Synthesis and biological activities of novel ethers of quinolinone linked with coumarins

A series of new ethers of quinolinone linked with different substituted coumarins and benzofurans were synthesized from 4-(bromomethyl)quinolinones. All newly synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities. Most of the compounds with chloro substitution at the C-6 or C-7 position in quinolinone showed potent antibacterial and antifungal activities. In pharmacological evaluations, some of these chloroquinolinones also showed 70–77% inhibition of inflammation after 8 h, whereas the other compounds showed 51–55% inhibition. Most of the compounds showed potent analgesic activity compared to the standard and control. The structures of all newly synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, and EI-MS. Graphical abstract