Isolated Pyranones: Multifaceted Building Blocks for Molecular Diversity

Isolated Pyranones: Multifaceted Building Blocks for Molecular Diversity explores the synthesis, chemical reactivity, reduced analogs, and applications of highly functionalized pyran-2-ones and pyran-4-ones in drug discovery and material sciences. These compounds have shown diverse pharmacological activities and are used in organic semiconductors, liquid crystals, OLEDs, organic catalysts, solid state lasers, photovoltaic and photoconductive devices.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 01 May 2022
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Isolated Pyranones: Multifaceted Building Blocks for Molecular Diversity delves into the latest advancements in the synthesis and chemical reactivity of highly functionalized pyran-2-ones and pyran-4-ones, their reduced analogs, and compounds derived from them through chemical reactions. It explores their applications in drug discovery and material sciences, covering the mechanisms of reaction and the step-by-step formation of final products. Numerous pyranones from natural and synthetic origins, as well as their derived products, have demonstrated diverse pharmacological activities, with some being in clinical use. These compounds find applications beyond drug development and imaging agents, including material science as organic semiconductors, liquid crystals, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic catalysts, solid-state lasers, photovoltaic, and photoconductive devices. The book is a valuable resource for organic, bioorganic, physical, material, and natural product chemists seeking to generate diverse molecular entities through ring transformation reactions of pyranones, as well as those working in material science to create new chemical entities.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780128212165