Abstract
Background: Thiazoles and pyridines are versatile synthetic scaffolds possessing wide spectrum of biological effects including potential antimicrobial activity.
Objective: In the efforts to develop suitable antimicrobia drugs, medicinal chemists have focused on thiazole derivatives. A novel series of 2-thiazolyl pyridines was prepared in a one pot three-component reaction using 2-bromoacetyl pyridine as a starting precursor.
Method: Structure of the synthesized compounds was elucidated by spectral data (FT-IR, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, and mass) and elemental analyses. The prepared compounds were screened for their in vitro antimicrobial activity.
Results: The results revealed that compounds 4a,b,e-g and 12 showed promising activity. Molecular docking studies using MOE software were carried out for compounds 4a and 4b which exhibited potent activities indicated by the diameter zones (4a; 3.6, 4.0, 1.2 mm) (4b; 4.2, 3.5, 1.5 mm) and the binding affinities (4a; -5.7731, -5.3576, -4.6844 kcal mol(-1)) (4b; -5.9356, -2.8250, -5.3628 kcal mol(-1)) against Candida albicans, Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli, respectively.
Conclusion: This paper describes a facile and efficient MCR for synthesis of 2-thiazolyl pyridines from reaction of 2-bromoacetyl pyridine with different reagents. There was an agreement between the values of binding affinities and interactions and the data obtained from the practical antimicrobial screening of the tested compounds.