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Current Organic Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1385-2728
ISSN (Online): 1875-5348

4-Thiazolidones: Centenarian History, Current Status and Perspectives for Modern Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

Author(s): R. B. Lesyk and B. S. Zimenkovsky

Volume 8, Issue 16, 2004

Page: [1547 - 1577] Pages: 31

DOI: 10.2174/1385272043369773

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Abstract

The potential of 4-thiazolidones (2,4-thiazolidinediones, 2-thioxo(imino)-4-thiazolidones) as drugs is under consideration by the pharmaceutical science since the beginning of the XX century. During recent years a new phase has been seen in this field. Centerarian history of synthetic research possibilities of these heterocycles lead to diversity in modelling biologically active compounds using 4-thiazolidone scaffolds. Modification of the 4- thiazolidone cycle on 2-, 3-, 4- or 5-position is successful to achieve synthetic products with a wide spectrum of pharmacological activity and has received considerable attention in this review. Currently 4-thiazolidones are considered as a new class of antidiabetic (insulin-sensitising) drugs and potent aldose reductase inhibitors, which possess potential for the treatment of diabetes complications (cataract, nephropathy, neuropathy). Novel 4- thiazolidones are undergoing different stages of clinical trials as potential thyromimetic, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-ischaermic, cardiovascular, anticancer drugs.

Keywords: heterocyclic systems, cycleconstruction, hydrolysis, ring transformation


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