Abstract
The synthesis of 4-chloro-6(phenylamino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino-4-(2,4 dichlorophenyl)thiazol-5-yl-diazenyl)phenyl is reported in this work with a detailed structural and molecular docking study on two SARS-COV-2 proteins: 3TNT and 6LU7. The studied compound has been synthesized by the condensation of cyanuric chloride with aniline and characterized with various spectroscopic techniques. The experimentally obtained spectroscopic data has been compared with theoretical calculated results achieved using high-level density functional theory (DFT) method. Stability, nature of bonding, and reactivity of the studied compound was evaluated at DFT/B3LYP/6-31 + (d) level of theory. Hyper-conjugative interaction persisting within the molecules which accounts for the bio-activity of the compound was evaluated from natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. Adsorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity (ADMET) properties of the experimentally synthesized compound was studied to evaluate the pharmacological as well as in silico molecular docking against SARS-CoV-2 receptors. The molecular docking result revealed that the investigated compound exhibited binding affinity of −9.3 and −8.8 for protein 3TNT and 6LU7 respectively. In conclusion, protein 3TNT with the best binding affinity for the ligand is the most suitable for treatment of SARS-CoV-2.
Acknowledgement
This work did not receive any financial support from any organization. However, the authors are thankful to everyone who has contributed to the successes of this work.
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Author contributions: Hitler Louis: Conceptualization, design, administration, software, and supervision, Abu S. Abu: writing-original draft, Investigation, formal analysis, and Data Curation, Ishegbe J. Eko: Formal analysis, and Methodology, Tomsmith O. Unimuke and Diana O. Odey: Investigation, Formal analysis, Validation, and writing-review & editing, Tabe N. Ntui: Writing-original draft and John A. Agwupuye: Review & editing.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest
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Data Availability: All data are contained herein the supporting information and the main manuscript.
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