Planejamento, síntese e avaliação dos derivados da edaravona quanto à atividade antioxidante

Abstract

Edaravone is a commercial drug released on the Japanese Market, indicated in the treatment and prevention of ischemic stroke. Its action is due to its scavenger properties of free radical released in the ischemia. However, its use may lead to a kidney toxic effect. Therefore, in this work, a new bioisostere derivative from Edaravone was proposed, by the change of a pyrazolone ring for an indolone. Antioxidant properties was determined through computational methods. Calculations were undertaken in the software Gaussian, through the B3LYP method, with the set of bases 6-31G (d, p). Antioxidant activity was predicted from HOMO, LUMO, Gap, Ionization potential (IP) and Bond dissociation energy (BDE). Results indicate analogous compounds showed higher ClogP values compared to Edaravone, which means higher facility to pass through biological barriers, with higher liposoluble properties. Edaravone derivative, called Imidazone, also showed higher antioxidant potential than Edaravone. Methyl group in second position of heterocyclic ring was essential to more stable resonance structures formation to semiquinone form. All new derivatives proposed were extremely promising with antioxidant capacity superior to Edaravone.