@article { ISI:000380241600003, title = {Ultrasound- and molecular sieves-assisted synthesis, molecular docking and antifungal evaluation of 5-(4-(benzyloxy)-substituted phenyl)-3-((phenylamino)methyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thiones}, journal = {Molecules}, volume = {21}, number = {5}, year = {2016}, month = {MAY}, pages = {484}, publisher = {MDPI AG}, address = {ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND}, abstract = {

A novel series of 5-(4-(benzyloxy) substituted phenyl)-3-((phenyl amino) methyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thione Mannich bases 6a-o were synthesized in good yield from the key compound 5-(4-(benzyloxy) phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thione by aminomethylation with paraformaldehyde and substituted amines using molecular sieves and sonication as green chemistry tools. The antifungal activity of the new products was evaluated against seven human pathogenic fungal strains, namely, Candida albicans ATCC 24433, Candida albicans ATCC 10231, Candida glabrata NCYC 388, Cryptococcus neoformans ATCC 34664, Cryptococcus neoformans PRL 518, Aspergillus fumigatus NCIM 902 and Aspergillus niger ATCC 10578. The synthesized compounds 6d, 6f, 6g, 6h and 6j exhibited promising antifungal activity against the tested fungal pathogens. In molecular docking studies, derivatives 6c, 6f and 6i showed good binding at the active site of C. albicans cytochrome P450 enzyme lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase. The in vitro antifungal activity results and docking studies indicated that the synthesized compounds have potential antifungal activity and can be further optimized as privileged scaffolds to design and develop potent antifungal drugs.

}, keywords = {1, 3, 4-oxadiazoles, Antifungal activity, Mannich reaction, Molecular docking, Molecular sieves, Ultrasound}, issn = {1420-3049}, doi = {10.3390/molecules21050484}, author = {Nimbalkar, Urja D. and Tupe, Santosh G. and Seijas Vazquez, Julio A. and Khan, Firoz A. Kalam and Sangshetti, Jaiprakash N. and Nikalje, Anna Pratima G.} } @article {44512, title = {Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel triazole-biscoumarin conjugates as potential antitubercular and anti-oxidant agents}, journal = {Research on Chemical Intermediates}, volume = {44}, year = {2018}, month = {MAY}, pages = {1-28}, type = {Journal Article}, abstract = {

The synthesis of a new series of triazole-biscoumarin conjugates by using a molecular hybridization approach is described. The newly synthesized compounds 6a{\textendash}k were evaluated for their in vitro antitubercular activity against active and dormant Mtb H37Ra and anti-oxidant activity against DPPH radical scavenging. Molecular docking simulations for the antitubercular activity showed that the conjugates 6a{\textendash}k bind in the pocket of the DprE1 enzyme. Most of the conjugates displayed good antitubercular activity against both the active and dormant Mtb H37Ra strain. The compound 6h displayed very good antitubercular activity against dormant Mtb H37Ra with an IC50 value of 1.44 μg/mL. Most of the synthesized conjugates exhibit excellent anti-oxidant activity with an IC50 of less than the standard BHT. Compound 6b is the most active among all the conjugates with an IC50 value of 08.17 {\textpm} 0.11 μg/mL. The molecular docking study shows good agreement between the observed antitubercular activity and the binding affinity.

}, keywords = {1, 2, 3-triazoles, Anti-oxidant activity, Antitubercular activity, Biscoumarins, Molecular docking}, issn = {9226168}, doi = {10.1007/s11164-018-3490-1}, author = {Danne, Ashruba B.}, editor = {Choudhari, Amit S.} } @article {45456, title = {Ultrasound assisted synthesis of 4-(Benzyloxy)-N-(3-chloro-2-(substitutedphenyl)-4-oxoazetidin-1-yl) benzamide as challenging anti-tubercular scaffold}, journal = { Molecules}, volume = {23}, year = {2018}, month = {AUG}, pages = {Article No: 1945}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

A series of ten novel derivatives of 4-(benzyloxy)-N-(3-chloro-2-(substituted phenyl)-4-oxoazetidin-1-yl) benzamide 6a-j were synthesized in good yield from the key compound 4-(benzyloxy)-N-(substituted benzylidene) benzo hydrazide, called Schiff {\textquoteleft}s bases 5a-j, by Staudinger reaction ([2 + 2] ketene-imine cycloaddition reaction) with chloro acetyl chloride in the presence of catalyst tri ethylamine and solvent dimethyl formamide (DMF), by using ultra-sonication as one of the green chemistry tools. All the synthesised compounds were evaluated for in vitro anti-tubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and most of them showed promising activity with an IC50 value of less than 1 mu g/mL. To establish the safety, all the synthesized compounds were further tested for cytotoxicity against the human cancer cell line HeLa and all 6a-j compounds were found to be non-cytotoxic in nature. The molecular docking study was carried out with essential enzyme InhA (FabI/ENR) of Mycobacterium responsible for cell wall synthesis which suggests that 6a and 6e are the most active derivatives of the series. The theoretical evaluation of cell permeability based on Lipinski{\textquoteright}s rule of five has helped to rationalize the biological results and hence the synthesized azetidinone derivatives 6a-j were also analyzed for physicochemical evaluation that is, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) properties and the results showed that all the derivatives could comply with essential features required for a potential lead in the anti-tubercular drug discovery process.

}, keywords = {ADMET study, anti-tubercular screening, azetidinone, cytotoxicity study, green chemistry, Molecular docking, ultra-sonication}, issn = {1420-3049}, doi = {10.3390/molecules23081945}, author = {Nimbalkar, Urja D. and Seijas, Julio A. and Borkute, Rachna and Damale, Manoj G. and Sangshetti, Jaiprakash N. and Sarkar, Dhiman and Nikalje, Anna Pratima G.} }