Synthesis, antimycobacterial, antifungal and photosynthesis-inhibiting activity of chlorinated N-phenylpyrazine-2-carboxamides

Molecules. 2010 Nov 26;15(12):8567-81. doi: 10.3390/molecules15128567.

Abstract

A series of sixteen pyrazinamide analogues with the -CONH- linker connecting the pyrazine and benzene rings was synthesized by the condensation of chlorides of substituted pyrazinecarboxylic acids with ring-substituted (chlorine) anilines. The prepared compounds were characterized and evaluated for their antimycobacterial and antifungal activity, and for their ability to inhibit photosynthetic electron transport (PET). 6-Chloro-N-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide manifested the highest activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv (65% inhibition at 6.25 μg/mL). The highest antifungal effect against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, the most susceptible fungal strain tested, was found for 6-chloro-5-tert-butyl-N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (MIC=62.5 μmol/L). 6-chloro-5-tert-butyl-N-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide showed the highest PET inhibition in spinach chloroplasts (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts (IC50=43.0 μmol/L). For all the compounds, the relationships between the lipophilicity and the chemical structure of the studied compounds as well as their structure-activity relationships are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents* / chemical synthesis
  • Antifungal Agents* / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents* / pharmacology
  • Chloroplasts / metabolism*
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / chemical synthesis
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / growth & development*
  • Photosynthesis / drug effects*
  • Pyrazinamide* / analogs & derivatives
  • Pyrazinamide* / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrazinamide* / chemistry
  • Pyrazinamide* / pharmacology
  • Spinacia oleracea / metabolism*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Trichophyton / growth & development*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
  • Pyrazinamide