The lead compound, 2-chloro-3-(4, 5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl) pyridine (CIP) suppressed the proliferation of breast cancer cells, decreased the phosphorylation of PDK, Akt, mTOR, downregulated the cellular invasion and activated caspases and cleaved PARP to induce apoptosis. The gene discussed is MTOR; the disease is breast cancer.