Synthesis and antioxidant activity study of pyrazoline carrying an arylfuran/arylthiophene moiety

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A novel series of N-acetyl-3-aryl-5-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/ /thienyl)-substituted pyrazolines (3a-o) were synthesized by the reaction of 1-aryl-3-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/thienyl)-2-propene-1-ones with hydrazine hydrate in acetic acid medium. The structures of the newly synthesized compounds were established by IR, ¹ H-NMR, mass spectra and a single-crystal X-ray study. The antioxidant activities of the synthesized compounds were determined using the DPPH scavenging assay. The compounds 3a, 3f, 3h and 3o showed moderate activity.

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J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 79 (12) 1469–1475 (2014) UDC 547.53.024+547.721+547.73+547.77+
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Original scientific paper
Synthesis and antioxidant activity study of pyrazoline carrying
an arylfuran/arylthiophene moiety
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VIDYASHREE H. S. JOIS , BALAKRISHNA KALLURAYA and
KOTATHATTU S. GIRISHA2
1Department of Studies in Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri,
Konaje – 574 199, India and 2Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU),
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India
(Received 9 January, revised 4 September, accepted 8 September 2014)
Abstract: A novel series of N-acetyl-3-aryl-5-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/
/thienyl)-substituted pyrazolines (3a–o) were synthesized by the reaction of
1-aryl-3-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/thienyl)-2-propene-1-ones with hydrazine
hydrate in acetic acid medium. The structures of the newly synthesized com-
1
pounds were established by IR, H-NMR, mass spectra and a single-crystal
X-ray study. The antioxidant activities of the synthesized compounds were
determined using the DPPH scavenging assay. The compounds 3a, 3f, 3h and
3o showed moderate activity.
Keywords: N-acetyl-3,5-disubstituted pyrazoline; antioxidant activity; aryl-
furan; arylthiophene.
INTRODUCTION
Pyrazoline is an important five member heterocyclic compound containing
nitrogen as the hetero atom. Several pyrazoline derivatives possess important
pharmacological activities. Pyrazoline and their derivatives were found to pos-
1
sess a broad spectrum of biological activities, such as antitumor and anti-inflam-
2
3
4
matory activities, MAO-B inhibition and antioxidant activity. The derivatives
of pyrazoline are used in applications such as dyestuffs, analytical reagents and
5
as agrochemicals. Similarly, substituted furan/thiophene derivatives also exhibit
significant biological activities, such as antibacterial, HIV-1 fusion inhibitions,
6–10
antitumor, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, etc.
Prompted by
these observations and in continuation of an ongoing search for biologically
11–14
active heterocycles,
the synthesis of a novel series of N-acetyl pyrazoline
carrying an arylfuran/arylthiophene moiety is reported herein. These synthesized
compounds were evaluated for their antioxidant activity. A few of the tested
*Corresponding author. E-mail: bkalluraya@gmail.com
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compounds showed significant antioxidant activity, when compared with the
standard butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT).
EXPERIMENTAL
Materials, methods and instrumentation
All the employed chemicals were of analytical reagent (AR) grade and were obtained
from Spectrochem and CDH. The formation of pyrazoline was confirmed by analytical IR,
1H-NMR and mass spectra and single crystal X-ray data. IR spectra of the compounds were
recorded on Thermo Nicolet Avatar 330-FTIR spectrophotometer. The melting points of the
newly synthesized compounds were determined in open capillary tubes and are uncorrected. The
1H-NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Avance-II 400 MHz NMR spectrometer using
CDCl3 as solvent and tetramethylsilane (TMS) as internal standard. All the chemical shift
values are expressed on the δ scale downfield from TMS. The mass spectra were recorded on
a Water-Micromass Q-Tof Micro LC mass spectrometer. Elemental analyses were realized on
a Vario-El Elementar-III model analyzer. The X-ray crystallographic study of compound 3h
was performed on a Bruker X8 Proteum CCD diffractometer. The homogeneity of the com-
pounds was controlled by thin layer chromatography using silica gel plates (Merck) using
petroleum ether: ethyl acetate (9:1) as the mobile phase.
General procedure for the preparation of 1-aryl-3-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/thienyl)-2-
propene-1-ones (2a–o)
To a mixture of substituted acetophenone (0.01 mol) and substituted 5-arylfurfural/5-aryl
thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde (0.01 mol) in ethanol (25 mL), 30% sodium hydroxide (5 mL)
was added drop by drop under ice bath and the mixture was agitated for 4 h. The solid
separated was filtered, washed thoroughly with water and recrystallized from ethanol–DMF
solvent. The structures of the propenones are given in Table I.
General procedure for the preparation of N-acetyl-3-aryl-5-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/
/thienyl) substituted pyrazolines (3a–o)
A mixture of chalcone (0.01 mol), hydrazine hydrate (0.05 mol) and glacial acetic acid
(40 mL) was refluxed for 4 h. The resulting mixture was poured into ice cold water (100 mL)
and allowed to settle. The solid that separated was collected by filtration, washed with cold
water and then recrystallized from DMF–ethanol mixture. The structures of the newly
synthesized pyrazolines are given in Table I.
Biological evaluation
The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity was determined
following the method of Mensor et al.15 using ethanol with DPPH as the control. The per-
centage radical scavenging activity, RSA, was determined using the following equation:
A − A
Ac
(
)
×100
c
s
RSA =
where Ac is the absorbance of the control and As is the absorbance of the sample. All the
experiments were performed in triplicate; the results are expressed as mean ± standard
deviation (SD).
Antioxidant activity
All synthesized compounds were screened for their antioxidant activity against the
DPPH radical. A pre-screening of the various substituted pyrazolines 3a–o was performed as a
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preliminary evaluation. The compounds 3a, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3h, 3n and 3o were taken for further
screening. The compounds were dissolved in DMSO to obtain a solution of 0.001 mg mL-1
concentration. From this stock solution, 0.2 mL was pipetted out and diluted to 2.5 mL with
ethanol. Ethanol with DPPH was used as the control. The absorbance of these compounds was
recorded at 518 nm. BHT was used as the standard for the antioxidant activity screening.
TABLE I. Structures of the synthesized 1-aryl-3-(5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)-2-furyl/thienyl)-2-pro-
pene-1-ones (2a–o) and N-acetyl-3-(substituted aryl)-5-(5-aryl-2-furyl/thienyl)pyrazolines
(3a–o)
Compd.
R
R1
X
2a, 3a
2b, 3b
2c, 3c
2d, 3d
2e, 3e
2f, 3f
2g, 3g
2h, 3h
2i, 3i
2j, 3j
2k, 3k
2l, 3l
2m, 3m
2n, 3n
2o, 3o
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
o-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-NO2
p-CH3
p-OCH3
p-Cl
o,p-Cl
p-OH
p-NO2
p-NH2
p-CH3
p-CH3
p-OCH3
p-Cl
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
o,p-Cl
p-OH
p-NO2
m-NO2
S
S
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Chemistry
The 5-(p/o-nitrophenyl)furfural/2-thiophenecarboxaldehydes were obtained
by the coupling of p/o-nitrobenzene-1-diazonium salt with furfural/2-thiophene-
16
carboxaldehyde as per the reported procedure. 5-Arylfurfural/aryl-2-thiophe-
necarboxaldehyde 1 was condensed with various substituted acetophenone in the
presence of sodium hydroxide to obtain a series of chalcones 2. The obtained
chalcones were treated with hydrazine hydrate in presence of glacial acetic acid
medium to obtain the 3,5-disubstituted-N-acetylpyrazolines 3.
The synthetic route for the compounds is outlined in Scheme 1. The anal-
ytical and spectral data of the prepared compounds are given in the Supple-
mentary material to this paper.
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Scheme 1. The schematic route for the synthesis of the N-acetyl-3-aryl-5-(substituted aryl-2-
-furyl/thienyl) pyrazolines.
–1
The IR spectrum of compound 3b showed an absorption band at 1646 cm
1
due to the N-acetyl carbonyl group. In the H-NMR spectrum of compound 3b,
the three N-acetyl protons resonated at δ 2.4 ppm as a singlet. The methoxy
protons appeared as a singlet at δ 3.8 ppm. The proton on the stereogenic carbon
of the pyrazoline ring appeared as a doublet of doublet centred at δ 5.7 ppm (J =
= 5.2 and 12.0 Hz) integrating for one proton. The prochiral CH protons of pyr-
2
azoline ring appeared as two distinct doublets of doublet centred at δ 3.4 ppm
(J = 5.2 and 17.6 Hz) and at δ 3.6 ppm with coupling constants of 12.0 and 17.6
Hz. The C-3 and C-4 protons of the furan ring appeared as a doublet at δ 6.4 and
1
6.7 ppm in the H-NMR spectrum of compound 3b. The signal at δ 165.24 ppm
was assigned to the carbonyl carbon. The C=N carbon appeared at δ 156.36 ppm.
The C-5 carbon and the C-4 carbon of pyrazoline appeared at δ 75.2 and 68.3
ppm, respectively. The CH carbon appeared at δ 12.5 ppm. The aromatic car-
3
bons resonated between δ 154.6–122.4 ppm. The mass spectrum of this com-
+
pound showed the molecular ion peak (M +1) at m/z 406.2 consistent with its
molecular formula C H N O . Moreover, in a typical example, the single crys-
22 19
3 5
tal XRD of pyrazoline 3h was recorded and it was in conformation with the pro-
17
posed structure. The structure of compound 3h determined from single crystal
XRD data is given in Fig. 1 and the crystallographic results for the compound are
summarized in Table II.
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Fig. 1. The structure of compound 3h determined from single
crystal XRD data.
TABLE II. Summary of crystallographic results for the compound 3h
Parameter
Value
Empirical formula
Formula weight
C22H19N3O4
389.4
Description and colour
Temperature, K
Block, brown
298(2)
Wavelength, Å
0.71073
Crystal system, space group
Unit cell parameters
Triclinic, P1
a = 7.6235(3) Å, b = 10.5652(4) Å, c = 13.1177(4) Å,
α = 103.344(2)˚, β = 95.025(2)°, γ = 108.221(2)°
Volume, Å3
961.78(6)
Z, calculated density
Absorption coefficient, mm-1
Crystal size, mm
2
0.094
0.23×0.22×0.21
Antioxidant activity
All the synthesized compounds were screened for their antioxidant activity
against the DPPH radical. The pre-screening of the various substituted pyrazol-
ines 3a–o was realized at different concentration level as a preliminary eval-
uation. The compounds 3a, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3h, 3n and 3o were taken for further
screening and tested at 0.2 mg. The percentage radical scavenging activities of
the compounds were compared with that of the standard BHT at the same con-
centration.
The tested compounds showed antioxidant activity ranging from 26.82–
–63.68 %, whereas the standard BHT showed 97.60 % inhibition. Compounds 3a
and 3h with a methyl substituent at the para position of the phenyl ring showed
good activity compared to that of the standard. Similarly, compounds 3f and 3o
with a nitro substituent at the para and meta positions, respectively, exhibited
moderate activity. The title compound bearing a furan moiety showed significant
activity, whereas the compound bearing a thiophene moiety exhibited the lowest
inhibition towards the DPPH radical. A graphical representation of the results is
given in Fig. 2.
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Fig. 2. The antioxidant activity of some of the synthesized pyrazolines. The error bars show
the mean ± SD.
CONCLUSIONS
A novel series of pyrazoline derivatives containing a arylfuran/thiophene
moiety were reported. The results of the antioxidant screening by the DPPH
radical scavenging assay revealed that among the fifteen synthesized compounds,
only pyrazoline 3a, 3f, 3h and 3o showed moderate antioxidant activity.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Analytical and spectral data of the prepared compounds are available electronically from
http://www.shd.org.rs/JSCS/, or from the corresponding author on request.
Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to the NMR centre IISc, Bangalore, and
SAIF Punjab University, India, for recording the IR, NMR and mass spectra.
И З В О Д
СИНТЕЗА И АНТИОКСИДАТИВНА АКТИВНОСТ АРИЛФУРИЛ/ТИЕНИЛ
СУПСТИТУИСАНИХ ДЕРИВАТА ПИРАЗОЛИНА
VIDYASHREE H. S. JOIS1, BALAKRISHNA KALLURAYA1 и KOTATHATTU S. GIRISHA2
1
Department of Studies in Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Konaje – 574 199 и
2
Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India
Синтетисана је серија N-ацетил-3-арил-5-(5-(p/o-нитрофенил)-2-фурил/тиенил)
супституисаних деривата пиразолина (3a–o), реакцијом између 1-арил-3-(5-(p/o-нит-
рофенил)-2-фурил/тиенил)-2-пропен-1-она са хидразин-хидратом у присуству сирћетне
киселине. Структуре нових деривата су одређене помоћу IC и NMR спектроскопије и
масене спектрометрије и рендгенске структурне анализе монокристала. Испитанe су
антиоксидативне активности добијених једињења DPPH тестом. Деривати 3a, 3f, 3h и 3o
показују умерену активност.
(Примљено 9. јануара, ревидирано 4. септембра, прихваћено 8. септембра 2014)
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