Bromine-, chlorine-, and mixed halogen-substituted 4-methyl-2(5H)-furanones: synthesis and mutagenic effects of halogen and hydroxyl group replacements

Chemical Research in Toxicology
R T LaLondeL Zhang

Abstract

The versatility of 4-(hydroxymethyl)-2(5H)-furanone as a starting point for the synthesis of several bromine and mixed halogen analogues of the potent water mutagen 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) has been demonstrated. However, in some preparations the yields of desired products were lower for bromine- than chlorine-substituted counterparts. A total of 12 bromine-, chlorine-, and mixed halogen-substituted 4-methyl-2(5H)-furanones were tested repeatedly in 10 independent experiments for levels of Salmonella typhimurium (TA100) mutagenicities. The purpose of these experiments was to determine the mutagenic response to changing halogen content, type, and position as well as to learn the measure of these responses in the presence and absence of the C-5 OH group. Mutagenicities reached levels of 10(3) and 10(2) rev/nmol for all trihalo- and dihalo-4-methyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanones, respectively, notwithstanding substitutions by bromine or chlorine. Trihalides lacking the C-5 hydroxyl group possessed mutagenicities of the order of 10(2) rev/nmol, while hydroxyl group absence in the dihalides resulted in potency levels of slightly less than 10 rev/ nmol. Pairwise comparisons of compound mutagenicities showe...Continue Reading

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