Herein, we report the synthesis of 12 new naphthoquinone derivatives, 6 substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones and 6 heterocycle-fused naphthoquinones, as well as evaluation of their trypanocidal and leishmanicidal activities. Compounds 11a and 13a were active against the amastigote stage of T. cruzi and showed low cytotoxic effects. With respect to leishmanicidal assays, all compounds were inactive a...

3-[(2-Hydroxyphenyl)amino]butanoic and 3-[(2-hydroxy-5-methyl(chloro)phenyl)amino]butanoic acids were converted to a series of derivatives containing hydrazide, pyrrole and chloroquinoxaline moieties. The corresponding benzo[b]phenoxazine derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of the obtained compounds with 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone. Five of the synthesized compounds exhibited good ...