Cover: Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 11/2019

In this paper, a series of novel substituted (E)‐N′‐benzylidene‐4‐methyl‐2‐(2‐propylpyridin‐4‐yl)thiazole‐5‐carbohydrazide derivatives have been synthesized. The synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Among the screened compounds, 6b, 6e, 6j and 6k were found to be more promising antimicrobial agents. 2, 2‐Diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl assay was used to test the antioxidant activities of the carbohydrazides and compounds 6b and 6i have shown better free‐radical scavenging ability. More details about this figure will be discussed by Dr. K. P. Haval and his group on page 1507–1517 in this issue.