Thiazolo[4,5- D]Pyrimidines: Synthesis and Antibacterial Evaluation
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Heterocycl. Commun., Vol. 17(1-2), pp. 43–47, 2011 • Copyright © by Walter de Gruyter • Berlin • Boston. DOI 10.1515/HC.2011.016 Thiazolo[4,5- d ]pyrimidines: synthesis and antibacterial evaluation Mohammad Rahimizadeh 1, *, Mehdi Bakavoli 1 , 2004 ; Bhattacharya et al., 2005 ) and vanilloid receptor I Ali Shiri 1 , Reyhaneh Faridnia 1 , Parvaneh Pordeli 2 TRPVI antagonism ( Xi et al., 2005 ). Also, some thiazol- and Fatemeh Oroojalian 3 opyrimidines have been found to possess anti-infl ammatory 1 Department of Chemistry , School of Sciences, Ferdowsi and analgesic activities ( Russo et al., 1993 ; Pawan and University of Mashhad, 91775-1436 Mashhad , Iran Sawhney, 1997 ; Ashok et al., 2007 ). 2 Department of Biology , School of Sciences, Ferdowsi Although thiazole ring construction has been reported University of Mashhad, 91775-1436 Mashhad , Iran numerous times and adequately reviewed in the literature 3 Department of Microbiology , School of Sciences, Isfahan ( Metwally et al., 2004 ), there are few reports on the syn- University , Isfahan, Iran thesis of fused thiazolopyrimidines and especially thiazolo [4,5- d ] pyrimidines. Walek and coworkers ( Walek, 1983 ; * Corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] Walek et al., 1984 ) prepared compound ( I ) by heating the thiazole ( II ) at 180 ° C for 2 h, whereas Wobig (1989) pre- pared thiazolopyrimidine derivatives (III ) by cyclization of aminothiazoles ( IV ) with formamide, formic acid, and Abstract dimethyl malonate. The reaction of 4-amino-5-bromo-2-chloro-6-methylpyrim- H H N idine ( 1 ) with carbon disulfi de in the presence of KOH in O N N 2 N H R DMF quantitatively gave 5-chloro-7-methylthiazolo[4,5- d ] R EtO N HN S S pyrimidine-2 (3 H )-thione ( 2 ) which was then alkylated at the O O O sulfur atom with various alkyl halides in the presence of Et3 N (I) (II) in acetonitrile to give alkylthio derivatives 3 . The substitution of the chlorine atom in 3 with morpholine was also investi- R N N H2N N SMe SMe gated. The synthesized compounds were subjected to antibac- N R1HN 1 S S terial evaluations. R O O (III) (IV) Keywords: antibacterial evaluation; heterocyclization; thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine. Effi cient synthesis of various derivatives of thiazolo- pyrimidine have been reported by the reaction of 4,6-dichlo- ro-5-aminopyrimidine with isothiocyanates ( Liu et al., 2005 ; Introduction Lebsack et al., 2009 ). The reaction of 4-chloro-2,3-dihydro- thiazolidine-5-carboxaldehyde with urea in ethanol solution In medicinal chemistry, pyrimidine derivatives have been at refl ux in the presence of a catalytic amount of Et N afforded known for their therapeutic applications. The presence 3 new polysubstituted thiazolopyrimidine derivatives ( El Rady, of a pyrimidine system in thymine, cytosine, and uracil, 2008 ). Akbari et al. (2008) have synthesized 7-aryl-5-thioxo- which are the essential building blocks of nucleic acids, H d is one possible reason for the activity ( Amir et al., 2007 ). 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-3 -thiazolo[4,5- ]pyrimidin-2-ones by Similarly, thiazole derivatives possess diverse pharmaco- the reaction of 2,4-thiazolidine with thiourea and different logical activities. Fused derivatives of pyrimidine and thi- aromatic aldehydes. azole are also bioactive. For example, thiazolopyrimidine Taking into account these fi ndings and in continuation of derivatives have been the focus of a great deal of interest our efforts to develop novel and effi cient routes to hetero- owing to their antimicrobial ( Vicini et al., 2003 ; Zitouni cyclic derivatives of pyrimidine with potential biological et al., 2004 ), antiviral ( Sircar et al., 1986 ; Nagahara et al., activities ( Bakavoli et al., 2008 , 2009 , 2010a , b , 2011a , b ), we 1990 ; Kini et al., 1991 ), and antitumor ( El-Subbagh and turned our attention to the synthesis of various new deriva- Alobaid, 1996 ) activities. They have been used as potent tives of thiazolo[4,5- d ]pyrimidine. It was of interest to inves- and selective inhibitors of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 ( Clark tigate antibacterial activity of the new compounds against et al., 2007 ) and VEGF receptors I and II ( Kiselyov et al., Staphylococcus aureus PTCC 1431, Bacillus subtilis PTCC 2006 ). They have also shown potent and selective human 1365, Escherichia coli HB101 BA 7601C, and Pseudomonas adenosine A3 receptor ( Van Tilburg et al., 2001 ; Jung et al., aeruginosa PTCC 1074 bacteria. 44 M. Rahimizadeh et al. Results and discussion A nucleophilic substitution of the chlorine atom at the 5-po- sition of the pyrimidine ring of the synthesized compounds Chemistry 3a – f with morpholine yielded the corresponding morpholine- substituted derivatives 4a – f in good yields. The 1 H NMR spec- 5-Bromo-2,4-dichloro-6-methylpyrimidine, which was pre- tra of all new compounds 4a – f exhibit the characteristic signals pared as reported by us previously ( Bakavoli et al., 2006 ), was treated with ammonia in ethanol at room temperature to of the morpholine unit, which along with other data unambigu- give 4-amino-5-bromo-2-chloro-6-methyl-pyrimidine (1) . The ously confi rm the desired structures of compounds 4a – f . heterocyclization of compound 1 with carbon disulfi de in the presence of KOH at room temperature quantitatively afforded Antibacterial evaluation 5-chloro-7-methyl-2,3-dihydropyrimido[4,5- d ][1,3]thiazol-2- thione (2) . The 1 H NMR spectrum of this compound shows a The tested microorganisms were Gram-positive and Gram- singlet at δ 2.52 ppm and a broad singlet at δ 3.85 for the methyl negative bacteria. The sensitivity of the selected microorganisms, and NH groups of the compound 2 , respectively. In the mass S. aureus PTCC 1431, B. subtilis PTCC 1365, E. coli HB101 BA spectra of this compound, molecular ion peak is observed at 7601C, and P. aeruginosa PTCC 1074, to all synthesized com- m/z 217, which corresponds to the desired molecular formula. pounds 3a – f and 4a – f was determined in vitro. The compounds To prepare new derivatives of thiazolo [4,5-d ] pyrimidine, com- were dissolved in DMSO and the tests were carried out using a pound 2 was treated with various alkyl halides bearing different disk diffusion method ( Reeves and White, 1983 ). Streptomycin functional groups in the presence of Et3 N in boiling acetonitrile. was used as a reference bactericidal antibiotic (Table 1 ). The The desired new derivatives of thiazolo[4,5- d ]pyrimidine 3a – f evaluations were obtained in triplicate and the results with dif- were obtained in good to excellent yields (Scheme 1 ). ferences greater than 5 % were discarded, and the measurements The structures of the synthesized compounds 3 were deter- repeated. It can be concluded from the data in Table 1 that all mined by the spectral and microanalytical data. For example, 3a – f 4a – f B. subtilis the 1 H NMR spectrum of compound 3a does not exhibit a signal compounds and are highly active against for an NH moiety that is present at δ 3.85 in the spectrum of and P. aeruginosa. A slightly lower activity is observed against the precursor 2 . Product 3a shows two sharp singlets at δ 2.55 S. aureus . Compounds 3c , 3d , and 4b are highly active against and δ 2.88 for two methyl groups. The IR spectrum of 3a does E. coli , which is a Gram-negative bacteria. not show the stretching vibration band at 3280 cm -1 for the NH group that is found in the IR spectrum to the NH group of the precursor 2 . Instead, a new C = N stretching vibration band at Conclusion 1640 cm -1 is observed. The molecular ion peaks in the mass spectrum of compound 3a are observed at m/z 231 and 233, In summary, a new series of thiazolo[4,5- d ]pyrimidine deriva- which is consistent with the presence of one chlorine atom in the tives were synthesized and their antibacterial activities evalu- molecule. These results, together with the results of microanaly- ated. Many compounds proved to be more active against B. sis fully support the molecular formula of C7 H6 ClN3 S2 for 3a . subtilis and P. aeruginosa than streptomycin, the reference Cl N NH H Cl N 2 Cl N N N CS2 S R-X SR N N N S Br DMF/KOH S Et3N/CH3CN CH CH 3 CH3 3 (1) (2) (3a-f) 3a: R=CH 3 3d: R=CH2CN 3b: R=C H 2 5 3e: R=CH2COCH3 3c: R=CH2Ph 3f: R=CH2CO2Et Morpholine Et3N, EtOH O N N N SR N S CH3 (4a-f) 4a: R=CH 3 4d: R=CH2CN 4b: R=C2H5 4e: R=CH2COCH3 4c: R=CH2Ph 4f: R=CH2CO2Et Scheme 1 Synthesis of thiazolo[4,5- d ]pyrimidines. Thiazolo[4,5- d ]pyrimidines 45 Table 1 Antibacterial data for compounds 3a – f and 4a – f . Compound Gram-negative bacteria Gram-positive bacteria Escherichia coli Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus Bacillus subtilis HB101 BA 7601C PTCC 1074 PTCC 1431 PTCC 1365 3a 15 a (-) b,c 14( + + )12(-)15( + + ) 3b 17( + )15( + + )12(-)15( + + ) 3c 18( + + )15.5( + + )14(-)14( + + ) 3d 18( + + )13(+ + )14(-)14( + + ) 3e 17( + )14( + + )14(-)13(+ + ) 3f 17( + )15( + + )13(-)14( + + ) 4a 15(-) 15.3( + + )12(-)14( + + ) 4b 20( + + )15( + + )13(-)14.5( + + ) 4c 13(-) 15.5( + + )12(-)15( + + ) 4d 14(-) 16( + + )15( + )14( + + ) 4e 15(-) 13( + + )13(-)13.5( + + ) 4f 17( + ) 9(-)14.5(-)14.3( + + ) Streptomycin (standard) 17 10 15 10 a Zones of inhibition in millimeters. b (++) highly sensitive; (+) moderately sensitive; (-) slightly sensitive. c The maximum inhibition zone for each compound has been shown. Discs of each concentration were placed in triplicate in Muller-Hinton agar medium seeded with fresh bacteria separately and the average was reported.