Abstract
The synthesis of a new 4-[2-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-ylsulfanyl)-acetylamino]-benzenesulfonic acid from available reagents using an efficient strategy was reported, and its antimicrobial ability against bacterial strains was investigated. This new compound was characterised using a single crystal technique, which showed that the compound crystallised with a monoclinic system in a P21/c space group. Its unit-cell parameters were a = 17.0692 (2) Å, b = 5.0326 (3) Å, c = 17.2979 (4) Å, β = 106.596° (2) and Z = 4. Crystal packing was stabilised by hydrogen bonds, pi- stacking, Csingle bondH….pi and van der Waals interactions. The intermolecular interaction analysis of the crystal structure was affected by Hirschfeld surface analysis, and associated two-dimensional fingerprint plots were utilised. In addition, docking investigations of the biological activity of the synthesised compound was also performed.