Novel isoniazid-spirooxindole derivatives: design, synthesis, biological evaluation, in silico ADMET prediction and computational studies

Abstract In the present scenario, the Synthesis of new and desired antimycobacterial agent has an eternal demand to resist Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). The design and identification of new molecules for the treatment of tuberculosis is an important task in organic as well as medicinal chemistry research. In the present study, we have reported the combination of the desired compound using two versatile and significant moieties, isoniazid and spirooxindole derivatives. A series of novel isoniazid-spirooxindole hybrid molecules (6a-6ao) were designed, synthesized, and well-characterized by various spectroscopic methods. We have evaluated for their in vitro antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB) strain and MDR-TB. Among them, Compound 6ab was found to be the most effective compare to other compounds. ADMET-related descriptors were to be calculated of all the compounds to predict the pharmacokinetic properties for the selection of the effective and bioavailable compounds. In addition, molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies reveal that the binding modes of all the compounds in the active site of isoniazid-resistant enoyl-ACP(COA) reductase, which helped to establish a structural basis of inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.