SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF NOVEL N-PHENYLPROPYL-3-SUBSTITUTED INDOLINE-2-ONE DERIVATIVES

Objective: The objective of the present work deals with the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of N-phenylpropyl-3-substituted indoline-2-one derivatives.Methods: A series of new 3-hydroxy-3-(2-oxoethyl)-1-(3-phenylpropyl) indolin-2-one derivatives 3(a-l) and 3-(2-oxoethylidene)-1-(3-phenylpropyl) indolin-2-one derivatives 4(a-l) were synthesized by knoevenagel condensation of N-phenylpropyl–5-substituted indole-2,3-diones with various acetophenones analogues. The chemical structures of synthesized compounds were confirmed by IR, 1HNMR and Mass spectroscopic and elemental data. These compounds were also screened for their in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.Results: Novel compounds 3-hydroxy-3-(2-oxoethyl)-1-(3-phenylpropyl) indolin-2-one derivatives 3(a-l) and 3-(2-oxoethylidene)-1-(3-phenylpropyl) indolin-2-one derivatives 4(a-l) were synthesised and characterized using spectral and analytical data. The results of antibacterial and antifungal and antioxidant activities showed that some of the synthesized compounds exhibited promising results.Conclusion: All the newly synthesized compounds were screened for antimicrobial activity by cup plate method and antioxidant activity by the DPPH method using Ciprofloxacin and Amphotericin B as standards against gram positive and gram negative bacteria and fungi respectively