The present invention belongs to the field of
drug synthesis technology, and specifically provides a hypoxia-activated
prodrug derivative and a synthesis method thereof. Using
benzimidazole as
raw material, (1-methyl-1H-
imidazole-2-
nitrile-5-yl)
methanol and (1-methyl-1H-
imidazole-2-
nitrile-4-yl)
methanol are obtained by ring opening,
decarboxylation, esterification, iodination,
bromine substitution, reduction, and cyano substitution; then it is condensed with bromoisophosphoramide
nitrogen mustard to obtain N, N'-bis (2-bromoethyl) diaminophosphonic acid (1-methyl-1H-
imidazole-2-
nitrile-5-yl) methyl ester or N, N'-bis (2-bromoethyl) diaminophosphonic acid (1-methyl-1H-imidazole-2-nitrile-4-yl) methyl ester. After testing the inhibition rate of
ovarian cancer cells, the inhibition rate of N, N'-bis (2-bromoethyl) diaminophosphonic acid (1-methyl-1H-imidazole-2-nitrile-5-yl) methyl ester of the present invention is comparable to that of TH-302.