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10-methoxy dibenzo[b,h][1,6]naphthyridine carboxylic acid was successfully synthesized from 3-methoxyaniline by a new route. By utilizing a structure-based epharmacophore developed from the active site of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1, a series of nine novel 10-methoxy dibenzo[b,h][1,6]naphthyridinecarboxamides was synthesized and characterized by different spectral techniques. Three of them are found to be active by screening against A549 cell line and showed significant anticancer activity when compared to a marketed lung cancer drug, pemetrexed. The molecular docking and in silico pharmacokinetic predictions provide detailed understanding for utilizing the dibenzo[b,h][1,6]naphthyridine scaffold in future drug discovery and development of PDK1 inhibitors.

A series of six novel 1-(7,7-dimethyl-2-morpholino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinazolin-4-yl)piperidine-4-carboxamide derivatives has been synthesized and characterized using various spectral techniques (1H and 13C NMR, LCMS, IR). The antibacterial activities of these compounds have been screened against nine different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. The results show that quinazoline derivatives containing thiazole ring 2a and 2b exhibit good antibacterial activity amongst the compounds under investigation.

A series of new 6,6-dimethyl-9-oxo-4,5,6,7,8,9-hexahydropyrazolo[5,1-b]quinazoline substituted benzenesulfonohydrazide and 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives has been synthesised and characterised using spectral techniques. The antiviral activity of these compounds against an avian paramyxovirus (APMV-1) has been screened and the results show that some of the compounds possess good antiviral activity

The coordination geometry around copper(II) in [Cu(imda)(phen)(H2O)] (1) (H2imda = iminodiacetic acid, phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) is described as distorted octahedral while those in [Cu(imda)(5,6-dmp)] (2) (5,6-dmp = 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) and [Cu(imda)(dpq)] (3) (dpq = dipyrido-[3,2-d:2′,3′-f]-quinoxaline) as trigonal bipyramidal distorted square-based pyramidal with the imda anion facially coordinated to copper(II). Absorption spectral (Kb: 1, 0.60 ± 0.04 × 103; 2, 3.9 ± 0.3 × 103; 3, 1.7 ± 0.5 × 104 M−1) and thermal denaturation studies (ΔTm: 1, 5.70 ± 0.05; 2, 5.5 ± 10; 3, 10.6 ± 10 °C) and viscosity measurements indicate that 3 interacts with calf thymus DNA more strongly than 1 and 2. The relative viscosities of DNA bound to 1 and 3 increase while that of DNA bound to 2 decreases indicating formation of kinks or bends and/or conversion of B to A conformation as revealed by the decrease in intensity of the helicity band in the circular dichroism spectrum of DNA. While 1 and 3 are bound to DNA through partial intercalation, respectively, of phen ring and the extended planar ring of dpq with DNA base stack, the complex 2 is involved in groove binding. All the complexes show cleavage of pBR322 supercoiled DNA in the presence of ascorbic acid with the cleavage efficiency varying in the order 3 > 1 > 2. The highest oxidative DNA cleavage of dpq complex is ascribed to its highest Cu(II)/Cu(I) redox potential. Oxidative cleavage studies using distamycin reveal minor groove binding for the dpq complex but a major groove binding for the phen and 5,6-dmp complexes. Also, all the complexes show hydrolytic DNA cleavage activity in the absence of light or a reducing agent with cleavage efficiency varying in the order 1 > 3 > 2.