Synthesis and biological evaluation of 1-(3-chloro-2-oxo-4-phenylazetidin-1-yl)-3-(2-oxo-2-(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)ethyl)urea derivatives

A new series of eleven novel 1-(3-chloro-2-oxo-4-phenylazetidin-1yl)-3-(2-oxo-2-(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)ethyl)urea derivatives were synthesized by cyclocondensation of various Schiff bases of phenothiazine with chloroacetyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine. Various Schiff bases of phenothiazine were synthesized by condensation of 4-(2-oxo-2-(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)ethyl semicarbazide with various aryl aldehydes. The synthesized compounds were characterized by IR, MASS and ¹H NMR spectral data and evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial, antitubercular, antioxidant and anticancer activities by disc diffusion method, MIC method, REMA, DPPH, FRAP and MTT assay method, respectively. All synthesized compounds showed moderate-to-significant anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activity and compound 4d, 4g, 4h and 4k showed good antioxidant activity with EC₅₀ value of 55, 57, 56 and 47 μg/ml tested by DPPH method. The compounds 4j at a concentration of 10 μg/ml showed inhibition against the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 4f showed significant activity against human cervical cancer cell line with IC₅₀ values of 18.26 μM.