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Item Computational insights into factor affecting the potency of diaryl sulfone analogs as Escherichia coli dihydropteroate synthase inhibitors(Elsevier Ltd, 2019) Das, B.K.; PV, P.; Chakraborty, D.Dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) is an alluring target for designing novel drug candidates to prevent infections caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. Diaryl Sulfone (SO) compounds are found to inhibit DHPS competitively with respect to the substrate pABA (p-aminobenzoate). The extra aromatic ring of diaryl sulfone compounds found to stabilize them in highly flexible pABA binding loops. In this present study, a statistically significant 3D-QSAR model was developed using a data set of diaryl sulfone compounds. The favourable and unfavourable contributions of substitutions in sulfone compounds were illustrated by contour plot obtained from the developed 3D-QSAR model. Molecular docking calculations were performed to investigate the putative binding mode of diaryl sulfone compounds at the catalytic pocket. DFT calculations were carried out using SCF approach, B3LYP- 6-31 G (d) basis set to compute the HOMO, LUMO energies and their respective location at pABA binding pocket. Further, the developed model was validated by FEP (Free Energy Perturbation) calculations. The calculated relative free energy of binding between the highly potent and less potent sulfone compound was found to be ?3.78 kcal/ mol which is comparable to the experimental value of ?5.85 kcal/mol. A 10 ns molecular dynamics simulation of inhibitor and DHPS confirmed its stability at pABA catalytic site. Outcomes of the present work provide deeper insight in designing novel drug candidates for pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. © 2018 Elsevier LtdItem Effective inhibition of mild steel corrosion by 6-bromo-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methylidene]imidazo [1,2-a]pyridine-2-carbohydrazide in 0.5 M HCl: Insights from experimental and computational study(Elsevier B.V., 2021) Vranda Shenoy, K.; Venugopal, P.P.; Reena Kumari, P.D.; Chakraborty, D.A new inhibitor, 6-bromo-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methylidene]imidazo [1,2-a]pyridine-2-carbohydrazide (DMPIP) was evaluated as a corrosion inhibitor for Mild Steel (MS) in 0.5 M HCl solution at 303–323 K using potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopic (EIS) techniques. Both the techniques confirmed an increase in inhibition efficiency with the concentration of DMPIP but decrease with temperature. The highest inhibitive action (96.7%) was registered at 303 K for 500 ppm of DMPIP concentration. Polarization study revealed mixed inhibition action by DMPIP. Nyquist plot obtained for MS using EIS technique showed two capacitive loops on addition of inhibitor to HCl solution confirmed the inhibitory action of DMPIP via adsorption at the metal/solution interface. The surface morphology analysis was carried out by SEM, EDX and FTIR techniques. The adsorption process was demonstrated using Langmuir's adsorption isotherm model. The thermodynamic parameters (?Goads, ?Hoads) indicated that the adsorption was spontaneous and done by physisorption. Further, quantum chemical studies using Density Functional Theory (DFT) elucidated that the formation of Fe-DMPIP complex presumably due to the interaction of protonated form of DMPIP with the empty d orbitals of the iron atom. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.