US7071226: Amino-functionalized 1,2,4-trioxanes useful as antimalarial agents and process for preparation thereof

The present invention relates to a novel series of antimalarial amino functionalized 1,2,4-trioxane analogues of formula 4 wherein Ar represents aryl groups such as phenyl, 4-biphenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 4-methylphenyl and R represents phenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3,5-dichlorophenyl, 4-acetylaminophenyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-biphenyl, 4-biphenyl, 2-fluorene, 4-fluorophenyl, 2-trifluoromethylphenyl, 3-trifluoromethylphenyl and 4-trifluoromethylphenyl and the like.