Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Some New Thiophene Derivatives

Abstract

2-(2-Cyano-acetylamino)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-benzo[b]thiophene-3-carboxamide(3) was used as starting material for synthesis of 4-thiazolidinone, thiazolidine, and thiophene derivatives 6, 7a, b, and 8a, b, respectively. Thiocarbomyl derivative 5, 4-thizolidinone 9, and thioxothiazolidine 10 were obtained from reaction of 3 with thioglycolic acid and phenyl isothiocyanate/sulfur, respectively. Condensation of 3 with selected cyclic ketones and aromatic aldehydes yielded the arylidine derivatives 11a, b and 13, respectively. Refluxing of 11a, b with sulfur and morpholine yielded the thiophene derivatives 12a, b, respectively. Diazocoupling of compound 3 withp-tolyl diazonium chloride yielded the hydrazone derivative 14. The newly synthesized compounds were characterized by infrared, ¹H NMR, and mass spectral studies. Representative compounds of the synthesized product were tested and evaluated as antimicrobial agents. Compound 12b gives very high antimicrobial activity against Ampicillin.

Keywords:

• Ampicillin
• antimicrobial evaluation
• thiazolidine
• thiazolidinone
• thiophene
• thiophene derivatives

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We express our sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. Yhia A. O. Ellazeik and Dr. Ehab Ali Metwally, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, for microbiological screening.