Multicomponent reactions effectively contribute to modern organic and medicinal chemistry. 4-Thiazolidinone core and cyclopropyl moiety are important structural motifs for design of potential biologically active molecules. In the present paper, the convenient step-economy and cost-effective synthesis of 2-(cyclopropylamino)-5-(4-methoxybenzylidene)thiazol-4(5H)-one (2) is described based on the application of the MCR methodology. The proposed approach includes direct one-pot interaction of 2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one (rhodanine), 4-methoxybenzaldehyde with cyclopropylamine which was used in 10% excess compare to other reagents. The structure of synthesized compound 2 was confirmed using 1H, 13C, 2D NMR, LC-MS, IR and UV spectra. The presence of prototropic amino/imino tautomerism for synthesized compound 2 was observed based on spectral analysis data. Screening of antimicrobial activity against 12 strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as yeasts, was performed for synthesized derivative 2. © 2022 by the authors.

Author keywords

4-thiazolidinones; antimicrobial activity; cyclopropylamine; multicomponent reactions; rhodanine

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Synthesis and study of new polyfunctionalized 2-hydrazinoanthraquinone derivatives as potential antimicrobial agents. Methods. Organic synthesis, NMR and LC-MS spectroscopy, agar diffusion and broth microdilution methods. Results. A series of anthraquinonehydrazone derivatives are synthesized using the reaction of 2-(morpholinodiazenyl)anthracene-9,10-dione with methylene active compounds in the acetic acid medium. The screening of antimicrobial activity identified the compounds with significant effects against the tested microorganisms with MIC value <186.9 μM. Compounds 5 and 11 with MIC <93.5 μM are effective against yeast fungi whereas compound 5 with MIC <186.9 μM is effective against P.putida, which is multidrug resistant to antibiotics.