Density functional theory calculations and molecular docking of 2-phenylbenzimidazoles with estrogen receptor for quantitative structure–activity relationship studies Scientific paper
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Benzimidazole derivatives, especially 2-phenylbenzimidazole with various substituents on the C-5, C-2 and C-6 positions, are so important in pharmaceutical chemistry. Multiple linear regression was applied to predict the activity of 27 novel 2-phenylbenzimidazole derivatives as anticancer agents. At first, we made an effort to create a QSAR model for a selected series of novel 2-phenylbenzimidazole with density functional theory and molecular docking descriptors. Then, we tried to investigate the nature of the interactions between 2-phenylbenzimidazole derivatives and the estrogen receptor using the molecular docking method. Six descriptors of MATS4e, GATS5e, R6v, R1v+, dipole moment, and torsional free energy were selected for modelling. Due to docking results, increase in the binding energy, and decrease in the dipole moment could increase inhibitor activity.
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