Quantum chemical studies and spectroscopic investigations on 22-amino-3-methyl-5-nitropyridine by density functional theory

Antiproliferative activity of antimicrobial peptides and bioactive compounds from the mangrove Glutamicibacter mysorens

The Glutamicibacter group of microbes is known for antibiotic and enzyme production. Antibiotics and enzymes produced by them are important in the control, protection, and treatment of chronic human diseases. In this study, the Glutamicibacter mysorens (G. mysorens) strain MW647910.1 was isolated from mangrove soil in the Mangalore region of India. After optimization of growth conditions for G. mysorens on starch casein agar media, the micromorphology of G. mysorens was found to be spirally coiled spore chain, each spore visualized as an elongated cylindrical hairy appearance with curved edges visualized through Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) analysis. The culture phenotype with filamentous mycelia, brown pigmentation, and ash-colored spore production was observed. The intracellular extract of G. mysorens characterized through GCMS analysis detected bioactive compounds reported for pharmacological applications. The majority of bioactive compounds identified in intracellular extract when compared to the NIST library revealed molecular weight ranging below 1kgmole^-1. The Sephadex G-10 could result in 10.66 fold purification and eluted peak protein fraction showed significant anticancer activity on the prostate cancer cell line. Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis revealed Kinetin-9-ribose and Embinin with a molecular weight below 1 kDa. This study showed small molecular weight bioactive compounds produced from microbial origin possess dual roles, acting as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and anticancer peptides (ACPs). Hence, the bioactive compounds produced from microbial origin are a promising source of future therapeutics.

Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, IR and Raman spectroscopic analysis, quantum chemical computational and molecular docking studies on hydrazone-pyridine compound: As an insight into the inhibitor capacity of main protease of SARS-CoV2

The characterization and synthesis of 3-chloro-2-{(2E)-2-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylidene]hydrazinyl}pyridine (CCPEHP) was investigated in our study. Mass and UV-visible spectra were recorded in chloroform solvent. The CCPEHP molecule containing pyridine and chlorophenyl rings and hydrazone group crystallized in the triclinic system and P-1 space group. FTRaman and FTIR spectra were performed in the solid state. The optimized geometry of CCPEHP was computed by DFT/B3LYP method with 6-311 G (d, p) and 6-31 G (d, p) levels. The computed vibrational analysis, electronic absorption spectrum, electronic properties, molecular electrostatic potential, natural bond orbitals analysis and other calculated structural parameters were determined by using the DFT/B3LYP/6-31 G (d, p) basis set. The correlation of fundamental modes of the compound and the complete vibrational assignments analysis were studied. The strong and weak contacts were identified by using Hirshfeld surface analysis. The molecular modeling results showed that CCPEHP structure strongly binds to COVID-19 main protease by relative binding affinity of -6.4 kcal/mol.

Speculative assessment, molecular composition, PDOS, topology exploration (ELF, LOL, RDG), ligand-protein interactions, on 5-bromo-3-nitropyridine-2-carbonitrile

Computational calculations of 5-bromo-3-nitropyridine-2-carbonitrile (5B3N2C) on molecular structure and on energy are implemented using the 6-311++G(d,p) basis set by DFT/B3LYP method. The UV-Vis spectrum of 5B3N2C was obtained by TD-DFT with chloroform as a solvent. The analysis of molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) and frontier molecular orbital (FMO) were used to evaluate, the entire electron density and organic reactive sites of 5B3N2C. The electron-hole conversions were conjointly deliberated. Donor-acceptor interactions (NBO) analysis examines the intra-and intermolecular charge transfer, hyper conjugate interaction of the compound. The orbital molecular contributions are evaluated by density of states (DOS and PDOS). To discern the reactivity of the molecule, topology analyses were done. The biological prominence of the 5B3N2C molecule was investigated in a pertinent study of molecular docking with target protein 3CEJ exhibiting the centromere associated protein inhibitor property. Molecular Dynamics simulations were done to assess the stability of the complex. 5B3N2C physiochemical parameters were also compared to those of widely viable medications Ispinesib and Lonafarnib.

A Comparative Study on Electro-Optic Effects of Organic N-Benzyl-2-Methyl-4-Nitroaniline and Morpholinium 2-Chloro-4-Nitrobenzoate Doped in Nematic Liquid Crystals E7

Improvements in electro-optical responses of LC devices by doping organic N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) and Morpholinium 2-chloro-4-nitrobenzoate (M2C4N) in nematic liquid crystals (LCs) have been reported in this study. BNA and M2C4N-doped LC cells have the fall time that is fivefold and threefold faster than the pristine LC cell, respectively. The superior performance in fall time of BNA-doped LC cell is attributed to the significant decrements in the rotational viscosity and threshold voltage by 44% and 25%, respectively, and a strong additional restoring force resulted from the spontaneous polarization electric field of BNA. On the other hand, the dielectric anisotropy (Δε) of LC mixture is increased by 16% and 6%, respectively, with M2C4N and BNA dopants. M2C4N dopant induces a large dielectric anisotropy, because the phenyl-amine/hydroxyl in M2C4N induces a strong intermolecular interaction with LCs. Furthermore, BNA dopant causes a strong absorbance near the wavelength of 400 nm that filters the blue light. The results indicate that M2C4N doping can be used to develop a high Δε of LC mixture, and BNA doping is appropriate to fabricate a fast response and blue-light filtering LC device. Density Functional Theory calculation also confirms that BNA and M2C4N increase the dipole moment, polarization anisotropy, and hence Δε of LC mixture.

Experimental approach, theoretical investigation and molecular docking of 2- chloro-5-fluoro phenol antibacterial compound

The molecular structural dimerization of biologically potent 2-chloro-5-fluoro phenol (2C5FP) is optimized. A combined experimental and theoretical characteristics of vibrational spectral determinations (NMR, FT-IR and Raman) on 2-chloro-5-fluoro phenol (2C5FP) were used at DFT-B3LYP/6–31++G (d,p) level of computation. A close coherence is achieved when experimentally observed wave numbers are compared with calculated wave numbers by refinement of the scale factors. Calculated values of global chemical descriptors of the present molecule reveal significant molecular stability and chemical reactivity. Non-Linear optical (NLO) property of the present molecule is investigated by determining the second order non linear parameter of first hyperpolarizability β. Moreover, hydrogen bond and thermodynamic parameters at various temperatures are determined and discussed. Investigated compound 2C5FP possesses a better antibacterial activity against Echerichia coli, Streptococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aureus,and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. The title molecule is subjected to molecular docking studies with two different proteins, namely Staphylococcus aureus Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (PDB ID: 1JIL) and human dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (hDHODH) (PDB ID: 6CJF). The results of molecular docking analysis support the antibacterial activity and demonstrate a strong interaction with the DHODH inhibitor.

Spectroscopic characterization, DFT studies, molecular docking and cytotoxic evaluation of 4-nitro-indole-3-carboxaldehyde: A potent lung cancer agent

The 4-nitro-1H-indole-carboxaldehyde (NICA) molecule was characterized experimentally using FT-IR, FT-Raman and UV-Vis spectra, and it was studied theoretically using DFT calculations. The optimized structure of the NICA molecule was determined by DFT calculations using B3LYP functional with cc-pVTZ basis set. The electron localization function (ELF) and local orbital localizer (LOL) studies were performed to visualize the electron delocalization in the molecule. The experimental and theoretical wavenumbers of the title molecule were assigned using VEDA 4.0 program. The charge delocalization and stability of the title molecule were investigated using natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. Frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) and related molecular properties were calculated. UV-Vis spectrum was calculated theoretically and validated experimentally. The reactive sites of the molecule were studied from the MEP surface and Fukui function analysis. The molecular docking analysis reveals that the NICA ligand shows better inhibitory activity against RAS, which causes lung cancer. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of the molecule against human lung cancer cell lines (A549) was determined by MTT assay. Thus, the NICA molecule can be used as a potential candidate for the development of the drug against lung cancer.