100 μm after 72 h of incubation . the results were representative of medium ± sd at least 5 assays . nd : not determined . in conclusion , the new bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives exhibit cytotoxicity that may be further developed as anti - tumour and / or anti - parasitic therapeutic agents . the use of the compounds in formula i , ii , iii , iv , v , vi , vii , viii , ix , x , xi could be an advantage in the treatment of cancer and parasitic disease namely , treatment of leishmaniasis , trypanosomiasis and malaria . for preparation of the pharmaceutical compositions with the compounds of formula i , ii , iii , iv , v , vi , vii , viii , ix , x , xi , a inert pharmaceutical adjuvant are mixed with active compounds . the adjuvant used could be solid or liquid . the solid forms include powder , pill , grainy disperse and capsule . the solid adjuvant could be one or more substance that could be diluents , flavouring agents , sweeteners , solvents , lubricants , suspension agents , binding agents or disaggregating agents and could be a encapsulating agents . the pharmaceutical preparation is preferentially presented on single dose form , the package contains discrete quantities of the preparation as cover pills , capsules , power in flask or ampoule and liposome formula . the dose could range according to the needs of the animal or the patient , the severity of the disease and the compound to be used . the determinations of the dose for a particular situation regards to the people skilled in the art . for convenience , the total daily dose could be devised and distributed administration during the day . corresponding diamine or triamine was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine followed by the addition of mesitylene chloride ( 2 . 1 molar excess for diamine and 3 . 1 molar excess for triamine ). the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours . removal of the pyridine followed by the addition of cold water resulted in the formation of a precipitate . the latter was filtered off and washed thoroughly with water . the crude product was recrystallised from absolute ethanol . n 1 , n 8 - dimesityloctane 2 —( 70 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 20 . 82 ( ch 3 , mts ), 22 . 85 ( ch 3 , mts ), 26 . 34 ( ch 2 ), 28 . 70 ( ch 2 ), 29 . 41 ( ch 2 ), 41 . 05 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 58 ( ch 2 ), 133 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). n 1 , n 9 - dimesitylnonane 3 —( 36 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 20 . 82 ( ch 3 , mts ), 22 . 85 ( ch 3 , mts ), 26 . 34 ( ch 2 ), 28 . 70 ( ch 2 ), 29 . 41 ( ch 2 ), 41 . 05 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 58 ( ch 2 ), 133 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). n 1 , n 10 - dimesityldecane 4 —( 48 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 20 . 82 ( ch 3 , mts ), 22 . 85 ( ch 3 , mts ), 26 . 34 ( ch 2 ), 28 . 70 ( ch 2 ), 29 . 41 ( ch 2 ), 41 . 05 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 58 ( ch 2 ), 133 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). n 1 , n 5 , n 9 - trimesityldipropyltriamine 5 —( 67 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 20 . 85 ( ch 3 , mts ), 22 . 79 ( ch 3 , mts ), 27 . 69 ( ch 2 ), 39 . 50 ( n — ch 2 ), 43 . 11 ( n — ch 2 ), 132 . 17 ( aromatic carbons , mts ), 139 . 98 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). n 1 , n 3 , n 6 - trimesityldiethyltriamine 6 —( 59 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 21 . 35 ( ch 3 , mts ), 23 . 06 ( ch 3 , mts ), 41 . 05 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 58 ( n — ch 2 ), 133 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). naphthalic anhydride ( 6 . 34 g , 0 . 032 mol ) was dissolved in dmf ( 50 ml ) followed by the addition of aminopropanol 3 ( 2 . 45 g , 0 . 032 mol ) and dbu ( 4 . 87 g , 0 . 032 mol ). the solution was left stirring at 85 ° c . for 4 hr . the solvent dmf was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was poured into cold water with stirring ( 200 ml ) to form a precipitate . the latter was filtered using a buchner funnel and washed thoroughly with ( i ) water ( ii ) saturated bicarbonate solution . the yield of the reaction was found to be 95 %. this compound , naphthalimidopropanol was pure enough and was used in the next step with no further purification . nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 8 . 65 - 7 . 80 ( m , 6h , aromatic protons ), 4 . 39 ( t , 2h , — n — ch 2 ), 3 . 69 ( t , 2h , ch 2 — o —), 3 . 20 ( s . broad , 1h oh ), 2 . 06 ( p , 2h , ch 2 ). 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ = 161 . 70 ( c ═ o ), 135 . 70 - 122 . 90 ( aromatic carbons ), 74 . 90 , 59 . 90 , 30 . 90 ( 3 × ch 2 ). naphthalimidopropanol ( 5 . 10g , 20 mmol ) was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine ( 80 ml ). the solution was stirred for 15 mins at 4 ° c . tosyl chloride ( 5 . 72 g , 30 mmol ) were added , in small portions , over 30 mins . the solution was left overnight at 4 ° c . and was poured into ice water ( 200 ml ) to form a solid on standing . the solid formed was filtered off and washed thoroughly with water . the crude product was recrystallised from either ethanol or ethylacetate to give o - tosylpropylnaphthalimide 6 ( 53 %). 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 8 . 65 - 7 . 80 ( m , 6h , aromatic protons ), 4 . 45 ( t , 21 , ch 2 ), 4 . 35 ( t , 2h , ch 2 ), 2 . 50 ( s , 31h , ch 3 ), 2 . 25 ( p , 2h , ch 2 ). 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 161 . 30 ( c ═ o ), 145 . 10 - 123 . 10 ( aromatic carbons ), 73 . 10 , 67 . 90 , 28 . 70 ( 3 × ch 2 ), 22 . 10 ( ch 3 ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 12 h 19 no 6 s 425 . 09 , found : 426 [ mh ] + . mesitylated polyamines ( 2 - 6 ) ( 0 . 651 mmol ) were dissolved in anhydrous dmf ( 13 . 5 ml ) followed by the addition of 7 ( 0 . 13 mmol ) and cesium carbonate ( 1 . 06 g ). the solution was left at 85 ° c . and completion of the reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography . dmf was removed under vacuo and the residue was poured into cold water and the resulted precipitate filtered and washed thoroughly with water . after drying the crude was recrystallised from ethanol to give the fully protected pure product in high yield ( 75 - 85 %). the fully protected polyamine derivatives ( 0 . 222 mmol ) were dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane ( 10 ml ) followed by the addition of hydrobromic acid / glacial acetic acid ( 1 ml ). the solution was left stirring at room temperature for 24 h . the yellow precipitate formed , was filtered off and washed with dichloromethane , ethylacetate and ether . using the process described and related processes , currently used by the ones skilled in the art , using alkyl chain appropriated , were synthesized , bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminopentane ( bnipdapen . lrms ( esi ): calc c 35 h 36 n 4 o 4 2hbr 738 . 52 [ m ] + , found : 657 . 1 [ m - h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminohexane ( bnipdahex ). lrms ( esi ): calc c 36 h 38 n 4 o 4 2hbr 752 . 71 [ m ] + , found : 671 . 3 [ m - h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminoheptane ( bnipdahep ). rms ( esi ): calc c 37 h 40 n 4 o 4 2hbr 766 . 74 [ m ] + , found : 671 . 3 [ m - h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminooctane —( bnipdaoct ) ( 85 %), dmso - d 6 , d : 24 . 43 ( ch 2 ), 25 . 30 ( ch 2 ), 25 . 66 ch 2 ), 28 . 07 ( ch 2 ), 44 . 72 ( n — ch 2 ), 46 . 60 ( n — ch 2 ), 121 . 99 , 127 . 13 , 130 . 62 , 131 . 21 , 134 . 31 ( aromatic carbons ), 163 . 61 ( c ═ o ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 3 h 42 n 4 o 4 h 619 . 3279 , found : 619 . 3282 [ m - h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminononane ( bnipdanon ) ( 85 %), dmso - d 6 , d : 24 . 88 ( ch 2 ), 25 . 84 ( ch 2 ), 26 . 16 ch 2 ), 28 . 76 ( ch 2 ), 45 . 29 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 29 ( n — ch 2 ), 121 . 94 , 127 . 51 , 131 . 12 , 131 . 42 , 134 . 76 ( naphthalimido aromatic carbons ), 164 . 00 ( c ═ o ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 39 h 44 n 4 o 4 h 633 . 3435 , found : 633 . 3440 [ m - h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminodecane ( bnipdadec ) ( 75 %), dmso - d 6 , d : 24 . 97 ( ch 2 ), 25 . 90 ( ch 2 ), 26 . 22 ch 2 ), 28 . 79 ( ch 2 ), 29 . 00 ( ch 2 ), 45 . 35 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 38 ( n — ch 2 ), 121 . 05 , 127 . 66 , 131 . 30 , 131 . 51 , 134 . 94 ( naphthalimido aromatic carbons ), 164 . 21 ( c ═ o ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 40 h 46 n 4 o 4 h 647 . 4 , found : 647 . 4 [ m - h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminododecane ( bnipdadod ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 42 h 50 n 4 o 4 h 836 . 71 , found : 675 . 4 [ m - 2h - 2br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldipropiltriamine ( bnipdpta ) ( 85 %), dmso - d 6 , d : 22 . 20 ( ch 2 ), 24 . 70 ( ch 2 ), 44 . 10 ( n — ch 2 ), 44 . 20 ( n — ch 2 ), 45 . 00 ( n — ch 2 ), 130 ( aromatic carbons ) 164 . 87 ( c ═ o ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 36 h 39 n 5 o 4 3hbr 850 . 7 , found : 606 . 4 [ m - 2h - 3br ] + . bisnaphthalimidopropyldietiltriamine ( bnipdeta ) ( 67 %), dmso - d 6 , d : 22 . 20 ( ch 2 ), 24 . 70 ( ch 2 ), 44 . 10 ( n — ch 2 ), 44 . 20 ( n — ch 2 ), 45 . 00 ( n — ch 2 ), 130 ( aromatic carbons ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 34 h 35 n 5 o 4 3hbr 820 . 40 , 578 . 2762 [ m - 2h - 3br ] + . found : 578 . 2760 [ m - 2h - 3br ] + . the diamine was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine followed by the addition of mesitylene chloride ( 2 . 1 molar excess ). the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours . removal of the pyridine followed by the addition of cold water resulted in the formation of a precipitate . the latter was filtered off and washed thoroughly with water . the crude product was recrystallised from absolute ethanol . n 1 , n 8 - dimesityloctane 2 —( 70 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 20 . 82 ( ch 3 , mts ), 22 . 85 ( ch 3 , mts ), 26 . 34 ( ch 2 ), 28 . 70 ( ch 2 ), 29 . 41 ( ch 2 ), 41 . 05 ( n — ch 2 ), 47 . 58 ( ch 2 ), 133 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). the naphthalic anhydride ( 6 . 34 g , 0 . 032 mol ) was dissolved in dmf ( 50 ml ) followed by the addition of aminopropanol 3 ( 2 . 45 g , 0 . 032 mol ) and dbu ( 4 . 87 g , 0 . 032 mol ). the solution was left stirring at 85 ° c . for 4 hr . the solvent dmf was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was poured into cold water with stirring ( 200 ml ) to form a precipitate . the latter was filtered using a buchner funnel and washed thoroughly with ( i ) water ( ii ) saturated bicarbonate solution . the yield of the reaction was found to be 95 %. this compound , naphthalimidopropanol was pure enough and was used in the next step with no further purification . nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 8 . 65 - 7 . 80 ( m , 6h , aromatic protons ), 4 . 39 ( t , 2h , — n — ch 2 ), 3 . 69 ( t , 2h , ch 2 — o —), 3 . 20 ( s , broad , 1h , oh ), 2 . 06 ( p , 2h , ch 2 ). 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ = 161 . 70 ( c ═ o ), 135 . 70 - 122 . 90 ( aromatic carbons ), 74 . 90 , 59 . 90 , 30 . 90 ( 3 × ch 2 ). naphthalimidopropanol ( 5 . 10g , 20 nmol ) was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine ( 80 ml ). the solution was stirred for 15 mins at 0 ° c . tosyl chloride ( 5 . 72 g , 30 mmol ) were added , in small portions , over 30 mins . the solution was left overnight at 4 ° c . and was poured into ice water ( 200 ml ) to form a solid on standing . the solid formed was filtered off and washed thoroughly with water . the crude product was recrystallised from either ethanol or ethylacetate to give o - tosylpropylnaphthalimide 6 ( 53 %). 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 8 . 65 - 7 . 80 ( m , 6h , aromatic protons ), 4 . 45 ( t , 2h , ch 2 ), 4 . 35 ( t , 2h , ch 2 ), 2 . 50 ( s , 3h , ch 3 ), 2 . 25 ( p , 2h , ch 2 ). 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 161 . 30 ( c ═ o ), 145 . 10 - 123 . 10 ( aromatic carbons ), 73 . 10 , 67 . 90 , 28 . 70 ( 3 × ch 2 ), 22 . 10 ( ch 3 ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 12 h 19 no 6 s 425 . 09 , found : 426 [ mh ] + . the mesitylated polyamines ( 0 . 651 mmol ) were dissolved in anhydrous dmf ( 13 . 5 ml ) followed by the addition of 7x ( 0 . 13 mmol ) and cesium carbonate ( 1 . 06 g ). the solution was left at 85 ° c . and completion of the reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography . dmf was removed under vacuo and the residue was poured into cold water and the resulted precipitate filtered and washed thoroughly with water . after drying the crude was recrystallised from ethanol to give the fully protected pure product in high yield ( 75 - 85 %). the fully protected polyamine derivatives ( 0 . 222 mmol ) were dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane ( 10 ml ) followed by the addition of hydrobromic acid / glacial acetic acid ( 1 ml ). the solution was left stirring at room temperature for 24 h . the yellow precicipate formed , was filtered off and washed with dichloromethane , ethylacetate and ether . by this way were synthesized the the bisnaphthalimidopropyldiaminooctane ( bnipdaoct ) ( 85 %), dmso - d 6 , d : 24 . 43 ( ch 2 ), 25 . 30 ( ch 2 ), 25 . 66 ch 2 ), 28 . 07 ( ch 2 ), 44 . 72 ( n — ch 2 ), 46 . 60 ( n — ch 2 ), 121 . 99 , 127 . 13 , 130 . 62 , 131 . 21 , 134 . 31 ( aromatic carbons ), 163 . 61 ( c ═ o ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 39 h 42 n 4 o 4 h 619 . 3279 , found : 619 . 3282 [ m - h - 2br ] + . the dipropiltriamine was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine followed by the addition of mesitylene chloride ( 3 . 1 molar excess ). the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours . removal of the pyridine followed by the addition of cold water resulted in the formation of a precipitate . the latter was filtered off and washed thoroughly with water . the crude product was recrystallised from absolute ethanol . n 1 , n 5 , n 9 - trimesityldipropyltriamine 5 —( 67 %), 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ) d : 20 . 85 ( ch 3 , mts ), 22 . 79 ( ch 3 , mts ), 27 . 69 ( ch 2 ), 39 . 50 ( n — ch 2 ), 43 . 11 ( n — ch 2 ), 132 . 17 ( aromatic carbons , mts ), 139 . 98 ( aromatic carbons , mts ). the naphthalic anhydride ( 6 . 34 g , 0 . 032 mol ) was dissolved in dmf ( 50 μl ) followed by the addition of aminopropanol 3 ( 2 . 45 g , 0 . 032 mol ) and dbu ( 4 . 87 g , 0 . 032 mol ). the solution was left stirring at 85 ° c . for 4 hr . the solvent dmf was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was poured into cold water with stirring ( 200 ml ) to form a precipitate . the latter was filtered using a buchner funnel and washed thoroughly with ( i ) water ( ii ) saturated bicarbonate solution . the yield of the reaction was found to be 95 %. this compound , naphthalimidopropanol was pure enough and was used in the next step with no further purification . nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 8 . 65 - 7 . 80 ( m , 6h , aromatic protons ), 4 . 39 ( t , 2h , — n — ch 2 ), 3 . 69 ( t , 2h , ch 2 — o —), 3 . 20 ( s , broad , 1h oh ), 2 . 06 ( p , 2h , ch 2 ). 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ = 161 . 70 ( c ═ o ), 135 . 70 - 122 . 90 ( aromatic carbons ), 74 . 90 , 59 . 90 , 30 . 90 ( 3 × ch 2 ). naphthalimidopropanol ( 5 . 10 g , 20 mmol ) was dissolved in anhydrous pyridine ( 80 ml ). the solution was stirred for 15 mins at 4 ° c . tosyl chloride ( 5 . 72 g , 30 mmol ) were added , in small portions , over 30 mins . the solution was left overnight at 4 ° c . and was poured into ice water ( 200 ml ) to form a solid on standing . the solid formed was filtered off and washed thoroughly with water . the crude product was recrystallised from either ethanol or ethylacetate to give o - tosylpropylnaphthalimide 6 ( 53 %). 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 8 . 65 - 7 . 80 ( m , 6h , aromatic protons ), 4 . 45 ( t , 2h , ch 2 ), 4 . 35 ( t , 2h , ch 2 ), 2 . 50 ( s , 3h , ch 3 ), 2 . 25 ( p , 2h , ch 2 ). 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 161 . 30 ( c ═ o ), 145 . 10 - 123 . 10 ( aromatic carbons ), 73 . 10 , 67 . 90 , 28 . 70 ( 3 × ch 2 ), 22 . 10 ( ch 3 ). lrms ( fab ): calcd . for c 12 h 19 no 6 s 425 . 09 , found : 426 [ mh ] + . the mesitylated polyamines ( 0 . 651 mmol ) were dissolved in anhydrous dmf ( 13 . 5 ml ) followed by the addition of 7x ( 0 . 13 mmol ) and cesium carbonate ( 1 . 06 g ). the solution was left at 85 ° c . and completion of the reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography . dmf was removed under vacuo and the residue was poured into cold water and the resulted precipitate filtered and washed thoroughly with water . after drying the crude was recrystallised from ethanol to give the fully protected pure product in high yield ( 75 - 85 %). the fully protected polyamine derivatives ( 0 . 222 mmol ) were dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane ( 10 ml ) followed by the addition of hydrobromic acid / glacial acetic acid ( 1 ml ). the solution was left stirring at room temperature for 24 h . the yellow precipitate formed , was filtered off and washed with dichloromethane , ethylacetate and ether . by this way were synthesized the bisnaphthalimidopropyldipropiltriamine ( bnipdpta ) ( 85 %), dmso - 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