Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition Properties and Docking Studies of Compounds Based on 6-Hydrazinyl-1,3,4-Trimethyl-1H-Pyrazolo[3,4-b]Pyridine

Abstract

New compounds based on 6-hydrazinyl-1,3,4-trimethyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine (3a and 3b) were synthesized and characterized by FTIR and 1H/13C NMR spectroscopic methods and their in vitro acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition studies were evaluated. Compound 3b (IC50 value 104.4 µM) exhibited stronger AChE inhibitory activity than the reference galantamine compound (IC50 value 139.4 µM). Molecular docking studies were performed to determine the key interactions and possible binding modes between AChE of compounds. The most active one, 3b, showed a binding affinity of -10.28 kcal/mol.

Keywords

• Synthesis
• AChE inhibition
• Docking

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