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Original article
12 2021
:33;
101632
doi:
10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101632

Study of a new piperidone as an anti-Alzheimer agent: Molecular docking, electronic and intermolecular interaction investigations by DFT method

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, Tamilnadu, India
University of Monastir, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Quantum and Statistical Physics (LR18ES18), Monastir 5079, Tunisia
Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow Gronostajowa 2, Poland

⁎Corresponding authors. rarulraj108@gmail.com (Arulraj Ramalingam), omar@ksu.edu.sa (Omar Al-Dossary), issaoui_noureddine@yahoo.fr (Noureddine Issaoui)

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Abstract

Abstract

  • Experimental spectroscopic and theoretical calculation were performed.

  • The non-covalent interactions were investigated.

  • Molecular electrostatic potential, NLO, and NBO studies were performed.

  • Molecular docking study show the inhibitors in treating Alzheimer's diseases.

Abstract

In this work, experimental spectroscopic and theoretical methods as quantum chemical calculation were performed for 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one (abbreviated as CFMP). The CFMP was synthesized and analysed using FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Standard functional B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) density functional theory (DFT) calculations were utilized for the CFMP compound. Molecular electrostatic potential, non-linear optical, and natural bond orbital studies were performed. The charge transfer inside the molecule was demonstrated using HOMO-LUMO energy calculations and Mulliken atomic charges. The vibrational frequency was computed using the DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) method. The non-covalent interactions were investigated using the Hirshfeld surface analysis. Furthermore, molecular docking was studied to discover novel inhibitors and drugs in treating Alzheimer's diseases. Further, docking studies were performed to predict and describe the interactions of four proteins with the ligand. This result demonstrates that the CFMP has an inhibitor effect against Alzheimer's diseases.

Keywords

DFT
Vibrational spectra
Hirshfeld surface analysis
Fingerprint plots
Molecular docking study
Anti-Alzheimer
1

1 Introduction

High-profile biological activity molecules are present in piperidine-4-ones and their derivatives. Its biological functions, piperidone, and its derivatives are commonly synthesis in the pharmacological industry (Soldatenkov et al., 2003). These compounds have essential structural properties like anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anticancer, anti-tuberchlostic, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, depressant and central nervous system antitumor (Rameshkumar et al., 2003; Aeluri et al., 2012). Earlier studies have shown that biological activity in piperidone systems with aromatic substitutions is important in positions 2-and/or 6 (Prostakov and Gaivoronskaya, 1978). A chair conformation is generally adopted by 2,6 disubstituted piperidine-4-one compounds (Anitha et al., 2020; Arulraj et al., 2016; Arulraj et al., 2016), although the conformation can change depending on the phenyl ring substitution (Arulraj et al., 2017; Arulraj et al., 2016; Rajkumar et al., 2018). Substituted piperidine-4-one, on the other hand, considerably aided the study of computational characteristics accessible for these compounds (Arulraj et al., 2020; Ramalingam et al., 2021). On structures such as large organic molecules, DFT calculations provide precise result (Arulraj et al., 2020). Quantum chemical simulations can provide vital information on the vibrational spectrum, molecule characteristics, and functionalities.

In this regard, our research team resolved to develop novel piperidine based medicines. The p-fluorophenyl group is incorporated into the piperidine ring at the 2 and 6-position, and the research is extended to 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one [CFMP], C18H16ClF2NO. The theoretically calculated optimized molecular geometry of CFMP compared with molecular geometric parameters of X-ray diffraction.The energy gap (ΔE), molecule electrostatic potential, and HOMO-LUMO were all calculated and discussed.Vibrational frequencies were determined using molecular structural optimization and standard coordinate force field measurements based on the DFT/B3LYP/6–31++G(d,p) method. The complete vibrational assessment of the vibrational spectra of the CFMP compound was explored by the potential energy distribution (PED). Furthermore, in our work we are focused on the treatment of Alzheimer based on the inhibitions of the four proteins VEGFR2, hAChE, DRD2 and DHFR. These proteins are described in the literature as potential inhibitors of the treatment of Alzheimer. Herein, we have docked these proteins with the ligand CFMP using the MOE.2015.10 program.

2

2 Computation and experimentation

2.1

2.1 General

2.1.1

2.1.1 IR spectra

The IR spectra were collected using a PerkinElmer Frontier FT-IR spectrophotometer. The synthesized crystal compounds were powdered with potassium bromide, and the diffuse reflectance technique was used to capture the spectra.

2.1.2

2.1.2 1H NMR spectrum

The proton NMR spectrum was captured using a Bruker 400 MHz NMR spectrometer adjusted at 400 MHz. To make the samples, dissolve 20 mg of the compounds in 0.5 ml of CDCl3 containing 0.03 percent TMS and the spectral parameters, 16 scans were used.

2.1.3

2.1.3 13C NMR spectrum

Proton decoupled 13C NMR spectra were captured using a Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer set to 100 MHz. Spectra were measured using solutions made by dissolving 20 mg of the substance in 0.5 ml of CDCl3 adding a few drops of TMS as an internal reference. A number of scans, 1024, are utilized as spectral parameters.

2.1.4

2.1.4 UV–visible spectra

UV–visible spectra were measured quantitatively using a Varian, 5000 spectrophotometers.The spectral sample was prepared by dissolving 20 mg of the analyte in 5.0 ml of pure ethanol. 175 nm to 3300 nm wavelength range; maximum absorption 8 (abs); resolution 0.1 nm.

2.1.5

2.1.5 Theoretical studies

The Gaussian 09 software was utilized to do the theoretical computations (Frisch, et al., 2009), using the 6–311++G(d,p) basis set and the DFT theory with the hybrid functional B3LYP. The molecular visualization software GaussView was used (Dennington et al., 2009). All of the computations have resulted in an optimized geometry with the lowest energy.The optimized geometries exhibited positive vibrational frequencies, showing that they were stable.Vibrational assignments were determined using the VEDA4 software (Jamroz and Analysis, 2004) while accounting for possible energy distribution components (PED) ≥ 10%. The band assignments were confirmed using the GaussView program. Inside this study, NBO simulations were utilized to calculate the energies of intermolecular interactions. In order to investigated the biological activities of our molecule, a molecular docking was carried out. The X-ray crystal structure and structural data for the proteins have been deposited in Protein Databank (rcsb, xxxx) and imported into the modeling program Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) (Environment, 2015). The drawn picture of proteins-ligand is minimized and build in MOE using the MMFF94 force field Scheme 1.

Synthetic scheme of 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one [CFMP].
Scheme 1
Synthetic scheme of 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one [CFMP].

2.2

2.2 Synthesis of 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one

Arulraj et al. described the synthesis of the CFMP molecule (C18H16ClF2NO) (Arulraj et al., 2016) 0.3-chloro-2-butanone, p-flurobenzaldehyde, and ammonium acetate are obtained with 99 percent purity from Sigma-Aldrich chemical manufacturer and utilized as such any additional refining.A composition of 0.1 mol, ammonium acetate, 0.2 mol, p-flurobenzaldehyde, and 20.4 ml, 3-chloro-2-butanone in ethanol was gently heated at room temperature. After allowing it to cool to ambient temperature, we obtained the colloidal suspension, which is dissolved in diethyl ether (250 ml). The dissolved solution is mixing with 100 ml concentrated HCl. The solidified hydrochloride of 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one was extracted by filtering and rinsed with a 1:1 mixture of ethanol and diethyl ether. The yellowish-based solution was extracted from an alcoholic solution was prepared by addition of a quantity of aqueous ammonia equal to 30 ml. The solution was diluted with 200 ml distilled water. The portion of crude sample was dissolved in absolute alcohol (100 ml), warmed till the sample dissolved, and animal charcoal (2.0 g) was added to the resulted solution. The heated solution was filtered using Whatman filter paper to achieve a pure solution. The filtered solutions were allowed to settle down for 48 h. The newly formed white crystals are carefully gathered.

13C NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz): 21.93 (methyl carbon), 45.25 (C-5 carbon), 60.52 (C-6 carbon), 68.85 (C-2 carbon), 71.58 (C-3 carbon), 137.87–114.85 aromatic carbons, 163.92, 163.44, 161.95, 161.48 aromatic carbons (ipso), 201.97 (C = O); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): 1.42 (CH3 proton, s), 2.07 (NH proton, s), 2.53–2.49 (dd, H(5a) proton), 3.45–3.40 (dd, H(5e) proton), 3.94 (H(2) proton, s), 4.06–4.03 (H(6) proton, dd), 7.54–7.03 (Aromatic protons, m). Melting point 136.1 °C.Elemental analysis: C: 64.28 (64.39); H: 4.76 (4.80); N: 4.05 (4.17)

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3 Results and discussion

3.1

3.1 Conformational and molecular geometric analysis

Piperidin-4-one chair conformers are the most stable conformers. It will have two chair conformations that vary in the NH group's axial (A) and equatorial (E) orientations (Sivakumar and Manimekalai, 2011). The chair conformer's equatorial type of NH is perhaps the more stable in the piperidin-4-one molecule. For the CFMP compound, a comprehensive conformational study was investigated to find the most stable conformers. The computational calculations were performed to evaluate the CFMP molecule, and then DFT method was utilized to optimize the overall geometry of these structures.

Arulraj et al (Arulraj et al., 2016) [CCDC: 1508672] described the single-crystal structure of synthesized 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one [CFMP]. Distorted chair conformation shows in the piperidine-4-one ring of CFMP molecule, [puckering parameters and φ, θ and Q = 182.7 (19)°, 166.5 (4)°, and0.548 (4)Å, respectively], except for chlorine, all substituents have an equatorial orientation. The experimental analysis shows that the mean planes of two fluoro-substituent attached in the benzene rings have a dihedral angle of 49.3 (3)°. The Molecular geometric structure of CFMP as determined using DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) level as shown in Fig. 1a. Table 1 shows the bond lengths, angles of the XRD analysis by experimentally and Optimised DFT of CFMP structure. The theoretically predicted structural parameters are much nearer to the values obtained from XRD observations.

a & b: a) Molecular geometric structure of CFMP obtained by DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) level. b) The molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) of CFMP.
Fig. 1
a & b: a) Molecular geometric structure of CFMP obtained by DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) level. b) The molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) of CFMP.
Table 1 Optimized geometrical parameters of CFMP: bond angles (°) and bond lengths (A°).
Bond lengths (A°) Bond angles (°)
Atom position B3LYP/6–311++G(d. p) Exp. Atom position B3LYP/6–311++G(d. p) Exp.
Cl1-C9 1.8478 1.824(4) H6-N5-C7 109.5327
F2-C21 1.3554 1.360(6) H6-N5-C14 110.2056
F3-C31 1.355 1.359(5) C7-N5- C14 114.1742
O4-C10 1.2085 1.213(5) N5-C7-H8 110.8407
N5-H6 1.0147 0.860 N5-C7-C9 110.5563
N5-C7 1.4621 1.457(5) N5-C7-C26 110.5328
N5-C14 1.4658 1.462(5) H8-C7-C9 102.579
C7-H8 1.1071 1.000 H8-C7-C26 106.8351
C7-C9 1.5625 1.549(4) C9-C7- C26 115.1428
C7-C26 1.518 1.506(5) Cl1-C9-C7 111.1394
C9-C10 1.5488 1.535(6) Cl1-C9-C10 104.628
C9-C36 1.5194 1.514(6) Cl1-C9-C36 107.8975
C10-C11 1.5137 1.495(6) C7-C9-C10 108.0668
C11-H12 1.0904 0.990 C7-C9-C36 112.9607 112.7(3)
C11-H13 1.0929 0.990 C10-C9-C36 111.8533 112.4(3)
C11-C14 1.5475 1.551(6) O4-C10-C9 120.8978 120.1(3)
C14-H15 1.1046 1.377(7) O4-C10-C11 122.984 123.5(4)
C14-C16 1.5166 1.505(6) C9-C10-C11 116.026 116.4(3)
C16-C17 1.4003 1.384(6) C10-C11-H12 108.5479 109.1
C16-C24 1.3971 1.390(6) C10-C11-H13 109.0865 109.2
C17-H18 1.0836 0.950 C10-C11-C14 110.4843 112.1(3)
C17-C19 1.3919 1.378(7) H12-C11-H13 109.0165 107.9
C19-H20 1.083 0.951 H12-C11-C14 111.0924 109.1
C19-C21 1.387 1.376(7) H13-C11-C14 108.579 109.2
C21-C22 1.3846 1.362(8) N5-C14-C11 108.2712 108.4(3)
C22-H23 1.0828 0.950 N5-C14-H15 111.0703 108.9
C22-C24 1.3943 1.387(7) N5-C14-C16 110.7981 110.8(3)
C24-H25 1.0851 0.950 C11-C14-H15 107.2553 109.0
C26-C27 1.3988 1.397(6) C11-C14-C16 111.8174 110.6(3)
C26-C34 1.4004 1.393(5) H15-C14-C16 107.5921 109.0
C27-H28 1.0848 0.949 C14-C16-C17 120.8598 120.6(4)
C27-C29 1.3932 1.372(6) C14-C16-C24 120.4023 121.1(4)
C29-H30 1.0828 0.949 C17-C16-C24 118.729 118.3(4)
C29-C31 1.3852 1.377(7) C16-C17-H18 119.4289 119.6
C31-C32 1.3859 1.368(6) C16-C17-C19 120.9175 120.8(4)
C32-H33 1.0829 0.950 H18-C17-C19 119.6513 119.6
C32-C34 1.3924 1.384(6) C17-C19-H20 121.6556 120.7
C34-H35 1.0815 0.949 C17-C19-C21 118.5872 118.7(5)
C36-H37 1.0888 0.980 H20-C19-C21 119.7573 120.6
C36-H38 1.0934 0.980 F2-C21-C19 118.8462 118.4(4)
C36-H39 1.0897 0.980 F2-C21-C22 118.9128 119.0(5)
C19-C21-C22 122.2405 122.6(5)
C21-C22-H23 119.9305 120.9
C21-C22-C24 118.3521 118.3(5)
H23-C22-C24 121.7165 120.8
C16-C24-C22 121.1726 121.3(4)
C16-C24-H25 119.7035 119.3
C22-C24-H25 119.1239 119.4
C7-C26-C27 120.0877 121.0(3)
C7-C26-C34 121.3018 120.7(3)
C27-C26-C34 118.5992 118.2(4)
C26-C27-H28 119.7829 119.3
C26-C27-C29 121.2869 121.4(4)
H28-C27-C29 118.9295 119.3
C27-C29-H30 121.7052 120.7
C27-C29-C31 118.3229 118.4(4)
H30-C29-C31 119.97 120.8
F3-C31-C29 118.8704 119.3(4)
F3-C31-C32 118.9311 118.4(4)
C29-C31-C32 122.1968 122.4(4)
C31-C32-H33 119.7829 120.6
C31-C32-C34 118.6948 118.8(4)
H33-C32-C34 121.5223 120.6
C26-C34-C32 120.8942 120.8(4)
C26-C34-H35 119.4553 119.6
C32-C34-H35 119.6504 119.6
C9-C36-H37 110.2216 109.4
C9-C36-H38 109.8612 109.4
C9-C36-H39 110.5695 109.5
H37-C36-H38 107.6428 109.5
H37-C36-H39 109.4084 109.4
H38-C36-H39 109.0786 109.5

3.2

3.2 Molecular electrostatic potential investigation

The MEP is a useful characteristic for determining a molecule's reactivity (Romani et al., 2020). It allows for the identification of nucleophilic and electrophilic sites that enhance hydrogen bond formation. The nucleophilic site implies a strong attraction, whereas the electrophilic site indicates a strong repulsion. (Scrocco and Tomasi, 1978). The Molecular electrostatic potential of 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one (CFMP) and the 3D graphical surface have been developed and are shown in Fig. 1b. The MEP at the B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) approach was computed to predict reactive sites for nucleophilic and electrophilic interactions on CFMP. In the sequence, the electrical potential diminishes: blue < yellow < orange < red. We can distinguish the electrophilic and nucleophilic sites of a molecule using these different colors. Further investigation indicates that the piperidin-4-one ring with in chemical structure has a red (negative charge) area that is sensitive to electrophilic attack.The color codes for these surfaces vary from −4.167e-2 (red color) to 4.167e-2 (blue color) (blue color). The extremely positive area is represented by the blue color zone observed surrounding the nitrogen atom. These findings might help to understand hydrogen bonding inside the molecule.

3.3

3.3 Analysis of natural bond order

NBO is the efficient approach for analyzing and identifying the particular bonds and energy connected with electrons of a single pair electrons, which are incredibly meaningful in physicochemical processes (Weinhold, 2001). This technique resulted in electronic exchanges, hydrogen bonding among donor–acceptor molecules, and interactions of hyperconjugative. The energy difference between interacting orbitals might be used to calculate the interaction energy among acceptor and donor electrons, as well as the overall stability of orbital interactions. Calculating the second-order stabilization energy E(2) can help you figure out which interaction is the most stable. E ( 2 ) = Δ E i j = q i F ( i , j ) 2 ε j - ε i

Where εi and εj represent the diagonal elements of orbital energies, qi represents the occupancy of the εi orbital, and F(i,j) represents the Fock matrix member outside diagonal. The intensity of the interaction between both the donor and the electron acceptor seems directly proportional to the size of E(2) energy; the greater the magnitude of E(2), the stronger the interaction between both the donor and the electron acceptor. The CFMP computed findings are tabulated in Table 2. In this work, the stabilizing energy E(2) is related to hyper conjugative interactions, LP(2) → π(C16−C24) → π*(C17−C19) and π(C16−C24) → π*(C21−C22), is determined to be 21.34 and 19.26 kJ/mol, respectively. Anti-bonding orbitals of its acceptor π*(C26−C27) and π*(C32–C34), the bond π(C29–C31) stabilizes the energy of 21.19 and 18.11 kJ/mol, respectively. The intramolecular hyperconjugative contacts are caused by the overlap of the π(C−C) and π*(C−C) orbitals, resulting in intramolecular charge transfer within the molecular system (Arulraj, 2022). According to our calculations, the E(2) energy between π(C29–C31) and π*(C32–C34) is about 18.11 kJ/mol. Likewise, the π–π* interaction of C26−C27 → C32−C34, C26−C27 → C29−C31, C32−C34 → C26−C27, and C32−C34 → C26−C27 and C32−C34 → C29−C31 bonds exhibited lower electron densities than phenyl rings with the highest hyperconjugative interaction energy E(2). The NBO characteristic of the CFMP molecule was caused by the polarized mobility of the π–electron cloud inside the molecule and internal charge transfer.

Table 2 Second order perturbation theory analysis of Fock matrix in NBO (E(2) ≥ 4 kcal/mol) of CFMP.
Donor (i) Acceptor (j) E(2) kcal/mol E(j)-E(i) (a.u) F(i. j) (a.u)
σ (C7-H8) σ*(Cl1-C9) 7.16 0.59 0.058
σ (C7-H8) σ*(C26-C34) 4.39 1.07 0.061
σ (C11-H13) π*(O4-C10) 6.43 0.52 0.052
σ (C14-H15) σ*(C16-C17) 4.45 1.07 0.062
π (C16-C24) π *(C17-C19) 21.34 0.28 0.069
π (C16-C24) π *(C21-C22) 19.26 0.27 0.065
σ (C17-H18) σ*(C16-C24) 4.80 1.09 0.065
σ (C17-C19) σ (F2-C21) 4.26 0.97 0.057
π (C17-C19) π *(C16-C24) 19.26 0.29 0.067
π (C17-C19) π *(C21-C22) 23.00 0.28 0.072
σ (C19-C21) σ*(C21-C22) 4.10 1.28 0.065
σ (C21-C22) σ*(C19-C21) 4.10 1.28 0.065
π (C21-C22) π *(C16-C24) 20.58 0.30 0.070
π (C21-C22) π *(C17-C19) 18.47 0.30 0.066
σ (C22-C24) σ*(F2-C21) 4.32 0.97 0.058
σ (C24-H25) σ*(C16-C17) 4.81 1.09 0.065
π (C26-C27) π *(C29-C31) 18.87 0.28 0.065
π (C26-C27) π *(C32-C34) 21.62 0.29 0.070
σ (C27-H28) σ*(C26-C34) 4.77 1.09 0.065
σ (C27-C29) σ*(F3-C31) 4.28 0.97 0.058
σ (C29-C31) σ*(C31-C32) 4.08 1.28 0.065
π (C29-C31) π *(C26-C27) 21.19 0.30 0.071
π (C29-C31) π *(C32-C34) 18.11 0.30 0.066
σ (C31-C32) σ*(C29-C31) 4.09 1.28 0.065
σ (C32-C34) σ*(F3-C31) 4.28 0.97 0.057
π (C32-C34) π *(C26-C27) 19.18 0.28 0.066
π (C32-C34) π *(C29-C31) 23.85 0.27 0.073
σ (C34-H35) σ*(C26-C27) 4.86 1.08 0.065
σ (C36-H37) σ*(C7-C9) 4.33 0.82 0.054
σ (C36-H38) σ*(Cl1-C9) 6.61 0.58 0.056
LP2 (F2) σ*(C19-C21) 5.88 0.97 0.068
LP2 (F2) σ*(C21-C22) 5.89 0.98 0.068
LP3 (F2) π *(C21-C22) 18.08 0.43 0.085
LP2 (F3) σ*(C29-C31) 5.90 0.98 0.068
LP2 (F3) σ*(C31-C32) 5.88 0.98 0.068
LP3 (F3) π *(C29-C31) 18.16 0.43 0.086
LP2 (O4) σ*(C9-C10) 22.48 0.62 0.106
LP2 (O4) σ*(C10-C11) 19.29 0.67 0.103
LP1 (N5) σ*(C7-H8) 8.05 0.67 0.067
LP1 (N5) σ*(C14-H15) 7.63 0.68 0.065
π*(C21-C22) π *(C16-C24) 248.55 0.01 0.081

3.4

3.4 Non-linear optical properties

The study of how a material's optical properties change when it is subjected to high-intensity radiation is known as nonlinear optics (NLO). These characteristics properties are applied in a wide range of areas, including medical, data processing and storage, sensors, and so on.The values of hyperpolarizability and polarizability are important for determining optical connections and interactions. (Prasad and Williams, 1991). Table S1 shows the optical characteristics of several materials, including the hyperpolarizability (β), the polarizability (α) and the dipole moment (μ). These parameters (β), (α) and (μ) are calculated using the formulae below. d i p o l e m o m e n t μ = μ x 2 + μ y 2 + μ z 2 p o l a r i z a b i l i t y α = α xx + α yy + α zz 3 Δ α = 2 - 1 / 2 [ α xx - α yy 2 + α yy - α xx 2 + α zz - α xx 2 6 α xx 2 ) ] - 1 / 2

Hyper polarizability β = β x 2 + β y 2 + β z 2 β x = β xxx + β xyy + β xzz ; β y = β yyy + β xxy + β yzz ; β z = β zzz + β xxz + β yyz

The hyperpolarizability (β) and polarizability (α) values are in atomic units (a.u.), the computed values were converted to electrostatic units (esu) (1 a.u. = 0.148 × 10–24 esu and: 1 a.u. = 8.6393 × 10–33 esu). μ = 0.900 Debye, α = 3.388 × 10-23 esu, and β = 3.416 × 10-30 esu are the computed values for CFMP compound. Urea (β = 3.72810-33esu) is a sample molecule used in research on the NLO characteristic of organic chemicals that would be optimized and calculated using the DFT/B3LYP/6–31++G(d,p) technique. That's why, urea was frequently used as a prototype quantity for comparative purposes. Since the molecule has a greater hyperpolarizability (β) value than urea, it could be used in the scientific investigation of nonlinear optical characteristics.

3.5

3.5 Frontier molecular orbital analysis

Gaussian 09 software and the TD-DFT/B3LYP technique with basis set 6–311++G(d,p) were used to compute the detected excited states of a synthesized compound. Table 3 displays the absorption Oscillator force (f), wavelength (λ), and excitation energies, as well as the primary contribution of transitions. Using this method, we identified three absorption peaks on analysed UV–Visible spectra. In our case, of the CFMP compound, the experimental spectrum was obtained with 100 percent ethanol at 293 K (Fig. S1).The examination of this spectrum show that the strong absorption peak was observed at 306 nm. The electronic transition from the ground to excited states was associated to the HOMO → LUMO (94%) excitation at 294 nm (33982 with f = 0.0061). Moreover, the HOMO + 5 → LUMO (32%) and HOMO + 5 → LUMO (19%) and oscillator strengths, wavenumbers, transitions energies are 0.0340 and 0.0240, 306 and 258 nm, 32604.156 and 38413.768 eV respectively. The structure of our compound allows for a robust π–π* transition with a significant extinction coefficient throughout the UV–Visible range. The experimental findings match well with the transition excitation energies.

Table 3 Excitation energy (E), Absorption wavelength (λ), Oscillator force (f) and contribution of the different electronic transitions of CFMP.
Excitation energy (ev) Absorption wavelength (nm) Oscillator force (u,a) Major contribution (%)
Calculated Experimental
32604.156 306.709 306.000 0.0034 HOMO + 5 → LUMO (32%)
HOMO + 3 → LUMO (18%)
HOMO + 1 → LUMO (43%)
33982.558 294.269 294.000 0.0061 HOMO → LUMO (94%)
HOMO + 5 → LUMO (3%)
38413.768 260.323 258.000 0.024 HOMO + 5 → LUMO (19%)
HOMO + 3 → LUMO (15%)
HOMO + 2 → LUMO (10%)
HOMO + 1 → LUMO (53%)

The frontier molecular orbitals affect the electric and optical properties, as well as the chemical processes. The energy gap for CFMP was calculated using the DFT/B3LYP technique and the 6–311++G(d,p) level. The energy gap and HOMO-LUMO eigenvalues regulate the molecule's bioactivity and chemical environment. As an electron acceptor, the LUMO indicates the capacity to obtain an electron, and the LUMO as a donor shows the tendency to donate an electron. Fig.S2 depicts the HOMO–LUMO orbital of the studied CFMP compound. The calculated energy gap is around 5.11 eV. Table 4 shows the CFMP electronic parameters like global electrophilicity index (w), global softness (S), global hardness (η), chemical potential (μ), electronegativity, energy gap (ΔEHOMO-LUMO), and frontier molecular orbitals (EHOMO, ELUMO) were computed using the DFT method. Those calculated EHOMO and ELUMO using the equations shown below.

Table 4 Electronic parameters of CFMP.
Parameters B3LYP / 6–311 ++ G(d. p)
EHOMO (eV) −6.83
ELUMO (eV) −1.72
|ΔEHOMO-LUMO|(eV) 5.11
Electronic affinity (A) (eV) 1.72
Ionization potential (I) (eV) 6.83
Electronegativity (eV) 4.28
Chemical potential (μ) (eV) −4.28
Chemical hardness (η) (eV) 2.56
Softness(S) (eV)-1 0.19
Electrophilicity (W) (eV) 3.29
Additional electronic charges ΔΝ max 1.67

I = − EHOMO. A= − ELUMO. W = μ2/2η. S = 1/2 η. η = I - A/2. ΔΝ max= - μ/ η

HOMO energy (EHOMO) = -6.83 eV

LUMO energy (ELUMO) = -1.72 eV

Energy gap (ΔEHOMO-LUMO) = 5.11 eV

The molecule's stability improves as the band gap energy decreases. The molecular charge distribution was estimated using the DFT method. This computation takes into account the charges of each atom in a molecule. According to the diagram, HOMO is placed over the phenyl piperidine ring and has a delocalized electron charge density, whereas LUMO, on the other hand, is located across the piperidine ring and has an electron density that is centred at the ring surface. The negative and positive phases are denoted by the colors red and green, respectively. The molecule's overall softness and hardness, which is a good sign of determines its chemical stability. The value of the energy gap was used to assess if a molecule is hard or soft. The CFMP compound hardness value (η) is 2.56 eV. The CFMP compound is classed as a hard material as a result of this finding, and the electrophilicity index (w) defines the molecule's bioactivity.

3.6

3.6 Mulliken atomic charges

The electronegativity normalization and charge transfer mechanisms in the reactions were detected using the atomic charge. Mulliken atomic charges were calculated to analyse the increase in electropositivity owing to its electronegative neighbor and vice versa in brief charge transit in a molecule. Charge transfer and atomic charges are fundamental to molecule activity and chemistry (Mulliken, 1955). The Mulliken population analysis, total atomic charges of CFMP computed using DFT-B3LYP level are shown in Table 5. The MA charges for CFMP are shown in Fig. S3. The negative values −0.552, −0.517, −0.632, −0.266, and −0.277 on the aromatic phenyl rings' C7, C10, C11, C17, and C27 atoms cause electron density redistribution. Because of their major negative charges, the atoms C9, C16, and C26 can accept higher positive charges of 0.875, 0.779, and 1.102, respectively, and thus become more acidic. It's worth mentioning that its O4 atom in the CFMP molecule seems to have a negative atomic charge of −0.216.

Table 5 Calculated charges of CFMP by Mulliken population method.
Atoms Mulliken charges Atoms Mulliken charges
Cl1 −0.589 C21 −0.504
F2 −0.172 C22 −0.044
F3 −0.166 H23 0.205
O4 −0.216 C24 −0.183
N5 −0.027 H25 0.168
H6 0.245 C26 1.102
C7 −0.552 C27 −0.277
H8 0.253 H28 0.158
C9 0.875 C29 0.082
C10 −0.517 H30 0.212
C11 −0.632 C31 −0.744
H12 0.235 C32 −0.051
H13 0.169 H33 0.211
C14 −0.213 C34 −0.458
H15 0.154 H35 0.164
C16 0.779 C36 −0.192
C17 −0.266 H37 0.205
H18 0.185 H38 0.174
C19 −0.125 H39 0.146
H20 0.203

3.7

3.7 Vibrational IR spectra and assignments

The FT-IR vibrational wavenumbers were calculated using the DFT/B3LYP/6–31++G(d,p) method. To evaluate the vibrational properties of CFMP, we perform vibrational research utilizing infrared spectroscopy at ambient temperature. The discrepancies between estimated and experimental wavenumbers were addressed by adding a scaled field or simply scaling the wavenumbers computed with appropriate factor (Scott and Random, 1996). To adequately conform with experimental results, the normal mode vibration frequencies were calculated at the B3LYP level. Such that, above 1700 cm−1 wavenumbers are scaled by 0.958, whereas below 1700 cm-1 wavenumbers are scaled by 0.983.

Table S2 displays the scaled wavenumbers that were calculated and experimentally observed. Fig. S4 depicts the calculated FT-IR spectrum and experimental FT-IR spectrum. This table shows the computed complete PED assignments, infrared intensity, and fundamental vibrational frequencies in both unscaled and scaled forms. In our investigation, the calculated wavenumbers range from 4000 to 400 cm−1. The vibrational assignment was completed with the assistance of a scaled quantum mechanical software and a total energy distribution calculation technique. To get theoretical values nearer to calculated values, we used a scaling factor of 0.9608 (Palafox, 2000).

3.7.1

3.7.1 N−H Vibrations

The N−H stretching vibration occurs extensively in the 3500–3300 cm−1 range. νN−H mode was assigned by Erdogdu et al. to the 3500–3300 cm−1 range (Erdogdu and Güllüoğlu, 2009). In FT-IR spectra, the amino group stretching vibration was identified as a very prominent band at 3468 cm−1, with a calculated value of 3326.5 cm−1 (IIR: 2.37) for the symmetric NH2 mode. Furthermore, the NH stretching vibration seems to be pure mode, with calculated values of 3528 and 3396 cm−1 that match the observed FT-IR value of 3326.5 cm−1. The PED of this vibration corresponds to a perfect mode that provides about 100%. τHNCC(33) has an bending mode (out-of-plane) at 759.8 cm−1 (FT-IR strong), which is in suitable harmony with the predicted frequency of 739 cm−1. δHNH(11), δHNH(57), 1409.9 and δHCN(49), δHCN(21), 1337.4 both have in-plane bending modes that are supported by the literature.

3.7.2

3.7.2 Vibration of C=O, C−N and C−Cl

The C=O (carbonyl) stretching vibration should arise between 1680 and 1715 cm−1. The carbonyl group stretching was observed as a prominent band in the FT-IR spectra at 1718.6 cm−1 in this study, and the same band was calculated around 1718 cm−1 (IIR: 232.01). Both calculated and observed values accord well with one another. The deviation is caused by delocalization of the π-electron inside the molecule. The deviation is caused by the delocalization of the π-electron within the molecule (Roeges, 1994; ​Panicker et al., 2007). The intensity of the carbonyl group can be increased by conjugation or the formation of hydrogen bonds. The value in the literature matches well with the proposed assignment. Detecting C−N vibration is challenging since multiple bands may be mixed at this place. In contrast, the C−N stretching vibrations were calculated using a theoretical calculation (B3LYP) approach. In the 1300 cm−1 range, the stretching vibration of C−N is moderate to strongly active, accompanied by N−H scissoring (Roeges, 1994). The C−N bending vibration, measured at 1337.4 cm−1, was investigated in this study. It's worth looking at the vibrations of the ring's link to the halogen atom, and the vibrational mixing that's conceivable due to the molecule's reduced molecular symmetry and the presence of bulky atoms around it. In this work, the stretching vibration (C−Cl) is attributed towards the bands at 1296.8 cm−1 in FT-IR spectra and 1319 cm−1 in calculated spectra.

3.8

3.8 Hirshfeld surface analysis

Hirshfeld surface (HS) analysis aims to investigate intermolecular interactions, determine inter-nuclear distances, bond angles, crystal packing, and close contact atoms. Fingerprint plots, Hirshfeld surfaces measuring the space occupied by a molecule, and intermolecular interaction were all created with the Crystal Explorer 3.1 tool, which was supported by crystallographic data files (CIF) (Agarwal et al., 1245). Hirshfeld surface analysis gives a great graphical representation of the interactions of hydrogen bonding. HS analysis visually investigates intermolecular interactions in crystal structures by using 2D fingerprint plots and molecular surface contours. The contoured form of a molecule inside a crystal structure produces a van der Waals (vdW) surface. The various vdW radii of atoms define the distances between locations on the surface and nuclei (atom) outside (de) and within (di) the mean surface, whereby the contact distances di and de may be dnorm(standardized) (Turner et al., 2017; Sagaama and Issaoui, 2020).The van der Waals radii of the external ( r e v d w ) and internal ( r i v d w ) and atoms on the surface, van der Waals radii and normalized contact distance dnorm, is represented as (Ben Issa et al., 2020). d n o r m = r i - r i v d w r i v d w + r i - r e v d w r e v d w

Fig. 2a displays Hirshfeld analysis plotted with the dnorm and two neighbouring molecules outside the surface for the complex. In this work, the Hirshfeld surfaces for our compound dnorm, de, di, curvedness, and shape index are showed in Fig. 2b.

a & b: a) Hirshfeld analysis mapped with dnorm and showing two adjacent molecules outside the surface for the CFMP. The red colors indicate contacts with distances shorter than the van der Waals radii, and indicate weak inter/intramolecular interactions. b) Hirshfeld surface for CFMP with di, de, dnorm, shape index, and curvedness.
Fig. 2
a & b: a) Hirshfeld analysis mapped with dnorm and showing two adjacent molecules outside the surface for the CFMP. The red colors indicate contacts with distances shorter than the van der Waals radii, and indicate weak inter/intramolecular interactions. b) Hirshfeld surface for CFMP with di, de, dnorm, shape index, and curvedness.

Intermolecular distances were depicted as a white color near ( r v d w ) connections with a dnorm of zero. Blue surfaces are contacts with high dnorm values that are bigger than the sum of ( r v d w ).

Two-dimensional fingerprint plots of the Hirshfeld surface contact that contributes 100% of CFMP (Fig. S5). The de versus di plot revealed the existence and amount of several types of intermolecular interactions. The de and di are also used to generate the 2D fingerprint plot and a summary of intermolecular interactions in the CFMP crystal compound. 2D fingerprint plots illustrating main intermolecular contacts and percentages of different intermolecular interactions. It leads to the Hirshfeld surfaces in the CFMP compound (Fig. S6). Total intermolecular interactions in CFMP, including reciprocal connections: The relative percentage of (a) = H∙∙∙H contacts (33.9%) (a1), (b) = H∙∙∙F contacts (22.2%,) (b1), (c) = C∙∙∙H contacts (19.2%) (c1), (d) = H∙∙∙Cl contacts (11.1%) (d1), (e) = O∙∙∙H contacts (9.0%) (e1), (f) = F∙∙∙F contacts (1.1%), (g) = C∙∙∙F contacts (0.9%), (h) = C∙∙∙O contacts (0.6%), (i) = C∙∙∙Cl contacts (0.6%) and (j) = O∙∙∙O contacts (0.1%). A1 through E1 indicate decomposed views of the weak intermolecular interactions in each of the first five (a1 – e1) 2-D represented views of the molecule. Fig. S7 depicts the significant percentage additions to the Hirshfeld surface area of the CFMP compound's numerous near intermolecular interactions.

3.9

3.9 Molecular docking study

Molecular docking is a powerful method used to show the binding activities of drug molecules with protein. The main purpose of this tool has helped us in designing a new inhibitor and drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer illness. These diseases are a degenerative disorder of the brain which affect a large number of people in the world. The exact cause of this disease is still unknown, but it is believed that environmental and genetic factors contribute to it. Therefore, there are some drugs that may delay its progress. In this context, a bibliographic study shows that these proteins VEGFR2 (code :6lvm), hAChE (code: 4ey7), DRD2 (code: 6CM4) and DHFR (code:1DRF) are important targets for developing a new drug against Alzheimer disease (Youssef et al., 2017; Dawood and Dayl, 2020). Molecular docking simulations were performed using MOE.10 software to get detailed information about ligand-receptor binding energy. The CFMP compound was chosen as the ligand and docking studies were done taking 6lvm, 4ey7, 6CM4 and 1DRF as the proteins. For this reason, the native ligand CFMP was re-docked in the binding sites of these enzymes. The 2D and 3D pictorial presentation of the compounds helped us to find the active sites (Fig. 3). This figure shown the best conformations which corresponds to the lowest energy of each complex ligand-proteins. Also, the calculation results such as the binding energy score (S), RMSD, E-config and E-place are summarized in Table 6. The coordinates of interaction parameters of ligand with proteins are tabulated in Table 7. Analysis of Table 6 reveals that all the proteins presented good docking score. In addition, the root mean square deviation (RMSD) values of these compounds range from 0.84 to 1.53 A°. The binding score values for 6LVM, 4ey7, 6CM4 and 1DRF are −5.59, −7.19, −5.93 and −6.72 kcal/mol, respectively. However, the better binding energy score and RMSD value has been obtained from the protein 4EY7 (S = -7.19 kcal/mol, RMSD = 0.84 A°). In addition, The RMSD values facilitates the stability of the system if it is lower than 3 (Ahmad et al., 2017). Furthermore, the RMSD values allow to confirm the reliability of our docking results (Arshad et al., 2020). Also, it is found from the Table 7 that the key contributing amino acid in CFMP with the target complexes are ALA 9, ASP 114, HIS 393, ASP 94, ASP 635, LYS 508 and LEU 478. These interactions allow to stabilize the molecules on the active sites. We note also that the measured distances for both complexes studied vary between 2.62 and 4.36 Å. The 6lvm shows two conventional H-bonds of LEU 478 and LYS 508 at a distance of 4.36 A° (energy value of 0.6 kcal/mol) and 2.86 A° (energy value of 4.0 kcal/mol), respectively. Similarly, the docked conformation 1DRF and 4ey7has two conventional H-bond (3.01 A°/ ALA 9 and 2.62 A°/ ASP 114) and (3.46 A°/ASP 74 and 3.51 A°/ASP 74), respectively. Thus, the docking results show that CFMP has a lot biological activities. Finally, we can conclude that the different interactions observed between the complexes makes it clear that our compound can be a potential inhibitor against Alzheimer's disease.

3D (left) and 2D (right) molecular docking of CFMP ligandwith 4e7y, 1DRF, 6CM4, and 6LVM proteins.
Fig. 3
3D (left) and 2D (right) molecular docking of CFMP ligandwith 4e7y, 1DRF, 6CM4, and 6LVM proteins.
Table 6 Docking results of the ligand (CFMP) with various proteins.
Ligand Proteins RMSD Binding energy score (S) E-config E-place
CFMP 1DRF 1.53 −6.72 −25.87 −81.95
4ey7 0.84 −7.19 −20.99 −85.25
6CM4 1.18 −5.93 –22.22 −85.66
6LVM 1.53 −5.59 −20.87 −55.55
Table 7 Values of the interactions parameters of the CFMP ligand with the studied proteins.
Proteins Compound part Interacting amino acid Type of interaction Distance (A°) E (kcal/mol)
1DRF O1 ALA 9 H-acceptor 3.01 −3.1
6CM4 N1 ASP 114 H-donor 2.62 14.7
O1 HIS 393 H acceptor 3.57 0.6
N1 ASP 114 ionic 2.62 −7.6
4ey7 C1 ASP 74 H-donor 3.46 −0.9
N1 ASP 74 ionic 3.51 −1.8
6LVM C4 ASP 635 H-donor 3.65 0.6
O1 LYS 508 H-acceptor 2.86 4.0
6-ring LEU 478 pi-H 4.36 0.6

4

4 Conclusion

The 3-chloro-r(2),c(6)-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-methylpiperidin-4-one, CFMP was optimized in this work using DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) method. This approach demonstrates that the theoretical parameters correspond well with the experimental results. The MEP map was visualized to understand the nucleophilic and electrophilic sites of CFMP. The intermolecular delocalized interactions were identified from the NBO analyses. Although CFMP has a greater hyperpolarizability (β) value than urea, it is a suitable molecule for studying nonlinear optical characteristics. The HOMO-LUMO of the frontier molecular orbital can be used to analyze and forecast the responsive behavior of the investigated molecule. The DFT theory was used to calculate the vibrational frequency studies and Mulliken atomic charges. HS studies and fingerprint plots were used to well understand the contributions of various inter-contacts that aid in the stabilization of the CFMP molecular structure. Furthermore, a molecular docking analysis indicates that the CFMP molecule is an effective inhibitor of Alzheimer's disease.

Acknowledgements

Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP-2021/61), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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