Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of 3-hydrazino-naphthoquinones as analogs of lapachol

Several 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives having a hydrazino side chain were synthesized from 3-diazo-naphthalene-1,2,4-trione and tested as potential antimicrobial agents. These naphthoquinone derivatives 2-[N'-(1-acetyl-2-oxo-propylidene)-hydrazino]-3-hydroxy -[1,4]naphthoquinone, ethyl 2-[(3-hydroxy-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-naphthalen-2-yl)-hydrazono] -3-oxo-butyrate, t-butyl 2-[(3-hydroxy-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-naphthalen-2-yl)-hydrazono]-3-oxo -butyrate, 3-hydroxy-2-[(di-O-isopropylidene-malonate)-hydrazino]-1,4-naphthoquinone, and diethyl 2-[(3-hydroxy-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-naphthalen-2-yl)-hydrazono]-malonate showed greater antibacterial activity at the level of the preliminary susceptibility testing in disk than lapachol (1), a well known 1,4-naphthoquinone which has several biological activities. Studies on the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) for Staphylococcus aureus showed that diethyl 2-[(3-hydroxy-1,4-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-naphthalen-2-yl)-hydrazono]-malonate has an activity twofold greater than 1. On the other hand, optical density measurement for S. aureus indicated that this compound has similar activity compared with vancomycin at 2xMIC.

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Main Authors: Oliveira,Claudia G. T., Miranda,Frederico F., Ferreira,Vitor F., Freitas,Cícero C., Rabello,Renata F., Carballido,Jupira M., Corrêa,Luiz C. D.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2001
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532001000300004
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