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ID: ALA1137715

Journal: Eur J Med Chem

Title: A facile synthesis of alpha,alpha'-(EE)-bis(benzylidene)-cycloalkanones and their antitubercular evaluations.

Authors: Singh N, Pandey J, Yadav A, Chaturvedi V, Bhatnagar S, Gaikwad AN, Sinha SK, Kumar A, Shukla PK, Tripathi RP.

Abstract: An economical and facile synthesis of alpha,alpha'-(EE)-bis(benzylidene)-cycloalkanones was achieved by the reaction of cycloalkanones with different aromatic aldehydes using ethanolic KOH in good yields. Few of the selected compounds were reduced with NaBH(4) to the respective alpha,alpha'-(EE)-bis(benzylidene)-cycloalkanols. All these compounds and our earlier synthesized cyclohexyl phenyl methanols were evaluated for their antitubercular, antifungal and antibacterial activities. Several compounds displayed moderate antitubercular activity with MIC=12.5-1.56 microg/mL. However, none of the compounds displayed any significant antifungal activity.

CiteXplore: 18952325

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2008.09.026