Developments in Synthesis Strategies of Spiro-Barbiturate Compounds: A
Classified Study

Devanshi      Magoo; Anju      Srivastava; Shruti      Gupta; Reena      Jain; Soma      Mondal Ghorai; Yashna      Dawer; Sumedha      Sengupta; Soni      Rani
doi:10.2174/1570193X20666230428112212
Abstract

Spiro compounds being multi-cyclic systems linked by a single atom, have distinct three dimensionalities, and prominently hold a position of interest in the fields of synthetic and medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, material sciences and physics. Spirobarbiturate compounds which incorporate barbituric ring derivatives into spirocyclic structures have emerged as attractive synthetic targets for drug discovery as they are known to exhibit far-ranging pharmacological applications. In this review, we aim to bring to light the extensive, contemporary research applied to the synthesis of different spirobarbiturates having varied ring sizes (3, 5, 6 and 7 membered) in a classified manner. It presents the reported methods of synthesis along with their mechanistic pathways as well as the pharmacological activities of some of these synthesized biologically significant motifs.
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