Journal of Sulfur Chemistry最新文献

A greener and direct approach to the efficient synthesis of fused heterocyclic ring system benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles via C–N and C–S bond formation in catalyst-free conditions has been reported using 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) as a reaction medium at room temperature. The salient features of this approach include an elementary and clean reaction protocol to afford the desired product in higher yields in less reaction time with sufficient purity. This prominent moiety is frequently found in many natural bioactive occurring compounds and shows potential in synthesizing diverse biologically active compounds due to their therapeutic values. The synthesis of benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles was confirmed by spectral analysis and also by DFT studies.

The aim of this study is to predict the efficiency of oxidative desulfurization method (in a gas–liquid oxidation system) for gas condensate using artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Fuzzy Inference System, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), Genetic Algorithm (GA)-Fuzzy, and GA-ANFIS. The method utilizes mixtures of H₂SO₄, HNO₃, and NO₂ as oxidant agents in various amounts. The optimal parameters of the proposed models were determined using GA, and statistical parameters such as mean absolute error, average relative deviation, and correlation coefficient were used to compare the models. The correlation coefficients for Fuzzy, ANFIS, GA-Fuzzy, and GA-ANFIS models were found to be 0.5899, 0.7831, 0.9693, and 0.9687, respectively. The results indicated that ANFIS-GA and Fuzzy-GA models can effectively predict the desulfurization efficiency of the novel technique. Furthermore, the use of GA improved the performance of the Fuzzy and ANFIS models and enhanced their prediction accuracy. Overall, this study demonstrates the potential of AI systems in predicting the efficiency of novel chemical methods for industrial applications.

A series of thiosemicarbazones (TSCs) (L^1–5) containing benzothiophen moiety were prepared via the reaction of 3-methyl/3-bromobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde with appropriate thiosemicarbazides. The compounds were confirmed by elemental analysis, FT-IR, ¹H NMR, MALDI-TOF and single crystal X-Ray diffraction techniques. The compounds exist in the E conformation with respect to the azomethine C = N double bond as confirmed by their C8/C9/N1/N2 torsion angles being 178.4(2)° (L¹), – 175.2(5)/177.4(5)° (L²), 177.5(2)° (L³), 179.7(3)° (L⁴), and – 177.4(7)° (L⁵). These compounds were researched for their antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (E. faecalis and S. aureus), Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli, P. aeruginosa and S. marcescens) and antifungal activity against a yeast species C. albicans. The ligands possessed varying degrees of antimicrobial activity. Generally, the compounds demonstrated higher efficacy against gram-positive bacteria than gram-negative ones. The antifungal activity of the compounds against C. albicans was found to be lower in comparison to their activity against bacteria.

This study utilized DFT calculations to evaluate the interaction between SO₂ gas and the surface of a B₂₂ nanocluster decorated with Sc and Ti atoms as a chemical sensor. The optimized and electronic characteristics of pristine B₂₂ and SO₂ gas revealed that the pristine B₂₂ was not a good candidate for sensing SO₂ gas, and its electrical properties were not significantly altered. To improve the sensing properties of the B₂₂ nanocluster, a decoration strategy was employed using Sc and Ti atoms. The results demonstrated that promising outcomes were achieved by decorating the B₂₂ nanocluster with these metal atoms. After full optimization, two stable configurations were obtained between SO₂ gas and the M/B₂₂ structure; S7 (resulting from the interaction between Sc/B₂₂ and SO₂ gas) and S8 (resulting from the interaction between Ti/B₂₂ and SO₂ gas), with E_ads values of −24.89 and −22.45 kcal/mol using the PBE/6-311G(d) level of theory, respectively. The electronic properties of the M/B₂₂ structure were significantly altered after the adsorption of the SO₂ molecule. The energy gap between HOMO and LUMO orbitals of S7 and S8 configurations was changed, which could be used as a chemical signal. Ultimately, we concluded that the M/B₂₂ structure decorated with Sc and Ti atoms could be a potential sensor for the detection of SO₂ gas.

Four organoruthenium(II) arene dithiocarbamate complexes: RuCl(piperidine dithiocarbamate)(p-cymene), C1; RuCl(1-phenylpiperazine dithiocarbamate)(p-cymene), C2, RuCl(ethylphenyl dithiocarbamate)(p-cymene), C3; RuCl(4-benzylpiperidine dithiocarbamate)(p-cymene), C4 were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, UV-Vis, FTIR, NMR and mass spectroscopic techniques. Spectroscopic data indicate that the complexes are four coordinate tetrahedral geometry consisting of one dithiocarbamato anion, p-cymene and a chlorido ligand around the ruthenium(II) ion. The dithiocarbamato anions coordinate the ruthenium(II) ions isobidentately. The cytotoxic effects of the compounds were assessed against human cervical cancer (HeLa) and human lung fibroblast (MRC5-SV2) cell lines using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)−2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Only two compounds, C1 and C3 showed potent cytotoxicity after 48 h treatment. C1 was the most potent, with IC₅₀ values of 6.7 ± 2.3 µM and 8.1 ± 0.8 µM against the HeLa and MRC5-SV2 cells, respectively, while C3 had IC₅₀ values of 11.5 ± 3.1 µM and 10.3 ± 1.3 µM, respectively. Remarkably, compared to cisplatin (used as the reference anticancer drug), C1 was twice more potent against HeLa cells and more than five times more potent against MRC5-SV2 cells, while C3 was nearly equipotent with cisplatin against HeLa cells but five times more potent against MRC5-SV2 cells. These two compounds exhibited good potential as anticancer agents, thus warranting further studies.

The thiosemicarbazone containing polydentate Schiff base ligand is attracting interest in the field of coordination and biological application. The metal complexes exhibited stronger activity than free ligands against both cancer and bacteria due to the greater lipophilicity of complexes. These ligands possess hard and soft base S-N-O coordinating sites, which participate in chelation simultaneously with metal ions. These ligands could coordinate to transition metals through various modes. The paper focuses on the coordination of the thiosemicarbazone Schiff base ligands with nickel, palladium, and platinum metal ions to generate biologically active complexes. Both the ligands and the metals have strong biological properties. So, the most important biological activities, particularly anticancer and antibacterial are considered in the study. There is a lot of scientific data available regarding Schiff base ligands and their transition metal complexes. Still, our study collects more informative data, from the past to date, of Schiff base thiosemicarbazone ligands and their complexes. The nickel complex showed higher activity than cisplatin against Hela cancer cell, HCT 116 with IC₅₀ of 7.9 ± 0.2 µM and 10.1 ± 0.09 µM respectively. These types of compounds could be used as potential medicinal agents in the near future against various lethal diseases.

Sulphur-containing compounds are highly significant as they can possess a variety of biological activities that make them useful for pharmacological purposes and for the mechanism by which drugs such as antibiotics bind to and disrupt bacterial cell walls. In this study, novel thioalkyl substituted-1,3,4 oxadiazole-bearing sulfonamide compounds have been successfully synthesized and characterized by ¹HNMR, ¹³CNMR, IR and elemental analysis. The effects of different thioalkyl groups on the 1,3,4 oxadiazole group, the IC₅₀ value for Bovine Carbonic Anhydrase (BCA) found by in vitro, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, pharmacokinetics prediction and molecular docking are aimed to reveal the interactions on BCA. Firstly, pharmacokinetic predictions of thioalkyl substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole compounds were generated to predict their potential hazards. Secondly, the predicted molecular docking data and 2D interaction were analyzed based on the best configuration from DFT optimization. Finally, the inhibition against BCA was analyzed in vitro and compared with the theoretical data. The compound (5o) has the best value such as IC₅₀= 51.80 µM, HOMO–LUMO (ΔE 4.488 Ev), ΔG −7.69 kcal/mol, Full fitness −2152.72 FF and predicted toxicity results showed no significant results except hepatotoxicity.