Overview on Synthesis, Reactions, Applications, and Biological Activities of Schiff Bases

Mukhtar, Shorouk S.; Hassan, Ashraf S.; Morsy, Nesrin M.; Hafez, Taghrid S.; Hassaneen, Hamdi M.; Saleh, Fatma M.

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2021.79736.3920

Overview on Synthesis, Reactions, Applications, and Biological Activities of Schiff Bases

Document Type : Review Articles

Authors

¹ Organometallic and Organometalloid Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki 12622, Cairo, Egypt

² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ejchem.2021.79736.3920

Abstract

Schiff bases exhibited various pharmacological and biological activities such as antibacterial, cytotoxic effects, antifungal, and antimalarial. Schiff bases were used for designing organic compounds, metal complexes, or nanoparticles. Also, Schiff bases were applied in various fields as corrosion inhibitors, catalysts, and optical properties. Therefore, this review article focused on some synthesis, reactions, applications, and biological activities of Schiff bases especially Schiff bases-heterocyclic moiety conjugates in the ten last years.

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