Design and synthesis of 1H-1,2,3-triazoles derived from econazole as antitubercular agents.
Kim S, Cho SN, Oh T, Kim P.
Econazole has been known to be active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We have designed and synthesized 1H-1,2,3-triazoles derived from econazole as antitubercular agents. The majority of triazole derivatives have been prepared by microwave-assisted click chemistry. It turned out that all of the prepared triazoles had no antifungal activities. However, most of the hydroxy-triazoles (6a and 10) apparently turned out to have antitubercular activities. Overall, hydroxy-triazoles 10 were more active than their corresponding ether-triazoles 11. While the MIC value of hydroxy-triazole 10d was as good as econazole (16 μg/mL), the MIC value of 10a was two-fold more active than econazole, suggesting that this 1H-1,2,3-triazole scaffold (3) could be further optimized to develop Mtb specific agents.