New Strategy for One-Pot Synthesis of Antimicrobial Quaternary Phosphonium Salts with an Ester Group
摘要
Abstract
A new strategy for one-pot synthesis of quaternary phosphonium salts with an ester group was developed and applied to obtain previously unknown a series phosphonium salts by reacting triphenylphosphine with halocarboxylic acids in an alcoholic medium. The alkylation of carboxylate phosphabetaines with alcohols in an acidic medium was studied. The structures and compositions of all synthesized compounds were confirmed by IR and 31P and 13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The structure of the phosphonium salts was verified using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. In vitro antimicrobial screening showed that the synthesized phosphonium salts exhibited notable inhibition zones against Gram-positive strains.