Quinazolines belong to heterocyclic chemistry, also known as 1,3-naphthalenes. The backbone consists of two six-membered aromatic rings fused to each other, with two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 on the backbone. The presence of these two nitrogen atoms in quinazoline increases its importance in pharmaceutical and biological reactions. Quinazolines and their derivatives are among the most important heterocyclic compounds due to their diverse chemical reactivity and important range of biological activities.
Coumarin occurs naturally in a variety of plants, such as lentils, sweet sawdust, vanilla grass, and sweet grass. Coumarin has a simple structure, benzopyrone, associated with different reaction centers. Coumarins are further subdivided into different classes: simple coumarins, pyranocoumarins, furanocoumarins, dicoumarins and isocoumarins. Coumarin derivatives are an important class of natural plant metabolites with various biological activities. They can also be synthesized artificially, and various synthetic coumarin derivatives (azoles, sulfonyls, furans, pyrazoles, etc.) have shown good anticancer, antitumor and antiproliferative activities. Coumarin derivatives are not only effective anticancer agents, but also possess minimum side effects. Based on different substitution patterns, these potential active substances show a great ability to modulate potential anticancer activities.