Synthesis of some new carbonitriles and pyrazole coumarin derivatives with potent antitumor and antimicrobial activities.

3-Acetyl-4-hydroxycoumarin (2) was reacted with some aldehydes (4-chlorobenzaldehyde, 4-bromobenzaldehyde, 5-methylfurfural) to afford the chalcones (3a-c). Cyclization of these chalcones with malononitrile in the presence of ammonium acetate afforded pyridine carbonitriles (4a-c), while the cyclization reaction of chalcones (3a-c) with ethyl cyanoacetate afforded the oxopyridine carbonitriles (5a-c). On the other hand, the chalcones (3a-c) reacted with hydrazine hydrate in alcohol to yield pyrazoles (6a-c), but when the same reaction is carried out in the presence of acetic acid, the acetyl pyrazole derivatives (7a-c) were obtained. Finally, the reaction of the chalcones (3a-c) with phenylhydrazine afforded phenylpyrazole derivatives (8a-c). The structures of synthesized compounds were confirmed by their micro analysis and spectral data (IR, NMR and MS). Twelve samples were evaluated for the human breast adenocarcinoma cytotoxicity, three of them showed moderate activity, the rest of the samples showed weak cytotoxic activity (very high IC50), but for the hepatocarcinoma cell lines four samples showed weak cytotoxic effect, while the rest of the compounds showed very weak effect. For antimicrobial study, three compounds proved to be the most promising against tested bacterial organisms.