Aurones: A Promising Heterocyclic Scaffold for the Development of Potent Antileishmanial Agents

Table 1

Energy calculation of selected energetically minimized aurones (kJ mol⁻¹).

Compound	Potential energy	Torsional energy
4a (Z-isomer)	88.08	−1.82
4a (E-isomer)	110.16	12.14
4d (Z-isomer)	107.57	13.54
4d (E-isomer)	117.81	13.18
4h (Z-isomer)	139.95	22.83
4h (E-isomer)	162.43	37.43
4i (Z-isomer)	132.81	0.76
4i (E-isomer)	169.79	38.41