A novel synthesis of 2-arylbenzimidazoles in molecular sieves-MeOH system and their antitubercular activity

Autor: Shashi Bhushan Tripathi, Balagani Sathish Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Karuna Shanker, Arvind S. Negi, Sadiya Khwaja, Naresh Kumar Sachan, Jay Prakash Thakur, Dharmendra Saikia, Debabrata Chanda, Sudeep Roy, Amit Kumar Verma, Amit K. Chaturvedi
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Bioorganicmedicinal chemistry. 26(15)
ISSN: 1464-3391
Popis: Arylbenzimidazoles have been synthesized as antimycobacterial agents. An efficient synthesis has been developed for 2-arylbenzimidazoles from o-phenylenediamines and aromatic aldehydes in molecular sieves-methanol system. The methodology is straightforward to get 2-arylbenzimidazoles (3a–3z) in excellent yields with high chemoselectivity over 2-aryl-1-benzylbenzimidazoles (4a–4z). All these benzimidazole analogues were evaluated against M. tuberculosis in BACTEC radiometric assay. The compounds 4y and 4z exhibited potential antitubercular activity against M. tuberculosis H37RV, MIC at 16 µM and 24 µM respectively. The best compound of the series i.e. compound 4y was well tolerated by Swiss-albino mice in acute oral toxicity. Compound 4y possessing a diarylbenzimidazole core, can further be optimized for better activity.
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