Synthesis, In Silico Study, Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of N-phenylbenzamides.

Antibiotic and antifungal resistance problems have been prevalent in recent decades. One of the efforts to solve the problems is to develop new medicines with more potent antibacterial and antifungal activity. N-phenylbenzamides have the potential to be developed as antibacterial and antifungal medicine. This study aimed to synthesize N-phenylbenzamides and evaluate their in silico and in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities. The in silico studies conducted absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity (ADMET) predictions along with molecular docking studies. ADMET predictions used pkCSM software online, while the docking studies used MVD software (Molegro ® Virtual Docker version 5.5) on Aminoglycosid-2 ″-phosphotransferase-IIa (APH2 ″-IIa) enzyme with protein data bank (PDB) ID code 3HAV as antibacterial and aspartic proteinases enzyme (Saps) with PDB ID code 2QZX as an antifungal. In vitro, antibacterial and antifungal tests were carried out using the zone of inhibition (ZOI) method. The five N-phenylbenzamides (3a-e) were successfully synthesized with a high yield. Based on in silico and in vitro studies, compounds 3a-e have antibacterial and antifungal activities, where they can inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), Gram-negative (Escherichia coli), and Candida albicans. Therefore, compounds 3a-e can be developed as a topical antibacterial and antifungal agent.

In-silico, synthesis, structure elucidation and anticancer activity study of 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one.

The research aims to synthesize 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one and evaluate its anticancer activity against MCF-7. This compound was selected based on in-silico study conducted against several dihalophenylbenzoxazinone analogues using molecular docking towards Methionyl-tRNA synthetase. Synthesis of target compound was carried out using anthranilic acid and 3,4-dichlorobenzoyl chloride. The resulting compound was characterized using various spectroscopic analysis: 1D and 2D NMR, infrared and MS. In-silico studies was performed by MVD. Several designed compounds were docked into the active site on Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase (1PG2). Anticancer activity was evaluated by MTT Assay against MCF-7. 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one has been successfully synthesized with decent amount of yield 88%. Its spectroscopic analysis 1D and 2D NMR, MS, FTIR has proven the chemical structure of compound. In-silico studies toward the enzyme showed docking score of -76.04 Kcal/mol, higher than its native ligand (-93.50 Kcal/mol). Meanwhile, MTT assay result against MCF-7 showed IC50 value of 68.59ppm. Based on preliminary in-silico studies inhibited Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase, 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one was synthesized and tested in-vitro against MCF-7. Albeit the compound does not possess better docking score than native ligand, it is still argued that benzoxazine ring can be considered as a potential anticancer agent, as showed by MTT assay result which indicated moderate cytotoxicity.