Research Article

New Organotin (IV) Compounds Derived from Dehydroacetic Acid and Thiosemicarbazides: Synthesis, Rational Design, Cytotoxic Evaluation, and Molecular Docking Simulation

Table 6

Docking results of diorganotin (IV) derivatives 1a–1e, 2a–2e, and 3a–3e, and Cisplatin with A B-DNA dodecamer.

CompoundBinding energy ΔG (kcal/mol)DNA residues interacting with the ligandPolar interactionsHydrophobic interactions

Cis-platin−7.18DC21N-H·····O (DC21)π –alkyl
DG22

1a−7.57DG4, DA6, DC21, DG22, DC23S······H-N (DG4)
S-H·····O (DC21)
S·····H-N (DG22)
N-H·····N (DG22)
N-H·····O (DC23)
π -alkyl
DA6

1b−7.07DG4, DA6, DT20, DC21, DG22, DC23S······H-N (DG4)
S-H······O (DC21)
S······H-N (DG22)
N-H······N (DG22)
N-H······O (DC23)
π -alkyl
DA6, DT20

1c−8.46DC3, DG4, DA5N-H······O (DC3)
N-H······O (DG4)
S-H······O (DA5)

1d−9.23DG4, DC23, DG24S-H······O (DC23)
N-H······O (DC23)
N-H······O (DG24)
π -alkyl
DG4

1e−8.24DG22, DC23, DG24S······H-N (DG22)
N-H······O (DC23)
N-H······O (DG24)

2a−7.91DG4, DA5, DA6, DC21, DG22, DC23O······H-N (DG4)
O······H-C (DC23)
π -alkyl
DA5, DA6, DC21, DG22, DC23

2b−7.51DG22, DC23, DG24N-H······C (DC23)
N-H······C (DG24)
N-H······O (DG24)
π -alkyl
DG22, DC23

2c−8.68DG4, DG24N-H······O (DG4)
O······H-C (DG24)

2d−9.07DA5, DG22, DC23O······H-C (DA5)
S······H-N (DG22)
N-H······O (DC23)
S-H······O (DC23)

2e−8.98DG4, DA5, DC21, DG22, DC23S······H-N (DA5)
C-H······O (DC23)
π -alkyl
DG22

3a−8.86DG4, DA5, DA6, DC23N-H······N (DG4)
N-H······N (DA5)
S······H-N (DA5)
S-H······O (DA6)
π - π T-shaped
DG4
π -anion
DC23

3b−8.11DG4, DA5, DG22N-H······N (DA5)
S-H······O (DG22)
π -alkyl
DG4, DG22

3c−9.92DA5, DC21S-H······O (DA5)
N-H······O (DC21)

3d−10.12DA6, DG22, DC23N-H······O (DA6)π -alkyl
DG22, DC23

3e−9.29DC3, DG4, DA5, DG24N-H······O (DC3)
S-H······O (DG4)
N-H······O (DG4)
S-H······O (DA5)
O······H-C (DG24)
π -sigma
DC3
π-πT-shaped
DC3

The bold values correspond to intermolecular hydrophobic interactions between the organotin complexes and DNA nucleotides.