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A number of the 1,3,4-oxadiazoles have shown a very broad spectrum of biological activity: anti-cancer activity, inhibitors of various enzymes, herbicides, antifungal activity.

Derivatives of 1,3,4-thiadiazoles possess a wide spectrum of biological activity and have found numerous applications in medicine, agriculture, and materials technology.

Azetidines are an important class of aza-heterocyclic compounds with remarkable biological activities. Presently ca. 60 approved and over 30 experimental drugs bear the moiety of azetidine-2-one.

Natural products bearing chromone and coumarin substructures possess a broad spectrum of biological activities by altering the catalytic function of numerous enzymatic reactions. Life Chemicals offer hetaryl-tethered natural derivatives of chromone and coumarin for organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry projects.

Naturally occurring alkaloid ()-cytisine is an efficient acetylcholine agonist possessing a strong affinity to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Its various chemical modifications were applied to obtain novel bicyclic compounds for rational drug discovery. Life Chemicals offers derivatives of ()-cytisine including those involving chromone, coumarin, and other heterocyclic substructures.