MICROWAVE INDUCED DRY-MEDIA SYNTHESIS OF SPIRO[INDOLE-THIAZOLIDINONES/ THIAZINONES] AS POTENTIAL ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS AND STUDY OF THEIR REACTIONS

A series of new spiro[3H-indole-3,2′-thiazolidine]-2,4′(1H)-diones (IV) and spiro[3H-indole-3,2′-tetrahydro-1,3-thiazine]-2,4′(1H)-diones (V) have been synthesized in 85–93% yield by the one-pot environmentally benign microwave induced technique involving the cyclocondensation of 3-arylimino-2H-indol-2-ones (III) with thioacids viz. mercapto aceticacid (a)/3-mercapto propionicacid (b) using montmorillonite KSF as inorganic solid support. Intermediates (III) were synthesized in situ by the reaction of indole-2,3-diones (I) and substituted anilines (II). The spiro compounds have been further subjected to solvent-free acetylation, aminoalkylation and thiation under microwave irradiation using solid supports. The synthesized compounds have been screened in vitro for antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum, and Collectotrichum capsici, and antitubercular acivity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.