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Solvent optimization identified DMF: Ethanol (1:1) with H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    SO\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    as optimal conditions, achieving 88% yield in 2\u20133\u00a0h. Antimicrobial evaluation against four bacterial strains (\n                    <jats:italic>Bacillus subtilis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Acinetobacter baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and one fungal strain (\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus niger<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) revealed compound\n                    <jats:bold>7a<\/jats:bold>\n                    as the most potent (MIC: 25\u00a0\u03bcg\/mL), superior to standard drugs. Antioxidant screening showed that\n                    <jats:bold>7a<\/jats:bold>\n                    exhibited excellent activity (IC\n                    <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                    : 20.23\u2009\u00b1\u20090.29\u00a0mg\/mL), comparable to that of ascorbic acid. Molecular docking against three target proteins (4WMZ, 5FNR, 4LOL) demonstrated strong binding affinity, with\n                    <jats:bold>7b<\/jats:bold>\n                    showing the highest docking score (\u2212\u20099.71186\u00a0kcal\/mol) against 4WMZ. Notably, compound\n                    <jats:bold>7b<\/jats:bold>\n                    showed the highest predicted binding affinity in silico, whereas compound\n                    <jats:bold>7a<\/jats:bold>\n                    demonstrated the superior experimental antimicrobial activity; this discrepancy underscores that docking scores offer predictive, not confirmatory, evidence of biological potency. DFT calculations (B3LYP\/6\u2013311++ G(d,p)) elucidated electronic properties, including HOMO\u2013LUMO gap (3.8640\u00a0eV), Mulliken charge distribution, RDG, ELF, LOL, thermodynamic parameters, and global reactivity descriptors. In silico ADMET profiling revealed favorable physicochemical and drug-like properties for most derivatives; however, uniformly high predicted genotoxicity scores (&gt;\u20090.99) and moderate hERG cardiotoxicity liability were identified, highlighting the need for rigorous experimental safety validation prior to further development. 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