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Review
. 2022 Aug;26(4):2341-2370.
doi: 10.1007/s11030-021-10332-1. Epub 2021 Oct 26.

A review on the synthesis of heteroannulated quinolones and their biological activities

Yaseen A M M Elshaier  1 , Ashraf A Aly  2 , Mohamed Abd El-Aziz  3 , Hazem M Fathy  4 , Alan B Brown  5 , Mohamed Ramadan  4
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A review on the synthesis of heteroannulated quinolones and their biological activities

Yaseen A M M Elshaier et al. Mol Divers. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

The quinoline scaffold has become an important construction motif for the development of new drugs. The quinolones and their heteroannulated derivatives have high importance due to their diverse spectrum of biological activities as antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetes, anti-Alzheimer's disease, antioxidant and diuretic activities. This review summarizes the various new, efficient and convenient synthetic approaches to synthesize diverse quinolone-based scaffolds and their biological activities. We also dealt with the important mechanism, the route and type of reactions of the obtained products. The biological activities of some heteroannulated quinolones were also discussed.

Keywords: Biological activities; Furoquinolones; Heteroannulation; Oxazoloquinolones; Pyranoquinolones; Pyrroloquinolones; Thienoquinolones.

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