Benzimidazole is a benzo derivative of imidazole. It is a kind of bicyclic aromatic organic compounds, which is formed by fusing a six-membered benzene ring and five-membered imidazole at positions 4 and 5 of imidazole ring. It is an important pharmacophore of many biologically active heterocyclic compounds with various pharmacological activities. Benzimidazoles and their derivatives have developed into dynamic heterocyclic systems due to their potency in a variety of biologically active compounds such as anticancer, bactericidal and antiviral drugs. Benzimidazoles are a class of therapeutic motifs with broad relevance in medicinal chemistry.
The imidazothiazole, consisting of an imidazole ring fused with a thiazole ring, has been reported to have excellent immunostimulating and anti-inflammatory activities. Fused heterocyclic compounds are of great importance and are found in various types of synthetic and naturally occurring biologically important compounds. Imidazothiazoles and imidazopyridines possess a variety of applications such as dyes, pesticides, fungicides, antitumor, antiinflammatory, and analgesic activity.