Three series of 6-aryl-2-methylnicotinohydrazides 4a-i, N'-arylidene-6-(4-bromophenyl)-2-methylnicotino hydrazides 7a-f, and N'-(un/substituted 2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)-6-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-methylnicotinohydrazides 8a-c were synthesized and evaluated for their potential in vitro antimycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis. The results showed that isatin hydrazides 8a-c are remarkably more active than the parent hydrazide 4c. Hydrazides 8b and 8c exhibited the highest activity among all the tested compounds (MIC = 12.5 and 6.25 µg/mL, respectively).

 

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