Abstract
An efficient and extremely fast procedure for the synthesis of 4-thiazolidinones 4a–j by the reaction of arylidene-[(2-benzothiazolylthio)-acetamidyl] 3a–j with thioglycolic acid in DMF in the presence of a catalytic amount of anhydrous ZnCl 2 under microwave irradiation is described. A considerable increase in the reaction rate has been observed with better yield in microwave technique. All the compounds have been screened for their antifungal activity against Candida albicans (ATCC-64550), Candida krusei (ATCC-14243) and Candida parapsilosis (ATCC-22019) and antibacterial activity against Escherchia coli (Gram−ve) (ATCC-8739), Staphylococcus aureus (Gram+ve) (ATCC-6538) and Bacillus substilis (Gram+ve) (ATCC-6633). The structures of the synthesised compounds 4a–j have been characterized on the basis of their elemental analysis and spectral data.
Acknowledgements
One of the authors (KGD) is thankful to the Head of Chemistry and Bioscience Department of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat; Gujarat Council On Science & Technology (Grant no. GUJCOST/200389/MRP/2003-04/10689), Gandhinagar for financial assistance and Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow for spectral analysis.