Synthesis and antibacterial activity of some novel piperazinophanes with an intraannular ester functionality

Abstract

1 : 1 and 2 : 2 oligomeric piperazinophanes with an intraannular ester functionality have been synthesized via Mannich reaction of various aromatic esters with piperazine by a one-pot reaction under benign conditions through the multicomponent reaction methodology. The newly synthesized piperazinophanes were characterized using spectral and analytical methods. The ester based 1 : 1 oligomeric piperazinophanes exhibit good target binding ability in molecular docking studies and also show better antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria than the 2 : 2 oligomeric piperazinophanes.