Synthesis,biological activity and computational studies of novel azo-compounds

In the present protocol,we report the synthesis and characterization of some novel azo-compounds starting from 4-methoxyanniline and 4-aminophenazone,which were diazotised at low temperature. 4-nitrophenol,2-aminobenzoic acid,benzamide,4-aminobenzoic acid,resorcinol,o-bromonitrobenzene and 2-nitroaniline were used as active aromatic coupling compounds for the second step. the synthesized compounds were investigated for their potential antibacterial activities by using disc diffusion method against escherichia coli,shigellasonnei,streptococcus pyrogenes,staphylococcus aureus and neisseria gonorrhoeae strains. they were also subjected to antioxidant activities by using dpph method. results revealed that the compounds of 4-methoxyaniline and 4-aminophenazone showed good antibacterial activity against all strains,where as some azo-compounds have moderate to good antioxidant activities. furthermore,these compounds were studied by computational analysis. © 2017,chemical society of pakistan. all rights reserved.