Sustainable synthesis of potential antitumor new derivatives of Abemaciclib and Fedratinib via C-N cross coupling reactions using Pd/Cu-free Co-catalyst

Abstract

Herein, chitosan as an inexpensive, abundant, and biodegradable bio-material, produced from a key constituent of the exoskeletons of crustaceans, was used to generate the cobalt-based magnetic silica nanocomposite for the performance of the C-N cross-coupling reaction as the main step of the synthesis of Abemaciclib and Fedratinibs. Several derivatives of these recently FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs were synthesized for the first time by using Pd/Cu-free co-catalyzed under both, the conventional heating and microwave (MW) irradiation conditions. The potential anticancer activity of synthesized compounds was investigated by molecular docking study. © 2021