The compounds 7-chloro-9-(2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-6-oxocyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-3,3-dimethyl-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-xanthen-1-one (5) and 5-[-7-chloro-2,4-dioxo-1H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H-chromeno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)]-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione (7), were synthesized from dimedone and barbituric acid and had their three-dimensional structures and precise chemical shifts assignments obtained by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) from 1H, 13C, APT, COSY, HSQC, and HMBC spectra. Additional HOMO-LUMO DFT calculations corroborated the NMR results and pointed to the most stable stereoisomers of each compound. Besides, further docking and molecular dynamic studies suggest that the stereoisomers (9S)-7-chloro-9-(2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-6-oxocyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-3,3-dimethyl-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-xanthen-1-one, and 5-[(5S)-7-chloro-2,4-dioxo-1H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H-chromeno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)]-1,3-diazinane-2,4,6-trione of these compounds may act as DNA intercalators and qualify as potential leads for the development of new anticancer drugs.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Hradec Kralove Hradec Kralove Czech Republic

Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Applied to the Chemical and Biological Defense Military Institute of Engineering Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Medicinal Chemistry Group Chemical Engineering Department Military Institute of Engineering Rio de Janeiro Brazil

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