title: A facile synthesis and discovery of highly functionalized tetrahydro-pyridines and pyridines as antimycobacterial agents.
abstract: The four-component reaction of ethyl-3-oxo-4-(arylsulfanyl)butanoate, substituted aromatic aldehydes and ammonium acetate afforded novel ethyl 4-hydroxy-2,6-diaryl-5-(arylsulfanyl)-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-3-pyridinecarboxylates. These tetrahydro-pyridine esters upon dehydrogenation with dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ) afforded highly functionalized pyridines in excellent yields. These novel heterocycles were screened for their in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv using agar dilution method. Among the compounds screened, ethyl 2,6-di(2-bromophenyl)-4-hydroxy-5-(phenylsulfanyl)-3-pyridinecarboxylate was found to be the most active with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 1.33 microM against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is 5.74 and 38.17 times more potent than the first line anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, ethambutol and pyrazinamide respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021, India.
authors.forename: Suresh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.forename: Michael Rajesh
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stephen
authors.forename: Perumal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Subbu
authors.forename: Banerjee
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Debjani
authors.forename: Yogeeswari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Perumal
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dharmarajan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011725:Pyridines; C551752:ethyl 2,6-di(2-bromophenyl)-4-hydroxy-5-(phenylsulfanyl)-3-pyridinecarboxylate; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D004977:Ethambutol