Understanding reactivity of two newly synthetized imidazole derivatives by spectroscopic characterization and computational study

Two newly synthetized imidazole derivatives (1-(4-methoxypheny1)-4,5-dimethy1-1H-imidazole-2-y1 acetate (MPDIA) and 1-(4-bromophenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-IH-imidazole-2-yl acetate (BPDIA)) have been prepared by solvent-free synthesis pathway and their specific spectroscopic and reactive properties have been discussed based on combined experimental and computational approaches. Aside of synthesis, experimental part of this work included measurements of IR, FT-Raman and NMR spectra. All of the aforementioned spectra were also obtained computationally, within the framework of density functional theory (DFT) approach. Additionally, DFT calculations have been used in order to investigate local reactivity properties based on molecular orbital theory, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), average local ionization energy (ALIE), Fukui functions and bond dissociation energy (BDE). Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used in order to obtain radial distribution functions (RDF), which were used for identification of the atoms with pronounced interactions with water molecules. MEP showed negative regions are mainly localized over N28, 029, 035 atoms, it is represent with red colour in rainbow color scheme for MPDIA and BPDIA (which are most reactive sites for electrophilic attack). The first order hyperpolarizabilities of MPDIA and BPDIA are 20.15 and 6.10 times that of the standard NLO material urea. Potential interaction with antihypertensive protein hydrolase (PDB ID: 4XX3) has been investigated by molecular docking procedure. The docked ligands form stable complexes with hydrolase inhibitor and the docking results suggest that the compounds might exhibit inhibitory activity against hydrolase inhibitor. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.