116 T HIAZOLE CORE S AS ORGANIC FLUOROPHORE UNITS: SYNTHESIS AND FLUORESCENCE DOI: http://dx.medra.org/ 10.17374/targets.2020.23.116 Nataliya P. Belskaya * a,b , Irena Kostova c , Zhijin Fan d a Ural Federal University, Mira str. 19, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia b Institut e of Organic Synthesis, Ural Branch of Academy of Science , 620219 E katerinburg, Russia c Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University , Dunav s tr. 2, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria d State Key Laboratory of Elemento - Organic Chemistry, College of Chemis try, Nankai University, 30 0 071 Tianjin, PR China , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering ( Tianjin ) , Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin , P . R . China (e - mail:
[email protected] ) Abstract. M ethods for the synthesis of thiazole s , which display ph otoph y sical properties, are present ed and analy z ed . T he scope and limitation s of well - known pathways used to construct th is heterocyclic core , and the introduction of funct ional groups, substituents , and linear linkers to tune the fluorescence , are described . R elationships between structure and photoph y sical properties , and applications as photoswitches and in i on recognition, are also discussed . Contents 1. Introduction 2. Synthesis of fluorescent thiazoles 2.1 . M ain approaches to thiazole core construction 2.1.1. Erlenmeyer method for thiazole ring construction 2.1.2. Different methods for thiazole ring construction 2.2 . Modification of the thiazole core 2.2.1. Aryl/heteroarylation of the thiazole ring 2.2.2. Alkylation of hydroxythiazoles 2.2.3. Introduction of substituents containing C=C, С=N, and N=N bonds 2.