Synthesis and In-Vitro/Silico Evaluation of Fluorinated Chalcones

The methodologies detail the steps for synthesizing a series of chalcones using a protic solvent and 4-fluoro-3-methylacetophenone (FMAA) along with substituted benzaldehydes. In the current investigation, we synthesized chalcone and tested in-silico and in-vitro evaluation. Tested in-vitro studies of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for antimicrobial and antifungal activity using the disc-diffusion method. In-silicon study of all synthesized derivatives results demonstrated a good binding affinity with the target microorganism proteins, with some compounds displaying the best binding affinity, according to in-vitro research. When compound 1C interacted with the protein Glutaredoxin, it had a -5.43 Kcal/mol affinity. The best binding energies with the proteins UDP-3-O-[3-hydroxymyristoyl] N-acetyl glucosamine deacetylase, DNA gyrase, and dihydrofolate reductase were demonstrated by compound 1D, which has -6.3 Kcal/mol, -5.62 Kcal/mol, and -6.55 Kcal/mol, respectively.