Synthesis of 3-heteryl substituted pyrrolidine-2,5-diones via catalytic Michael reaction and evaluation of their inhibitory activity against InhA and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

•A series of 3-heteryl substituted pyrrolidine-2,5-dione were synthesized.•They displayed promising inhibitory activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv.•Some of them present inhibition activities against InhA.

In the present paper, we report the synthesis via catalytic Michael reaction and biological results of a series of 3-heteryl substituted pyrrolidine-2,5-dione derivatives as moderate inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv growth. Some of them present also inhibition activities against InhA.

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