Synthesis and biological evaluation of some 6-substituted purines.

We report herein the synthesis and the in vitro antileishmanial evaluation of a series of 6-substituted purines. The most active compounds against Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes were 6-(3'-chloropropylthio)purine 2 [11,12] [corrected] 6-(3'-(thioethylamine)propylthio)purine 5, 6-(alpha-aceticacidthio)purine 7 and 6-(6'-deoxy-1'-O-methyl-beta-D-ribofuranose)purine 14 with an IC(50)=50, 50, 39 and 29 microM, respectively.