Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Biological Activities of Some Imidazolium Salts

Scheme 1

Optimized conformers of the synthesized imidazole molecules with their labeled and numbered atoms: (a) 1,3-bis(2-hydroxyethyl) imidazolidinium bromide, (b) 3-(2-ethoxy-2-oxoethly)-1-(3-aminopropyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide, (c) 1,3-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-4-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide, and (d) 3-(2-carboxyethyl)-1-(3-aminopropyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide.

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