A set of 4-benzylsulfanylpyridine-2-carbohydrazides was synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, non-tuberculous mycobacteria, and multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis. The activities expressed as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) fall into a range of 2 to 125 micromol/L, most often 4 to 32 micromol/L. The results revealed that the substituents on the benzyl moiety do not influence the antimycobacterial efficacy. The substances exhibited similar activities against sensitive and resistant strains of M. tuberculosis. Furthermore, compounds show low antiproliferative effect and cytotoxicity.

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A new synthesis of push-pull pyrroles of type 5 was developed starting from bis(imidoyl chlorides) 1 and various iminodiacetic acid derivatives 3. The use of appropriate N-trifluoroacetyl residues as protecting/activating group proved to be the method of choice for the straightforward preparation of the 3,4-diarylamino-1H-pyrroles 5. When benzothiazole substructures are present in 2,5-position of heterocycles 5, a two-

4-(Substituted benzylsulfanyl)pyridine-2-carboxamides 6 were synthesized by a three-step synthesis starting from 4-chloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid and substituted benzyl thiols, with the exception of nitroderivatives. The compounds were evaluated for their anti-TB activity against M. tuberculosis, non-tuberculous mycobacteria (M. kansasii and M. avium), and MDR strains of M. tuberculosis. The activities expressed as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) fall into the range of 8-250 µmol/L. The substances exhibited similar activities against both sensitive and resistant strains.