Green ultrasound-assisted three-component click synthesis of novel 1H-1,2,3-triazole carrying benzothiazoles and fl uorinated--1,2,4-triazole conjugates and their antimicrobial evaluationThe present study describes an effi cient and ecofriendly, ultrasound, one-pot click cycloaddition approach for the construction of a novel series of 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles tethered with fl uorinated 1,2,4-triazole-benzothiazole molecular conjugates. It involved three-component condensation of the appropriate bromoacetamide benzothiazole, sodium azide and 4-alkyl/aryl-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-3-(prop-2-ynylthio)-1,2,4-triazoles 4a-e through a Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. This approach involves in situ generation of azidoacetamide benzothiazole, followed by condensation with terminal alkynes in the presence of CuSO 4 /Na-ascorbate in aqueous DMSO under both conventional and ultrasound conditions. Some of the designed 1,2,3-triazole conjugates 6a-o were recognized for their antimicrobial activity against some bacterial and fungal pathogenic strains.Keywords: benzothiazoles, 1,2,3-triazoles, 1,2,4-triazoles, click synthesis, antimicrobialBenzothiazole heterocycles constitute an important class of nitrogen-containing hete rocycles associated with a wide array of biological and pharmaceutical activities (1, 2). Similarly, 1,2,4-triazoles are the most signifi cant scaff olds in many drug structures, including fl uconazole (3), isavuconazole (4), itraconazole (5) and voriconazole (6) as antifungal agents. In addition, 1,2,3-triazoles have emerged as relevant bioactive azoles with promising medicinal potentials, including anti-infl ammatory (7), antitubercular (8), antiproliferative (9), anticancer (10, 11) antimicrobial and cytotoxic (12).Synthesis of regioisomeric 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles through copper(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of terminal alkynes with organoazides is one of the most popular examples of the so-called click chemistry in modern heterocycle synthesis (13). In addition, the copper catalyzed one-pot multicomponent regioselective preparation of 1,2,3-triazoles has att racted a great deal of interest owing to its many advantages, NADJET including simple experimental procedures or mild reaction conditions, reduction of waste, energy effi ciency, reduced reaction time and minimized risk of handling hazardous azides, along with the introduction of eco-friendly sonochemistry for rapid synthesis (14, 15).Ultrasound methods have gained a great deal of interest as alternative sources of energy and have an outstanding status in organic synthesis. Most of the research concerning the application of ultrasound (US) in organic synthesis has been characterized by signifi cant reduction in reaction time and improvement of product yields (16). The obvious advantage of this technique is that its application in organic reactions makes this tool more eff ective and ecofriendly (17).In our early work, we investigated the synthesis and antimicrobial screening of new 1,2,3-triazoles b...