Table 3. ERα Activity of Compounds 5a–g.

| EC50 (nM) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compd | R1 | R2 | n | ERα bindinga | ERα agonismb |
| 5a | NH2 | H | 1 | 238 | 1430 |
| 5b | CO2H | H | 1 | i.a. | i.a. |
| 5c | CO2Me | H | 1 | i.a. | i.a. |
| 5d | H | OH | 1 | 7790 | >3000 |
| 5e | OH | OH | 1 | >10 000 | >10 000 |
| 5f | H | H | 1 | 490 | 900 |
| 5g | OH | H | 2 | 2600 | 9500 |
ERα LiSA assay.
(ERE)7-TK-Luc reporter assay in HepG2 cells. i.a. = inactive at 10 μM. All data in triplicate ±15%.