Isoniazid-related copper(II) and nickel(TI) complexes with antimycobacterial in vitro activity.: Part 9

Isonicotinoylhydrazones 1, obtained by the primary antituberculous agent Isoniazid, have been used as monoanionic ligands (L) to prepare copper(II) 2 and nickel(II) 3 octahedral complexes of stoichiometry [MeL2(H2O)(2)] Their antimycobacterial in vitro activity was evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv in comparison with the ligands. Complexes 2a, 2b, 2f, 3b, 3d and 3g displayed MIC values less than or equal to 0.2 mu g/mL. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.