Synthesis of some NH-Derivatives of ciprofloxacin as antibacterial and antifungal agents

Five NH-derivatives of ciprofloxacin (2-6) have been prepared by acetylation/ benzoylation on ciprofloxacin (1) in order to carry out screening for antibacterial activities on some gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The antifungal activity of these compounds has also been made against Candida albicans. All of the derivatives have shown enhanced activities against gramnegatives bacteria than parent antibiotic, ciprofloxacin among which compounds 2 and 6 are the most potent agents. Regarding the antifungal activity all of the compounds have shown highest activity than ciprofloxacin. All the compounds have been characterized with spectral analysis. Article Info Received: 25 May 2011 Accepted: 5 June 2011 Available Online: 17 June 2011


Introduction
Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride belongs to the secondgeneration broad-spectrum quinolone antibiotic. It functions by inhibiting DNA gyrase, a type II topoisomerase and topoisomerase IV, enzymes necessary to separate bacterial DNA, thereby inhibiting cell division (Crumplin and Smith, 1976;Wang, 1985).
Structure activity relationship, mechanism of action, resistance and clinical aspects of some fluoroquinolones antibacterial have been screened (Goots and Brighty, 1996). A series of benzoquinolizine-2-carboxylic acid arginine salt of nadifloxacin have been synthesized and found out the excellent activity against hospital infections of multi-drug-resistance vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (de Souza et al., 2005). Effects of skeletal modification of ciprofloxacin on antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities have been observed and described that some of its derivatives having antifungal properties (Siddiqui et al., 2007). Ciprofloxacin have been incorporated to new series of Schiff base of 1,2,4-triazole via Mannich reaction and got comparable or superior antibacterial results than ciprofloxacin. (Jubie et al., 2010). The pyrazolone derivatives with pyrazole ring extension have been synthesized from ciprofloxacin and observed potential cytotoxicity against brine shrimp neoplasm than ciprofloxacin (Devnath and Islam, 2010).
In recent years the antibiotic resistance is a major concern all over the world in health sector. To find out the desirable antibacterial agent is one of the prime interest of the present scientists. In the light of excellent antibacterial activities of ciprofloxacin and its severe side effect, moreover the antibiotic resistance is a vital issue of present time. We undertook the present study with the aim of substitution the hydrogen of piperazine moiety of the parent molecule with different acyl groups in order to check the influence of newly introduced residue on the antibacterial and antifungal properties of the ciprofloxacin (Scheme 1).

Materials and Methods
All the synthetic work was done by procuring available laboratory reagents and analytical grade solvents. TLC were performed to monitor the reactions and to determine the purity of the products. Further the compounds were purified by recrystallization using suitable solvents. The melting points of the synthesized compounds were determined in open capillaries using Veego VMP-1 apparatus and expressed in °C and are uncorrected. The IR spectrum of compounds was recorded on Shimadzu FT-IR-8400s spectrometer using KBr pellet technique and is expressed in cm -1 . 1 H-NMR and 13 C-NMR spectra were recorded on Bruker DRX-600 (600 MHz FT-NMR) using DMSO, CDCl3 solvents and TMS as internal standard. Mass spectra were obtained using Shimadzu LC-MS (ESI) 2010A spectrophotometer.
Regeneration of free ciprofloxacin and production of ciprofloxacin derivatives: A solution of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (10 g) in water (50 mL) was treated with an excess of 5% aqueous sodium carbonate solution resulting in the formation of white precipitates which were filtered through suction filter and left to dry as a neutral ciprofloxacin (1, 8.8 g, 88%). These precipitates were pure enough and used as starting material for all the reaction without purification. Ciprofloxacin in acetic acid was reacted with acetic anhydride for derivative (2) and ciprofloxacin in 6% aq. NaOH solution was reacted with respective acid chloride to get rest four derivatives (3-6).

Antibacterial studies (in vitro):
The synthesized compounds were screened for their antimicrobial affects against 3 Gram-positive organisms namely Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococci and Bacillus spp; and 8 Gram-negative organisms including E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas spp, Salmonella spp, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhi (Para-A), Salmonella typhi (Para-B) and Shigalla dysenteriae. In the agar well diffusion method wells were drugged in the media with the help of a sterile metallic borer. Two to eight hours old bacterial inoculums containing approximately 104~106 colony forming units (CFU/mL) were spread on the surface in agar with the help of a sterile cotton swab.
Recommended concentration of the test sample (4 mg/ mL of DMSO) was then added in their respective wells. The plate was incubated immediately at 37°C for 20 hours or later, if necessary. Antibacterial activity was determined by measuring the diameter of zones showing complete inhibition (mm).

Fungicidal bioassay (in vitro):
All of the synthesized compounds (2-6) were screened for their antifungal affects against Candida albicans and compared with parent compound, Ciprofloxacin. Recommended concentration of the test sample (4 mg/mL of DMSO) was then added in their respective wells. The plate was incubated immediately at 37°C for 20 hours or later, if necessary. The results were determined by measuring the diameter of zones showing complete inhibition (mm).

Results and Discussion
Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride on treatment with excess  5% aqueous NaOH solution afforded neutral ciprofloxacin (88% yield) which on treatment with acetic anhydride get acetylated product 2 with 80% yield. This product was fully characterization with chromatography analysis, spectral analysis such as IR spectrum, 1 H-NMR spectrum, 13 C-NMR spectrum, LC-MS (ESI) spectrum and elemental analysis. The derivatives 3-6 were obtained by heating neutral ciprofloxacin in 5% aqueous NaOH with respective acid chloride yield of 82-92%. Extensive use of spectral analysis including IR spectrum, 1 H-NMR spectrum, 13 C-NMR spectrum, LC-MS (ESI) spectrum and elemental analysis data are consistence on the proposed structures.
The results of in vitro antibacterial activity are collected in Table I for Gram-positive and Table II for Gramnegative bacteria. The results of in vitro antifungal activity are collected in Table III for Candida albicans.
All of those experiments compared with parent antibiotic, ciprofloxacin then we observed that, two derivatives 2 and 6 showed enhanced activities than ciprofloxacin against gram-positive organisms which we screened such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococci and Bacillus spp. whereas 5 exhibited similar activity against Staphylococcus and 5 and 3 also showed similar activities against Streptococci.
Two derivatives 3 and 6 exhibited enhanced activities than ciprofloxacin against all Gram negative organisms which we tested including E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas spp, Salmonella spp, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhi Para-A, Salmonella typhi Para-B and Shigalla dysenteriae whereas 2 and 5 showed highest activity against Pseudomonas spp moreover 2 exhibited better activity against Salmonella spp, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhi Para-A, Salmonella typhi Para-B and Shigalla dysenteriae likewise 3 showed similar activity against Shigalla dysenteriae.
In generally, we can say derivative 6 showed enhanced activities than ciprofloxacin against all Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms likewise 2 and 5 showed highest activity against Pseudomonas spp moreover 2 exhibited better activity against Salmonella spp, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhi (Para-A), Salmonella typhi (Para-B) and Shigalla dysenteriae .
All of the synthesized compounds (2-6) were screened for their antifungal affects against Candida albicans and compared with parent antibiotic, ciprofloxacin. We observed all of the synthesized compounds showed enhanced activities than ciprofloxacin and derivative 6 showed the highest activity.