Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of 1-(benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl)-4-(2-(oxo, hydroxyl, and fluoro)-2-phenylethyl)piperazine and 1-(benzo[d]isothiazole-3-yl)-4-(2-(oxo, hydroxy, and fluoro)-2-phenylethyl)piperazine derivatives

Twenty-two compounds in a series of 1-(benzo[ b ]thiophen-4-yl)-4-(2-(oxo, hydroxy, and fluoro)-2-phenylethyl) piperazine and 1-(benzo[d]isothiazole-3-yl)-4-(2-(oxo, hydroxy, and fluoro)-2-phenylethyl)-piperazine derivatives were synthesized through nucleophilic substitution reaction of phenacyl bromides with hetero arylpiperazine, reduction, and then fluorination. Compound K2 showed potent activity against gram-negative bacterial stain P. aeruginosa with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 12.5 µg/mL. This compound showed better inhibitory activity than the standard drug chloramphenicol.