Novel 4H-pyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazoles derivatives: Camphorsulphonic acid catalyzed enantioselective synthesis, optimization, and biological study

An efficient, highly convergent route for the synthesis of novel fourteen single isomer derivatives of ethyl-2-methyl-4-(pyridin-2-yl)-4H-benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate have been developed by one-pot, three-component reaction between pyridine 2-aldehyde, β-ketoester and various derivatives of 2-amino benzothiazole in the presence of D-(+)-10-camphorsulphonic acid (D-(+)-10-CSA) as an effective chiral acid catalyst. Under the optimized conditions with 20 mol% catalyst loading, a wide range of optically active 4H-pyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazole derivatives were obtained in good yields (up to 82%) with good to excellent enantioselectivities (84-99%ee). Their structures were elucidated by various spectroscopic methods such as ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, Chiral HPLC, mass and elemental analysis. The attractive feature of this approach is one-pot synthesis, good yield, environment benign, mild reaction condition, simple, efficient, excellent stereoselectivity, water soluble catalyst and easy workup. All the final scaffolds have been screened for antibacterial activity. Among them, 4a’, 4c’, 4d’, 4e’, 4f’, 4g’, 4j’,4m’ and 4n’ were proven to possess enhanced antibacterial properties as compared to the standard drug.