Synthesis and antioxidant assay of new nicotinonitrile analogues clubbed thiazole, pyrazole and/or pyridine ring systems

A series of novel nicotinonitrile derivatives were synthesized by hybridization with thiazole, pyrazole, and pyridine ring systems using 4-aminobenzohydrazide as link-bridge. The synthetic strategy of nicotinonitrile-thiazole analogues involves cyclization of the precursor N-phenyl thiosemicarbazide derivative 4 with chloroacetic acid and phenacyl bromide. The reaction of hydrazide 3 with acetylacetone and/or ethyl acetoacetate was applied as a synthetic route for accessing 2-((4-(pyrazole-1-carbonyl)phenyl)amino)-nicotinonitrile derivatives 9-10. The 2-((4-(4-thiazolylidene-pyrazole-1-carbonyl)-phenyl)amino)nicotinonitriles 14-15 were obtained via a nucleophilic addition of pyrazolone 10 to phenyl isothiocyanate followed by cyclization with chloroacetone, phenacyl chloride, and/or ethyl bromoacetate. The 6-amino-4-aryl-3,5-dicyano-2-oxo-1-(4-substitutedbenzamido)-pyridines 19 were synthesized by Knoevenagel condensation N '-(2-cyanoacetyl)-benzohydrazide derivative 16 with substituted benzaldehydes followed by heating with malononitrile. All synthesized products were evaluated for their antioxidant potentialities using of 2,2 '-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) radical cation delcolorization assay. The nicotinonitrile-thiazole hybrid 6b was found the most promising antioxidant agent with inhibition activity 86.27%.