Synthesis of new 1,2,3-triazole linked benzimidazole molecules as anti-proliferative agents

One pot click chemistry is used to link triazole and benzimidazole pharmacophore to get N-((1-((1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl)aniline and its derivatives. Flexible linkages in the form of –CH2–R or –O–R/–N–R were designed during synthesis. All the newly synthesized compounds were characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy as well as high-resolution mass spectrometry. Selected compounds were screened for in vitro anti-proliferative activity using National Cancer Institute (NCI)-60 human tumor cell line screening program. The most potent structure N-((1-((1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl)-4-chloroaniline 7e showed 40% growth inhibition in renal cancer cell line (UO-31) at 10 µM concentration.