Synthesis, Reactions and Biological Activity of Quinoxaline Derivatives
American Journal of Organic Chemistry 2015, 5(1): 14-56 DOI: 10.5923/j.ajoc.20150501.03 Synthesis, Reactions and Biological Activity of Quinoxaline Derivatives Ameen Ali Abu-Hashem1,2,* 1Photochemistry Department (Heterocyclic Unit), National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia Abstract The review deals with synthesis and reactions of quinoxaline derivatives as well as their diverse pharmacological and biological properties. Quinoxalines and fused ring systems show diverse pharmacological activities. Syntheses of quinoxaline derivatives via many different methods of synthetic strategies have been presented. Keywords Quinoxalines, o-phenylenediamine, Oxidation, Nitration, Diazotization, Alkylation, Addition, Condensation, Cyclization, Substitutions reactions 1. Introduction 2.1. Antimicrobial Activity Quinoxaline-1, 4-di-N-oxide derivatives, Quinoxaline derivatives have different pharamacological pyrazoloquinoxalines and 2-[4-arylidene hydrazinocarbonyl) activities such as bacteriocides and insecticides [1], aniline]-3-methyl quinoxalines (274, 275, 276, 277, 278) antibacterial [2-5], antifungal [2, 6], antitubercular [2, 7-9, respectively have been identified as antibacterial, Antifungal 10], analgesic [4, 11] and anti-inflammatory [11, 12]. The agents and antimicrobial activity [2, 52, 53, 54, 55] as shown importance of quinoxaline derivatives comes from its in (Figure 2). nitrogen contents (heterocyclic compounds). A structure of ring fused with quinoxalines, display 2.2. Anti-Amoebic, Anti-Proliferative Activity diverse pharmacological activities (antibacterial, anticancer 2-(5-substituted-3-phenyl-2-pyrazolinyl)-1, 3-thiazolino and antiviral) [13, 14], antimalarial [15, 16] and anti- [5, 4-b] quinoxaline 279 was tested in vitro as anti-amoebic depressant activities [17]. Quinoxaline-diones derivatives activity against strain of (E. histolytica) [56].
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