New biscoumarin derivatives: synthesis, crystal structure, theoretical study and antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus

Molecules. 2014 Nov 28;19(12):19868-79. doi: 10.3390/molecules191219868.

Abstract

Five novel biscoumarins 1-5 were synthesized and characterized. In these compounds, two classical asymmetrical intramolecular O-H···O hydrogen bonds were used to stabilize the whole structures and the HB energies were performed with the density functional theory (DFT) [B3LYP/6-31G*] method. The five compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ATCC 29213), methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA XJ 75302), vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (Mu50 ATCC 700699), and USA 300 (Los Angeles County clone, LAC) by the means of minimum inhibitory concentration and time-kill curves.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Coumarins / chemical synthesis*
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / pharmacology*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Coumarins