Evaluation of contribution of different molecular fragments on antibacterial activity of Schiff bases of indole-3-aldehyde based on QSAR study
The paper describes the QSAR analysis of a series of 22 Schiff bases of indole-3-aldehyde employing the Hansch approach. Various physicochemical and steric parameters were calculated using the Chem 3D package of molecular modeling Software Chemoffice 2004. QSAR models were generated employing the sequential multiple regression method. Models were validated using leave-one-out and bootstrapping methods. Results obtained show that dipole–dipole energy, LUMO, and total energy play an important role, as their positive contribution is seen in the models. Findings of the present study reveal that substituents that cause increase in flexibility, a decrease in polarity, and electron withdrawing in nature are favorable for antibacterial activity of Schiff bases.