Synthesis, X-ray diffraction study, analysis of intermolecular interactions and molecular docking of ethyl 1-(3-tosylquinolin-4-yl)piperidine-4-carboxylate

Abstract

The title compound, C24H26N2O4S, can be obtained via two synthetic routes. According to our investigations, the most suitable way is by the reaction of ethyl 2-bromoacetate with sodium tosylsulfinate in dry DMF. It was crystallized from methanol into the monoclinic P21/n space group with a single molecule in the asymmetric unit. Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed to define the hydrogen bonds and analysis of the two-dimensional fingerprint plots was used to distinguish the different types of interactions. Two very weak non-classical C-HO hydrogen bonds were found and the contributions of short contacts to the Hirshfeld surface were determined. Molecules form an isotropic network of intermolecular interactions according to an analysis of the pairwise interaction energies. A molecular docking study evaluated the interactions in the title compound with the active centers of macromolecules of bacterial targets (Staphylococcus aureus DNA Gyrase PDB ID: 2XCR, Mycobacterium tuberculosis topoisomerase II PDB ID: 5BTL, Streptococcus pneumoniae topoisomerase IV PDB ID: 4KPF) and revealed high affinity towards them that exceeded the reference antibiotics of the fluoroquinolone group.