Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of Some Coumarin Derivatives

Coumarin derivatives are an important class of heterocyclic compounds, specifically 4-amino substituted coumarins with antioxidant, anticancer activities. The above observations prompted us to synthesize new coumarins with various substitutions. The starting material 4-chloro-2H-chromen-2-one was synthesized by refluxing a mixture of 4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one in phosphoryl chloride. The 4-substituted amine derivatives of coumarin were synthesized by refluxing 4-chloro-2H-chromen-2- one with 4-substituted amines and anhydrous K2CO3 and methanol. All the eleven 4-substituted amine derivatives of coumarin were synthesized by replacing chloro group with different amines. These coumarin derivatives were evaluated for in vitro antioxidant activity using quercetin as standard.