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Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of 3-hydroxyimino-5-methyl-2-hexanone(HIMH) and its dioxime derivative
Vishwanath R Patil1, Kamini J Donde, Sanjeev B Jadhav
1Department of Chemistry, The Institute of Science, Mumbai, India.
Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica
|September 17, 2002
Abstract:
A new oxime, 3-hydroxyimino-5-methyl-2-hexanone (HIMH) has been synthesized by the reaction of 1-pentyl nitrite with 5-methyl-2-hexanone under acidic conditions. The subsequent treatment of HIMH with NH2OH x HCl gives 5-methyl-2,3-hexanedione dioxime (H2MHDDO). The structures of these compounds have been confirmed by physicochemical and spectral data. A preliminary screening of these compounds for biological activity against several microorganisms has indicated that they are selective growth inhibitors of m-tuberculosis, in particular.