Novel deoxycholic acid 3α-triazole conjugates based on methyl 3α-chloroacetoxy-12α-hydroxy-cholanate have been synthesised. The synthesis is accelerated by microwave irradiation under solvent free conditions in the presence of K2CO3. Some of these compounds were tested for antibacterial activity against B.subtilis, P.aeruginosa and S.aureus. The preliminary results indicated that these deoxycholic acid-triazole conjugates have good inhibitory effect against B.subtilis. All of the compounds were characterised by 1H NMR, IR, ESI-MS spectra and elemental analyses.
Twelve new Schiff bases containing a disubstituted 1,2,4-triazole and a monosubstituted indole linked by a thioethyl group were efficiently synthesised via a method employing microwave irradiation. Compared with a conventional method of heating at 100 °C, yields were increased from 46–48 to 82–92% and the reaction times were reduced from 20–25 h to 4–7 min. The structures of these novel hexacyclic Schiff bases were characterised by their spectral data and elemental analysis. Evaluation of their antibacterial activity showed that many of them possess excellent activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis.