Facile green one-pot synthesis of novel thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives using Fe3O4@l-arginine and their biological investigation as potent antimicrobial agents

Thiazolopyrimidine derivatives are well known because of their excellent therapeutic properties. In this investigation, an effective one-pot three-component method is described for the synthesis of novel 2-[(Z)-1-(substituted phenyl)methylidine]-7-methyl-3-oxo-5-(substituted phenyl)-2,3-dihydro-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxilic acid tert-butyl ester derivatives by condensation reaction of 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thiones, various aromatic aldehydes and chloroacetyl chloride under reflux conditions in the presence of Fe3O4@l-arginine nanoparticles as a magnetically reusable and eco-friendly catalyst with short reaction times and moderate yields. The chemical structures of all synthesized compounds were determined using infrared, H-1 NMR and C-13 NMR spectroscopies. In vitro antimicrobial activities of 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thiones and newly fused thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives were examined using the well diffusion method against diverse pathogenic strains, namely Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, S. epidermidis ATCC 12228, Escherichia coli ATCC 8739 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 (bacteria), Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (yeast) and Aspergillus niger ATCC 16404 (fungus). The compounds having 2-hydroxy, 4-hydroxy, 2-chloro and 4-chloro groups attached to the phenyl ring on the pyrimidine and 4-CH3, 4-OCH3 and 3-NO2 groups attached to benzylidine on the thiazolo moiety showed significant antibacterial activity.