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Levofloxacin belongs to the fluoroquinolone family; it is a potent broad-spectrum bactericidal agent. The pharmacophore required
for significant antibacterial activity is the C-3 carboxylic acid group and the 4-pyridine ring with the C-4 carbonyl group, into
which binding to the DNA bases occur. In this work, we tried to show that by masking the carboxyl group through amide
formation using certain amines to form levofloxacin carboxamides, an interesting activity is kept. Levofloxacin carboxamides on
the C-3 group were prepared, followed by the formation of their copper complexes. The target compounds were characterized
by FT-IR, elemental analysis. The antimicrobial activity of the target compounds was evaluated and showed satisfactory resu
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