One Pot Synthesis of “3-(4,5-Diphenyl-1H-Imidazol-2-yl)-2-Phenoxyquinolines” and Their Potential as α-Glucosidase Inhibitors: Molecular Docking and MDS Investigation

A novel series of imidazole appended quinoline derivatives (6a–j) have been synthesized using the one-pot three-component reaction that occurred between the starting materials of substituted 2-phenoxyquinolin-3-carbaldehydes (3a-j), benzil (4), and ammonium acetate (5) by taking equimolar ratio. The newly synthesized imidazole-appended quinolines were subjected to probable inhibition against the anti-diabetic drug target maltase enzyme. The efficacy was tested using in-silico molecular docking analysis and molecular dynamics simulation. The studies revealed that the test 6f ligand (3-(4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-2-phenoxy quinoline) is a strong inhibitor of the target protein maltase when compared with the known inhibitor acarbose and sheds new light on the medicinal chemistry research for the application of the synthesized 6f ligand in the pharmaceutical industry.