{"title":"Recent advances in pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine chemistry: synthesis techniques and biological activity.","authors":"Anhar Abdel-Aziem, Sawsan A Fouad","doi":"10.1007/s11030-025-11231-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, attention has been drawn to pyrazolo[3,4-b] pyridine and its derivatives due to their substantial pharmacological activities such as antidepressant, anticancer, antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, anticoagulant, anti-Alzheimer, and antimicrobial. Besides their medicinal uses, they act as herbicides, fungicides, and are also used as agrochemicals, inhibitors for a wide range of kinases, and fibroblast growth factor receptors. Additionally, pyrazolo[3,4-b] pyridines are used in developing organic materials for different applications such as chemosensors and corrosion inhibitors for mild steel. This review aims to provide an in-depth overview of the latest advancements regarding synthetic routes, reactions, and biological importance of pyrazolo [3,4-b] pyridine during 2019-2025 which will be a useful resource for interested researchers engaged in this area. The synthetic methodologies focus on metal-catalyst, nanocatalyst, microwave-assisted synthesis, multicomponent reactions, and other green chemistry approaches. Emphasizing the significance of these scaffolds in drug discovery and medicinal chemistry, new developments and future directions in the design of innovative pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-based therapies are also covered.</p>","PeriodicalId":708,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Diversity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Molecular Diversity","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11030-025-11231-5","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In recent years, attention has been drawn to pyrazolo[3,4-b] pyridine and its derivatives due to their substantial pharmacological activities such as antidepressant, anticancer, antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, anticoagulant, anti-Alzheimer, and antimicrobial. Besides their medicinal uses, they act as herbicides, fungicides, and are also used as agrochemicals, inhibitors for a wide range of kinases, and fibroblast growth factor receptors. Additionally, pyrazolo[3,4-b] pyridines are used in developing organic materials for different applications such as chemosensors and corrosion inhibitors for mild steel. This review aims to provide an in-depth overview of the latest advancements regarding synthetic routes, reactions, and biological importance of pyrazolo [3,4-b] pyridine during 2019-2025 which will be a useful resource for interested researchers engaged in this area. The synthetic methodologies focus on metal-catalyst, nanocatalyst, microwave-assisted synthesis, multicomponent reactions, and other green chemistry approaches. Emphasizing the significance of these scaffolds in drug discovery and medicinal chemistry, new developments and future directions in the design of innovative pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-based therapies are also covered.
期刊介绍:
Molecular Diversity is a new publication forum for the rapid publication of refereed papers dedicated to describing the development, application and theory of molecular diversity and combinatorial chemistry in basic and applied research and drug discovery. The journal publishes both short and full papers, perspectives, news and reviews dealing with all aspects of the generation of molecular diversity, application of diversity for screening against alternative targets of all types (biological, biophysical, technological), analysis of results obtained and their application in various scientific disciplines/approaches including:
combinatorial chemistry and parallel synthesis;
small molecule libraries;
microwave synthesis;
flow synthesis;
fluorous synthesis;
diversity oriented synthesis (DOS);
nanoreactors;
click chemistry;
multiplex technologies;
fragment- and ligand-based design;
structure/function/SAR;
computational chemistry and molecular design;
chemoinformatics;
screening techniques and screening interfaces;
analytical and purification methods;
robotics, automation and miniaturization;
targeted libraries;
display libraries;
peptides and peptoids;
proteins;
oligonucleotides;
carbohydrates;
natural diversity;
new methods of library formulation and deconvolution;
directed evolution, origin of life and recombination;
search techniques, landscapes, random chemistry and more;