Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and computational investigation into the potential inhibitory action of novel 6-(p-tolyl)-2-((p-tolyl)thio)methyl-7H-[1.2.4]triazolo[5,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazine inhibits the main protease of COVID-19.

In recent times, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has now become a worldwide pandemic. With over 71 million confirmed cases, even though the effectiveness and side effects of the specific drugs and vaccines approved for this disease are still limited. Scientists and researchers from all across the world are working to find a vaccine and a cure for COVID-19 by using large-scale drug discovery and analysis. Heterocyclic compounds are regarded to be valuable sources for the discovery of new antiviral medications against SARS-CoV-2 because virus occurrences are still on the rise, and infectivity and mortality may also rise shortly. In this regard, we have synthesized a new triazolothiadiazine derivative. The structure was characterized by NMR spectra and confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The structural geometry coordinates of the title compound are well reproduced by DFT calculations. NBO and NPA analyses have been performed to determine the interaction energies between bonding and antibonding orbital, and natural atomic charges of heavy atoms. Molecular docking suggests that the compounds may have good affinity for SAR-CoV-2 main protease, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and nucleocapsid enzymes, particularly the main protease enzyme (binding energy of -11.9 kcal mol-1). The predicted docked pose of the compound is dynamically stable and reports a major van der Waals contribution (-62.00 kcal mol-1) to overall net energy.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of ethyl 2-({5-acetyl-3-cyano-6-methyl-4-[(E)-2-phenyl-ethen-yl]pyridin-2-yl}sulfan-yl)acetate.

In the title mol-ecule, C21H20N2O3S, the styryl and ester substituents are displaced to opposite sides of the plane of the pyridine ring. In the crystal, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds form chains extending parallel to the a-axis direction, which pack with partial inter-calation of the styryl and ester substituents. A Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most significant contributions to the crystal packing are from H⋯H (43.6%), C⋯H/H⋯C (15.6%), O⋯H/H⋯O (14.9%) and N⋯H/H⋯N (11.2%) contacts.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Structure of Some New Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Related Tetrahydrothieno[2,3-c]isoquinolines.

The starting compounds 7-acetyl-8-aryl-4-cyano-1,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline(2H)-3-thiones 3a,b were synthesized and reacted with some N-aryl-2-chloroacetamides 4a-e in the presence of sodium acetate to produce 7-acetyl-8-aryl-3-(N-arylcarbamoylmethylsulfanyl)-4-cyano-1,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolines 5a-g. Upon heating in ethanol containing sodium ethoxide, they underwent intramolecular Thorpe-Zeigler cyclization, affording the corresponding 7-acetyl-1-amino-6-aryl-2-(N-arylcarbamoyl)-5,8-dimethyl-8-hydroxy-6,7,8,9-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-c]isoquinolines 6a-g. Compounds 6c,g,f were converted into the corresponding 1-(1-pyrrolyl) derivatives 7a-c by heating with 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran in glacial acetic acid. Structures of all synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental and spectral analyses. Also, the crystal structure of compounds 5a was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Functionally Substituted Planar Pyrimidothienoisoquinolines and Nonplanar (3aR, 4S, 9aS)-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolines.

7-Acetyl-8-aryl-4-cyano-1,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolin-3(2H)-thiones 2a,b are prepared and dehydrated to give 7-acetyl-8-aryl-4-cyano-1,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-7,8-dihydrodroisoquinolin-3(2H)-thiones 6a,b via a novel method by heating with acetyl chloride in acetic acid. The reaction of both compounds 2a,b and 6a,b with N-aryl-2-chloroacetamides 7a-c under two different conditions gave the same corresponding products, 7-acetyl-8-aryl-3-(N-aryl)carbamoylmethylsulfanyl-4-cyano-1,6-dimethyl-7,8-dihydroisoquinolines 8a-e, in high yields. On treatment of compounds 8a,b,e in methanol with a slightly excess molar amount of sodium methoxide, they underwent intramolecular Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization followed by spontaneous aromatization, providing the planar 7-acetyl-1-amino-6-aryl-2-(N-aryl)carbamoyl-5,8-dimethyl-8,9-dihydrothieno[2,3-c] isoquinolines 9a,b,e in good yield. Cyclocondensation reactions of 6a,b with phenyl hydrazine, thiosemicarbazide, or hydrazine hydrate led to the formation of nonplanar (3aR, 4S, 9aS)-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolines 11a, 11b, and 13, respectively. The reaction of compound 13 with 2-chloromethylquinazolin-4(3H)-one in the presence of anhydrous sodium acetate gave the expected thienopyrazoloisoquinolone 14. Heating the latter compound (14) with triethyl orthoformate in glacial acetic acid afforded the fused heptacyclic compound 15. All of the synthesized compounds were characterized based on their full spectral analyses such as IR, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and mass spectrometry (MS). Moreover, the crystal structure of compound 6a was elucidated by X-ray diffraction analysis.

Crystal structure of (Z)-4-[1-(4-acetyl-anilino)ethyl-idene]-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one.

In the solid state, the title compound, C20H19N3O2, adopts the keto-amine tautomeric form, with the H atom attached to the N atom, which participates in an intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond with an S(6) ring motif. The dihedral angles between the pyrazole ring and the phenyl and benzene rings are 3.69 (10) and 46.47 (9)°, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, generating C(16) chains propagating in [301]. Weak aromatic π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.6123 (10) and 3.6665 (10) Å] link the chains into a three-dimensional network.