Synthesis, Molecular Properties Prediction and Antimicrobial Activity of Imidazolyl Schiff Bases, Triazoles and...

Benzylidenehydrazinyl imidazoles (3) are prepared from 2-hydrazinyl imidazoles (2) on treatment with hydrazine. The imine functionality in 3 is utilized to develop 5'-aryl-N-(4-aryl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-amines (5) by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diazomethane followed by aromatization with I₂ in DMSO. Compounds 3 are also explored to prepare 4'-aryl-1-(4-aryl-1H-imidazol-2-ylamino)-3-chloroazetidin-2-ones (6) on treatment with chloroacetyl chloride. The Molinspiration calculations predicted that 3, 5 and 6 have molecular hydrophobicity, conformational flexibility, good intestinal absorption and bioactivity scores. The chloro, bromo and nitro substituted imidazolyl azetidinones (6c, 6d, 6f) and nitro substituted imidazolyl triazole (5f) exhibited excellent antibacterial activity on B. subtilis, whereas chloro and nitro substituted imidazolyl triazoles (5c, 5f) showed prominent antifungal activity on A. niger.