Ab initio calculations on 2-, 3-and 4- substituted quinolines in relation with their activity as protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Vibrational spectral investigation and natural bond orbital analysis of pharmaceutical compound 7-Amino-2,4-dimethylquinolinium formate - DFT approach

The molecular geometry, the normal mode frequencies and corresponding vibrational assignments, natural bond orbital analysis and the HOMO-LUMO analysis of 7-Amino-2,4-dimethylquinolinium formate in the ground state were performed by B3LYP levels of theory using the 6-31G(d) basis set. The optimised bond lengths and bond angles are in good agreement with the X-ray data. The vibrational spectra of the title compound which is calculated by DFT method, reproduces vibrational wave numbers and intensities with an accuracy which allows reliable vibrational assignments. The possibility of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding was identified using NBO analysis. Natural bond orbital analysis confirms the presence of intramolecular charge transfer and the hydrogen bonding interaction.

Ab initio, density functional theory and structural studies of 4-amino-2-methylquinoline

The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and FT-Raman spectra of 4-amino-2-methylquinoline (AMQ) have been recorded in the range 4000-400 and 4000-100 cm(-1), respectively. The experimental vibrational frequency was compared with the wavenumbers obtained theoretically by ab initio HF and DFT-B3LYP gradient calculations employing the standard 6-31 G** and high level 6-311 ++G** basis sets for optimised geometry of the compound. The complete vibrational assignment and analysis of the fundamental modes of the compounds were carried out using the experimental FTIR and FT-Raman data, and quantum mechanical studies. The geometry and normal modes of vibration obtained from the HF and DFT methods are in good agreement with the experimental data. The potential energy distribution of the fundamental modes was calculated with ab initio force fields utilising Wilson's FG matrix method. The NH-pi interactions and the influence of amino and methyl groups on the skeletal modes are investigated.

Vibrational spectroscopic investigations, ab initio and DFT studies on 7-bromo-5-chloro-8-hydroxyquinoline

The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and FT-Raman spectra of 7-bromo-5-chloro-8-hydroxyquinoline (BCHQ) have been measured in the range 4000-400 and 4000-100cm(-1), respectively. Complete vibrational assignment and analysis of the fundamental modes of the compound were carried out using the observed FTIR and FT-Raman data. The geometry was optimised without any symmetry constrains using the DFT/B3LYP and HF methods with 6-31G** basis set. The vibrational frequencies which were determined experimentally are compared with those obtained theoretically from ab initio HF and density functional theory (DFT) gradient calculations employing the HF/6-31G** and B3LYP/6-31G** methods for the optimised geometry of the compound. The structural parameters and normal modes of vibration obtained from HF and DFT methods are in good agreement with the experimental data. Normal coordinate analysis was also carried out with ab initio force fields utilising Wilson's FG matrix method.

Molecular similarity based on atomic electrostatic potential

We propose a new similarity measure operating in the space spanned by the potential values, evaluated at atoms constituting the benzene ring and the COOH group in para-substituted benzoic acids and at benzene ring atoms in monosubstituted benzenes. The similarity measures are equivalent to the Euclidean distance between points in that space. Only the distances between the potentials at corresponding atoms in different molecules are included. The distances for benzene rings were very similar, regardless of whether they were calculated in para-substituted acids or in monosubstituted benzenes. As reference reactions, dissociation of benzoic acids and nitration of monosubstituted benzenes have been used. The effects of reduction of dimensionality of the potential space on the comparison of similarity measures with the free energies of the reference reactions have been investigated. It became obvious that the potentials at individual atoms in molecules of the acids and monosubstituted benzenes are mutually correlated to a high degree.

Quantum mechanical calculations on biological systems

Improvements in quantum chemical methods have led to increased applications to biological problems, including the development of potential energy functions for molecular mechanics and modeling of the reactive chemistry in enzyme active sites, with particularly interesting progress being made for metal-containing systems. An important direction is the development and application of hybrid quantum chemical-molecular mechanics methods.