REVIEW ARTICLE
A Review on The Medicinal And Industrial Applications of N-Containing Heterocycles
Andleeb Amin1, Tanzeela Qadir1, Praveen Kumar Sharma1, *, Ishtiaq Jeelani2, Hitoshi Abe3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187410452209010
Publisher ID: e187410452209010
DOI: 10.2174/18741045-v16-e2209010
Article History:
Received Date: 15/2/2022Revision Received Date: 2/4/2022
Acceptance Date: 20/5/2022
Electronic publication date: 16/11/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Nitrogen-containing heterocycles constitute an important division of organic chemistry. The structural and functional diversity in nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds emanates from the presence and nature of the heteroatom that optimizes the compound for a specific application. Nitrogen heterocycles have been found to mimic various endogenous metabolites and natural products, highlighting their pivotal role in current drug design. Their applications are manifold and are predominantly used as pharmaceuticals, corrosion inhibitors, polymers, agrochemicals, dyes, developers, etc. Additionally, their catalytic behavior has rendered these compounds notable precursors in synthesizing various important organic compounds. The rate at which nitrogen heterocycles are synthesized explains this organic chemistry domain's vitality and usefulness. The present review article focuses on nitrogen-containing heterocycles as a versatile scaffold for current applications of organic chemistry.
