Design and Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-Acetaminophen Hybrids from Expired Commercial Acetaminophen Tablets and their In-silico ADME-Tox Properties

Abstract

A combination of two promising pharmacophore cores like 1,2,3-triazole (TA) and acetaminophen (APAP) in a single molecular entity could be useful in the lead optimization step of drug research. Therefore, designing and preparing new conjugated TA-APAP molecules is an important and actual task. This book chapter describes an impressively efficient catalyzed Huisgen reaction-based method for preparing a series of new 1-substituted 1,2,3-triazole-acetaminophen hybrids. The developed method, which does not require chromatography column separation, is a practical and efficient solution. It consists of the initial efficient O-propargylation reaction of APAP and subsequent CuBr(PPh₃)₃-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition reaction between O-propargylated APAP and diverse organoazides (R-N₃) in the presence of tert-BuOH: H₂O (1:1) system. APAP was easily obtained from expired commercial tablets using solid-liquid extraction as a starting material. An interesting nitric oxide-releasing 1,2,3-triazole hybrid of APAP was also obtained straightforwardly employing the developed method. These new drug hybrids were obtained with good yields (64–93%). According to the in-silico ADME-Tox assessment studies performed in this work and literature analysis, these hybrids could be interesting models in search of new pharmacological nontoxic agents endowed with anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties.