Click One Pot Synthesis, Spectral Analyses, Crystal Structures, DFT Studies and Brine Shrimp Cytotoxicity Assay of Two Newly Synthesized 1,4,5-Trisubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles

Methyl-2-(1-benzyl-4-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-2-oxoacetate (1) and ethyl-2-(1-benzyl-4-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-2-oxoacetate (2) were synthesized by one pot three component strategy, and characterized by FT-IR, NMR (1H and 13C) spectroscopy and TOF-MS spectrometry. Finally, the structures were unequivocally confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Both compounds, 1 and 2 exist in monoclinic crystal packing having space group P21/n and P21/c, respectively. Crystal structures investigations revealed that the molecular structures of the title compounds are stabilized by weak intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions to form dimers. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed not only to compare with the experimental spectroscopic results but also to probe structural properties. The molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) mapped over the entire stabilized geometries of the molecules delivered information about the electrophilic and nucleophilic sites. Furthermore, frontier molecular orbital analysis gave the idea about stability and reactivity of compounds. Both compounds were also screened for brine shrimp cytotoxicity assay.