Synthesis and biological screening of new 1,3-diphenylpyrazoles with different heterocyclic moieties at position-4.

1,3-Diphenyl-1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxaldehyde (1) was reacted with barbituric acid, thiobarbituric acid, some activated nitriles and/or acetophenone to give the condensation products 2a, b, 3a-c and 4, respectively. The reaction of 1 with hydrazine hydrate, semicarbazide or thiosemicarbazide afforded the corresponding azomethines 5a-c. The compounds 3a, b, 4 and 5a, c were subjected for different sequence reactions to produce the title compounds. The antibacterial and antifungal activity of some selected derivatives were evaluated.