Table 2 Physicochemical descriptors calculated at the DFT(B3LYP)/6-311 +  + G(d,p) level of theory for the quinoxaline derivatives (2a–2i, 3a–3i, and 4a–4d) using the Spartan’10 software.

From: Quinoxalines against Leishmania amazonensis: SAR study, proposition of a new derivative, QSAR prediction, synthesis, and biological evaluation

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ET

EHOMO

ELUMO

GAP

μ

LogP

SA

MV

MW

P

HBD

HBA

PSA

2a

 − 1104.17

 − 5.80

 − 1.84

3.96

1.88

2.65

257.98

253.34

249.34

60.98

0

4

22.26

2b

 − 1182.83

 − 5.59

 − 1.69

3.90

2.35

3.51

319.31

289.61

277.39

63.94

0

4

30.50

2c

 − 1260.28

 − 5.56

 − 1.65

3.91

2.28

3.82

336.25

313.11

303.43

65.85

0

4

30.07

2d

 − 1222.16

 − 5.60

 − 1.58

4.02

2.08

4.03

334.48

306.94

291.42

65.32

0

4

28.70

2e

 − 3641.82

 − 6.01

 − 1.97

4.04

3.75

4.47

309.23

280.13

326.26

63.14

0

0

23.30

2f

 − 1182.83

 − 5.59

 − 1.67

3.92

2.34

3.14

314.10

289.20

277.39

62.91

0

4

28.27

2g

 − 1527.90

 − 5.99

 − 1.94

4.05

3.60

4.19

304.46

275.52

281.81

62.77

0

3

23.29

2h

 − 1182.83

 − 5.63

 − 1.62

4.01

1.79

3.14

314.10

289.20

277.39

63.88

0

4

28.15

2i

 − 1182.83

 − 5.61

 − 1.59

4.02

2.05

3.51

319.28

289.58

277.39

63.91

0

4

29.85

3a

 − 1333.23

 − 6.01

 − 2.54

3.47

4.19

2.48

333.49

302.54

309.39

65.09

1

7

60.56

3b

 − 1410.68

 − 5.95

 − 2.52

3.43

3.88

2.78

350.48

326.03

335.43

67.01

1

7

59.98

3c

 − 3792.22

 − 6.49

 − 2.79

3.70

2.93

3.43

323.38

293.04

358.26

64.27

1

6

53.34

3d

 − 1333.24

 − 6.03

 − 2.54

3.49

4.36

2.46

331.71

302.28

309.39

65.07

1

7

60.01

3e

 − 1678.30

 − 6.48

 − 2.76

3.72

2.99

3.16

318.58

288.42

313.81

63.89

1

6

53.32

3f

 − 1755.75

 − 6.41

 − 2.74

3.67

2.84

3.47

335.55

311.91

339.85

65.81

1

6

52.73

3g

 − 1218.68

 − 6.33

 − 2.62

3.71

3.94

2.60

303.53

275.14

279.36

62.82

1

6

53.38

3h

 − 3788.81

 − 6.62

 − 2.84

3.78

1.83

1.67

292.75

263.92

346.21

61.89

2

7

73.77

3i

 − 4039.16

 − 7.48

 − 3.22

4.26

5.52

2.88

243.84

220.52

321.58

58.26

0

5

46.79

4a

 − 1799.52

 − 6.65

 − 2.60

4.05

3.36

6.52

341.44

332.33

351.24

67.37

0

2

14.52

4b

 − 1109.39

 − 5.94

 − 2.16

3.78

2.35

5.15

371.49

360.45

342.40

69.72

0

4

28.79

4c

 − 919.61

 − 6.37

 − 2.24

4.13

1.14

5.89

332.14

324.08

296.37

66.68

0

2

14.52

4d

 − 994.84

 − 6.11

 − 3.22

2.89

1.86

5.28

341.21

333.16

312.37

67.48

0

3

21.65

  1. Data for the most active compounds (3a–3i) (IC50 < 3 μM, see Table 1) are highlighted in italic.
  2. ET, total energy (au); EHOMO, energy (eV) of the highest occupied molecular orbital; ELUMO, energy (eV) of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital; GAP, HOMO–LUMO gap energy (eV); μ, dipole moment (Debye); LogP, base-10 logarithm of the partition coefficient; SA, surface area (Å2); MV, molecular volume (Å3); MW, molecular weight (amu); P, polarizability (10−30 m3), HBD, number of hydrogen bond donors (NH + OH), HBA, number of hydrogen bond acceptors (N + O); PSA, polar surface area (Å2).