Synthesis and testing of 3-acetyl-2,5-disubstituted-2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives for antifungal activity against selected Candida Species

a series of 21 1,3,4-oxadiazoline derivatives was synthesized by cyclization of n-acylhydrazones with acetic anhydride and evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activity against six candida strains: candida albicans (atcc 90028 and lm v-42), c. krusei (atcc 6258 and lm 12 c) and c. tropicalis (atcc 13803 and lm 14). the candida strains were found to be sensitive to some of the compounds, which inhibited the growth by 50-90%, with minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) in the range of 64-512 μg ml-1. the compounds' structures were fully confirmed and characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), 1h and 13c nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) and mass spectrometry (ms).