Synthesis and therapeutic potential of imidazole containing compounds
Imidazole is a five-membered heterocyclic moiety that possesses three carbon, two nitrogen, four hydrogen atoms, and two double bonds. It is also known as 1, 3-diazole. It contains two nitrogen atoms, in which one nitrogen bear a hydrogen atom, and the other is called pyrrole type nitrogen. The imidazole name was reported by Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857–1935) in 1887. 1, 3-diazole is an amphoteric in nature i.e. it shows both acidic and basic properties. It is a white or colorless solid that is highly soluble in water and other polar solvents.
Due to the presence of a positive charge on either of two nitrogen atom, it shows two equivalent tautomeric forms. Imidazole was first named glyoxaline because the first synthesis has been made by glyoxal and ammonia. It is the basic core of some natural products such as histidine, purine, histamine and DNA based structures, etc.
Among the different heterocyclic compounds, imidazole is better known due to its broad range of chemical and biological properties. Imidazole has become an important synthon in the development of new drugs. The derivatives of 1, 3-diazole show different biological activities such as antibacterial, antimycobacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antidiabetic, anti-allergic, antipyretic, antiviral, antioxidant, anti-amoebic, antihelmintic, antifungal and ulcerogenic activities, etc. as reported in the literature.
There are different examples of commercially available drugs in the market which contains 1, 3-diazole ring such as clemizole (antihistaminic agent), etonitazene (analgesic), enviroxime (antiviral), astemizole (antihistaminic agent), omeprazole, pantoprazole (antiulcer), thiabendazole (antihelmintic), nocodazole (antinematodal), metronidazole, nitroso-imidazole (bactericidal), megazol (trypanocidal), azathioprine (anti rheumatoid arthritis), dacarbazine (Hodgkin's disease), tinidazole, ornidazole (antiprotozoal and antibacterial), etc. This present review summarized some pharmacological activities and various kinds of synthetic routes for imidazole and their derived products.
In heterocyclic chemistry, imidazole containing moiety occupied a unique position. It is a five-membered nitrogenous heterocyclic moiety that possesses three carbon, two nitrogen, four hydrogen atoms, and two double bonds having general molecular formula is C3H4N2. The nitrogen atoms present at the first and third positions (non–adjacent position) of the ring, position four and five are equivalent. It is also known as 1,3-diazole. It contains two nitrogen atoms, one nitrogen bear a hydrogen atom, and the other is called pyrrole type nitrogen. 1,3-diazole ring is a bioester of the pyrazole ring. It is the basic core of some natural products such as histidine, purine, histamine and DNA based structures, etc. The imidazole name was first reported by Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857–1935) in 1887.
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