Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 24, Issue 14, 2020

Plants of the genus Piper (Piperaceae) have a pantropical distribution. In Brazil, Piper species are used in traditional medicine to treat many diseases such as inflammation, diabetes, toothache, and fever. Many reports have shown a correlation between the biological activities of Piper species and neolignans, a secondary metabolite class obtained from the shikimic acid biosynthetic pathway. This review aims to provide Read More

Among the major class of heterocycles, the N-heterocycles, such as pyrazoles, are scaffolds of vast medicinal values. Various drugs and other biologically active molecules are known to contain these N-heterocycles as core motifs. Specifically, arylpyrazoles have exhibited a diverse range of biological activities, including anti-inflammatory, anticancerous, antimicrobial and various others. For instance, arylpyrazoles are present Read More

Catalytic C-H activation is a powerful method for organic synthesis. In recent years, scientists have made great progress by developing transitional metals for catalyzing CH functionalization reaction. In this review, we summarized and highlighted recent progress in C-H activation with copper, cobalt, iron, manganese, and nickel as catalysts.

Barbituric, thiobarbituric acids and their related analogs are reactive synthons for the synthesis of drugs and biologically, and pharmaceutically active pyrimidines. The present review aimed to summarize the recent advances in the synthesis of different alkylsubstituted, fused cycles, spiro-, and binary heterocycles incorporated pyrimidine skeleton based on barbituric derivatives. In this sequence, the eco-friendly techniques Read More

Kojic acid, one of the most widespread 3-hydroxypyran-4-one derivatives, displays a wide range of biological activities and found application in food as well as cosmetics industry. The synthesis of kojic acid derivatives has provoked great interest as an easily available and biologically active precursor among organic and medicinal researchers. Multicomponent reactions, involving three or more reactants in one-pot thereby r Read More