Design, synthesis and evaluation of heterocyclic compounds with potential antimicrobial activity VI

(In English) Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis Author: Nechirwan Abdalrahman Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. PharmDr. Jan Zitko, Ph.D. Title: Design, synthesis, and evaluation of heterocyclic compounds with potential antimicrobial activity VI Despite the existence of a well-established treatment regimens, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the most leading cause of death by a single microorganism, as reported by WHO. One of the reasons behind treatment failure in completely eradicating this infection is drug resistance. Novel 3-(phenylureido)pyrazine-2-carboxamide derivatives, refer to figure below, were synthesized by reacting 3-chloropyrazine-2-carboxamide with ammonia to produce 3- aminopyrazine-2-carboxamide as an intermediate building block, followed by reacting with various substituted phenyl isocyanates using a microwave reactor. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for in vitro activity against various mycobacterial strains, where most active ones among them showed moderate to low activities; 4-tertiary butyl (MIC 62.5 µg/mL), 4-NO2 (MIC 62.5 µg/mL), 4-Bromo (MIC 250 µg/mL), 4-Cl (MIC 250 µg/mL), 2-F (MIC 250 µg/mL), and non-substituted (MIC 500 µg/mL). As a complementary study in silico, the synthesized..