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This study evaluates the effects of previously synthesized hydrazinyldiene-chroman-2,4-diones on cell proliferation and apoptosis, cell cycle distribution and migration capacity of MCF-7 breast cancer cells in synergy with doxorubicin. Physicochemical properties of the synthesized compounds were correlated with their structure and activity. Significant cell viability decrease in comparison with the effect of doxorubicin alone and the reference 4-hydroxycoumarin was observed when combination treatment comprising doxorubicin and the title compounds was applied. Synergistic effect with doxorubicin was also observed in down-regulation of phospho-Thr308Akt levels, confirming reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis. Combined treatment increased the percentage of cells arrested at the G2/M stage. Additive inhibition of cell migration was also observed, pointing to the possibility of reducing the risk of metastases. With their solubility profile and log D7.4, all the synthesized compounds follow Lipinski’s rule of five for good permeability (absorption) potential.

The study highlights the current progress in the development of coumarin scaffolds for drug discovery as novel anticancer agents in metastatic breast cancer. Eight compounds, combining the coumarin core and five membered heterocycles (isoxazoles and thiazoles) in hydrazinyldiene- -chroman-2,4-diones, were characterized in terms of a potential antiproliferative effect on bone (SCP1833) and lung (SCP4175) metastatic breast cancer cell lines using the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. Cell viability was evaluated after 48 and 72 h of treatment and the 50 % inhibitory concentrations were determined. The results demonstrated dose- and time-dependent activity, with the most potent molecules having a thiazole moiety, without or with additional methyl group(s) attached to the carbon(s) at position(s) 5 and/or 4 in the thiazole ring. These molecules possessed significantly higher potency against both test cell lines compared to 4-hydroxycoumarin

Ciprofloxacin is a widely used fluoroquinolone antibiotic. In this work, a comprehensive evaluation of MP2 and DFT with different functionals and basis sets was carried out to select the most suitable level of theory for the study of the NMR properties of ciprofloxacin. Their relative predictive capabilities were evaluated comparing the theoretically predicted and experimental spectral data. Our computational results indicated that in contrast to the solid state, the molecule of ciprofloxacin does not exist as a zwitterion in gaseous state. The results of the calculations of the chemical shifts most close to the experimental were obtained with B3LYP/aug‐cc‐pVDZ. The F–C coupling constants were calculated systematically with different DFT methods and several basis sets. In general, the calculations of the coupling constants with the BHandH computational method including the applied in this work 6‐311++G**, EPRII, and EPRIII basis sets showed a good reproducibility of the experimental values of the coupling constants. The structure and NMR parameters of ciprofloxacin were calculated with different functionals and basis sets. Most close to the experimental were the chemical shifts obtained with B3LYP/aug‐cc‐pVDZ. The calculations with the BHandH computational method and 6‐311++G**, EPRII, and EPRIII basis sets showed a good reproducibility of the experimental coupling constants. In contrast to the solid state, the molecule ciprofloxacin does not exist as a zwitterion in gaseous state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study which examined the solubility of norfloxacin derivatives in water and phosphate buffer solution, as well as the acid dissociation values.

The article discusses a study which examined the chemical structure of various derivatives of norfloxacin.

The article focuses on a study which evaluates the distribution coefficients (logD) of novel coumarin derivatives in three pH environments.

A study which evaluated the possibility of applying spectroscopic techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy in the characterization of extracts from the pericarp, placenta, seeds and stalk of red hot pepper is presented.

In this paper, the synthesis and structure of a novel pyrano[3,2-c]coumarin, which was obtained unexpectedly in a reaction of phosphoryl chloride and acenocoumarol, are presented. The chemical structure of the novel compound was elucidated by a detailed spectroscopic analysis based mainly on 1D and 2D NMR techniques. The structure was inally conirmed with a single-crystal X-ray analysis. The B3LYP/6- 311+G** method correctly reproduces the bond lengths, bond angles, torsion angles, and other experimental spectroscopic data, which can be useful for investigating the characteristics of some structurally related molecules. Additionally, the title compound was obtained in high yields by performing a dehydratation reaction of acenocuomarol with acetic anhydride. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study evaluates the effects of previously synthesized hydrazinyldiene-chroman-2,4-diones on cell proliferation and apoptosis, cell cycle distribution and migration capacity of MCF-7 breast cancer cells in synergy with doxorubicin. Physicochemical properties of the synthesized compounds were correlated with their structure and activity. Significant cell viability decrease in comparison with the effect of doxorubicin alone and the reference 4-hydroxycoumarin was observed when combination treatment comprising doxorubicin and the title compounds was applied. Synergistic effect with doxorubicin was also observed in down-regulation of phospho-Thr308Akt levels, confirming reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis. Combined treatment increased the percentage of cells arrested at the G2/M stage. Additive inhibition of cell migration was also observed, pointing to the possibility of reducing the risk of metastases. With their solubility profile and log D7.4, all the synthesized compounds follow Lipinski's rule of five for good permeability (absorption) potential.