Abstract A SAR translation strategy adopted for the discovery of tetrahydroisoquinolinone (THIQ)-based steroidomimetic microtubule disruptors has been extended to dihydroisoquinolinone (DHIQ)-based compounds. A steroid A, B-ring-mimicking DHIQ core was connected to methoxyaryl D-ring mimics through methylene, carbonyl, and sulfonyl linkers, and the resulting compounds were evaluated against two cancer cell lines. The ...
[Cannon, Joseph G.; Walker, Kathleen A.; Montanari, Antonio; Long, John Paul; Flynn, Jan R. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 33, # 7 p. 2000 - 2006]