Synthesis of novel acyl selenoureido benzensulfonamides as carbonic anhydrase I, II, VII and IX inhibitors.

A novel series of acyl selenoureido benzensulfonamides was evaluated as carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) inhibitors against the human (h) isoforms hCA I, II, VII and IX, which are involved in a variety of diseases such as glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa, epilepsy and tumors etc. These compounds showed excellent inhibitory activity for these isoforms, with several low nanomolar derivatives identified against all of them. Furthermore, the selenoureido group may provide an antioxidant activity to these enzyme inhibitors.