Novel bioactive vic-dioxime ligand containing piperazine moiety: Synthesis, X-ray crystallographic studies, 2D NMR applications and complexation with Ni(II)

Novel hybrid motifs of 4-nitroimidazole-piperazinyl tagged 1,2,3-triazoles: Synthesis, crystal structure, anticancer evaluations, and molecular docking study

4-((4-(1-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole-5-yl)piperazine-1-yl)methyl)-1-substituted-1H-1,2,3-triazole motifs are designed and synthesized via click chemistry. The reaction of 1-(N1-benzyl- 2-methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazole- 5-yl)-4-(prop-2-yn-1-yl) piperazine 5 as new scaffold with diverse primary azides to selectively produce 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles 9a-k, 10a-c and 11a-q. Physicochemical methods: when 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS are utilized to fully characterize all synthesized compounds. X-ray structural determination and analysis for compound 9a is also performed. The newly designed chromophores are assessed for their anti-proliferative potency against three selected human cancer cell lines (MCF-7, HepG2, and PC3), and one normal cell line (Dermal/Fibroblast). Compounds 9g and 9k have shown potent activities against the MCF-7 cell line with IC50 values of (2.00 ± 0.03 μM) and (5.00 ± 0.01 μM) respectively. ADMET studies and Molecular docking investigations are performed on the most active hybrid nitroimidazole derivatives 9g and 9k with 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT) at the human estrogen receptor alpha (hER) during binding active sites to study the ligand-protein interactions and free binding energies at atomic levels. The triazole ring in the 9g derivative forms a hydrogen bond with Asp58 with distance 3.2 Å. And it is found that polar contact with His231 amino acid residue. In silico assessment of the compounds showed very good pharmacokinetic properties based on their physicochemical values, also the ADMET criteria of the most active hybrid systems are within the acceptable range.

Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Structural and Quantum Chemical Studies of a New Imine Oxime and Its Palladium(II) Complex: Hydrolysis Mechanism

In this work, we report synthesis, crystallographic, spectroscopic and quantum chemical studies of a new imine oxime, namely (4-nitro-phenyl)-(1-phenyl-ethylimino)-acetaldehyde oxime (nppeieoH). Spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction studies showed that nppeieoH is hydrolyzed in aqueous solution, forming nitroisonitrosoacetophenone (ninap) and the hydrolysis product binds to Pd(II) to yield [Pd(nppeieo)(ninap)]. The mechanism of the hydrolysis reaction has been theoretically investigated in detail, using density functional theory (DFT) with the B3LYP method. The vibrational and the electronic spectra of nppeieoH and its Pd(II) complex, the HOMO and LUMO analysis, Mulliken atomic charges and molecular electrostatic potential were also performed. The predicted nonlinear optical properties of both compounds are higher than those of urea.

Preparation, spectroscopic investigation and antiproliferative capacity of new metal complexes of (3E)-2-(hydroxyimino)-N-P-Tolyl-3-(P-tolylimino) butanamide

Cr(III), Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Sr(II), Hg(II), Tl(I), UO(2)(II) and ZrO(II) complexes of (3E)-2-(hydroxyimino)-N-P-Tolyl-3-(P-tolylimino) butanamide have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV-Vis spectra, magnetic moments, conductances, (1)H NMR and mass spectra (ligand and its Zn(II) complex), thermal analyses (DTA and TGA) and ESR measurements. The IR data show that, the ligand behaves as monobasic bidentate or neutral bidentate. Molar conductances in DMF indicate that, the complexes are non-electrolytes. ESR spectra of solid Cu(II) complexes at room temperature show axial type (d(x)(2-)(y)(2)) with covalent bond character in an octahedral environment. Complexes showed inhibitory activity against hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG-2 cell line).