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Dendrimer with Interior Cavity as Catalytic Pockets for Substrate Molecules: Synthesis of Bisimidazoles and Molecular Docking Study
Author(s) -
Baby Sherlymole Parackal,
Ronaldo Anuf Alexander,
Anjali Krishna Gopalakrishnan,
Sreekumar Krishnapillai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.202000770
Subject(s) - dendrimer , moiety , chemistry , docking (animal) , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , covalent bond , click chemistry , amine gas treating , micelle , molecule , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , nursing , aqueous solution
Dendritic nanostructure with the catalytic moiety covalently attached within the core domain and protected from the environment by a polymeric shell was synthesized successfully. This prospective will focus on the exclusive features observed for such a catalytic system with reactive sites present both at the core and the periphery and highlight its potential as enzyme mimics, by synthesizing different bisimidazoles following the MCR method, at room temperature. An unprecedented reaction rate and high yield of products were obtained within a short time, which is supposed to be its ability to form reverse micelle in the core, where the substrates are adequately concentrated. This is the first reported synthesis of bisimidazoles, using the homogeneous PAMAM dendrimer as a basic organocatalyst. The newly synthesized bisimidazoles obtained from bis(3‐aminopropyl)amine were subjected to molecular docking studies against anticancer protein receptor using AutoDock Vina software, to evaluate their activity against breast cancer cell line (3HB5).