Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activity of Some New 2,3-Dihydro-1,5-benzodiazepine Derivatives

A series of 2,3-dihydro-1,5-benzodiazepine derivatives have been synthesized and characterized using IR, NMR, GC-MS, single crystal XRD, and microanalysis. The results of their antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, and Streptococcus pyrogens indicated that most of the compounds were bacteriostatic (0.125-4 mg/mL) and also exhibited good biofilm inhibition (0.21-72.69%). The compounds were found to be synergistic when used in combination with other antibiotics. The antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects were also investigated against PC-3 prostate cancer and RAW 264.7 macrophage cell lines, respectively, using the MTT assay. Apart from compounds 6 and 7, a good number of the compounds (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8) were selectively toxic to the prostate cancer cells at 20 mu M, whilst sparing the normal cells. Compound 3 demonstrated the highest antiprostate cancer effect by reducing the viability of PC-3 cells to (13.75%), which was followed by compounds 1 (47.72%), 2 (48.18%), 4 (62.61%), 5 (66.70%), and 8 (69.55%).