Atul Manvar

Ruthenium-catalyzed C-H bond arylations of arenes bearing removable directing groups via six-membered ruthenacycles.

Ruthenium-catalyzed direct arylations of phenols bearing removable directing groups were accomplished through carboxylate assistance via six-membered ruthenacycles as key intermediates.

1,5-Benzothiazepine, a versatile pharmacophore: a review.

1,5-Benzothiazepine and 1,5-benzodiazipine are the two main seven-membered heterocyclic ring systems reported for their cardiac and psychotherapeutic activities. Successful introduction of diltiazem and clentiazem for angina pectoris, hypertension, arrhythmias and other related cardiac disorders proved potential of 1,5-benzothiazepine moiety. Subsequently 1,5-benzodiazepines were highlighted as important biologically active scaffolds. Also, discovery of thiazesim and quetiapine fumarate as psychotropic agents attracted much attention worldwide. The current review article focuses on pharmacological profile associated with 1,5-benzodiazepines. This article mainly covers structural modifications done for various targets along with the brief description of the targets.

Synthesis, anti-tubercular activity and 3D-QSAR study of coumarin-4-acetic acid benzylidene hydrazides

A set of 25 coumarin-4-acetic acid benzylidene hydrazides were synthesized and characterized by NMR, IR and mass spectroscopic techniques. The compounds were evaluated for their anti-tubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv strain using the BACTEC 460 system to determine percentage inhibition. To understand the relationship between structure and activity, a 3D-QSAR analysis has been carried out by Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA). Several statistically significant CoMFA models were generated. The CoMFA model generated with database alignment was the best in terms of overall statistics. The CoMFA contours provide a good insight into the structure activity relationships of the compounds reported herein.

Diversity oriented design of various hydrazides and their in vitro evaluation against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strains

Control and prevention of tuberculosis is a major challenge, as one-third of the worlds population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The resurgence of tuberculosis and the emergence of multidrug-resistance strains of mycobacteria, necessitate the search for new class of antimycobacterial agents. As a part of investigation of new antitubercular agents in this laboratory, we describe the syntheses of various hydrazides of comarins, quinolones and pyrroles and screening against M. tuberculosis (Mtb) H37(Rv) by using rifampin as a standard drug. Among the designed molecules, the most prominent compounds 2a-g, 4a and 9a showed >90% GI at MIC<6.25 μg/mL. Finally, these studies suggests that compounds 2a-g, 4a and 9a may serve as promising lead scaffolds for further generation of new anti-TB agents.

Synthesis, in vitro antitubercular activity and 3D-QSAR study of 1,4-dihydropyridines

In continuation of our research program on new antitubercular agents, this article is a report of the synthesis of 97 various symmetrical, unsymmetrical, and N-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines. The synthesized molecules were tested for their activity against M. tuberculosisH37Rv strain with rifampin as the standard drug. The percentage inhibition was found in the range 3–93%. In an effort to understand the relationship between structure and activity, 3D-QSAR studies were also carried out on a subset that is representative of the molecules synthesized. For the generation of the QSAR models, a training set of 35 diverse molecules representing the synthesized molecules was utilized. The molecules were aligned using the atom-fit technique. The CoMFA and CoMSIA models generated on the molecules aligned by the atom-fit method show a correlation coefficient (r2) of 0.98 and 0.95 with cross-validated r2(q2) of 0.56 and 0.62, respectively. The 3D-QSAR models were externally validated against a test set of 19 molecules (aligned previously with the training set) for which the predictive

Evaluation of Structurally Diverse Benzoazepines Clubbed with Coumarins as Mycobacterium tuberculosis Agents

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Synthesis of 1-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-3-methylene-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one derivatives and in vitro anticancer evaluation against SW620 colon cancer cell line

is recorded as 0.74 and 0.69 for the CoMFA and CoMSIA models, respectively. The models were checked for chance correlation through y-scrambling. The QSAR models revealed the importance of the conformational flexibility of the substituents in antitubercular activity.

Microwave-assisted and Zn[l-proline]2 catalyzed tandem cyclization under solvent free conditions : Rapid synthesis of chromeno[4,3-c]pyrazol-4-ones

The resurgence of tuberculosis and the emergence of multidrug‐resistant strains of Mycobacteria necessitate the search for new classes of antimycobacterial agents. We have synthesized a small library of 50 analogues of 4‐(arylamino)coumarins with various aromatic amines at the C4‐ position of the coumarin scaffold. The compounds were evaluated for antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv with rifampicin as the standard. Of the molecules synthesized, compound 9 was found to be most potent with a minimum inhibitory concentration >6.25 μg/mL for 100% inhibition. In an effort to develop new and more effective molecules in this series, the relationship between structure and activity was investigated by comparative molecular field analysis. Various models were generated using comparative molecular field analysis alone and comparative molecular field analysis plus a hydropathy field (HINT). In all, eight models were generated with atom‐fit and field‐fit alignment strategies. The comparative molecular field analysis models (Models 3a and 4a) based on field‐fit alignment were the best with statistically good correlation coefficients (r2) and cross‐validated q2. The values of r2pred for the validation set were 0.469 and 0.516. Based on the comparative molecular field analysis contours, some insights into the structure–activity relationship of the compounds could be gained.