Indoles - A promising scaffold for drug development.

Generally, heterocycles occupy a prominent place in chemistry due to their wide range of applications in the fields of drug design, photochemistry, agrochemicals, dyes and so on. Among them, indole scaffolds have been found in most of the important synthetic drug molecules and paved a faithful way to develop effective targets. Privileged structures bind to multiple receptors with high affinity, thus aiding the development of novel biologically active compounds. Among the indole class of compounds, 2-arylindoles appear to be a most promising lead for drug development. The derivatives of 2-arylindoles exhibits antibacterial, anticancer, anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, antiviral, antiproliferative, antituberculosis activity, etc. This article would provide a clear knowledge on the wide-ranging biological activities of 2-arylindoles over the past two decades, which would be beneficial for the designing of more potent drug targets in order to compete with the existing drugs.

Synthesis and Fluorescence Properties of Novel indol-3yl-thiazolo[3,2-a][1,3,5]triazines and indole-3-carbaldehyde Schiff Bases.

Novel photoactive 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-6-substituted phenyl-2H-thiazolo[3,2-a][1,3,5]triazines were synthesized by the conjugate addition of ammonia to the indole-3-carbaldehyde Schiff bases followed by the condensation with 4-chlorobenzaldehyde. All the synthesized compounds were characterized by FT-IR, NMR, mass spectra and elemental analyses. Their antioxidant property, electrochemical and photophysical properties in different organic solvents were investigated. Comparative discussion on the photophysical properties of indole-3-carbaldehyde Schiff bases and 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-6-substituted phenyl-2H-thiazolo[3,2-a][1,3,5]triazines has been described. The fluorescence quantum yield of Schiff bases (Φf = 0.66-0.70 in DMSO) found to be interestingly higher. High fluorescence quantum yield, large molar extinction coefficient, high stokes shift and smaller optical band gap positioning these new derivatives as an efficient metal free organic fluorescent and semiconductor material. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.