Syntheses, Characterization And Antimicrobial Activities Of Alkynylated Angular Phenoxazines And Alkynylated Naphthoquinones (#42146)

ABSTRACT

The synthesis of ten new alkynylated derivatives of angular phenoxazine and alkynylated

naphthoquinone was thoroughly investigated. The first intermediate, 6-chloro-5Hbenzo[

a]phenoxazin-5-one was obtained by the condensation of 2-aminophenol with 2,3-

dichloro-1,4- naphthoquinone in the presence of anhydrous sodium tricarbonate (IV) .

Thereafter, the intermediate and 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone were each suggested to

Sonogashira cross–coupling reaction under copper-, amine-, and solvent free conditions at 80

oC with five different terminal alkynes using PdCL2(PPh3)2 and tetrabutylammonium

trihydrate (TBAF.3H2O) as the catalyst and ligand respectively to afford the alkynylated

angular phenoxazines and alkynylated naphthoquinone derivatives in good to excellent yield .

Structures of synthesized compounds were confirmed with Uv-visible, Fourier Transform –

Infrared (FT-IR), 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The synthesized compounds were

screened against five (5) micro-organisms viz: Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas

aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli 1 and Escherichia coli 12 using agar

well diffusion technique. The results showed significant improvement in antimicrobial

activities compared with gentamycin and ampicillin (standard drugs).