Kinetic Studies, Antioxidant Activities, Enzyme Inhibition Properties and Molecular Docking of 1,3-Dihydro-1,3-Dioxoisoindole Derivatives.

The acid catalyzed hydrolysis of the N-(p-substitutedphenyl) phthalimides in three different acids was investigated at 50.0±0.1°C. Two different antioxidant activity tests as DPPH• and ABTS•+ scavenging activities, and three various enzyme inhibition activity tests as urease, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibition activities, were applied. Compound 3c (2.03 µg/mL ) has higher antioxidant activity than other compounds and standards according to DPPH test. In AChE assay, compounds 3a and 3b (13.13 and 9.59 µg/mL) has higher enzyme inhibition activity than the standard Galantamine (14.37 µg/mL). In BChE and urease tests, all compounds (6.84-13.60 and 10.49-17.73 µg/mL) have higher enzyme inhibition activity than the standard Galantamine (49.40 µg/mL) and thiourea (26.19 µg/mL), respectively. The molecule interaction for each of the three compounds with the active sites of AChE, BChE, and urease enzymes was examined via molecular docking simulations.

Inhibitory effects of sulfenimides on human and bovine carbonic anhydrase enzymes.

A series of sulfenimide derivatives (1a-i) were investigated as inhibitors of human (hCA-I, hCA-II) and bovine (bCA) carbonic anhydrase enzymes. The compounds were synthesised by the reaction of substituted thiophenols with phthalimide by means of an effective, simple and eco-friendly method and the structures were confirmed by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and elemental analysis. All derivatives except for the methyl derivative (1b) exhibited effective inhibitory action at low micromolar concentrations on human isoforms, but only four derivatives (1e, 1f, 1h, 1i) inhibited the bovine enzyme. The bromo derivative (1f) was found to be strongest inhibitor of all three enzymes with KI values of 0.023, 0.044 and 20.57 µM for hCA-I, hCA-II and bCA, respectively. Results of our study will make valuable contributions to carbonic anhydrase inhibition studies for further investigations since inhibitors of this enzyme are important molecules for medicinal chemistry.

Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Nematodes against Common Wireworm Species in Potato Cultivation.

Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are common insect pests that attack a wide range of economically important crops including potatoes. The control of wireworms is of prime importance in potato production due to the potential damage of the larvae to tuber quantity and quality. Chemical insecticides, the main control strategy against wireworms, generally fail to provide satisfactory control due to the lack of available chemicals and the soil-dwelling habits of the larvae. In the last decades, new eco-friendly concepts have emerged in the sustainable control of wireworms, one of which is entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs). EPNs are soil-inhabitant organisms and represent an ecological approach to controlling a great variety of soil-dwelling insect pests. In this study, the susceptibility of Agriotes sputator Linnaeus and A. rufipalpis Brullé larvae, the most common wireworm species in potato cultivation in Türkiye, to native EPN strains [Steinernema carpocapsae (Sc_BL22), S. feltiae (Sf_BL24 and Sf_KAY4), and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Hb_KAY10 and Hb_AF12)] were evaluated at two temperatures (25 and 30 °C) in pot experiments. Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Hb_AF12 was the most effective strain at 30 °C six days post-inoculation and caused 37.5% mortality to A. rufipalpis larvae. Agriotes sputator larvae were more susceptible to tested EPNs at the same exposure time, and 50% mortality was achieved by two EPNs species, Hb_AF12 and Sc_BL22. All EPN species/strains induced mortality over 70% to both wireworm species at both temperatures at 100 IJs/cm2, 18 days post-treatment. The results suggest that tested EPN species/strains have great potential in the control of A. sputator and A. rufipalpis larvae.

Synthesis, Structural Investigation, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis, and Biological Evaluation of N-(3-Cyanothiophen-2-yl)-2-(thiophen-2-yl)acetamide.

In this study, a novel heterocyclic amide derivative, N-(3-cyanothiophen-2-yl)-2-(thiophen-2-yl)acetamide (I), was obtained by reacting 2-aminothiophene-3-carbonitrile with activated 2-(thiophen-2-yl)acetic acid in a N-acylation reaction and characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic studies, and single crystal X-ray crystallography. The crystal packing of I is stabilized by C-H···N and N-H···N hydrogen bonds. In addition, I was investigated computationally using the density functional theory (DFT) method with the B3LYP exchange and correlation functions in conjunction with the 6311++G(d,p) basis set in the gas phase. Fukui function (FF) analysis was also carried out. Electrophilicity-based charge transfer (ECT) method and charge transfer (ΔN) were computed to examine the interactions between I and DNA bases (such as guanine, thymine, adenine, and cytosine). The most important contributions to the Hirshfeld surface are H···H (21%), C···H (20%), S···H (19%), N···H (14%), and O···H (12%). An ABTS antioxidant assay was used to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant activity of I. The compound exhibited moderate antioxidant activity. The antimicrobial activity of the title molecule was investigated under aseptic conditions, using the microdilution method, against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains, and it also demonstrated significant activity against yeasts (Candida glabrata ATCC 90030, Candida krusei ATCC 34135). The findings revealed that the molecule possesses significant antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.

Experimental and theoretical investigations on a furan-2-carboxamide-bearing thiazole: synthesis, molecular characterization by IR/NMR/XRD, electronic characterization by DFT, Hirshfeld surface analysis and biological activity.

A thiazole-based heterocyclic amide, namely, N-(thiazol-2-yl)furan-2-carboxamide, C8H6N2O2S, was synthesized and investigated for its antimicrobial activity. The structure was characterized by elemental analysis and IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The molecular and electronic structures were investigated experimentally by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) and theoretically by density functional theory (DFT) modelling. The compound crystallized in the monoclinic space group P21/n and the asymmetric unit contains two symmetrically independent molecules. Several noncovalent interactions were recorded by XRD and analysed with Hirshfeld surface analysis (HSA) calculations. Natural bond orbital, molecular electrostatic potential, second-order nonlinear optical and thermodynamic property analyses were also carried out using the DFT/B3LYP method. The title compound was evaluated for antimicrobial activity against eight microorganisms consisting of Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria and fungi. The compound showed good antimicrobial activity against the eight tested microorganisms. This suggests that the compound merits further study for potential pharmacological and medical applications.

Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic features and Hirshfeld surfaces of 2-methyl-3-[(2-methyl-phen-yl)carbamo-yl]phenyl acetate.

The title compound, C17H17NO3, was synthesized, characterized by IR spectroscopy and its crystal structure was determined from single-crystal diffraction data. The asymmetric unit contains two mol-ecules, which adopt different conformations. In one mol-ecule, the acet-oxy and the terminal 2-methyl-phenyl groups are positioned on opposite sides of the plane formed by the central benzene ring, whereas in the other mol-ecule they lie on the same side of this plane. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked through strong N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains along [010]. Hirshfeld surface analysis and fingerprint plots were used to investigate the inter-molecular inter-actions in the solid state.

Crystal structure of 2,3-dimeth-oxy-N-(4-nitro-phen-yl)benzamide.

In the title compound, C15H14N2O5, the benzene rings are nearly coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 4.89 (8)°. An intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bond occurs between the imino and meth-oxy groups. In the crystal, weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into supra-molecular chains propagating along the a-axis direction. π-π stacking is observed between parallel benzene rings of neighbouring chains, the centroid-to-centroid distance being 3.6491 (10) Å. Three-dimensional Hirshfeld surface analyses and two-dimensional fingerprint plots have been used to analyse the inter-molecular inter-actions present in the crystal.

Biology of three species of Agistemus (Acari: Stigmaeidae): life table parameters using eggs of Panonychus citri or pollen of Malephora crocea as food.

The biology and life table parameters of Agistemus industani Gonzalez, A. cyprius Gonzalez, and A. floridanus Gonzalez (Acari: Stigmaeidae) were studied under laboratory conditions using two food sources: Panonychus citri (McGregor) eggs or ice plant, Malephora crocea (Jacquin) Schwantes pollen at 25 degrees C. The larval, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult stages of A. industani fed on citrus red mite eggs. All active stages of A. industani, except the larva, fed on all P. citri stages and the larval stage could not feed on P. citri adults. All immature stages of A. industani fed on M. crocea pollen. Agistemus cyprius larvae fed on P. citri eggs and larvae or ice plant pollen. The nymphal stages fed on P. citri eggs, larvae, and protonymphs but not deutonymphs or adults while A. cyprius deutonymphs and adults fed on all P. citri stages. Adult and nymphal stages of A. cyprius fed on ice plant pollen and successfully completed their development while A. floridanus did not. Agistemus floridanus larvae fed only on P. citri eggs, while the other stages fed on P. citri eggs, larvae, and protonymphs. The developmental times from egg to adult for A. industani and A. cyprius when fed M. crocea pollen were 11.3 and 13.4 days, respectively. Agistemus floridanus was unable to complete its life cycle on a diet of only M. crocea pollen. Agistemus industani, A. cyprius, and A. floridanus completed development from egg to adult in 11.7, 13.8, and 10.8 days, respectively, when fed P. citri eggs. The intrinsic rate of increase (r(m)) values for A. cyprius and A. industani were 0.0311 and 0.1201 per day on the pollen diet. The net reproductive rate (Ro) was 3.58 for A. cyprius and 10.07 for A. industani with generation times (T) of 45.2 and 35.1 days, respectively, on the ice plant pollen diet. The r(m) values for A. cyprius, A. floridanus, and A. industani on the P. citri egg only diet were: 0.0562, 0.1001, and 0.1031 per day, respectively. The Ro values for each species fed P. citri eggs only were: 6.36, 7.90, and 18.70 for A. cyprius, A. floridanus, and A. industani and the generation times (T) for each of the three species were: 35.2, 29.9 and 37.8 days, respectively.

Spectrophotometric flow-injection analysis of mercury(II) in pharmaceuticals with p-nitrobenzoxosulfamate.

A new, simple and rapid spectrophotometric FI method for the accurate and precise determination of Hg(II) in pharmaceutical preparations has been developed. The method is based on the measuring the decrease of absorbance intensity of p-nitrobenzoxosulfamate (NBS) due to the complexation with Hg(II). The absorption peak of the NBS, which is decreased linearly by addition of Hg(II), occurs at 430 nm in 2x10(-4) moll(-1) HNO(3) as a carrier solution. Optimization of chemical and FI variables has been made. A micro column consisting of several packing materials applied instead of reaction coil was also investigated. A background level of Fe(III) maintained in reagent carrier solution with NBS was found useful for sensitivity and selectivity. Under the optimized conditions, the sampling rate was over 100 h(-1), the calibration curve obtained were linear over the range 1-10 mugml(-1), the detection limit was lower than 0.2 mugml(-1) for a 20 mul injection volume, and the precision [S(r)=1% at 2 mugml(-1) Hg(II) (n=10)] was found quite satisfactory. Application of the method to the analysis of Hg(II) in pharmaceutical preparations resulted a good agreement between the expected and found values.

Sodium p-nitrobenzoxasulfamate monohydrate.

The title compound, alternatively named sodium 6-nitro-3H-1,2,3-benzoxathiazole 2,2-dioxide monohydrate, Na+*C6H3N2O5S-*H2O, consists of chains of NaO7 units, with the seven donor-O atoms coming from two water molecules and five p-nitrobenzoxasulfamate anions. The seven-coordinate geometry around the Na+ ion is described as monocapped trigonal prismatic, but with a large distortion from ideal geometry. Each triangular face is defined by one O atom each from a water molecule, a nitro group and a sulfonyl group. An O atom from a sulfonyl group caps one of the square faces of the trigonal prism in an unsymmetrical fashion. The water molecules and one sulfonyl O atom are involved in bridging adjacent units, as is the nitro group of the anion. The sulfamate ions adopt an antiparallel alignment between the NaO7 units and are connected to each other by C-H...O and pi-pi interactions. The three-dimensional crystal structure is stabilized by a network of strong O-H...N hydrogen bonds.