Abstract
Benzocaine is known for its antibacterial, anticancer, antitumor, and antifungal properties. Herein, a series of three new Schiff bases is synthesized by reacting benzocaine with salicylaldehyde (E4AS), 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (E4ADH), and 5-chlorosalicylaldehyde (E4ACl). These benzocaine-based Schiff bases were characterized by a variety of spectroscopic methods, including FTIR, NMR, (1H and 13C), and elemental analysis (CHN). Additionally, the single crystal X-ray diffraction method was used to reveal the molecular structures of the derivatives. Solid-state X-ray crystal structures of E4AS and E4ACl adopted enol tautomeric form, whereas keto-tautomeric form was found in E4ADH. The supramolecular assembly of the compounds was probed by Hirshfeld surface analysis. The void analysis was executed to predict the mechanical response of the compounds. Additionally, UV–Vis spectroscopy and molecular docking practices were used to look into the DNA binding abilities of the benzocaine-based Schiff bases. The geometries of the molecules were fully optimized and studied for their electronic structural properties of respective compounds. The frontier molecular orbitals and molecular electrostatic potentials were studied to predict the properties of molecules. The study provides molecular-level intuitions into the synthesis and prospective uses of these Schiff bases in the arena of general and medicinal chemistry.
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig1_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig2_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig3_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig4_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig5_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig6_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig7_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig8_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig9_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig10_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig11_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Fig12_HTML.png)
![](http://media.springernature.com/m312/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13369-024-08934-6/MediaObjects/13369_2024_8934_Sch1_HTML.png)
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Ling, J.; Kavuru, P.; Wojtas, L.; Chadwick, K.: Acta Crystallogr. E Crystallogr. Commun. 72, 951–954 (2016)
Al-Samadani, K.H.; Gazal, G.: Saudi Med. J. 36, 1342–1347 (2015)
Babu, M.N.; Lalita, S.; Madhavan, V.: Int. J. ChemTech Res. 4, 903–909 (2012)
Uglea, C.; Parv, A.; Corjan, M.; Dumitriu, A.; Ottenbrite, R.: Rev. Chim. 57, 16–20 (2006)
Khair-ul-Bariyah, S.; Arshad, M.; Ali, M.; Din, M.I.; Sharif, A.; Ahmed, E.: Mini Rev. Med. Chem. 20, 3–11 (2020)
Shahzad Munawar, K.; Ali, S.; Ashfaq, M.; Nawaz Tahir, M.; Muhammad, S.; Alarfaji, S.S.; Ahmed, G.; Al-Sehemi, A.G.: ChemistrySelect 7(43), e202203015 (2022)
Munawar, K.S.; Ali, S.; Muhammad, S.; Ashfaq, M.; Abbas, S.M.; Tahir, M.N.; Siddeeg, S.M.; Ahmed, G.: J. Mol. Struct. 1274(2), 134427 (2023)
Rafiq, M.; Khalid, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Ahmad, M.U.; Khan, M.U.; Naseer, M.M.; Braga, A.A.C.; Muhammad, S.; Shafiq, Z.: Appl. Organomet. Chem. 33, e5182 (2019)
Ashfaq, M.; Ali, A.; Tahir, M.N.; Khalid, M.; Assiri, M.A.; Imran, M.; Munawar, K.S.; Habiba, U.: Chem. Phys. Lett. 803, 139843 (2022)
Kargar, H.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Munawar, K.S.; Tahir, M.N.; Behjatmanesh-Ardakani, R.; Amiri Rudbari, H.; AdabiArdakani, A.; Sedighi-Khavidak, S.: J. Coord. Chem. 74(16), 2720–2740 (2021)
Kargar, H.; Ardakani, A.A.; Tahir, M.N.; Ashfaq, M.; Munawar, K.S.: J. Mol. Struct. 1229, 129842 (2021)
Kargar, H.; Moghadam, M.; Shariati, L.; Feizi, N.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Behjatmanesh-Ardakani, R.; Munawar, K.S.: J. Mol. Struct. 1257, 132608 (2022)
Rauf, A.; Shah, A.; Munawar, K.S.; Ali, S.; Tahir, M.N.; Javed, M.; Khan, A.M.: Arab. J. Chem. 13(1), 1130–1141 (2020)
Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Kargar, H.; Behjatmanesh-Ardakani, R.; Ashfaq, M.; Munawar, K.S.; Tahir, M.N.: J. Mol. Struct. 1251, 132037 (2022)
Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Kargar, H.; Munawar, K.S.: Inorganica Chim. Acta. 560, 121835 (2024)
Tigineh, G.T.; Wen, Y.-S.; Liu, L.-K.: Tetrahedron 71, 170–175 (2015)
Kargar, H.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Munawar, K.S.: Coord. Chem. Rev. 501, 215587 (2024)
Miyazaki, M.; Nakabo, A.; Nagano, Y.; Nagamura, Y.; Yanagihara, K.; Ohki, R.; Nakamura, Y.; Fukami, K.; Kawamoto, J.; Umayahara, K.; Sakamoto, M.; Iwaya, K.; Yamaguchi, H.: Cancer Lett. 553, 215983 (2023)
Rashid, M.; Khalid, M.; Ashraf, A.; Saleem, T.; Shafiq, I.; Shakil, M.A.; Zainab, B.; El-kott, A.F.; Yaqub, M.; Shafiq, Z.: RSC Adv. 13, 32160–32174 (2023)
Altenburg, A.; El-Haj, N.; Micheli, C.; Puttkammer, M.; Abdel-Naser, M.B.; Zouboulis, C.C.: Dtsch. Arztebl. Int. 111, 665–673 (2014)
before Treatment, O.A.: J. Can. Dent. Assoc. 69(9), 585–590 (2003)
Prasad, S.R.; Saraswathy, T.; Niraimathi, V.; Indhumathi, B.: Int J Pharm Pharm Sci 4, 285–287 (2012)
Ahmed, N.; Zareen, W.; Shafiq, Z.; de Alcântara Morais, S.F.; Khalid, M.; Braga, A.A.; Munawar, K.S.; Yong, Y.: Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 5(286), 121964 (2023)
Munawar, K.S.; Ali, S.; Rauf, A.; Bibi, S.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; urRehman, S.; Rasool, L.: J. Iran. Chem. Soc. 9(9), 3845–3860 (2022)
Ashfaq, M.; Ali, A.; Tahir, M.N.; Kuznetsov, A.; Munawar, K.S.; Muhammad, S.: J. Mol. Struct. 1262, 133088 (2022)
Shehnaz, S.W.A.; Ashraf, A.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Niaz, S.: Appl. Organomet. Chem. 37(6), e7077 (2023)
Khalid, M.; Shafiq, I.; Mahmood, K.; Hussain, R.; Ur Rehman, M.F.; Assiri, M.A.; Imran, M.; Akram, M.S.: Sci. Rep. 13(1), 1395 (2023)
Khalid, M.; Khan, M.; Shafiq, I.; Mahmood, K.; Akhtar, M.N.; Iqbal, J.; Al-Sadoon, M.K.; Zaman, W.; Braga, A.A.: Heliyon 9(2), e13033 (2023)
Khalid, M.; Ahmed, R.; Shafiq, I.; Arshad, M.; Asghar, M.A.; Munawar, K.S.; Imran, M.; Braga, A.A.: Sci. Rep. 12(1), 20148 (2022)
Shafiq, I.; Amanat, I.; Khalid, M.; Asghar, M.A.; Baby, R.; Ahmed, S.; Alshehri, S.M.: Synth. Met. 297, 117410 (2023)
Arshad, M.N.; Shafiq, I.; Khalid, M.; Asiri, A.M.: ACS Omega 7, 11606–11617 (2022)
Ashfaq, M.; Khalid, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Ali, A.; Arshad, M.N.; Asiri, A.M.: ACS Omega 7, 9867–9878 (2022)
Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Muhammad, S.; Munawar, K.S.; Ali, S.; Ahmed, G.; Al-Sehemi, A.G.; Alarfaji, S.S.; Ibraheem Khan, M.E.: ACS Omega 7(6), 5217–5230 (2022)
Kargar, H.; Behjatmanesh-Ardakani, R.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Torabi, V.; Munawar, K.S.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.: J. Mol. Struct. 1233, 130105 (2021)
Tahir, M.N.; Munawar, K.S.; Feizi-Dehnayebi, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Muhammed, M.E.: J. Mol. Struct. 1297, 136956 (2024)
Siddiqui, W.A.; Raza, M.A.; Ashraf, A.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Niaz, S.: J. Mol. Struct. 1295, 136603 (2024)
Kargar, H.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Moghadam, M.; Omidvar, A.; Zare-Mehrjardi, H.R.; Dege, N.; Ashfaq, M.; Munawar, K.S.; Tahir, M.N.: Polyhedron 249, 116754 (2024)
Arod, F.; Pattison, P.; Schenk, K.J.; Chapuis, G.: Cryst. Growth Des. 7, 1679–1685 (2007)
Sliwa, M.; Létard, S.; Malfant, I.; Nierlich, M.; Lacroix, P.G.; Asahi, T.; Masuhara, H.; Yu, P.; Nakatani, K.: Chem. Mater. 17, 4727–4735 (2005)
Spackman, P.R.; Turner, M.J.; McKinnon, J.J.; Wolff, S.K.; Grimwood, D.J.; Jayatilaka, D.; Spackman, M.A.: J. Appl. Crystallogr. 54, 1006–1011 (2021)
Tahir, M.N.; Ali, A.; Khalid, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Naveed, M.; Murtaza, S.; Shafiq, I.; Asghar, M.A.; Orfali, R.; Perveen, S.: Molecules 28, 2967 (2023)
Khalid, M.; Ali, A.; Adeel, M.; Din, Z.U.; Tahir, M.N.; Rodrigues-Filho, E.; Iqbal, J.; Khan, M.U.: J. Mol. Struct. 1206, 127755 (2020)
Inac, H.; Ashfaq, M.; Dege, N.; Feizi-Dehnayebi, M.; Munawar, K.S.; Yağcı, N.K.; Çınar, E.P.; Tahir, M.N.: J. Mol. Struct. 1295, 136751 (2024)
Spackman, M.A.; Jayatilaka, D.: Cryst. Eng. Comm. 11, 19–32 (2009)
Malik, H.; Akhter, Z.; Shahbaz, M.; Yousuf, S.; Munawar, K.S.; Muhammad, S.; Qamar, S.; Abbas, A.; Ashfaq, M.; Ahmad, T.: J. Mol. Struct. 1270, 133867 (2022)
Madni, M.; Ahmed, M.N.; Abbasi, G.; Hameed, S.; Ibrahim, M.A.A.; Tahir, M.N.; Ashfaq, M.; Gil, D.M.; Gomila, R.M.; Frontera, A.: ChemistrySelect 7, e202202287 (2022)
Faihan, A.S.; Aziz, N.M.; Ashfaq, M.; Hassan, W.M.I.; Al-Jibori, S.A.; Al-Janabi, A.S.; Tahir, M.N.; Al-barwari, A.S.M.O.: J. Mol. Struct. 1270, 133985 (2022)
Ali, A.; Din, Z.U.; Ibrahim, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Muhammad, S.; Gull, D.; Tahir, M.N.; Rodrigues-Filho, E.; Al-Sehemi, A.G.; Suleman, M.: RSC Adv. 13, 4476–4494 (2023)
Masood, S.; Babar, U.M.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Zafar, M.N.: New J. Chem. 47(47), 21845–21853 (2023)
McKinnon, J.J.; Jayatilaka, D.; Spackman, M.A.: Chem. Comm. 37, 3814–3816 (2007)
Andleeb, H.; Danish, L.; Munawar, S.; Ahmed, M.N.; Khan, I.; Ali, H.S.; Tahir, M.N.; Simpson, J.; Hameed, S.: J. Mol. Struct. 1235, 130223 (2021)
Khan, B.A.; Hamdani, S.S.; Ahmed, M.N.; Hameed, S.; Ashfaq, M.; Shawky, A.M.; Ibrahim, M.A.A.; Sidhom, P.A.: J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem. 37, 1464–1478 (2022)
Kargar, H.; Ashfaq, M.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Behjatmanesh-Ardakani, R.; Munawar, K.S.; Tahir, M.N.: J. Mol. Struct. 1265, 133381 (2022)
Kargar, H.; Fallah-Mehrjardi, M.; Behjatmanesh-Ardakani, R.; Bahadori, M.; Moghadam, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Munawar, K.S.; Tahir, M.N.: Inorg. Chem. Commun. 142, 109697 (2022)
Iqbal, Y.; Haroon, M.; Akhtar, T.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Rasheed, L.; Yousuf, M.; Zia, M.A.: J. Mol. Struct. 1267, 133620 (2022)
Kurbanova, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Sadigova, A.; Maharramov, A.; Tahir, M.N.: J. Struct. Chem. 64, 2137–2147 (2023)
Jelsch, C.; Ejsmont, K.; Huder, L.: IUCrJ 1, 119–128 (2014)
Askerov, R.K.; Ashfaq, M.; Chipinsky, E.V.; Osmanov, V.K.; Tahir, M.N.; Baranov, E.V.; Fukin, G.K.; Khrustalev, V.N.; Nazarov, R.H.; Borisova, G.N.; Matsulevich, Z.V.; Maharramov, A.M.; Borisov, A.V.: Results Chem. 4, 100600 (2022)
Turner, M.J.; McKinnon, J.J.; Jayatilaka, D.; Spackman, M.A.: CrystEngComm 13, 1804–1813 (2011)
Ali, A.; Ashfaq, M.; Din, Z.U.; Ibrahim, M.; Khalid, M.; Assiri, M.A.; Riaz, A.; Tahir, M.N.; Rodrigues-Filho, E.; Imran, M.; Kuznetsov, A.: ACS Omega 7, 39294–39309 (2022)
Kurbanova, M.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Maharramov, A.; Dege, N.; Ramazanzade, N.; Cinar, E.B.: J. Struct. Chem. 64, 437–449 (2023)
Simsek, O.; Ashfaq, M.; Tahir, M.N.; Ozturk, S.; Agar, E.: J. Struct. Chem. 64, 942–953 (2023)
Shabbir, M.; Akhter, Z.; Ahmad, I.; Ahmed, S.; Shafiq, M.; Mirza, B.; McKee, V.; Munawar, K.S.; Ashraf, A.R.: J. Mol. Struct. 1118, 250–258 (2016)
Boulechfar, C.; Ferkous, H.; Delimi, A.; Djedouani, A.; Kahlouche, A.; Boublia, A.; Darwish, A.S.; Lemaoui, T.; Verma, R.; Benguerba, Y.: Inorg. Chem. Commun. 150, 110451 (2023)
Gottlieb, H.E.; Kotlyar, V.; Nudelman, A.: J. Org. Chem. 62, 7512–7515 (1997)
Filarowski, A.; Koll, A.; Głowiak, T.: J. Mol. Struct. 644, 187–195 (2003)
Fulmer, G.R.; Miller, A.J.M.; Sherden, N.H.; Gottlieb, H.E.; Nudelman, A.; Stoltz, B.M.; Bercaw, J.E.; Goldberg, K.I.: Organometallics 29, 2176–2179 (2010)
Chaires, J.B.: Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 453, 26–31 (2006)
Shafiq, I.; Khalid, M.; Asghar, M.A.; Adeel, M.; urRehman, M.F.; Syed, A.; Bahkali, A.H.; Elgorban, A.M.; Akram, M.S.: J. Mater. Res. Technol. 24, 1882–1896 (2023)
Shafiq, I.; Khalid, M.; Muneer, M.; Asghar, M.A.; Baby, R.; Ahmed, S.; Ahamad, T.; de Alcântara Morais, S.F.; Braga, A.A.: The impact of structural modifications into benzodithiophene compounds on electronic and optical properties for organic solar cells. Mater. Chem. Phys. 308, 128154 (2023)
Sheldrick, G.M.: Acta Crystallogr. Sect. A Found. Adv. 71, 3–8 (2015)
Sheldrick, G.M.: Acta Crystallogr. C Struct. Chem. 71, 3–8 (2015)
Farrugia, L.J.: J. Appl. Crystallogr. 45, 849–854 (2012)
Spek, A.L.: Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 65, 148–155 (2009)
Macrae, C.F.; Sovago, I.; Cottrell, S.J.; Galek, P.T.; McCabe, P.; Pidcock, E.; Platings, M.; Shields, G.P.; Stevens, J.S.; Towler, M.: J. Appl. Crystallogr. 53, 226–235 (2020)
Munawar, K.S.; Ali, S.; Tahir, M.N.; Khalid, N.; Abbas, Q.; Qureshi, I.Z.; Hussain, S.; Ashfaq, M.: J. Coord. Chem. 73, 2275–2300 (2020)
Javed, F.; Ali, S.; Shahzadi, S.; Sharma, S.; Qanungo, K.; Munawar, K.; Khan, I.: Russ. J. Gen. Chem. 87, 2409–2420 (2017)
Frisch, M.; Trucks, G.; Schlegel, H.; Scuseria, G.; Robb, M.; Cheeseman, J.; Scalmani, G.; Barone, V.; Petersson, G.; Nakatsuji, H.: Revision A 3, 310 (2016)
Seeliger, D.; de Groot, B.L.: J. Comput. Aided Mol. Des. 24, 417–422 (2010)
Morris, G.M.; Huey, R.; Lindstrom, W.; Sanner, M.F.; Belew, R.K.; Goodsell, D.S.; Olson, A.J.: J. Comput. Chem. 30, 2785–2791 (2009)
D. S. Biovia, San Diego, CA, USA, 2017, 936.
Acknowledgements
The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding the work through group Research Project under grant number GRP/95/44. Khurram Shahzad Munawar, is highly grateful to the Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) for sponsoring this research work.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Contributions
Conceptualization was contributed by KSM and SA; methodology was contributed by KSM and SH; software was contributed by MNT and SM; data collection, structure solution, refinement, validation were contributed by KSM, MNT, AA, and SM; formal analysis was contributed by KSM and SMA; investigation was contributed by KSM; resources was contributed by KSM and SA; data curation was contributed by KSM; writing—original draft preparation, was contributed by KSM; writing—review and editing, was contributed by KSM and SA; visualization was contributed by SMA; supervision was contributed by SA; project administration was contributed by SA.
Corresponding authors
Ethics declarations
Conflict of interest
No conflicts of interest need to be disclosed.
Supplementary Information
Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.
Rights and permissions
Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
About this article
Cite this article
Munawar, K.S., Ali, S., Muhammad, S. et al. A Dual Methodology Comprising Experimental and Theoretical Techniques to Study the Synthesis, Characterization, and Supramolecular Assembly of Schiff Bases Derived from Benzocaine. Arab J Sci Eng 49, 9649–9665 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-08934-6
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-08934-6