{"id":1606,"date":"2015-03-26T07:05:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T07:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2020-04-26T06:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T06:47:26","slug":"synthesis-spectral-evaluation-and-potential-antimicrobial-screening-of-some-substituted-thiosemicarbazides-and-substituted-thiosemicarbazones-under-microwave-irradiation-and-classical-heating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/vol3no2\/synthesis-spectral-evaluation-and-potential-antimicrobial-screening-of-some-substituted-thiosemicarbazides-and-substituted-thiosemicarbazones-under-microwave-irradiation-and-classical-heating\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthesis, Spectral Evaluation and Potential Antimicrobial Screening of some Substituted Thiosemicarbazides and Substituted Thiosemicarbazones Under Microwave Irradiation and Classical Heating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The chemistry and pharmacology of thio-semicarbazide, thiosemicarbazone have been of great interest to medicinal chemists for their wide range of biological activity<sup>1<\/sup>, Thiosemicarbazide and their derivatives are simple sulphur containing compound and possessing N-C-S group. In the recent year\u2019s chemistry of thiosemi-carbazides and thiosemicarbazones have received much attention due to their use as intermediates for the synthesis of some heterocyclic systems.<\/p>\n<p>Thiosemicarbazide and it\u2019s derivatives have been reported to possess anti-bacterial<sup>2<\/sup>, anti-tubercular<sup>3<\/sup>, antifungal<sup>4<\/sup>, hypotensive<sup>5<\/sup>, herbicidal and growth regulating<sup>6<\/sup>, hypoglyceamic<sup>7<\/sup> activity.<\/p>\n<p>Thiosemicarbazone is a important class of heterocyclic chemistry and have shown unique spectrum as analytical, structural and biological activities. Substituted thiosemicarbazones have been found to possess antiviral<sup>8<\/sup>, antitumor<sup>9<\/sup>, anti-bacterial<sup>10<\/sup>, anti-tubercular<sup>11<\/sup> activity .<\/p>\n<p>Microwave assisted reactions attracted substantial attention in recent years, because of the simplicity in operation, milder reaction condi-tions, increasing reaction rates and formation of cleaner products. In particular microwave assisted \u201cGreen Chemistry\u201d reactions<sup>12<\/sup> have gained more popularity as they compared to conventional heating method. The present study is devoted to synthesize some substituted thiosemicarbazide &amp; thiosemicarbazone derivatives by the both technique. In this context in continuation of our previous work<sup>13<\/sup>, IR, <sup>1<\/sup>H NMR characterization and their antibacterial screening of some synthesized compounds have been reported. By various workers several substituted thiosemicarbazides &amp; thiosemicarbazones have also been prepared in our laboratory<sup>14-18<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experimental<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Material and Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All the chemicals required for the present study were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Com-pany Germany. Melting points were determined by open capillary tube method and using electro thermal apparatus were uncorrected. TLC was run on silica-gel-coated AI Plates using 10% (benzene\/methanol). The IR spectra of the compounds were recorded on Perkin-Elmer spectrum RX-1 FT-IR spectrophotometer by using Kbr pellet technique and <sup>1<\/sup>H-NMR of the synthesized compounds was recorded on Advanced Bruker DRX-300 spectrometer, DMSO was used as solvents, chemical shifts are given in (ppm) and protons signals are indicated as: s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, m = multiplet. The physical and analytical properties of compounds are furnished in the Table-1 and spectral analysis are in the Table-2, antibacterial screening are recorded in the Table-3. The microwave irradia-tions for the synthesis of compounds were carried out in an IFB domestic microwave oven.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synthesis of N(R)-phenyl malonamic acid hydrazide (a<sub>1<\/sub>-j<sub>1<\/sub>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the substituted aniline (0.025 mole), freshly distilled diethyl malonate (0.05 mole) was added with few drops of catalyst DMF, refluxed the reaction mixture for 45-minutes, add (20 ml) of ethanol to it, concentrated the reaction mixture over the boiling water-bath, add ethyl alcohol (20ml) with hydrazine hydrate 99%, the obtained solid part was purified by recrystallization from absolute ethanol.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 70%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12489\" src=\"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Table 1:\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab12-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab12.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Table 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to View Table<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General method A (heating) for the synthesis of substituted <\/strong><strong>thiosemicarbazide (2a-2j)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The substituted phenyl anilic acid hydrazide<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(a<sub>1<\/sub>-j<sub>1<\/sub>; 0.001 mole), stirred solution of 4-fluoro phenyl isothiocyanate (0.001mole) in 20 ml of ethanol , the reaction mixture was refluxed for 3-hours, cooling, filtered, obtained solid part was recrystallized from ethyl alcohol 99%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General method B (microwave irradiation) for the synthesis of substituted <\/strong><strong>thiosemicarbazide<\/strong> <strong>(2a-2j)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the (a<sub>1<\/sub>-j<sub>1<\/sub>; 0.001mole) and stirred solution of substituted phenyl isothiocyanate ( R<strong><sup>I<\/sup><\/strong> ; 0.001 mole), in (15 ml) absolute ethanol, were irradiated in microwave oven for 2-5 minutes. The obtained solid part was purified by recrystallization from hot absolute ethanol.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 70%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12490\" src=\"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab22-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Table 2:\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab22-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab22.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Table 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab22.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to View Table<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General method C (heating) for the synthesis of substituted thiosemicarbazone (3a-3f,4a- 4f)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A mixture of (2a,2b; 0.001 mole), substituted aldehydes and ketone (0.001 mole)in (20 ml) of absolute ethanol with few drops of glacial acetic acid, reaction mixture was refluxed for 3-hours, the solid part was obtained during refluxing period, cooling, filtered, it was purified by recrystallization from absolute ethanol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General method D (microwave irradiation) for the synthesis of substituted <\/strong><strong>thiosemicarbazone<\/strong><strong> (3a-3f, 4a- 4f)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the substituted thiosemicarbazide (2a, 2b; 0.001 mole) and stirred solution of substituted aldehydes and ketone in (15 ml) of absolute ethanol with 4 &#8211; 5 drops of glacial acetic \u00a0acid as a<\/p>\n<p>catalyst, reaction mixture was irradiated in microwave oven for 2-5 minutes, the obtained solid was purified by recrystallization from hot ethanol 99%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 3: Antibacterial activity data of <\/strong><strong>synthesized compounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 70%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12491\" src=\"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab32-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Table 3:\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab32-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab32-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab32.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Table 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biomedpharmajournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vol_3_No2_Synt_ALOK_tab32.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to View Table<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Key to Symbols: Resistance = R; Slightly active = + (inhibition zone 6-9 mm); Moderately active = ++ (inhibition zone 9-12 mm); Highly active = +++ (inhibition zone &gt; 12 mm); (-) = inactive (Less than 6 mm).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antibacterial Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The newly synthesized compounds were screened for their antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacterial strains by the\u00a0 filter paper disc diffusion method<sup>19-20<\/sup> was followed by using special Hi-Media sterile disc code 067. Control experiment was carried out using Streptomycin as a known standard antibacteria drug for comparison with the results at a concentration of 25 \u03bcg\/ml. Screening was carried out in DMF solution. The bacteria were subcultured on nutrient agar medium and petridishes were incubated at 37<sup>O<\/sup>C for 24hrs. The results of the activity are given in Table-3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results and Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IR spectra (in Kbr) of synthesized compounds have been recorded in the frequency region 4000-500 cm<sup>-1<\/sup> and <sup>1<\/sup>H NMR Spectral data are recorded in the Table-2.<\/p>\n<p>The IR spectra of the of substituted thiosemi-carbazide (2a) showed absorption frequencies (in cm<sup>-1<\/sup>) at 3441.9 (-NH), 3022.0(-CH), 1671.8 (CO NH), 1518.5 (C=O), 1429.3(-CH<sub>2 <\/sub>group), 1334.5 (C=S),1216.2(N-N), 671.0(mono substitution ring) .These infrared spectral analysis results Indicated the absorption spectrum was in agreement with the assigned structure of compound 2a, (2b,2d,2e) and other compounds 2c, 2f-2j. The IR spectra of compound (3e) and (4d) in Kbr showed absorption frequencies in (cm<sup>-1<\/sup>) at 3426.2 and 3445.5(-NH), 3022.2 and 3022.0(-CH), 2358.9 and 2358.0 (CH=C), 1676.4 and 1672.0(CONH), 1520.9 and 1518.4(C=O), 1338.1 and 1336.6 (C=S), 1216.5 and 1216.6(N-N), 671.9 and 671.9 (mono substitution ring). These results indicated the absorption spectrum was in agreement with the assigned structure of compound 3e, 4d and other compounds 3a-3d, 3f, 4a-4c, 4e-4f.<\/p>\n<p>The <sup>1<\/sup>H NMR spectra of compound 2a showed singlet at 3.358(CH<sub>2<\/sub>),7.170(NH),9.8 58(CONH), 10.264(C=S) and <sup>1<\/sup>H NMR spectra of compound 2b showed doublet at : 3.3 36(-CH<sub>2<\/sub>), singlet at \u00a07.171(-NH), 9.860(-CONH), 10.332(-C=S). 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