DFT Studies and Quantum Chemical Calculations of Benzoyl Thiourea Derivatives Linked with Morpholine and Piperidine for the Evaluation of Antifungal Activity

Abstract

Herein, we report the density functional study of benzoyl thiourea derivatives linked to morpholine and piperidine to evaluate their antifungal activity. Overall six compounds BTP 1-3 and BTM 4-6 were optimized with DFT using the B3LYP method with 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The molecular geometry, bond lengths, bond angles, atomic charges and HOMO-LUMO energy gap have been investigated. The structural parameters have been compared with the reported experimental results and structure- antifungal activity relationship is explored in details. The calculated results from DFT were discussed using all Quantum chemical parameters of the compounds. Introduction: Benzoyl thiourea derivatives linked with morpholine and piperidine were reported to have good antifungal activity. Objective: To find the correlations between the quantum chemical calculations and the antifungal activity for the benzoyl thiourea derivatives linked with morpholine and piperidine. Method: Optimization was carried out with DFT using B3LYP method utilizing 6-31G(d,p) basis set. Results: A good correlation between the quantum chemical calculations and the antifungal activity for the benzoyl thiourea derivatives linked with morpholine and piperidine was found. Conclusion: The DFT study of benzoyl thiourea derivatives linked to morpholine and piperidine was evaluated for their antifungal activity and it showed good correlations of activity with the quantum chemical parameters.