compounds showed broad‐spectrum antimycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis H37Ra, M. smegmatis and M. aurum. N‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)benzamides were generally more active than N‐(pyridin‐3‐yl)benzamides, indicating that N‐1 in the parental structure of N‐pyrazinylbenzamides might be more important for antimycobacterial activity than N‐4. Marginal antibacterial and antifungal activity was observed for title