title: Imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives of potential tuberculostatic activity, II: Synthesis and bioactivity of designed and some other 2-cyanomethylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives.
abstract: Based on the analysis of Quantitative Structure--Activity Relationships (QSAR) three representatives of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives of predicted high antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis were synthetized and tested bacteriologically. Excellent agreement of the predicted and experimentally observed bioactivity was noted. Additional new derivatives of 4-methyl-4H-2-cyanomethylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (7) and 2-(alpha-methylcyanomethyl)imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (22) were also synthesized and some of them were tested for tuberculostatic activity. The compounds synthesized according to a standard "trial and error" approach appeared generally inactive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical Academy, Gdansk, Poland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bukowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaliszan
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D011725:Pyridines