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Mpro-SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitors and Various Chemical Reactivity of 1-Bromo- and 1-Chloro-4-vinylbenzene in [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions

Mohammed El Idrissi, Mohamed El Ghozlani, Asli Eşme, Mar Ríos Gutiérrez, Anas Ouled Aitouna, Mohammed Salah, Habib El Alaoui El Abdallaoui, Abdellah Zeroual, Noureddine Mazoir, Luis Domingo

Organics · pp. 1–16 · Published 4 Jan 2021

10.3390/org2010001

Abstract

The regioselectvity and the mechanism of the (32CA) cycloadditions reactions of 1-bromo-4-vinylbenzene 1 and 1-chloro-4-vinylbenzene 2 with benzonitrile oxide 3 were investigated under the molecular electron density theory (MEDT) at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) computational level. Evaluation of the ELF reveals that these zwitterionic type (zw-type) 32CA reactions take place in a two-stage one-step mechanism. This MEDT study shows that the meta isoxazolines are kinetically and thermodynamically favored over the ortho ones, these 32CA reactions being completely regioselective, in agreement with experimental outcomes. In addition, the efficiency of isoxazolines against SARS-CoV-2 have been also investigated. According to the docking analysis, the present study concludes that 5-(p-bromophenyl)-3-phenyl-2-isoxazoline (B-m) shows better interactions for the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 in comparison to chloroquine.

Cycloaddition Benzonitrile Regioselectivity Reactivity (psychology) Chemistry Docking (animal) Medicinal chemistry Density functional theory

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