Pyrimidine As Anticancer Agent: A Review

Abstract

The chemistry of pyrimidines is a blossoming field for the study of their pharmacological uses. Numerous methods for the synthesis of pyrimidine as also their diverse reactions offer enormous scope in the field of medicinal chemistry. The utility of pyrimidines as synthon for various biologically active compounds has given impetus to these studies. The review article aims to review the work reported the recent work on the anticancer synthetic pyrimidine compound and the chemistry and biological activities of pyrimidines during past year.