A group of regioisomeric phenylethynylbenzenesulfonamides possessing a COX-2 SO2NH2 pharmacophore at the para-, meta-or ortho-position of the C-1 phenyl ring, in conjunction with a C-2 substituted-phenyl (H, OMe, OH, Me, F) group, were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of the cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) isozymes. The target 1, 2-diphenylacetylenes were synthesized via a palladium-catalyzed ...