Synthesis and antifungal activity of dehydroabietic acid-based 1,3,4-thiadiazole-thiazolidinone compounds

In an attempt to search for new natural products-based antifungal agents, a series of novel dehydroabietic acid derivatives bearing a 1,3,4-thiadiazole-thiazolidinone moiety were designed and synthesized. The primary bioassay used showed that at a concentration of \(50\,\upmu \hbox {g}/\hbox {mL}\), the target compounds 3c, 3f, and 3n exhibited excellent antifungal activity (91.3 % inhibition) against Gibberella zeae, which was equivalent to the commercial antifungal drug azoxystrobin (positive control).     

Synthesis and in vitro anti-Toxoplasma gondii activity of a new series of aryloxyacetophenone thiosemicarbazones

Molecular Diversity - A new series of aryloxyacetophenone thiosemicarbazones 4a–q have been synthesized as anti-Toxoplasma gondii agents. All compounds showed significant inhibitory activity...     

Synthesis,characterization, and cytotoxicity evaluation of high-magnetization multifunctional nanoclusters

The paper presents the synthesis, characterization, and in vitro cytotoxicity tests of Fe₃O₄ magnetic nanoclusters coated with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt (EDTA). Electron microscopy analysis (SEM) evidences that magnetite nanoparticles are closely packed into the clusters stabilized with EDTA with well-defined near spherical shapes and sizes in the range 100–200 nm. From XRD measurements, we determined the mean size of the crystallites inside the magnetic cluster about 36 nm. The saturation magnetization determined for the magnetic clusters stabilized with EDTA has high value, about 81.7 emu/g at 300 K. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to determine both the elemental and chemical structure of the magnetic cluster surface. In vitro studies have shown that the magnetic clusters at low doses did not induce toxicity on human umbilical vein endothelial cells or lesions of the cell membrane. In contrast, at high doses, the magnetic clusters increased the lipid peroxidation and reduced the leakage of a cytoplasmic enzyme, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), in parallel with increasing the antioxidant defense.

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Graphical abstract SEM images of EDTA-coated magnetic clusters (MCs) and the HUVEC viability at different MC doses

     

Algebra of Regge residues and chiral symmetry

The algebraic properties of isospin T_a, axial charge X_a, and Regge residues ?, A₁, π, f are studied by means of a combination of low-energy theorems of current algebra and finite energy sum rules. The algebra of SU(2) × SU(2) × O(5) is derived. A meson saturation scheme with π, A₁, ? and σ mesons provides a representation of this algebra and gives couplings in good agreement with experiment.     

Insect growth regulatory activity of carvacrol-based 1,3,4-thiadiazoles and 1,3,4-oxadiazoles

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In designing of novel insect growth regulators (IGRs), biologically occurring carvacrol has been structurally modified to thiadiazole and oxadiazole moieties. Two series of carvacrol analogs containing 1,3,4-thiadiazole (VIIIa–e) and 1,3,4-oxadiazole (IXa–e) derivatives are designed and synthesized. Their structures are confirmed by FT-IR, \(^{1}\text {H}\) NMR, \(^{13}\)C NMR and LC-MS. IGR activity is tested against Spodoptera litura. Several analogs displayed IGR activity against this insect pest. Compounds VIIIe and IXe displayed relatively good IGR activity with \(\text {GI}_{50 }\)values 117.43 and 108.83 ppm against Spodoptera litura, respectively.

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Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of carvacrol-based 1,3,4-thiadiazole and 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives as potent insect growth regulators (IGRs).

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苯并噁嗪酮衍生物类抗艾滋病药物3D-QSAR研究

摘要：采用三维全息原子场作用矢量（3D-HoVAIF）对36个苯并噁嗪酮衍生物类抗艾滋病药物进行定量构效关系(QSAR)研究.运用偏最小二乘回归（partial least square regression, PLS）建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行了深入分析和检验.PLS建模的复相关系数（Rcum）、留一法（leave-one-out, LOO）交互校验（cross-validation, CV）复相关系数（QCV）和外部样本校验复相关系数（Qext）分别为0.906、0.865、0.815.结果表明,3D-HoVAIF能较好表征类苯并噁嗪酮衍生物抗艾滋病药物分子结构信息,因而能建立具有良好稳定性和预测能力的QSAR模型,为抗艾滋病药物的研发提供一定的理论基础.     

苯并噁嗪酮衍生物类抗艾滋病药物3D-QSAR研究

采用三维全息原子场作用矢量（3D-HoVAIF）对36个苯并噁嗪酮衍生物类抗艾滋病药物进行定量构效关系（QSAR）研究.运用偏最小二乘回归（partialleast square regression,PLS）建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行了深入分析和检验.PLS建模的复相关系数(R_cum)、留一法（leave-one-out,LOO）交互校验（cross-validation,CV）复相关系数(Q_CV)和外部样本校验复相关系数(Q_ext)分别为0.906、0.865、0.815.结果表明,3D-HoVAIF能较好表征苯并噁嗪酮衍生物类抗艾滋病药物分子结构信息,因而能建立具有良好稳定性和预测能力的QSAR模型,为抗艾滋病药物的研发提供一定的理论基础.     

2,4-二取代-1,3,4-噻二唑衍生物的合成与结构表征

1-芳酰基-3-苯氨基硫脲与二氯甲烷在无溶剂条件下反应合成了2种2,4-二取代-1,3,4-噻二唑类化合物,产率为50％-70％.产物的结构通过红外光谱、核磁共振光谱和高分辨质谱进行了表征.     

苯乙基噻唑硫脲衍生物抗艾滋病药物3D-QSAR研究

采用三维全息原子场作用矢量（3D-HoVAIF）对61个苯乙基噻唑硫脲衍生物类抗艾滋病药物进行定量构效关系（QSAR）研究.运用偏最小二乘回归（partial 1east square regression,PLS）建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行了深入分析和检验.PLS建模的复相关系数(R_cum)、留一法交互校验复相关系数(Q_CV)和外部样本校验复相关系数(Q_ext)分别为0.907、0.878、0.913.结果表明,3D-HoVAIF能较好表征苯乙基噻唑硫脲衍生物抗艾滋病药物分子结构信息,因而能建立具有良好稳定性和预测能力的QSAR模型,为抗艾滋病药物的研发提供一定的理论基础.     

苯乙基噻唑硫脲衍生物类抗艾滋病药物3D-QSAR研究

摘要：采用三维全息原子场作用矢量（3D-HoVAIF）对61个苯乙基噻唑硫脲衍生物类抗艾滋病药物进行定量构效关系(QSAR)研究.运用偏最小二乘回归（partial least square regression, PLS）建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行了深入分析和检验.PLS建模的复相关系数（Rcum）、留一法（leave-one-out, LOO）交互校验（cross-validation, CV）复相关系数（QCV）和外部样本校验复相关系数（Qext）分别为0.907、0.878、0.913.结果表明,3D-HoVAIF能较好表征苯乙基噻唑硫脲衍生物抗艾滋病药物分子结构信息,因而能建立具有良好稳定性和预测能力的QSAR模型,为抗艾滋病药物的研发提供一定的理论基础.     

1,3,4-oxadiazoles: evaluation of aromaticity and atomic charge distribution

The aromaticity and atomic charge distribution were investigated for the mono- and disubstituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles. Using an electron density-based approach (B3LYP), the structures of the molecules were estimated, then the changes of π-electron delocalization of the heterocyclic ring were estimated based on geometric (HOMA) as well as magnetic properties (NICS). Aromaticity of the oxadiazole ring varies to some extend depending on the electron character of the substituent, however, the two methods do not correlate well. The HOMA approach suggests a non-aromatic character for the oxadiazole ring, while NICS predicts a relatively high aromaticity. Additionally, two computational methodologies were used for quantitative measures of atomic charges, i.e. AIM and GAPT. Results of these computations reveal accumulation of electron density inside the heterocyclic ring due to substitution by the aryl groups and its significant removal in the presence of the imino group. However, both procedures suggest different explanation of this fact.     

Synthesis, in vitro antitubercular activity and 3D-QSAR study of 1,4-dihydropyridines

In continuation of our research program on new antitubercular agents, this article is a report of the synthesis of 97 various symmetrical, unsymmetrical, and N-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines. The synthesized molecules were tested for their activity against M. tuberculosis H ₃₇Rv strain with rifampin as the standard drug. The percentage inhibition was found in the range 3–93%. In an effort to understand the relationship between structure and activity, 3D-QSAR studies were also carried out on a subset that is representative of the molecules synthesized. For the generation of the QSAR models, a training set of 35 diverse molecules representing the synthesized molecules was utilized. The molecules were aligned using the atom-fit technique. The CoMFA and CoMSIA models generated on the molecules aligned by the atom-fit method show a correlation coefficient (r ²) of 0.98 and 0.95 with cross-validated r ²(q ²) of 0.56 and 0.62, respectively. The 3D-QSAR models were externally validated against a test set of 19 molecules (aligned previously with the training set) for which the predictive ${r^{2} (r^{2}_{\rm pred})}$ is recorded as 0.74 and 0.69 for the CoMFA and CoMSIA models, respectively. The models were checked for chance correlation through y-scrambling. The QSAR models revealed the importance of the conformational flexibility of the substituents in antitubercular activity.     

Synthesis of new chrysin derivatives with substantial antibiofilm activity

Molecular Diversity - Multidrug resistance mechanism of microorganisms towards conventional antimicrobials nowadays faces a common health problem. So, searching and development of new...     

Synthesis,crystal structure,cholinesterase inhibitory activity,evaluation of insecticidal activities,and computational studies of new phosphonic acids

Molecular Diversity - In an attempt to obtain the modified and novel insecticides with low human toxicity, a series of novel mono-, bis-, and tetraphosphonic acid derivatives were designed and...     

Ultrasound assisted synthesis of some new 1,3,4-thiadiazole and bi(1,3,4-thiadiazole) derivatives incorporating pyrazolone moiety

Novel substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazole and bi(1,3,4-thiadiazole) were synthesized from reaction of 1-methyl-5-oxo-3-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-4-thiocarbox-anilide with a series of different hydrazonyl halides or N,N'-diphenyl-oxalodihydrazonoyl dichloride. The reactions were carried out under both conventional and ultrasonic irradiation conditions. In general, improvement in rates and yields were observed when reactions were carried out under sonication compared with classical condition. Structures of the products were established on analytical and spectral data.     

Synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of new N- and S-glycosides analogues with dinitrophenyl-substituted heterocyclic bases

Four N- and S-glycosides 13–16 having nucleobases 7–12 binding to sugar molecules from one side and to 3,5-dinitrophenyl moieties from another side were synthesized from 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid 2. The synthetic intermediates, hydrazide 5 and thiosemicarbazide 6 regarded as important key compounds for the synthesis of nucleobases 7–12, each was obtained by two approaches. Structures of synthesized compounds were determined spectroscopically. Antibacterial activities for synthetic intermediates and glycosides were assessed using the paper disk diffusion method against Gram-negative bacteria: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Escherichia coli and Gram-positive bacteria: Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus. Some of the synthetic compounds showed variant activity against some of the microorganisms tested. Nucleobases 8–10 and 12 showed moderate to slight activity against microorganisms under test at relatively high concentration, while the N-glycosides 14 and 15 exhibited persistent effect even at lower concentrations. Commercially available antibiotics polymyxine and oxytetracycline were used as positive controls.     

Dynamics of photo-induced terahertz optical activity in metal chiral gratings

We investigated the dynamics of photo-induced optical activity of metal chiral gratings on an Si substrate for terahertz (THz) waves. We employed a new technique that enables optical-pump and THz-probe measurements via broadband THz spectroscopy at the microsecond time scale using a low-repetition-rate pump and a high-repetition-rate probe. We revealed that the THz optical activity decays as a result of the carrier diffusion effect because this optical activity is because of the presence of three-dimensional chiral structures of photo-carriers in the Si substrate.