Synthesis, antimicrobial activity and structure-activity relationship study of N,N-dibenzyl-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine derivatives.

We report herein synthesis and antimicrobial activity of a series of N,N-dibenzyl-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine derivatives. In order to study the structure-activity relationship of substituted dibenzyl-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine derivatives, 44 structurally diverse compounds were synthesized and tested against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. Among them, compounds 17-20, 26, 37, 38 were found to be more active than tetracycline with MIC value ranging 0.0005-0.032 μg/mL and no hemolysis upto 1024 μg/mL in mammalian erythrocytes was observed. Some of the compounds have also shown very promising antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Candida glabrata and Geotrichum candidium.