Expedient synthesis of novel pregnane-NSAIDs prodrugs, XRD, stereochemistry of their C-20 derivatives by circular dichroism, conformational analysis, their DFT and TD-DFT studies

• Compounds are well characterized with the help of 1H, 13C NMR, FT-IR, UV, ESI-MS.
• The structure of 3 has been established by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
• Absolute configuration of C-20 has been confirmed by circular dichroism.
• Molecular electrostatic potential surface helps to determine probable reaction path.
• All the synthesized compounds can be used as non-linear optical (NLO) material.

Four novel pregnane-NSAIDs prodrugs 3β-(2-(6-methoxynaphthalene-2yl) propionoxy)-16α-methoxy-pregn-5-ene-20-one (3), 16α-methoxy-pregn-5-ene-20-one-3yl-2(4-iso butyl phenyl) propanoate (4), 3β-(2-(6-methoxynaphthalene-2yl) propionoxy) 20-hydroxy-16α-methoxy-pregn-5-ene (5) and 20-hydroxy-16α-methoxy-pregn-5-ene-20-one-3yl-2(4-iso butyl phenyl) propanoate (6) have been synthesized. They were analyzed experimentally by spectroscopic techniques like 1H, 13C NMR, FT-IR, UV–visible spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and correlated by theoretical calculations. The structure and conformations of 3 was established by single crystal X-ray diffraction, which crystallized in orthorhombic form having P212121 space group. Absolute configuration of C-20 hydroxy derivatives 5 and 6 was established by circular dichroism (CD) analysis. Conformational analysis of 5 was carried out to determine the most stable conformation. The electronic properties, such as frontier orbitals, band gap energies, oscillator strength and wavelength have been calculated using time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). The vibrational wavenumbers have been calculated using DFT method and assigned with the help of potential energy distribution (PED). Global and local reactivity descriptors have been computed to predict reactivity and reactive sites in the molecule. First hyperpolarizability (β0) of synthesized compounds has been computed to evaluate non-linear optical (NLO) response. Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) for synthesized compounds have also been determined to check their electrophilic or nucleophilic reactivity as well as reaction path.

Molecular electrostatic potential surface analysis helps in identifying electrophilic and nucleophilic sites in the molecule as well as the most probable chemical reaction path. Molecular electrostatic potential surface were obtained at DFT/B3LYP using 6-31G (d,p) basis set.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide