* Corresponding authors

^a National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Abuja, Nigeria

^b Departments of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

^c Department of Chemistry, Center for Green Manufacturing, and Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

^d QUILL, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK