Variedly connected 1,8-naphthalimide-7-chloroquinoline conjugates: Synthesis, anti-mycobacterial and cytotoxic evaluation.

Recent disclosures about anti-bacterial and anti-tubercular potential of naphthalimide and quinoline core respectively propelled us to synthesize a library of 1,8-naphthalimide-7-chloroquinoline hybrids. Different modes of linkage between two pharmacophoric units viz. simple alkyl chains and induction of amide bond were used and the substituents on the naphthalimide core were varied in order to determine Structure-Activity-Relationship (SAR). Our findings demonstrated that simple alkyl chain linked conjugates showed better activity profiles without any cytotoxicity, while the inclusion of amide bond enhanced the cytotoxic tendency. An interesting behaviour of conjugates in terms of activity and cytotoxicity was observed via switching over the nature of linker between two pharmacophores.