November 2011
Synthesis of Some New 1H-Benzimidazole-2-carboxamido Derivatives and
Their Antimicrobial Activitiy
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C14H16Cl2N4O2 0.5 H2O: C, 47.74; H, 4.86; N, 15.91. Found
C, 47.55; H, 4.57; N, 15.97.
4-[(5,6-Dichloro-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbonyl]piperazine-
1-carbaldehyde (6). Purification, crys. dimethylformamide-
the paper disc was measured after incubation period
(Table 1). In general, it was observed that the synthe-
sized compounds were more active against the bacteria
than fungi. Among the synthesized derivatives, com-
pound 3 exhibited best inhibitory activity against S. aur-
eus with 16-mm zone diameter, however the activity
was less than the reference compound Ampicillin. As
the compounds have no comparable results with the
references by the disc diffusion techniques, further test
tube dilution method was not carried out.
EtOH, yield 29%, mp 272–274ꢀC; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6
þ
D2O) d ppm: 3.54 (s,4H, pipe), 3.73 ve 4.35 (d, 4H, pipe),
7.94 (br. s, 2H), 8.1 (s, 1H, CHO); MS: m/z 327(100),
329(70), 331(13). Anal. Calcd for C13H12Cl2N4O2 0.25 H2O:
C, 47.07; H, 3.80; N, 16.9. Found C, 47.06; H, 3.81; N, 16.83.
Ethyl
4-[(5,6-dichloro-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbonyl]pi-
perazine-1-carboxylate (7). Purification, crys. EtOH, yield
35%, mp 239–241ꢀC; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) d ppm : 1.17
(t,3H), 3.48 (br. s., 4H, pipe), 3.68 (t,2H, pipe), 4.04 (q,2H),
4.36 (t,2H, pipe), 7.7 (s,1H), 8.05(s,1H), 13.5 (s,1H,imidazole
NH); MS: m/z 371(100), 373(63), 375(13). Anal. Calcd for
C15H16Cl2N4O3 .0.5 H2O: C, 47.38; H, 4.51; N, 14.74. Found
C, 47.23; H, 4.37; N, 14.65.
EXPERIMENTAL
Uncorrected melting points were measured on a Bu¨chi B-
1
540 capillary melting point apparatus. H (400 MHz) and 13C
5,6-Dichloro-2-[(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)carbonyl]-1H-benz-
imidazole (8). Purification, cc, dichloromethane:isopropano-
l:ammonium hydroxide (10:5:0.1), yield 28%, mp 264–269ꢀC;
1H NMR (DMSO-d6) d ppm: 3.27 (t, 4H, pipe), 3.86 (t, 2H,
pipe), 4.55 (t, 2H, pipe), 6.82 (t, J ¼ 8 Hz, 1H), 7.01 (d, J ¼
8 Hz, 2H), 7.24 (t, J ¼ 8 Hz, 2H), 7.75 (s,1H), 8.11 (s,1H),
13.4 (s,1H,imidazole NH); MS: m/z 375(100), 377(59),
379(13). Anal. Calcd for C18H16Cl2N4O: C, 57.61; H, 4.30; N,
14.93. Found C, 57.44; H, 4.41; N, 15.18.
5,6-Dichloro-2-{[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl]carbonyl}-
1H-benzimidazole (9). Purification, cc, ethyl acetate:n-hexane
(1:1), yield 29%, mp 246–248ꢀC; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) d
ppm: See Table 1. MS: m/z 405(100), 407(67), 409(15). Anal.
Calcd for C19H18Cl2N4O2 .0.25 H2O: C, 55.69; H, 4.55; N,
13.67. Found C, 55.69; H, 4.54; N, 13.7.
5,6-Dichloro-2-{[4-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl]carbonyl}-
1H-benzimidazole (10). Purification, cc, dichloromethane:iso-
propanol:ammonium hydroxide (10:5:0.1), yield 22%, mp
265–270ꢀC; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) d ppm: 3.18 (t,4H, pipe),
3.83 (t, 2H, pipe), 4.52 (t,2H, pipe), 6.97–7.08 (m,4H),
7.73(s,1H), 8.08(s,1H), 13.47 (s, 1H, imidazole NH); MS:
m/z 393(100), 395(61), 397(11). Anal. Calcd for
C18H15Cl2FN4O: C, 54.98; H, 3.84; N, 14.25. Found C, 54.54;
H, 3.96; N: 14.1.
5,6-Dichloro-2-{[4-(4-nitrophenyl)piperazin-1-yl]carbonyl}-
1H-benzimidazole (11). Purification, crys. EtOH, yield 31%,
mp 254–258ꢀC; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) d ppm: 3.66(t, 4H,
pipe), 3.87 (2H, pipe), 4.60 (t, 2H, pipe), 7.04 (d, J ¼ 8 Hz,
2H), 7.75 (s,1H), 8.09 (m,3H), 13.47 (s,1H,imidazole NH). 13C
NMR (DMSO-d6) d ppm: 158.3, 155, 148.3, 142.6, 137.7,
133.5, 127.5, 126.4, 125.9, 122.2, 114.3, 113.3, 47.2, 46.3,
45.9, 42.8; MS: m/z 420(100), 422(62), 424(10). Anal. Calcd
for C18H15Cl2N5O3: C, 51.44; H, 3.60; N, 16.66. Found C,
50.95; H, 3.58; N, 16.47.
(100 MHz) NMR spectra were recorded using a Varian Mer-
cury 400-MHz FT spectrometer, and chemical shifts (d) are in
ppm relative to TMS. J values are given in Hertz. Mass spec-
tra were taken on a Waters Micromass ZQ connected with
Waters Alliance HPLC, using ESI(þ) method, with C-18 col-
umn. Elemental analyses were performed by Leco CHNS-932.
Analyzer and the results were found to be in good agreement
with the calculated values. Compounds 1 [10] and 2 [11] were
prepared by the literature methods. 4,5-Dichloro-o-phenylene-
diamine and glycolic acid were procured from Aldrich.
General synthesis of 3–11, 13–14.. To a solution of 5,6-
dichlorobenzimidazole-2-carboxylic acid (0.231g, 1 mmol) in
dimethylformamide (1.5 mL) was added corresponding amines
(1.1 mmol) and O-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N0,N0-tetramethy-
luronium HBTU (0.417g, 1.1 mmol), followed by triethyl-
amine (1.1 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room tempera-
ture for 24 h. The reaction mixture was cooled and poured
into water. Residue was purified by crystallization or column
chromatography (cc).
5,6-Dichloro-2-(piperidin-1-ylcarbonyl)-1H-benzimidazole
(3). Purification, crys. EtOH, yield 44%, mp 208–212ꢀC; 1H
NMR (DMSO-d6 þ D2O þ NaH) d ppm: 1.39 (2H, pipe),
1.51 (4H, pipe), 3.45 and 3.52 (4H, pipe), 7.6 (s,2H); MS: m/z
298(100), 300(60), 302(13). Anal. Calcd for C13H13Cl2N3O: C,
52.37; H, 4.39; N, 14.09. Found C, 52.0; H, 4.56; N, 14.09.
5,6-Dichloro-2-[(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)carbonyl]-1H-benz-
imidazole (4). Purification, cc, dichloromethane:isopropano-
l:ammonium hydroxide (10:5:0.1), yield 76%, mp 267–269ꢀC;
1H NMR (CD3OD þ D2O þ NaH) d ppm: 2.32 (s,3H,CH3),
2.46 and 2.56 (s,s, 4H, pipe), 3.68 and 3.82 (s,s, 4H, pipe),
7.63(s, 2H); 13C NMR (CD3OD þ D2O þ NaH) d ppm:
167.1, 156.6, 144.4, 122.6, 117.5, 54.9, 54.2, 46.7, 44.8, 41.5;
MS : m/z 313 (100), 315(66), 317(11). Anal. Calcd for
C13H14Cl2N4O. 0.25 H2O: C, 49.15; H, 4.60; N, 17.64. Found
C, 49.07; H, 4.60; N, 17.48.
2-{4-[(5,6-Dichloro-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbonyl]pipera-
zin-1-yl}ethanol (5). Purification, cc, dichloromethane:isopro-
panol:ammonium hydroxide (10:5:0.2), yield 23%, mp 232–
235ꢀC; 1H NMR (CD3OD þ D2O þ NaH) d ppm: 2.54 (b.t,
2H, pipe), 2.58 (t,2H, NACH2), 2.65 (b.t, 2H, pipe), 3.65
(b.t,2H, pipe), 3.7 (t,2H,OACH2), 3.81 (b.t, 2H, pipe), 7.62
(s,2H); 13C NMR (CD3OD þ D2O þ NaH) d ppm : 167.1,
156.7, 144.4, 122.6, 117.5, 59.7, 58.5, 53.5, 52.8, 46.8, 41.7;
MS: m/z 343(100), 345(65), 347(12). Anal. Calcd for
5,6-Dichloro-2-(piperazin-1-ylcarbonyl)-1H-benzimidazole
(12). Compound 6 (0.135 g, 0.4 mmol) was stirred in metha-
nolic HCl (5 mL) at room temperature for 24 h. The reaction
mixture was basified with dilute K2CO3 solution and the pre-
cipitate was crystallized from EtOH, yield 46%, mp, 303–
1
305ꢀC; H NMR (DMSO-d6 þ D2O) d ppm: 3.25 and 3.29 (t,
4H, pipe), 3.92 (t, 2H, pipe), 4.66 (t, 2H, pipe), 7.97 (s, 2H);
MS: m/z 299 (100), 300(66), 302(14). Anal. Calcd for
C12H12Cl2N4O: C, 48.18; H, 4.04; N, 18.73. Found C, 48.08;
H, 3.96; N,18.67.
Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
DOI 10.1002/jhet