Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 23, Issue 24, 2019

Bicyclic compounds derived from pyrazine and aromatic five-membered heterocycles including thiophene, furan and pyrrole show various biological and pharmacological properties, such as anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, antioxidant, antimycobacterial, and cytostatic activities. In many cases, it has been demonstrated that there are more potent cytostatic and cytotoxic agents against human tumor cell lines, leu Read More

Keeping in view the ever growing demand and application of the organic small molecules based sensitive and selective fluorescence detection strategies for the trace metallic ions in the ecosystem, fluids and inside intracellular media, the present literature survey was focused on the recent development on the organic skeleton based fluorescence sensor for the zinc ion as Zn2+ is the second most abundant transition metal Read More

Pyrano- and dipyranocoumarins are classes of naturally occurring organic compounds with very interesting biological activities. This review focuses on the synthetic strategies for the synthesis of pyranocoumarins and dipyranocoumarins and the biological properties of those compounds. The synthesis involves the formation of the pyran ring, at first, from a coumarin or the formation of pyranone moiety from an existing pyran. Read More

Coumarins (2H-chromen-2-ones) are heterocyclic compounds of wide scientific interest due to their important biological and pharmaceutical properties such as antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities as well as enzymatic inhibitors related to neurodegenerative diseases. Due to their structural variability, this compound class has been attracting considerable interest in the natu Read More

The present study provides an overview of the chemistry and biological importance of the cationic chalcophene derivatives (furans, thiophenes and selenophenes). The summarized literature survey includes synthetic methods, reactivity and biological activities of aryl/hetarylchalcophenes that have been reported mainly from 2001 to 2019 focusing on monochalcophenes. A discussion demonstrating the proposed mechanisms o Read More