Benzodioxanes are a class of isomeric compounds with the molecular formula C8H8O2. The three isomers of benzodioxane are 1,2-benzodioxane, 1,3-benzodioxane and 1,4-benzodioxane. 1,4-Benzodioxane has long been a versatile template widely used to design molecules with diverse biological activities. Its use spans past decades in medicinal chemistry to today, involving many drug discovery strategies, not excluding the most advanced ones. 1,4-Benzodioxane derivatives have been described as agonists and antagonists of nicotinic, alpha-adrenergic and 5-HT receptor subtypes. 1,4-Benzodioxane derivatives have been also reported as antitumor and antibacterial agents.
Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds have a wide range of applications in medicine, organic materials, natural products and other fields, mainly for biologically active molecules. Pyrrolopyrazines contain pyrrole and pyrazine rings as bioactive scaffolds. Compounds containing this scaffold have a wide range of biological activities, such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, antitumor, and kinase inhibition.