Structural, Hirshfeld surface and in vitro cytotoxicity evaluation of five new N-aryl-N’-alkoxycarbonyl thiocarbamide derivatives

Five new compounds, N-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl)-N’-(methoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (1), N-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl)-N’-(ethoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (2), N-(2, 4-dichlorophenyl)-N’-(2, 2, 2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (3), N-(2,4-dichlrophenyl)-N’-(pentoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (4) and N-(4-nitrophenyl)-N’-(pentoxycarbonyl) thiocarbamide (5), have been synthesized by the reaction of various alkoxy chloroformates with 2, 4-dichloroaniline/4-nitroaniline.The molecular structures of the compounds were elucidated by using spectroscopic methods (FT-IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR) and single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of compounds 2 and 5. Antiperiplanar orientation of C = O and C = S group across C–N bonds of thiocarbamide core may be due to the presence of intramolecular (N–H···O–C) hydrogen bond in the crystal structure of both the compounds. The presence of intermolecular interactions (C–H···S, C–H···O and N–H···S) in the molecular structure of the compounds has been studied in detail using Hirshfeld surfaces and their associated two-dimensional fingerprint plots. In vitro cytotoxicity screening of the synthesized compounds evaluated on a panel of seven human cancer cell lines (cervical carcinoma (2008, C13*), colorectal (HT29 and HCT116) and ovarian carcinoma (A2780, A2780/CP and IGROV-1)) demonstrated significant inhibitory properties.