Compound for use against pathogenic Neisseria and Haemophilus species and Moraxella catarrhalis

A method for disinfecting a substrate from a pathogen selected from Neisseria species, Haemophilus species and Moraxella catarrhalis, the method comprising disinfecting the substrate with a compound represented by the general Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof

• wherein
• R1 is selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group
• having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group
• having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group
• having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl group
• having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group
• having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group;
• R7 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, and —OH;
• R2 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, —NZ1Z2, —NO2, and —OZ3, wherein Z1 to Z3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group;
• X1 to X4 are each independently selected from a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom with the proviso that the respective R3 to R6 is absent, when the corresponding X1 to X4 is a nitrogen atom, and wherein at most two of the X1 and X4 is/are a nitrogen atom;
• and
• R3 to R6, when present, are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom and —OE3, wherein E3 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group;
• and
• the substrate is selected from the group consisting of medical tools, medical equipment, floor, linen, paper, and medical and industrial surfaces.