Abstract
Various oxime-ether derivatives of cholesterol have been synthesized by the alkylation of the steroidal oxime with 1-(2-chloroethyl) pyrrolidine hydrogen chloride/chloroethylamine hydrochloride in the presence of sodium methoxide in dry methanol. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by IR H-1 NMR, FAB mass spectroscopic methods and elemental analyses. The anti-bacterial activity was first tested in vitro by the disk diffusion method against two Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacteria, and then the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of compounds were determined. The results showed that the chloro derivatives exhibited better anti-bacterial activity than the standard drug chloramphenicol. (C) 2010 King Saud University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.