Synthesis, crystal structure, and in vitro and in silico molecular docking of novel acyl thiourea derivatives

Abstract

In the present study, a series of six biologically active substituted acyl thiourea compounds (1–6) has been synthesized from cyclohexanecarbonyl isothiocyanate and various primary amines (2-methyl aniline, aniline, 4-methoxy aniline, 4-ethoxy aniline, benzyl amine and 2-methoxy aniline). The synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, UV–Visible, FT-IR, 1H & 13C NMR and mass spectroscopic techniques. Three dimensional molecular structure of two compounds (1 and 5) was determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography. All the synthesized compounds show good anti-oxidant and anti-haemolytic activities. In silico molecular docking studies were performed to screen against DprE1 and HSP90 enzymes targeting tuberculosis and cancer respectively.