%0 Journal Article %T An¨¢lise conformacional de compostos de Biginelli com atividade antineopl¨¢sica %A Marques %A M. V. %A Russowsky %A D. %A Fontoura %A L. A. M. %J Ecl¨¦tica Qu¨ªmica %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0100-46702010000400004 %X dihydropyrimidinones, such as monastrol and analogues, are heterocycles with known antineoplastic activity. conformational analysis represents an important preliminary step in structure-activity correlation studies. herein we describe the conformational analysis of monastrol and analogues by am1 semi-empirical and ab initio hf/6-31g* calculations. four equilibrium geometries were found (s-cis/ap, s-cis/sp, s-trans/ap and s-trans/sp), and the important internal rotations were those of the ¦Á,¦Â-unsaturated carbonyl system and of the aryl group connected to the heterocycle. %K conformational analysis %K dihydropyrimidinones %K biginelli compound %K am1 %K hf/6-31g*. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-46702010000400004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en