hydroxyxanthones

Some new hydroxyxanthone compounds were prepared through one pot cyclodehydration reaction of hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives (salicylic acid or resorcylic acid) with phloroglucinol or pyrogallol in the presence of Eaton’s reagent (P2O5/MeSO3H). The synthesized compounds were screened for their antioxidant activities by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) methods to determine their inhibitory concentration (IC50). Cytotoxicity of the prepared compounds was also evaluated by MMT assay on Vero cell line.