Synthesis and Computational Exploration of Morpholine Bearing Halogenated Sulfonamides as Potential Tyrosinase Inhibitors.

In the presented work, a new series of three different 4-((3,5-dichloro-2-[(2/4-halobenzyl)oxy]phenyl)sulfonyl)morpholines was synthesized and the structure of these compounds were corroborated by 1 H-NMR & 13 C-NMR studies. The in vitro results established all the three compounds as potent tyrosinase inhibitors relative to the standard. The Kinetics mechanism plots established that compound 8 inhibited the enzyme non-competitively. The inhibition constants Ki calculated from Dixon plots for this compound was 0.0025 µM. Additionally, computational techniques were used to explore electronic structures of synthesized compounds. Fully optimized geometries were further docked with tyrosinase enzyme for inhibition studies. Reasonably good binding/interaction energies and intermolecular interactions were obtained. Finally, drug likeness was also predicted using the rule of five (RO5) and Chemical absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) characteristics. It is anticipated that current experimental and computational investigations will evoke the scientific interest of the research community for the above-entitled compounds.

2-Phenitidine derivatives as suitable inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase

This manuscript reports the synthesis of a series of N-substituted derivatives of 2-phenitidine. First, the reaction of 2-phenitidine (1) with benzene sulfonyl chloride (2) yielded N-(2-ethoxyphenyl) benzenesulfonamide (3), which further on treatment with sodium hydride and alkyl halides (4a-g) furnished into new sulfonamides (5a-g). Second, the phenitidine reacted with benzoyl chloride (6) and acetyl chloride (8) to yield the reported N-benzoyl phenitidine (7) and N-acetyl phenitidine (9), respectively. These derivatives were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, ¹H-NMR, and EI-MS, and then screened against acetylcholinesterase, butylcholinesterase, and lipoxygenase enzyme, and were found to be potent inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase alone.

Este trabalho apresenta a síntese de uma série de derivados da 2-fenetidina N-substituídos. Primeiro, a reação da 2-fenetidina (1) com cloreto de benzenossulfonila (2) conduziu à N-(2-etoxifenil)benzenossulfonamida (3) que, após tratamento com hidreto de sódio e haletos de alquila (4a-g), originou novas sulfonamidas (5a-g). Em segundo lugar, a reação da fenetidina com cloreto de benzoíla (6) e cloreto de acetila (8) conduziu, respectivamente, à N-benzoilfenetidina (7) e N-acetilfenetidina (9). A caracterização destes derivados fez-se por IV, ¹H-RMN e EM-IE. Procedeu-se à avaliação da atividade inibidora destes compostos em relação às enzimas acetilcolinesterase, butirilcolinesterase e lipoxigenase. No entanto, apenas revelaram atividade inibidora da butirilcolinesterase.

2-{4-[Acet-yl(eth-yl)amino]-benzene-sulfonamido}-benzoic acid.

In the title compound, C(17)H(18)N(2)O(5)S, the dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 68.59 (10)° and the C-S-N-C torsion angle is -81.84 (18)°. The mol-ecular conformation is stabilized by an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond, generating an S(6) ring. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by C-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.