Design, synthesis and antimycobacterial evaluation of 1-(4-(2-substitutedthiazol-4-yl)phenethyl)-4-(3-(4-substitutedpiperazin-1-yl)alkyl)piperazine hybrid analogues.

A series of twenty six new 1-(4-(2-substitutedthiazol-4-yl)phenethyl)-4-(3-(4-substitutedpiperazin-1-yl)alkyl)piperazine analogues were synthesized by seven steps and evaluated for their anti-tubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain. Among the tested compounds, 7j, 7p, and 7r exhibited moderate activity (MIC = 6.25 µg/mL) and compounds 7a, 7f, 7g, 7n and 7v exhibited good activity (MIC = 3.125 µg/mL), while 7h displayed excellent activity (MIC = 1.56 µg/mL) by inhibiting 99% growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv strain. In addition, all the active compounds were subjected to cytotoxic studies against mouse macrophage (RAW264.7) cell lines and the selectivity index values for most of the compounds is >10 indicating suitability of compounds in an endeavour to attain lead molecule for further drug development.