M. N. Ahmed, Beenish Sadiq, N. Al-Masoudi
Mar 5, 2018
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Journal of Molecular Structure
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Abstract A new series of bis((5-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)thio)alkanes 4–14 have been synthesized via nucleophilic substitution reaction of dihaloalkanes with respective 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiols 3a-f, and characterized by spectroscopic techniques. The structures of 4 and 12 were unambiguously confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Density functional theory calculations at B3LYP/6-31 + G(d) level of theory were performed for comparison of X-ray geometric parameters, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) and frontier molecular orbital analyses of synthesized compounds. MEP analysis revealed that these compounds are nucleophilic in nature. Frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) analysis of 4–14 was performed for evaluation of kinetic stability. All synthesized compounds were screened in vitro for antimicrobial activity against three bacterial and three fungal strains and showed promising results.