Synthesis of some new hydrazide-hydrazones, thiosemicarbazides, thiadiazoles, triazoles and their derivatives as possible antimicrobials.

: The title compounds were prepared by reacting [(4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)thio]acetic acid hydrazides 6 and 7 with aromatic aldehydes to give the corresponding hydrazones 6a-m and 7a-d or with isothiocyanates to afford the corresponding thiosemicarbazides 8a-c and 9. 8a-c and 9 were cyclized into triazoline-5-thiones 10a-c and 11 in the presence of sodium hydroxide or into 1,3,4-thiadiazoles 14a-c and 15 in the presence of sulfuric acid. On the other hand, 10c and 11 were also reacted with alkyl halides to obtain their thioether derivatives, 12a,b and 13. All the synthesized compounds were characterized by their elementary analysis and by using UV, IR, NMR and mass spectrometry. 6b, c, f, h-k, m, 7, 7d, 8c, 9, 10c, 11, 12a-b, 13, 14 and 15 were tested for antimicrobial activity, but no significant activity was observed.