ABSTRACT

The present work describes the synthesis of a series of quinoline based 4-thiazolidinone and 2-azetidinone derivatives from Schiff bases obtained from the condensation of 2-chloro-3-formylquinoline and 3-4-aminoacetophenones. Quinoline based 4-thiazolidinone and 2-azetidinone derivatives have been prepared by the reaction of various substituted Schiff base with thioglycholic acid and chloroacetyl chloride, respectively. The intermediate Schiff bases were synthesized by the condensation of different quinoline aldehydes with amino acetophenones. The starting compound i.e aldehyde was synthesized through Vilsmeier reaction from respective acetanilides. The synthesized compounds were characterized by their physical and spectral data. The synthesized compounds were screened for their antibacterial and antifungal activities by using cup plate method against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 25, 50, 100 μg/mL concentration using ciprofloxacin as reference standard drug and Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans as same concentration using clotrimazole as reference drug, respectively. The spectral data of synthesized compounds of (3a-f), (4a-e) and (5a-f) were characterized by ES Mass, 1H-NMR, IR spectrophotometric methods. The antimicrobial results revealed that the quinoline based Schiff bases, azitidinone and thiazolodinones analogues showed good activity towards Gram (+) bacteria as compared to ciprofloxacin. These compounds showed decent activity against Gram (-) bacteria.