Síntese, caracterização e avaliações biológicas de 4-piridinil, 7-cloro-4-quinolinil e 9-acridinil, semicarbazidas e tiossemicarbazidas

Abstract

The present thesis, entitled “Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of 4-pyridinyl, 7-chloro-4-quinolinyl, 9-acridinyl, semicarbazides and thiossemicarbazides”, describes the preparation, characterization and evaluation of the biological potential of synthetic hybrid compounds containing a heterocyclic moiety (pyridine, quinoline or acridine ring) associated with an N-4 substituted semicarbazide or thiosemicarbazide subunit. The desired compounds were prepared by two different synthetic routes: 1) via nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction between the halo-heterocyclic derivatives (4-chloropyridine, 4,7-dichloroquinoline and 9-chloroacridine) and N-4 substituted thiosemicarbazides and semicarbazides and 2) via addition reaction of the heterocyclic hydrazine derivatives (4-hydrazinopyridine, 7-chloro-4-hydrazinoquinoline and 9-hydrazinoacridine) to isothiocyanates and isocyanates. The chemical structures of the products obtained, as well as synthetic intermediates, were characterized by their melting points, infrared spectroscopy, 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies and by mass spectrometry. The compounds synthesized were evaluated as potential antibacterial (S. aureus, E. coli, P. aeruginosa e S. typhimurium), antituberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and antitumor agents. While some of the evaluated compounds showed promising antibacterial activity, none of the compounds synthesized may be considered a candidate as an anti-TB agent. With respect to antitumor activity, the majority of the evaluated compounds exhibited high cytotoxicity.