Synthesis, crystal structures and docking studies of 2,7-diphenyl-1,4-diazepan-5-one derivatives.

Background: 1,4-Diazepine derivatives are the seven membered, nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring systems possessing a wide range of therapeutic applications. 1,4-Diazepines attracted the attention of chemists and druggists due to their biological and medicinal properties, such as antimicrobial, anti-HIV and anticancer activities. Herein, we report the preparation, crystal structure determined by X-ray crystallographic methods and docking of the molecules with the potential target protein NS5B RNA polymerase.

Fast Equilibrium in N-(Ethoxycarbonyl)-r-2,c-7-diphenylhexahydro-1,4-diazepin-5-ones in Flattened Boat Conformations.

The preferred conformations of three N-ethoxycarbonyl derivatives of r-2,c-7-diphenylhexahydro-1,4-diazepin-5-ones 9-11 have been studied using NMR spectral techniques. The N(1),N(4)-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)-r-2,c-7-diphenylhexahydro-1,4-diazepin-5-ones 9 and 10 were found to prefer flattened boat conformations with fast equilibrium between two N-CO rotamers while 4-(ethoxycarbonyl)-t-3-isopropyl-r-2,c-7-diphenylhexahydro-1,4-diazepin-5-one (11) was found to prefer a chair conformation with the N-COOEt group locked in one rotameric state. Dynamic (1)H NMR studies have been carried out on the N(1),N(4)-bis(ethoxycarbonyl) derivatives 9 and 10, and the barriers for the N-CO rotation were found to be 49.