A. Adams, A.R. Sharmin, A.M. Patwary, E.G. William, K.M. Royhana, M.M. Mahmud, M.A. Haque, J. Uddin, and K. Morshin
Coppin State University,
United States
Keywords: chemosensor, Hydrazone–hydrazide, fluorescence
Summary:
Hydrazone–hydrazide-based linkers perform a crucial role in environmental as well as biological fields. Such linkers are employed to detect exact metal ions at a minute level; hence, numerous probes are available. Even though thiophene-based molecules have a unique position in the medicinal arena, only very few chemo sensors are reported based on such a moiety. In this current work, a novel hydrazide–hydrazone-based fluorogenic molecule 5-bromo-2-hydroxy-N-[(1E)-1-(thiophen-2-yl) ethylidene]benzo hydrazide (L) has been successfully designed and synthesized. The sensing studies of L demonstrated a ratio metric as well as turn-on-enhanced fluorescence and colorimetric response toward Fe3+ and Cu2+ ions, respectively and it was observed to be insensitive toward various metal ions. The Job plots revealed that the binding stoichiometry of L and metal ions is 2:1. In addition, density functional theory (DFT) results strongly suggested that L can be used as a powerful colorimetric sensor for the detection of Cu2+ ions. In vitro antimicrobial activities of L were evaluated by disk diffusion and results revealed good antibacterial activities against E. coli. Further, molecular docking was executed with DNA gyrase (PDB ID: 1KZN) of E. coli and the calculated interaction energy value was found to be −7.7 kcal mol−1. Finally, molecular docking, fluorescence, colorimetry and the HOMO–LUMO energy gap of the compound can provide new insights into developing drugs and detecting metals in biomolecules.