Synthesis and reactivity of styrylchromones

Abstract

2-Styrylchromones, although scarce in nature, constitute a group of oxygen heterocyclic compounds which have shown significant biological activities.Their transformation and the transformation of their 3-isoanalogues into other biologically active compounds have been exploited.This short review describes the most recent work on the synthesis, biological evaluation and transformation of 2-and 3-styrylchromones.