Abstract
Pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives represent a class of biologically active heterocyclic
compounds which can serve as promising scaffolds that display remarkable biological
activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral and anticancer. In
the last few years, several pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives have been approved by the
US FDA and in other countries for the treatment of different diseases or are currently
in phase I/II clinical trials. Due to their inimitable antioxidant and anti-tumor
properties, researchers were inspired to develop novel derivatives for the treatment
of different types of cancer. The present review summarizes recent literature up to
2017 on the most recent development in the medicinal chemistry of pyrrolopyrimidine
derivatives and their potential as anticancer therapeutics, especially compounds acting
as kinase inhibitors.
Key words
Pyrrolopyrimidine - anti-cancer - protein kinases