Synthesis, antimicrobial and chitinase inhibitory activities of 3-amidocoumarins

A series of 3-amidocoumarins has been synthesized and tested in vitro for their anitimicrobial and chitinase inhibitory activities. Among these, compounds 5k, 5l, 8b–8d, 8f and 8g exhibited good antibacterial activity with MIC values in the range of 6.25–25 µg/mL against some of the tested strains while compounds 5l, 8b, 8c and 8f showed good activity against at least one or two fungal strains. Some of the assayed compounds 5d, 5k, 5l, 8b and 8c...