Nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) as a criterion for the design of new antifungal benzofuranones
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The assertion made by Wu et al. that aromaticity may have considerable implications for molecular design motivated us to use nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS) as an aromaticity criterion to evaluate the antifungal activity of two series of indol-4-ones. A linear regression analysis of NICS and antifungal activity showed that both tested variables were significantly related (p < 0.05); when aromaticity increased, the antifungal activity decreased for series I and increased for series II. To verify the validity of the obtained equations, a new set of 44 benzofuran-4-ones was designed by replacing the nitrogen atom of the five-membered ring with oxygen in indol-4-ones. The NICS(0) and NICS(1) of benzofuran-4-ones were calculated and used to predict their biological activities using the previous equations. A set of 10 benzofuran-4-ones was synthesized and tested in eight human pathogenic fungi, showing the validity of the equations. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in yeasts was 31.25 µg·mL–1 for Candida glabrata, Candida krusei and Candida guilliermondii with compounds 15-32, 15-15 and 15-1. The MIC for filamentous fungi was 1.95 µg·mL–1 for Aspergillus niger for compounds 15-1, 15-33 and 15-34. The results obtained support the use of NICS in the molecular design of compounds with antifungal activity. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Antifungal activity; Aromaticity; Benzofuran-4-one; NICS; Quantitative structure–activity relationship antifungal agent; benzofuran derivative; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Aspergillus niger; Candida; chemical structure; chemistry; drug effect; fungus; human; microbial sensitivity test; pathogenicity; Pichia; Antifungal Agents; Aspergillus niger; Benzofurans; Candida; Fungi; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Structure; Pichia; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
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