Journal of Molecular Structure 1198 (2019) 126904
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Journal of Molecular Structure
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Molecular structures, Hirshfeld analysis and biological investigations
of isatin based thiosemicarbazones
Sivaraj Saranya a, 1, Jebiti Haribabu b, c, 1,
Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Vadakkedathu Palakkeezhillam b, Peter Jerome b,
Kannayiram Gomathi a, Kodagala Kameswara Rao d,
Velakaturi Hari Hara Surendra Babu d, Ramasamy Karvembu b, *, Dasararaju Gayathri e, **
a
Department of Biotechnology, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute University, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095, India
Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 620015, India
c
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, 278-8510 Japan
d
Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara Arts College, Tirupati, 517501, India
e
Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600025, India
b
a r t i c l e i n f o
a b s t r a c t
Article history:
Received 29 April 2019
Received in revised form
26 July 2019
Accepted 5 August 2019
Available online 8 August 2019
The synthesized isatin thiosemicarbazone compounds (1e10) were well characterized by elemental
analysis, and UVeVisible, FT-IR and NMR spectroscopic methods. The crystal structure of two of the
compounds (6 and 9) was confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. Hirshfeld surface analysis
was performed to analyze the intermolecular interactions. The compounds were evaluated for their
in vitro antioxidant and cytotoxicity against MCF-7 (breast) cancer cell line through DPPH and MTT assays, respectively. The results clearly indicated that compounds 5, 6, 7 and 8 showed significant antioxidant property and compound 7 exhibited greater cytotoxicity than the other compounds. Antiinflammatory activity of the compounds was determined by in vitro PLA2 inhibition assay and in silico
molecular docking study, which showed promising results for all the compounds.
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Keywords:
Thiosemicarbazones
Antioxidant
Cytotoxicity
Anti-inflammatory
Phospholipase A2
Molecular docking
1. Introduction
Thiosemicarbazide when condensed with aldehyde or ketone
with potential donor site(s) yields Schiff base termed as thiosemicarbazone. Thiosemicarbazone compounds and their metal
complexes have been studied over the last 50 years for their
tremendous biological applications. The presence of sulfur atom
and its ability to bind with the metals in the biological system is
believed to be the major reason for their biological activities [1]
such as anticancer [2], antitumor, antifungal [3], antibacterial [4],
antimalarial, antiviral [5] and anti-HIV [6].
Thiosemicarbazone (TSC) derivatives such as marboran,
* Corresponding author.
** Corresponding author.
E-mail addresses: kar@nitt.edu (R. Karvembu),
(D. Gayathri).
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amithiozone, cutisone, ambazone and anisaldehyde thiosemicarbazone were proved to possess antituberculosis or antitumor effect (Fig. 1) [7]. Recent studies on the antitumor property of
thiosemicarbazone derivative DP44 mT (di-2-pyridylketone-4,4dimethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone) have proved that the compound
can actively bind iron in a tight chelate complex and deplete tumors
as cancer cells need more iron than normal body cells to sustain
their abnormally rapid growth [8]. In addition, cytotoxicity effect of
a series of cyclohexyl thiosemicarbazones was reported against
HER-2 over expressed SKBr-3 cells [9]. Thiosemicarbazone derivatives were reported to possess anticancer activity against
various cell lines, cholangiocarcinoma (HuCCA-1), liver carcinoma
(HepG2), lung carcinoma (A549) and acute lymphoblastic carcinoma (MOLT-3) [10]. More importantly, N-heterocyclic TSCs
showed broad range of activities, which are believed to be at least
partially due to their RNR inhibition property [11]. To date, several
TSC compounds, namely, 3-amino-2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde TSC
(triapine) [12e14], di-2-pyridylketone-4-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-3-
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Fig. 1. Medicinally important thiosemicarbazone derivatives.
thiosemicarbazone (DpC) [15] and (E)-N0 -(6,7-dihydroquinolin8(5H)-ylidene)-4-(pyridine2-yl)piperazine-1-carbothiohydrazide
(COTI-2) [16] are undergoing phase I and II clinical trials against
various types of cancer. Our previous studies on few thiosemicarbazone derivatives proved their inhibition potential against
secretory phospholipase A2 enzyme [17], one of the major enzymes
in lipid mediators. Role of lipid mediators in inflammation and
various types of cancer emphasises the potential of phospholipases
as key enzymes in cancer progression. Isatin and its derivatives are
one of the most important and broadly occurring structural units in
several natural compounds and drug intermediates. They have
shown a wide range of biological properties such as anticonvulsant,
anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antidepressant, antiviral, antiHIV, and anticancer [18e24]. In continuation of our quest to
explore the biological and pharmaceutical potential of thiosemicarbazones, we report here the synthesis, structure and
functional characterization of a series of thiosemicarbazone derivatives. Antioxidant and cytotoxicity effect of the compounds
were studied in vitro. Anti-inflammatory potential of the compounds was revealed through in vitro and in silico phospholipase A2
enzyme inhibition studies.
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials and methods
All the chemicals were purchased from Sigma Aldrich/Merck
and used as received. Solvents were purified by distillation and
retained under inert atmosphere. Melting points were determined
on Lab India instrument and are uncorrected. Elemental analyses
were performed using a Vario EL III CHNS analyzer. FT-IR spectra
were recorded in the range of 400e4000 cm 1 (as KBr pellets)
using a PerkinElmer Frontier FT-IR spectrometer. Electronic spectra
were recorded in the range of 250e800 nm using a PG Instruments
T90þ UVeVisible spectrophotometer in DMF solution. NMR spectra
were recorded in CDCl3 or DMSO‑d6 by using TMS as an internal
standard on a Bruker 500/400 MHz spectrometer. (Z)-2-(2oxoindolin-3-ylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamide (1), (Z)-2-(1-allyl2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)hydrazinecarbo-thioamide (7) and (Z)-2(1-benzyl-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamide (10)
were synthesized by using a reported procedure [25e27].
2.2. Synthesis of the isatin thiosemicarbazone derivatives (1e10)
Thiosemicarbazide (0.911 g, 1 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol
(20 mL) and added to an ethanolic solution (20 mL) of appropriate
(un)substituted isatin (1 mmol). The reaction mixture was refluxed
for 6 h after the addition of a few drops of acetic acid. The yellow/
orange colored solid was formed, which was collected by filtration,
washed with ethanol or petroleum ether and dried in vacuo. The
product was recrystallized from DMF/CHCl3 mixture (1:3) to get
crystals of 6 (red color) and 9 (pale yellow color) suitable for X-ray
analysis.
2.2.1. (Z)-2-(5-bromo-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (2)
5-Bromoisatin (0.224 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 90%. Pale
yellow solid. m.p.: 169 C. Anal. Calc. C9H7BrN4OS (%): C, 36.13; H,
2.36; N, 18.73; S, 10.72. Found: C, 36.20; H, 2.29; N, 18.81; S, 10.81.
UVeVis (DMF): lmax, nm 257, 343. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3406, 3373,
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3231 (NeH), 1670 (C]O), 1563 (C]N), 1271 (C]S). 1H NMR
(500 MHz, DMSO‑d6): d ppm 12.30 (s, 1H, N]NH), 11.29 (s, 1H, NH),
9.11 (s, 1H, NH2), 8.82 (s, 1H, NH2), 7.89 (s, 1H, H4), 7.51 (d, J ¼ 7.7 Hz,
1H, H6), 6.89 (d, J ¼ 7.9 Hz, 1H, H7). 13C NMR (126 MHz, DMSO‑d6):
d ppm 179.1 (C9), 162.7 (C1), 141.6 (C2), 131.4 (C8), 131.0 (C5), 127.1
3
(C6), 122.2 (C4), 121.2 (C3), 112.7 (C7).
2.2.2. (Z)-2-(5-chloro-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (3)
5-Chloroisatin (0.180 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 82%. Pale
Scheme 1. List of the synthesized isatin based thiosemicarbazone compounds.
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yellow solid. m.p.: 190 C. Anal. Calc. C9H7ClN4OS (%): C, 42.44; H,
2.77; N, 22.00; S, 12.59. Found: C, 42.36; H, 2.85; N, 22.09; S, 12.47.
UVeVis (DMF): lmax, nm 262, 340. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3429, 3361,
3249 (NeH), 1676 (C]O), 1570 (C]N), 1279 (C]S). 1H NMR
(500 MHz, DMSO‑d6): d ppm 12.31 (s, 1H, N]NH), 11.29 (s, 1H, NH),
9.12 (s, 1H, NH2), 8.81 (s, 1H, NH2), 7.75 (s, 1H, H4), 7.37 (dd, J ¼ 8.5,
1.4 Hz, 1H, H6), 6.93 (d, J ¼ 8.3 Hz, 1H, H7). 13C NMR (126 MHz,
DMSO‑d6): d ppm 179.2 (C9), 162.8 (C1), 141.4 (C2), 131.2 (C8), 130.9
(C5), 127.0 (C6), 122.4 (C4), 121.1 (C3), 112.9 (C7).
2.2.3. (Z)-2-(5-fluoro-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (4)
5-Fluoroisatin (0.165 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 77%. Pale yellow solid. m.p.: 175 C. Anal. Calc. C9H7FN4OS (%): C, 45.37; H, 2.96;
N, 23.52; S, 13.46. Found: C, 45.22; H, 2.90; N, 23.65; S, 13.57.
UVeVis (DMF): lmax, nm 259, 334. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3411, 3380,
3237 (NeH), 1671 (C]O), 1559 (C]N), 1270 (C]S). 1H NMR
(500 MHz, DMSO‑d6): d ppm 12.37 (s, 1H, N]NH), 11.19 (s, 1H, NH),
9.11 (s, 1H, NH2), 8.75 (s, NH2), 7.50 (dd, J ¼ 7.9, 1.8 Hz, 1H, H4), 7.19
(td, J ¼ 20.0, 2.0 Hz, 1H, H6), 6.92 (dd, J ¼ 8.5, 4.0 Hz, 1H, H7). 13C
NMR (126 MHz, DMSO‑d6): d ppm 179.2 (C9), 163.1 (C1), 159.6 (C2),
157.7 (C5), 131.8 (C8), 121.9 (C3), 117.9 (C6), 112.5 (C7), 108.3 (C4).
2.2.4. (Z)-2-(5-nitro-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (5)
5-Nitroisatin (0.192 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 86%. Pale yellow
solid. m.p.: 181 C. Anal. Calc. C9H7N4O3S (%): C, 40.75; H, 2.66; N,
26.40; S, 12.09. Found: C, 40.83; H, 2.59; N, 26.47; S, 12.15. UVeVis
(DMF): lmax, nm 260, 339. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3418, 3354, 3230
(NeH), 1670 (C]O), 1567 (C]N), 1275 (C]S). 1H NMR (500 MHz,
DMSO‑d6): d ppm 12.21 (s, 1H, N]NH), 11.78 (s, 1H, NH), 9.19 (s, 1H,
NH2), 9.02 (s, 1H, NH2), 8.58 (s, 1H, H4), 8.24 (dd, J ¼ 8.6, 2.0 Hz, 1H,
H6), 7.09 (d, J ¼ 8.7 Hz, 1H, H7). 13C NMR (126 MHz, DMSO‑d6):
Table 2
Selected geometric parameters (Å, ).
6
S1eC10/C9
O1eC1
O2eC6
O2eC9
N1eC1
N1eC4
N2eN3
N2eC2
N3eC10/C9
N4eC10/C9
C2eN2eN3
N2eN3eC10/C9
O1eC1eN1
N3eC10/C9eS1
N4eC10/C9eS1
N4eC10/C9eN3
O1eC1eC2eN2
N1eC1eC2eN2
N2eN3eC10/C9eS1
N2eN3eC10/C9eN4
N3eN2eC2eC1
N3eN2eC2eC3
C2eN2eN3eC10/C9
C4eN1eC1eO1
1.683 (2)
1.228 (2)
1.367 (2)
1.430 (3)
1.353 (3)
1.414 (3)
1.355 (2)
1.287 (2)
1.357 (3)
1.312 (3)
116.3 (2)
120.0 (2)
127.0 (2)
118.0 (2)
124.8 (2)
117.3 (2)
0.3 (4)
178.8 (2)
178.8 (2)
1.1 (3)
2.5 (3)
179.6 (2)
177.1 (2)
178.0 (2)
9
(A)
(B)
1.684 (5)
1.233 (6)
1.684 (5)
1.226 (6)
1.363 (7)
1.420 (7)
1.360 (6)
1.286 (7)
1.358 (7)
1.314 (7)
116.1 (4)
120.8 (4)
125.6 (5)
117.5 (4)
125.3 (4)
117.2 (4)
1.1 (1)
179.0 (5)
178.3 (4)
1.8 (8)
2.0 (8)
179.6 (5)
179.4 (5)
178.8 (5)
1.366 (7)
1.414 (7)
1.362 (6)
1.285 (7)
1.361 (6)
1.320 (7)
116.6 (4)
119.8 (4)
126.4(5)
118.1 (3)
124.7 (4)
117.2 (4)
1.9 (1)
178.1 (5)
176.3 (4)
3.0 (8)
0.2 (8)
178.2 (5)
179.1 (5)
179.4 (5)
d ppm 179.2 (C9), 163.3 (C1), 147.8 (C2), 143.2 (C5), 130.4 (C8), 127.3
(C3), 121.4 (C6), 116.9 (C7), 111.6 (C4).
2.2.5. (Z)-2-(5-methoxy-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (6)
5-Methoxyisatin (0.177 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 79%. Red
Table 1
Crystal data and structure refinement parameters for 6 and 9.
6
9
CCDC number
Chemical formula
Radiation type, Wavelength
Mr
Crystal system, space group
Temperature (K)
Unit cell dimensions (Å, )
1567446
C10H10N4O2S
MoKa, 0.71073
250.28
Monoclinic, P21/n
110
a ¼ 6.4991 (2)
b ¼ 10.520 (3)
c ¼ 16.104 (4)
b ¼ 92.675 (4)
V (Å3)
Z, Dx (Mg m 3)
Absorption coefficient (m) (mm
F(000)
Color, Crystal size (mm)
1099.8 (5)
4, 1.512
0.29
520
Red,
0.57 0.12 0.12
27.4, 2.3
3652, 3652, 3157
8/8
0 / 13
0 / 20
TWINABS-2012/1 (Bruker, 2012)
0.636, 0.745
Full matrix least-squares on F2
2652, 156
0.648
H-atom parameters constrained
0.039, 0.092
1.09
0.28, 0.27
1567447
C14H18N4OS
CuKa, 1.54178
290.38
Triclinic, P-1
110
a ¼ 5.1361 (3)
b ¼ 12.4153 (7)
c ¼ 23.7159 (1)
a ¼ 78.121 (3)
b ¼ 89.286 (3)
g ¼ 84.078 (4)
1471.9 (2)
4, 1.310
1.97
616
Pale yellow,
0.25 0.2 0.18
55.0, 1.9
20074, 20074, 16572
5/5
13 / 13
24 / 25
1
)
qmax, qmin ( )
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2s(I)] reflections
h
k
l
Absorption correction
Tmin, Tmax
Refinement method
No. of reflections, parameters
sin q/lmax (Å 1)
H-atom treatment
R [I > 2s(I)] and wR
Goodness of fit on F2 (S)
Drmax, Drmin (e Å 3)
0.568, 0.752
20074, 364
0.531
0.056, 0.157
1.05
0.34, 0.32
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Fig. 2. (a) Thermal ellipsoidal plot of 6 at 30% probability. (b) Molecular packing viewed down a axis showing N3eH3/O1 and N4eH4A/N2 intramolecular interactions, and
N4eH4A/S1, C5eH5/S1, N4eH4B/O1 and C8eH8/O2 intermolecular interactions. (c) N1eH1/S1 intermolecular interaction running along [101].
solid. m.p.: 197 C. Anal. Calc. C10H10N4O2S (%): C, 47.99; H, 4.03; N,
22.39; S, 12.81. Found: C, 47.85; H, 4.14; N, 22.27; S, 12.90. UVeVis
(DMF): lmax, nm 261, 335. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3431, 3371, 3227
(NeH), 1676 (C]O), 1570 (C]N), 1279 (C]S). 1H NMR (400 MHz,
DMSO‑d6): d ppm 12.44 (s, 1H, N]NH), 11.01 (s, 1H, NH), 9.05 (s, 1H,
NH2), 8.72 (s, 1H, NH2), 7.32 (d, J ¼ 2.6 Hz, 1H, H4), 6.92 (dd, J ¼ 8.5,
2.6 Hz, 1H, H6), 6.83 (d, J ¼ 8.5 Hz, 1H, H7), 3.75 (s, 3H, H10). 13C
NMR (100 MHz, DMSO‑d6): d ppm 179.1 (C9), 163.2 (C1), 155.7 (C5),
136.4 (C2), 132.7 (C8), 121.2 (C3), 117.9 (C6), 112.2 (C7), 106.6 (C4),
56.0 (C10).
2.2.6. (Z)-2-(2-oxo-1-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)indolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (8)
N-Propargylisatin (0.185 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 75%. Pale
yellow solid. m.p.: 188 C. Anal. Calc. C12H10N4OS (%): C, 55.80; H,
3.90; N, 21.69; S, 12.41. Found: C, 55.68; H, 4.03; N, 21.56; S, 12.50.
UVeVis (DMF): lmax, nm 259, 332. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3424, 3215
(NeH), 1679 (C]O), 1571 (C]N), 1273 (C]S). 1H NMR (500 MHz,
DMSO‑d6): d ppm 12.27 (s, 1H, N]NH), 9.11 (s, 1H, NH2), 8.76 (s, 1H,
NH2), 7.74 (d, J ¼ 7.0 Hz, 1H, H4), 7.48 (td, J ¼ 7.9, 1.1 Hz, 1H, H6), 7.21
(dd, J ¼ 13.3, 7.7 Hz, 2H, H7), 4.62 (d, J ¼ 2.4 Hz, 2H, H10), 3.33 (t,
J ¼ 2.4 Hz, 1H, H12). 13C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO‑d6): d ppm 179.1
(C9), 160.3 (C1), 142.1 (C2), 131.6 (C5), 131.0 (C8), 123.79 (C6), 121.3
(C4), 119.8 (C3), 110.8 (C7), 77.8 (C12), 75.3 (C11), 29.0 (C10).
2.2.7. (Z)-2-(2-oxo-1-pentylindolin-3-ylidene)
hydrazinecarbothioamide (9)
5-Pentylisatin (0.217 g, 1 mmol) was used. Yield: 68%. Pale yellow solid. m.p.: 208 C. Anal. Calc. C14H18N4OS (%): C, 57.91; H, 6.25;
N, 19.29; S, 11.04. Found: C, 57.82; H, 6.14; N, 19.36; S, 11.16. UVeVis
(DMF): lmax, nm 258, 340. FT-IR (KBr): ʋ, cm 1 3417, 3229 (NeH),
1670 (C]O), 1575 (C]N), 1270 (C]S). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3):
d ppm 12.91 (s, 1H, N]NH), 7.57 (d, J ¼ 7.5 Hz, 1H, H4), 7.53 (s, 1H,
NH2), 7.39 (t, J ¼ 7.7 Hz, 1H, H6), 7.11 (t, J ¼ 7.6 Hz, 1H, H5), 6.89 (d,
J ¼ 7.9 Hz, 1H, H7), 6.60 (s, NH2), 3.74 (t, J ¼ 7.2 Hz, 2H, H10), 1.71
(dd, J ¼ 14.1, 7.1 Hz, 2H, H11), 1.36 (d, J ¼ 3.7 Hz, 4H, H12, H13), 0.91
(t, J ¼ 6.5 Hz, 3H, H14). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): d ppm 180.0 (C9),
161.0 (C1), 143.5 (C2), 132.3 (C6), 131.6 (C8), 123.1 (C5), 120.9 (C4),
119.4 (C3), 109.5 (C7), 39.9 (C10), 29.0 (C12), 27.2 (C11), 22.2 (C13),
13.9 (C14).
2.3. X-ray crystallography and Hirshfeld surface analysis
Three dimensional crystal structure of compounds 6 and 9 was
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2.4. Antioxidant assay
Antioxidant capability of the compounds was investigated by
DPPH method [32] with minor modifications and compared with
positive control, ascorbic acid. The DPPH solution (10 mM) was
incubated with different concentrations (10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 250
and 500 mg/mL) of the synthesized compounds for 30 min in dark at
room temperature. The mixture was analyzed for the absorbance at
517 nm by UVeVis spectrophotometer. Lower the absorbance,
higher the free radical scavenging capability. Percentage scavenging was calculated using the formula, % Scavenging ¼ [(Abscontrol-Abssample)/Abscontrol] 100.
2.5. Cytotoxicity
MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthizol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay was performed to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of the
compounds [33]. The breast cancer cell line MCF-7 was procured
from National Center for Cell Sciences (NCCS), Pune and maintained
in Dulbecco's Minimal Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10%
FBS in a 5% CO2 incubator at 37 C. When the cells reach confluence,
1 105/well was seeded in a 96 well plate and incubated. After
24 h, different concentrations (25, 50, 100, 250, 500 mg/mL) of the
compounds were added to each well and incubated for 72 h. After
the incubation time, the cells were washed with phosphate buffer
saline (pH 7.4); 10 mL of 0.5% MTT solution was added to each well
and incubated for 4 h in 100 mL of solubilization solution (40% DMF
in 2% glacial acetic acid dissolved in 16% SDS). The absorbance was
read at 570 nm using plate reader. Cell viability percentage was
calculated based on the formula, Cell viability % ¼ (Abssample/
Abscontrol) 100.
2.6. Secretory phospholipase A2 inhibition study
Secretory phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibition assay has been
performed using Cayman Chemical sPLA2 assay kit [17]. Absorbance at 414 nm was measured for 15 min at a time scale of every
minute, and absorbance difference was calculated using the formula, DA414 ¼ [DA414 (time 2) - DA414 (time 1)]/(time 2 - time 1).
2.7. Molecular docking
Fig. 3. (a) Thermal ellipsoidal plot of 9 at 30% probability. (b) Molecular packing
viewed down a axis showing intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonding
interactions.
determined by X-ray diffraction studies. Data collection was performed using MoKa radiation for 6 and CuKa radiation for 9 with
BRUKER APEX-II CCD diffractometer [28]. SAINT [28] program was
used for cell refinement and data reduction. SHELXT [29] and
SHELXL [29] programs were used for structure determination (by
direct methods) and refinement (with least squares refinement
procedure), respectively. PLATON [30] was used to represent thermal ellipsoidal plots, and inter- and intra-molecular hydrogen
bonds. Hirshfeld surface analysis has been carried out for molecules
6 and 9 using Crystal-Explorer v.17.5 [31].
The compounds were subjected to molecular docking with
sPLA2 as target enzyme to reveal the binding mode of the compounds at the active site of sPLA2. Schrodinger-Maestro [34] was
used to perform induced fit molecular docking. Two dimensional
coordinates of the thiosemicarbazone derivatives were generated
using ChemSketch [35], which were further converted to 3D coordinates and energy minimized using Ligprep module in
€dinger-Maestro. Three dimensional coordinates of human
Schro
non-pancreatic sPLA2 were downloaded from RCSB Protein Data
Bank (PDB) [36] and energy minimized using protein preparation
wizard. Induced fit molecular docking studies resulted in various
binding modes of the compounds at the active site and the best
mode of binding was selected based on the docking energy, score
and active site interactions. Hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic
interactions were identified by PLIP server [37].
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Synthesis
For this study, a series of isatin thiosemicarbazone compounds
was obtained from (un)substituted isatin and thiosemicarbazide in
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Table 3
Intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen bonds.
Donor Hydrogen$$$Acceptor
6
N3eH3/O1
N4eH4A$$$N2
N1eH1/S1 ( 1/2þx,1/2-y,-1/2þz)
N4eH4A$$$S1 (1/2-x,1/2þy,3/2-z)
N4eH4B/O1 (1/2-x,1/2þy,3/2-z)
C5eH5/S1 (1/2-x,1/2þy,3/2-z)
C8eH8/O2 (1/2-x,-1/2þy,1/2-z)
9
N3eH3/O1
N3BeH3B/O1B
N4eH4A$$$N2
N4eH4B/N2B
N4eH4B/S1 (3-x,2-y,1-z)
N4BeH4B/S1B (2-x,1-y,2-z)
C7eH7/O1B ( 1þx,y,z)
C7BeH7B/O1 (1þx,-1þy,z)
D H (Å)
H $$$A (Å)
D$$$A (Å)
D H$$$A ( )
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.95
0.95
2.06
2.28
2.79
2.63
2.12
2.83
2.52
2.757(2)
2.636(3)
3.322(2)
3.450(2)
2.960(2)
3.715(2)
3.421(3)
135
104
120
155
158
156
159
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.95
0.95
2.00
2.04
2.30
2.29
2.52
2.53
2.52
2.58
2.714(5)
2.738(5)
2.655(6)
2.643(6)
3.389(4)
3.396(5)
3.348(6)
3.450(5)
137
135
104
104
172
168
145
152
Fig. 4. Hirshfeld surface for 6 mapped with dnorm and shape index.
Fig. 5. Hirshfeld surface for 9 mapped with dnorm and shape index.
the presence of glacial acetic acid (Scheme 1). These compounds
were obtained in red/pale yellow solid form, which were insoluble
in most of the organic solvents except acetone, DMF and DMSO, and
partially soluble in chloroform, dichloromethane and methanol.
The compounds were air and light stable. All the thiosemicarbazone derivatives were satisfactorily characterized by
elemental analyses and various spectroscopic (UVeVisible, FT-IR
and NMR) tools. The molecular structure of compounds 6 and 9
was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction method.
3.2. Spectroscopy
UVeVisible spectra of the thiosemicarbazone compounds in
DMF revealed mainly two strong absorption bands at 257e261 and
332e343 nm (Fig. S1) which were assigned to intra-ligand charge
transfer p/p* and n/p*, respectively [38]. FT-IR spectra
(Figs. S2eS8) exhibited a broad and sharp bands around 32273431 cm 1, which were due to the stretching of the thioamide,
isatin and terminal NeH groups [39]. The carbonyl (C]O)
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Fig. 6. Electronic potential surface for molecules (a) 6 and (b) 9.
Fig. 7a. Two-dimensional fingerprint of molecule 6 showing complete and individual contribution of the interactions within the compound contributing to the total Hirshfeld
surface area.
stretching frequency of the compounds was observed at 16701679 cm 1. The stretching frequencies of imine (C]N) and thiocarbonyl (C]S) were detected at 1559e1579 and 1270-1279 cm 1,
respectively [40].
NMR spectra of the thiosemicarbazone derivatives were recorded in CDCl3 or DMSO‑d6. The thioamide NH and terminal NH2
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Fig. 7b. Two-dimensional fingerprint of molecule 9 showing complete and individual contribution of the interactions within the compound contributing to the total Hirshfeld
surface area.
protons were appeared at 12.91e12.21 and 9.11e6.60 ppm,
respectively [41]. The isatin NH (2e6) proton resonance was
observed around 11.78e11.01 ppm as singlet [39]. The resonances
due to aromatic ring protons were shown at 8.58e6.83 ppm
(Figs. S9eS16). A sharp singlet appeared at 3.75 ppm in the 1H NMR
spectrum of 6 was assigned to methoxy protons. In the spectrum of
compound 8, the signals due to propargylic group protons were
observed at 4.62e3.33 ppm [42]. The signals at 3.74e0.91 ppm in
the spectrum of 9 corresponded to pentyl protons. 13C NMR spectra
(Figs. S17eS21) of the compounds exhibited resonances due to
thiocarbonyl (C]S), carbonyl (C]O) and imine (C]N) carbons in
the regions 180.0e177.9, 163.3e159.2 and 159.6e141.1 ppm,
respectively [43]. The signals due to propargylic carbons were seen
at 77.8, 75.3 and 29.0 ppm. The resonance for the methoxy carbon
(6) was shown at 56.0 ppm. The pentyl carbons in 9 were observed
at 39.9, 29.0, 27.2, 22.2 and 13.9 ppm in its 13C NMR spectrum.
3.3. Three dimensional structural studies
Three dimensional crystal structures of two compounds (6 and
9) are reported here. Data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 1. Compound 6 crystallized in
monoclinic and 9 in triclinic system with P21/n and P-1 space
groups, respectively. Compound 9 crystallized with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit cell. Structures were
determined to a final R value of 3.88 and 5.64%, respectively for 6
10
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and 9. Crystallographic information files have been deposited in
Cambridge structure database with CCDC numbers 1567446 and
1567447 for 6 and 9, respectively. Bond lengths and bond angles
were in the allowed range and are comparable with the similar
structures [27,39,41]. Selected bond lengths, bond angles and torsion angles are listed in Table 2.
In the X-ray diffraction data of 6, for component 1, wR2(int) was
0.1030 and 0.0695, respectively, before and after correction [44].
The ratio of minimum to maximum transmission was found to be
0.87 and l/2 correction factor was not present. For component 2,
wR2(int) was 0.1169 and 0.0362, respectively, before and after
correction. The ratio of minimum to maximum transmission and l/
2 correction factor were not present. Final HKLF 4 output contains
9495 reflections with Rint ¼ 0.0320 (5096 with I > 3s(I),
Rint ¼ 0.0254). For 9, for component 1, wR2(int), before and after
correction, was found to be 0.0954 and 0.0614, respectively. The
ratio of minimum to maximum transmission was 0.75. For
component 2, wR2(int) was found to be 0.0970 and 0.0602,
respectively, before and after correction. The ratio of minimum to
maximum transmission was not present. Final HKLF 4 output
contains 20295 reflections with Rint ¼ 0.0744 (14635 with I > 3s(I),
Rint ¼ 0.0705). The l/2 correction factor was not present in both the
components.
Molecular structure of 6 and 9 was stabilized by N3eH3/O1
and N4eH4A$$$N2 intramolecular interactions which generated
S(6) and S(5) motifs, respectively. Crystal packing in 6 was strongly
stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonding networks formed
by NeH/S, CeH/S, NeH/O and CeH/O interactions.
N4eH4A$$$S1 and C5eH5/S1 interactions generated C(4) and
C(8) chains, respectively, running along b axis wherein S1 acts as a
bifurcated acceptor. N1eH1/S1 interaction generated C(8) chain
along ac plane. C8eH8/O2 and N4eH4B/O1 interactions generated C(5) and C(8) chains along b axis, respectively. N4eH4/S1 and
C7eH7/O1 intermolecular interactions in 9 produced centrosymmetric dimer of R22(8) ring and C(7) chain along b axis,
respectively. The thermal ellipsoidal plots and molecular packing
are provided in Figs. 2 and 3. Intra- and inter-molecular hydrogen
bonding parameters are listed in Table 3.
intermolecular interactions using the combination of di (x axis) and
de (y axis) which are the closest internal and external distances (in
Å) from certain given points on the predicted Hirshfeld surface.
Figs. 3 and 4 show the Hirshfeld surface of compounds 6 and 9,
which was mapped over dnorm ( 0.03 to 1.3 Å) and shape-index
( 1.0 to 1.0 Å). The vivid red spots in Fig. 4 represent the normalized N/H, O/H and S/H distances corresponding to NeH/N,
NeH/O and CeH/S interactions, respectively for molecule 6. Red
spots in Fig. 5 represent the N/H, O/H and S/H distances which
correspond to NeH/N, CeH/O and NeH/S interactions as
established in the analysis of the crystal structure. In the shapeindex surfaces, the blue and red regions represent the hydrogen
donor and acceptor groups respectively.
Electronic potential surfaces were mapped (Fig. 6) using TONTO
[45,46] which was incorporated into the Crystal Explorer software.
The figure shows negative potential around the oxygen atoms as
light-red clouds and positive potential around hydrogen atoms as
light-blue clouds.
The contribution made by each type of covalent interactions to
the Hirshfeld surface was quantified by 2D fingerprint plots. The
intermolecular interactions involved in the structure appeared as
distinct spikes in the fingerprint plot and the proportions of each
interaction have been mentioned in Fig. 7. The 2D fingerprint plot of
6 (Fig. 7a) showed that the major contribution was due to H/H
contacts (33.2%), representing the van der Waals interactions, followed by S/H, O/H, C/H, C/C and N/H interactions contributing 18.9, 17.7, 8.7, 6.9 and 4.7%, respectively. The remaining 9.9% of
the interactions were contributed by S/N, O/O, O/N, C/O and
N/C. Similarly, the 2D fingerprint maps of 9 (Fig. 7b) revealed that
H/H contacts made the major contribution of about 54.3% followed by S/H, C/H, O/H, N/H and C/C contacts being 13.1,
10.7, 6.9, 4.9 and 3.3%, respectively. The S/H and O/H contacts are
represented by sharp peaks. The other interactions like S/O, S/N,
S/C, C/O, N/N and N/C contributed 6.8% of the remaining interactions. The 2D maps of both the molecules showed that more
regions were occupied by the H/H interactions, making the most
significant contribution to the Hirshfeld surface.
3.5. DPPH assay
3.4. Hirshfeld surface analysis
Hirshfeld surface analysis enables the visualization of intermolecular interactions and also predicts the percentage contributions
of various intermolecular contacts in the crystal structures of
molecules. The generated 2D fingerprint plots showcase the
Free radical scavenging activity of the compounds was carried
out in the presence of DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) using
ascorbic acid as a positive control [47]. Antioxidant potential of the
compounds to scavenge free radicals was measured at 517 nm [48].
The compounds showed dose dependent antioxidant property
Fig. 8. Antioxidant activity of ascorbic acid (AA) and the thiosemicarbazone compounds (1e10) at different concentrations using DPPH assay. Each value represents a mean ± SD
(n ¼ 3).
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(Fig. 8). Among the compounds, 1, 5 to 8 and 10 showed good
scavenging effect towards DPPH with IC50 of ~25, 10, 10, 10, 25 and
50 mg/mL, respectively. Compounds 2, 3, 4 and 9 showed to have the
least radical scavenging property. From the above results, it was
evident that compounds 5, 6 and 7 have higher antioxidant potential at the concentration of 10 mg/mL.
3.6. Cytotoxicity
Cytotoxic effect of the compounds on breast cancer (MCF-7) cell
line was evaluated using MTT assay. The results revealed that the
compounds were toxic for the breast cancer cell line in dose
dependent manner (Fig. 9). Results indicated that MCF-7 cell line
was sensitive towards compound 7 (IC50 ¼ 100 mg/mL). Compounds
1, 3 and 10 showed 50% inhibition at 250 mg/mL concentration. Of
all the compounds, 7 showed better cytotoxic effect.
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inflammation or altering the microenvironment thereby leading to
cell growth, survival, migration and invasion [49]. PLA is further
classified into PLA1 and PLA2 enzymes as they cleave fatty acid
ester bonds at sn-1 and sn-2 positions of glycerol moieties of
phospholipids, respectively, to release fatty acid and lysophospholipid. PLA2, irrespective of cytosolic or secretory, plays a key
role in inflammation related disorders and also in cancer. Secretory
PLA2 (sPLA2) plays a major role in eicosanoid production and in the
formation of arachidonic acid cascade which further results in the
synthesis of leukotrienes and prostaglandins. In vitro sPLA2 inhibition study has been performed to screen the inhibition potential
of istain based thiosemicarbazones against sPLA2 by using the
protocol reported in our earlier work [17]. sPLA2 enzyme inhibition
activity was calculated based on the absorbance measurement at
414 nm and the percentage inhibition of sPLA2 is shown in Fig. 10.
50% inhibition of sPLA2 was observed at a concentration of ~200 mg/
mL for all the compounds.
3.7. PLA2 inhibition study
3.8. In silico molecular docking
Phospholipids are the major structural components of cell
membrane which can be broken down to lipid mediators by
phospholipases through hydrolysis. This pathway is activated by
various factors such as extracellular signals, growth factors and
lipids. Based on the hydrolytic cleavage site, phospholipases are
classified into three major types, phospholipase A (PLA), phospholipase C (PLC) and phospholipase D (PLD). PLA indirectly or
directly influences cancer cells and tumour growth by inducing
Results of induced fit molecular docking studies revealed several
hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions at the sPLA2 active
site [50]. Active site interactions for 1 to 10 are represented using
PLIP as shown in Fig. 11. Docking energy and glide score were
comparable with the co-crystal ligand (1-benzyl-5-methoxy-2methyl-1h-indol-3-yl)-acetic acid (Table 4). His 47 and Asp 48 are
the most important residues at the active site of PLA2 enzyme.
Fig. 9. Percentage of MCF-7 cell viability after 72 h of treatment with the thiosemicarbazone derivatives (1e10).
Fig. 10. PLA2 inhibition activity of the thiosemicarbazone compounds (1e10).
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Fig. 11. Interactions of the thiosemicarbazone derivatives at the active site of PLA2. Hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions are represented by dashed and dotted lines,
respectively.
Ligand binding at the active site and interactions with these residues may inhibit the binding of the substrate and thereby inhibits
the progression of down pathway. Clearly, all the compounds used
in the present study were observed to interact with these residues
in addition to other hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic
interactions.
4. Conclusions
Ten isatin based thiosemicarbazone compounds were synthesized and characterized by analytical and various spectroscopic
methods. Three dimensional crystal structure of compounds 6 and
9 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography and refined to good R
factors. Molecular structure of 6 and 9 was stabilized by NeH/N
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Fig. 11. (continued).
Table 4
Docking energy and score.
Compound
Co-crystal ligand
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Energy (kcal/mol)
50.522
41.968
45.013
45.534
43.578
43.439
47.656
46.600
48.281
45.404
48.438
Score
7.551
5.604
6.269
6.473
6.098
5.005
5.655
5.706
5.778
7.051
5.607
and NeH/O intramolecular interactions which are notable in
these derivatives. Crystal packing is stabilized by several hydrogen
bonding interactions. Hirshfeld surface and two dimensional
fingerprint analyses revealed several interactions. Antioxidant potential of the thiosemicarbazone derivatives was analyzed by
in vitro DPPH free radical scavenging assay. Even though all the
compounds showed potential scavenging effect, compounds 5, 6
and 7 showed more than 50% scavenging effect at 10 mg/mL concentration. Cytotoxicity of the thiosemicarbazone derivatives was
evaluated with MCF-7 cell line and the results revealed that compound 7 showed more than 50% inhibition at 100 mg/mL concentration. Anti-inflammatory activity of the thiosemicarbazones was
proved by in vitro PLA2 assay (~50% inhibition at ~200 mg/mL concentration). In silico molecular docking studies of the compounds at
the active site of PLA2 revealed the binding potential of the compounds as evident from several hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions. Isatin based thiosemicarbazone derivatives being
potential compounds with wide range of promising biological
properties may be explored further for the treatment of several
diseases.
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Acknowledgements
J. H. thanks the University Grants Commission (F1-17.1/2012-13/
RGNF-2012-13-ST-AND-18716), Government of India for the
financial support. DG thanks DST and UGC for the financial support
to the department.
Appendix A. Supplementary data
Supplementary data to this article can be found online at
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.126904.
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