N’-(substituted benzylidene)- 1-benzofuran-2-carbohydrazide (2a-f) and 5-(5-substituted-1-benzofuran-2-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiols (3a-c) were obtained by reacting substituted benzofuran-2-carbohydrazide (1) with different aromatic substituted aldehydes and carbon disulph The IR, 1H NMR, and mass spectra of the produced compounds were used to characterise them. All of the compounds were tested for antioxidant activity and antibacterial...