Oxazoles are heterocyclic aromatic compounds containing one oxygen atom and one nitrogen atom, separated by a carbon atom. The presence of two heteroatoms (oxygen and nitrogen) provides possible interactions (hydrogen, hydrophobic, van der Waals or dipole bonds) with a wide range of receptors and enzymes. Oxazole rings are valuable heterocyclic scaffolds for the design of novel therapeutics with anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, antidiabetic, and antidepressant properties due to their wide range of targets and biological activities.
Over the past few years, many pyrazole fused-ring systems, especially with applications in medicinal chemistry, have been published. These include general structures such as pyrazoline, pyrazoline, pyrazoquinoline, pyrazoloisoquinoline, pyrazoline, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyranopyrazole, pyrano Pyrazoles, pyrazolotriazines and pyrazole fused phosphorus rings.