Substituted N-Phenylpyrazine-2-carboxamides: synthesis and antimycobacterial evaluation

Molecules. 2009 Oct 20;14(10):4180-9. doi: 10.3390/molecules14104180.

Abstract

The condensation of chlorides of substituted pyrazinecarboxylic acids with ringsubstituted anilines yielded twelve substituted pyrazinecarboxylic acid amides. The synthetic approach, analytical, and lipophilicity data of the newly synthesized compounds are presented. Two antituberculosis assays were used. Firstly, the antimycobacterial activity against four different Mycobacterium strains in a series of pyrazine derivatives was investigated. Secondly, the antimycobacterial evaluation was performed at the Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Acquisition and Coordinating Facility (TAACF) program. Interesting in vitro antimycobacterial activity was found, N-(3-iodo-4-methylphenyl) pyrazine-2-carboxamide (9) was most active derivative compound against M. tuberculosis (MIC < 2.0 micromol/L), while another iodo derivative 5-tert-butyl-6-chloro-N-(3-iodo-4-methyl-phenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (12) was the most active compound in the TAACF antituberculosis screening program (IC(90) = 0.819 microg/mL).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • Mycobacterium avium / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium kansasii / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Pyrazinamide / chemistry
  • Pyrazines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrazines / chemistry
  • Pyrazines / pharmacology*

Substances

  • 5-tert-butyl-6-chloro-N-(3-iodo-4-methyl-phenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • N-(3-iodo-4-methylphenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide
  • Pyrazines
  • Pyrazinamide