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MDPI, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 15(22), p. 7997, 2021

DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157997

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Structure-Activity Relationships of the Imidazolium Compounds as Antibacterials of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of structure–activity relationship (SAR) studies of 140 3,3’-(α,ω-dioxaalkan)bis(1-alkylimidazolium) chlorides. In the SAR analysis, the dominance-based rough set approach (DRSA) was used. For analyzed compounds, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was determined. In order to perform the SAR analysis, a tabular information system was formed, in which tested compounds were described by means of condition attributes, characterizing the structure (substructure parameters and molecular descriptors) and their surface properties, and a decision attribute, classifying compounds with respect to values of MIC. DRSA allows to induce decision rules from data describing the compounds in terms of condition and decision attributes, and to rank condition attributes with respect to relevance using a Bayesian confirmation measure. Decision rules present the most important relationships between structure and surface properties of the compounds on one hand, and their antibacterial activity on the other hand. They also indicate directions of synthesizing more efficient antibacterial compounds. Moreover, the analysis showed differences in the application of various parameters for Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains, respectively.