Thiazole has been a key scaffold in antidiabetic drugs. In quest of new and more effective drugs a simple, efficient, high yielding (67-79 %) and convenient synthesis of arylidenehydrazinyl-4-methoxyphenyl)thiazoles is accomplished over two steps. The synthesis involved the condensation of aryl substituted thiosemicarbazones and 2-bromo-4-methoxyacetophenone in absolute ethanol. The structures of the resulting thiazoles are in accord with their UV/VIS, FT-IR, 1 H-, 13 C-NMR and HRMS data. All compounds were evaluated for alpha(α)-amylase inhibition potential, antiglycation, antioxidant abilities and biocompatibility. The compounds library identified 2-(2-(3,4-dichlorobenzylidene)hydrazinyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)thiazole as a lead molecule against α-amylase inhibition with an IC50 of 5.75±0.02 μM. α-Amylase inhibition is also supported by molecular docking studies against α-amylase. All the obtained thiazoles also showed promising antiglycation activity with 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-{2-[2-(trifluoromethyl)benzylidene]hydrazinyl}thiazole exhibiting the best inhibition (IC50 = 0.383±0.001 mg/mL) compared to control. The tested compounds are also biocompatible at the concentration used i. e., 10 μM.
Keywords: 1,3-thiazoles; antiglycation; antioxidant; biological studies; bioorganic chemistry; cyclization; α-amylase docking.
© 2022 Wiley-VHCA AG, Zurich, Switzerland.