Design and synthesis of 3-(3-((9H-carbazol-4-yl)oxy)-2-hydroxypropyl)-2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives to induce ACE inhibitory activity.

In an attempt to develop a new class of cardiovascular drugs, a series of novel carbazolyloxy phenylquinazoline derivatives 9a-g have been synthesized and evaluated as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Most of these compounds exhibited activity as significant ACE inhibitors and three compounds (9b, 9c & 9e) showed maximum inhibitory potency in enzyme based assays. To render support to the experimental results, a series of quinazolinone derivatives were docked into active site of ACE and identified the probable binding modes compared to Lisinopril. Also we have identified common pharmacophore hypothesis (AAADDRR) among the best docked conformers of most potent compounds in a series of compounds. The most potent 9b, 9c, 9e compounds shared common active site with the Lisinopril binding site and retained the key active site residue interactions. The obtained results from pharmacological and molecular modeling studies can be utilized for further optimization of identified hits for selective inhibition of ACE.