applied sciences Review Recent Updates on the Synthesis of Bioactive Quinoxaline-Containing Sulfonamides Ali Irfan 1,* , Sajjad Ahmad 2, Saddam Hussain 3, Fozia Batool 4, Haseeba Riaz 4, Rehman Zafar 5 , Katarzyna Kotwica-Mojzych 6 and Mariusz Mojzych 7,* 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 5-Km, Jhang Road, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan 2 Department of Chemistry, UET Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Faisalabad 37630, Pakistan;
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[email protected] (M.M.) Abstract: Quinoxaline is a privileged pharmacophore that has broad-spectrum applications in the fields of medicine, pharmacology and pharmaceutics. Similarly, the sulfonamide moiety is of con- siderable interest in medicinal chemistry, as it exhibits a wide range of pharmacological activities. Therefore, the therapeutic potential and biomedical applications of quinoxalines have been enhanced Citation: Irfan, A.; Ahmad, S.; by incorporation of the sulfonamide group into their chemical framework. The present review Hussain, S.; Batool, F.; Riaz, H.; Zafar, R.; Kotwica-Mojzych, K.; Mojzych, M.