Quantitative Analysis of Hydrogen and Chalcogen Bonds in Two Pyrimidine
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Zurich Open Repository and Archive University of Zurich Main Library Strickhofstrasse 39 CH-8057 Zurich www.zora.uzh.ch Year: 2020 Quantitative analysis of hydrogen and chalcogen bonds in two pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives, potential DHFR inhibitors: an integrated crystallographic and theoretical study Al-Wahaibi, Lamya H ; Chakraborty, Kushumita ; Al-Shaalan, Nora H ; Syed Majeed, Mohamed Yehya Annavi ; Blacque, Olivier ; Al-Mutairi, Aamal A ; El-Emam, Ali A ; Percino, M Judith ; Thamotharan, Subbiah Abstract: Two potential bioactive pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives have been synthesized and char- acterized by spectroscopic techniques (1H and 13C-NMR) and the three dimensional structures were elucidated by single crystal X-ray diffraction at low temperature (160 K). In both structures, the molec- ular conformation is locked by an intramolecular C–HC interaction involving the cyano and CH of the thiophene and phenyl rings. The intermolecular interactions were analyzed in a qualitative man- ner based on the Hirshfeld surface and 2D-fingerprint plots. The results suggest that the phenyl and thiophene moieties have an effect on the crystal packing. For instance, the chalcogen bonds areonly preferred in the thiophene derivative. However, both structures uses a common N–HO hydrogen bond motif. Moreover, the structures of 1 and 2 display 1D isostructurality and molecular chains stabilize by intermolecular N–HO and N–HN hydrogen bonds. The nature and extent of different non-covalent interactions were further characterized by the topological parameters derived from the quantum the- ory of atoms-in-molecules approach. This analysis indicates that apart from N–HO hydrogen bonds, other non-covalent interactions are closed-shell in nature. A strong and linear N–HO hydrogen bond shows intermediate bonding character between shared and closed-shell interactions. The molecular dock- ing analysis suggests that both compounds display potential inhibitory effect against the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) enzyme from humans and Staphylococcus aureus. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra07215j Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-191121 Journal Article Published Version The following work is licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) License. Originally published at: Al-Wahaibi, Lamya H; Chakraborty, Kushumita; Al-Shaalan, Nora H; Syed Majeed, Mohamed Yehya Annavi; Blacque, Olivier; Al-Mutairi, Aamal A; El-Emam, Ali A; Percino, M Judith; Thamotharan, Subbiah (2020). Quantitative analysis of hydrogen and chalcogen bonds in two pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives, potential DHFR inhibitors: an integrated crystallographic and theoretical study. RSC Ad- vances, 10(60):36806-36817. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra07215j 2 RSC Advances View Article Online PAPER View Journal | View Issue Quantitative analysis of hydrogen and chalcogen bonds in two pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives, Cite this: RSC Adv., 2020, 10,36806 potential DHFR inhibitors: an integrated crystallographic and theoretical study† Lamya H. Al-Wahaibi,a Kushumita Chakraborty,b Nora H. Al-Shaalan, a Mohamed Yehya Annavi Syed Majeed,b Olivier Blacque, c Aamal A. Al-Mutairi,d Ali A. El-Emam,e M. Judith Percino f and Subbiah Thamotharan *b Two potential bioactive pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic techniques (1H and 13C-NMR) and the three dimensional structures were elucidated by single crystal X-ray diffraction at low temperature (160 K). In both structures, the molecular conformation is locked by an intramolecular C–H/C interaction involving the cyano and CH of the thiophene and phenyl rings. The intermolecular interactions were analyzed in a qualitative manner based Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. on the Hirshfeld surface and 2D-fingerprint plots. The results suggest that the phenyl and thiophene moieties have an effect on the crystal packing. For instance, the chalcogen bonds are only preferred in the thiophene derivative. However, both structures uses a common N–H/O hydrogen bond motif. Moreover, the structures of 1 and 2 display 1D isostructurality and molecular chains stabilize by intermolecular N–H/O and N–H/N hydrogen bonds. The nature and extent of different non-covalent interactions were further characterized by the topological parameters derived from the quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules approach. This analysis indicates that apart from N–H/O hydrogen bonds, other Received 22nd August 2020 non-covalent interactions are closed-shell in nature. A strong and linear N–H/O hydrogen bond shows Accepted 27th September 2020 This article is licensed under a intermediate bonding character between shared and closed-shell interactions. The molecular docking DOI: 10.1039/d0ra07215j analysis suggests that both compounds display potential inhibitory effect against the dihydrofolate rsc.li/rsc-advances reductase (DHFR) enzyme from humans and Staphylococcus aureus. Open Access Article. Published on 06 October 2020. Downloaded 10/26/2020 12:23:13 PM. Introduction Pyrimidine and its related derivatives have long been known as efficient chemotherapeutic agents.1 The chemotherapeutic potency of pyrimidine-based drugs is attributed to their inhib- aDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman itory effect on the biosynthesis of vital enzymes responsible for University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia nucleic acids such as thymidylate synthetase (TSase), thymidine bBiomolecular Crystallography Laboratory, Department of Bioinformatics, School of phosphorylase (TPase), dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur-613401, India. reverse transcriptase (RTase). Several pyrimidine-based drugs E-mail: [email protected] are currently used as efficient anticancer2–6 and antiviral agents cDepartment of Chemistry, University of Zurich,¨ Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich,¨ 7–10 Switzerland against human immunode ciency viruses (HIV), hepatitis B 11,12 13 dDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic virus (HBV), herpes simplex virus (HSV) and SARS-CoV University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia virus.14 In addition, several pyrimidine-based drugs are eDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, currently used as antibacterial agents. Trimethoprim was early Mansoura 35516, Egypt discovered as a potent drug mainly in the treatment of urinary f ı Unidad de Pol´meros y Electronica´ Organica,´ Instituto de Ciencias, Benem´erita tract infections acting by inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase ´ Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Val3-Ecocampus Valsequillo, Independencia O2 15 Sur 50, San Pedro Zacachimalpa, Puebla-C.P.72960, Mexico (DHFR). The next generations of DHFR inhibitors including 16 17 18 † Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Relative contributions of brodimoprim, epiroprim and iclaprim were developed as different atom–atom contacts, selected torsion angles, 2D-ngerprint plots, highly potent antibacterial drugs for the treatment of severe molecular graphs for intermolecular interactions and experimental details of in respiratory tract infections. DHFR inhibitors bind bacterial vitro bioactivity. CCDC 2022218 and 2022219. For ESI and crystallographic data DHFR 105 times tighter than it does to vertebrate DHFR. By in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/d0ra07215j 36806 | RSC Adv.,2020,10,36806–36817 This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020 View Article Online Paper RSC Advances virtue of their mechanism of action, antibacterial DHFR including the Hirshfeld surface, 2D-ngerprint plots, energy inhibitors exert their activity through blocking synthesis of frameworks, PIXEL energy, and Bader's quantum theory of DNA, RNA and proteins, thereby arresting bacterial cell atoms-in-molecules (QTAIM).32 The rst four criteria ((a) growth.19,20 Pyrimidine-based DHFR inhibitors are also used as topology, (b) electron density, (c) Laplacian of electron density potent antiprotozoal agents for the treatment of malaria,21,22 and (d) mutual penetration of the hydrogen and the acceptor trypanosomiasis23 and leishmaniasis.24 It has been reported atom) of Koch–Popelier33 have been used to characterize the that the barbituric acid, a pyrimidine heterocylic nucleus, was nature and strength of non-covalent interactions as previously used as a molecular recognition species by non-covalent inter- reported.34,35 In addition, molecular docking study of the title actions especially hydrogen bonds or via coordination to metal pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives as DHFR inhibitors is ions. Using this molecular recognition approach, different types reported. of receptors that belong to organic, inorganic and organome- tallic have been developed for barbituric acid.25 Materials and methods In view of the diverse applications of the pyrimidine deriv- atives, we have synthesized two pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile Synthesis and crystallization derivatives and crystal structures of these compounds have The pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives 1 and 2 were synthe- been studied in detail in the present investigation. The reported sized starting with the appropriate aldehydes A via condensa- compounds vary with respect to the thiophene and phenyl tion with thiourea B and ethyl cyanoacetate C, in ethanol, in the substituents. A CSD (Cambridge