Two heterocyclic azole compounds, 3-(2,3-dihydrobenzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4H-chromen-4-one (
SVS1
) and 5-(1H-indol-3-yl)-4-methyl-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione (
SVS2
) were obtained unexpectedly from 2-aminothiophenol and 4-oxo-4H-chromene-3-carbaldehyde (for
SVS1
), and (
E
)-2-((1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)-N-methylhydrazine-1-carbothioamide in the presence of anhydrous FeCl
3
(for
SVS2
), respectively. The compounds were well characterized by analytical and spectroscopic tools. The molecular structures of both the compounds were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction (X-RD) study. The results obtained from density functional theory (DFT) study revealed the molecular geometry and electron distribution of the compounds, which were correlated well with the three-dimensional structures obtained from the single crystal X-ray diffraction. DMol
3
was used to calculate quantum chemical parameters [chemical potential (
µ
), global hardness (
η
), global softness (
σ
), absolute electronegativity (
χ
) and electrophilicity index (
ω
)] of
SVS1
and
SVS2
. Molecular docking study was performed to elucidate the binding ability of
SVS1
and
SVS2
with SARS-CoV-2 main protease and human angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) molecular targets. Interestingly, the binding efficiency of the compounds with the molecular targets was comparable with that of remdesivir (SARS-CoV-2), chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
SVS1
showed better docking energy than
SVS2
. The molecular docking study was complemented by molecular dynamic simulation study of SARS-CoV-2 main protease-
SVS1
complex, which further exemplified the binding ability of
SVS1
with the target. In addition,
SVS1, SVS2
and cisplatin were assessed for their cytotoxicity against a panel of three human cancer cells such as HepG-2 (hepatic carcinoma), T24 (bladder) and EA.hy926 (endothelial), as well as Vero (kidney epithelial cells extracted from an African green monkey) normal cells using MTT assay. The results showed that
SVS2
has significant cytotoxicity against HepG-2 and EA.hy926 cells with the IC
50
values of 33.8 μM (IC
50
= 49.9 μM-cisplatin and 8.6 μM-doxorubicin) and 29.2 (IC
50
= 26.6 μM-cisplatin and 3.8 μM-doxorubicin), respectively.