TY - JOUR
T1 - Computational study of substituent effects on the acidity, toxicity and chemical reactivity of bacteriostatic sulfonamides
AU - Soriano-Correa, Catalina
AU - Barrientos-Salcedo, Carolina
AU - Francisco-Márquez, Misaela
AU - Sainz-Díaz, C. Ignacio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - Relationships among physicochemical properties, the chemical structure and antibacterial activity of sulfonamides have not been completely explicated yet. Nevertheless, from a therapeutics and prodrugs design point of view, a substituent group can modify the electronic structure, the physicochemical features and chemical reactivity which are critical for the biological activity. In this work, we analyze the substituent effects on the physicochemical properties, toxicity, chemical reactivity and its relation with the bacteriostatic activity of selected sulfonamides by means of DFT-M06-2X calculations in aqueous solution, using quantum chemical and docking descriptors. A correlation between the theoretical acidity and the pKa experimental values has been found. The more active sulfonamides have a larger acidity. The acidity increases with electron-withdrawing substituents. The main reactivity takes place on N4 atoms linked to aromatic ring, and in the SO2NH moiety, which are influenced by substituents. Docking descriptors showed binding affinities between sulfonamides and target receptor, the dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS).
AB - Relationships among physicochemical properties, the chemical structure and antibacterial activity of sulfonamides have not been completely explicated yet. Nevertheless, from a therapeutics and prodrugs design point of view, a substituent group can modify the electronic structure, the physicochemical features and chemical reactivity which are critical for the biological activity. In this work, we analyze the substituent effects on the physicochemical properties, toxicity, chemical reactivity and its relation with the bacteriostatic activity of selected sulfonamides by means of DFT-M06-2X calculations in aqueous solution, using quantum chemical and docking descriptors. A correlation between the theoretical acidity and the pKa experimental values has been found. The more active sulfonamides have a larger acidity. The acidity increases with electron-withdrawing substituents. The main reactivity takes place on N4 atoms linked to aromatic ring, and in the SO2NH moiety, which are influenced by substituents. Docking descriptors showed binding affinities between sulfonamides and target receptor, the dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS).
KW - Acidity
KW - Bacteriostatic sulfonamides
KW - DFT-M06-2X calculations
KW - Dihydropteroate synthase
KW - Toxicity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.02.006
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 29549806
SN - 1093-3263
VL - 81
SP - 116
EP - 124
JO - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
JF - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
ER -