Abstract:
Thiochromanones and 1,3,4-thiadazoles as heterocyclic compounds have broad biological activities. In order to find novel compounds with antifungal bioactivity, substituted thiophenol and maleic anhydride were used to synthesize the intermediate 4-oxothiochromane-2-carboxylic acid. It was reacted with 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazol to get fourteen target compounds containing 1,3,4-thiadazole moiety. The structures of the obtained compounds were confirmed by
1H NMR,
13C NMR and HR-MS. All compounds were investigated for antifungal activity via microdilution broth method. The results showed that the target compounds
3a and
3c to
Epidermophyton floccosum and
Mucor racemosus exhibited better antifungal activity than the positive control fluconazole, in which the minimum inhibition concentration can reach 8 μg·mL
-1 and 16 μg·mL
-1. Compound
3e showed significant inhibitory activity to
Helminthosporium maydis, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and
Botrytis cinerea compared with that of the positive control carbendazim. Compound
3b exhibited inhibitory activity to
Helminthosporium maydis better than the positive control carbendazim.