Abstract
•Synthesis of structurally intriguing fused pyrroloquinoline hybrid heterocycle in excellent yield.•Compound was achieved via one-pot cascade protocol under eco-friendly solvent free condition.•Compound was assigned by spectroscopic and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.•Molecular packing and structure reactivity descriptors were investigated via computational studies.•Compound showed significant antimicrobial activity against tested bacterial and fungal pathogens.
Synthesis of a structurally complex hitherto unexplored novel class of pyrene fused pyrroloquinolinone was achieved in excellent yield via an environmental friendly solid-state melt reaction condition employing multicomponent cascade protocol which involves 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and subsequent double annulation process. The 1,3-dipole component was derived in situ from diketone and α-amino acid, whereas the Baylis-Hillman adduct synthesized from pyrene-1-carbaldehyde was utilized as a dipolarophile. Structure of the compound was elucidated by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic analysis and further confirmed through single crystal X-ray diffraction and the molecular packing was described by using Hirshfeld surface analysis. The structure-reactivity descriptors of the synthesized compound were examined through DFT calculations. The pyrroloquinoline was evaluated for its antibacterial activity against three multi drug resistant bacterial and two fungal pathogens. The MIC value of the tested microbial pathogens were exhibited with minimum (0.156 mg/mL) and maximum (1.250 mg/mL). The antimicrobial results disclosed that compound 6 is considered as a potent candidate for effective therapeutic applications.