Ethyl 2-(4-chloro-3-methylphenoxy)acetate

New chalcone derivative, ethyl 2-(4-(3-(benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)acryloyl)phenoxy)acetate: synthesis, characterization, DFT study, enzyme inhibition activities and docking study

Chalcone derivative, ethyl 2-(4-(3-(benzo[b]thiophen-2yl)acryloyl)phenoxy)acetate (I), was synthesized. Compound I was characterized by proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H- and ¹³C- NMR), fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and mass (LC-ESI-MS/MS) spectroscopic methods. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations for compound I were performed at B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. Optimized geometry, frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO; highest occupied molecular orbital; LUMO: lowest unoccupied molecular orbital), IR and NMR parameters of compound I were obtained. The evaluations reveal that the calculation results support the experimental results. The inhibition effects of compound I on cholinesterases and GST enzyme were investigated. K_i and inhibition concentration (IC₅₀) values were calculated separately. Ki values of compound I were found for GST 14.19 ± 2.15, for AChE 11.13 ± 1.22 and for BChE 8.74 ± 0.76 recpectively. The docking analysis of compound I supported the enzym inhibition activity exhibiting high inhibition constant and binding energy for three receptors. Compound I is strongly bound to AChE, huBChE and Glutathione S-transferase with binding energies -11.24, -8.56 and -10.39 kcal/mol, respectively.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

5-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine

In the title compound, C9H9N3O2, the dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 8.64 (10)°. The crystal structure features inversion-related dimers linked by pairs of N—H...N hydrogen bonds, generatingR22(8) loops. A further N—H...N hydrogen bond links the dimers into (100) sheets.

2-(2-Isopropylphenoxy)acetic acid

In the title compound, C11H14O3, the pendant –OCH2COOH chain is in an extended conformation and almost lies in the plane of the benzene ring, as indicated by the dihedral angle of 2.61 (5)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by a pair of O—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming classical carboxylic acid inversion dimers, with an R 2 2(8) loop. The crystal structure of this compound have been reported previously [Smith et al. (1992). Aust. J. Chem. 45, 1101–1108], however, in that report, the unit-cell dimensions differ significantly from those of the title structure and the carboxyl H atom was disordered within a cyclic hydrogen-bonded dimer.