Heterocyclic compounds, also called heterocycles, are part of a major class of organic chemical compounds characterized by the fact that some or all of the atoms in their molecules are joined in rings containing at least one atom of an element other than carbon (C). Organometallic chemistry plays an important role in modern approaches for the synthesis of heterocycles. Heterocyclic compounds include many of the biochemical materials that are essential to life. Modern society is dependent on synthetic heterocycles for use as drugs with anticancer agents and antibiotics.

This Special Issue of Molecules welcomes submissions of research articles and reviews that concern the design, synthesis and docking studies of new families with potential antitumor and/or antimicrobial activity.

Dr. Carmela Saturnino
Guest Editor

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• heterocyclic compound/heterocycle
• cancer
• organo-metallics
• antitumor
• antibacterial
• antibiotics
• molecular docking

1. Author: Janmajoy Banerjee

Affiliation: Sunsari Technical College, Department of Pharmacy, Nepal

2. Author: Şükriye Güniz Küçükgüzel

Affiliation: Marmara Üniversitesi, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Istanbul, Turkey

3. Author: Amira A.E. El-Sayed

Affiliation: Ain Shams University, Department of Chemistry, Cairo, Egypt