With fungal diseases posing a major threat to agricultural production, the application of fungicides to control related diseases is often considered necessary to ensure the world\'s food supply. The search for new bioactive agents has long been a priority in crop protection due to the continuous development of resistance against currently used types of active compounds. Heterocyclic compounds are an inseparable part of the core structures of numerous lead compounds, these rings constitute pharmacophores of a significant number of fungicides developed over the past decade by agrochemists. Among heterocycles, nitrogen-based compounds play an essential role. To date, diazole (imidazole and pyrazole) and diazine (pyrimidine, pyridazine, and pyrazine) derivatives make up an important series of synthetic fungicides. In recent years, many reports have been published on the design, synthesis, and study of the fungicidal activity of these scaffolds, but there was a lack of a comprehensive classified review on nitrogen-containing scaffolds. Regarding this issue, here we have reviewed the published articles on the fungicidal activity of the diazole and diazine families. In current review, we have classified the molecules synthesized so far based on the size of the ring.

Skeleton modification on carbon nitride (g-C3N4) via organic molecules is a recognized effective strategy to improve photocatalytic performance because it can powerfully improve charge separation in the skeleton plane. Herein, a diazole with a unique conjugated structure is bonded on edge of the g-C3N4 skeleton through a moderate polymerization of urea with 4-aminoantipyrine (4AAP). Meanwhile, the Pt nanoparticles selectively deposit on edge of the g-C3N4-4AAP15 nanosheet. It reveals that the robust limbic inducted and delocalized effects of diazole not only facilitate photogenerated electrons aggregation toward skeleton edge to promote in-plane carrier separation but also effectively stabilize and delocalize photogenerated electrons to improve carrier lifetime for propelling the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (PHE) reaction. Specifically, the PHE rate over optimal g-C3N4-4AAP15 (284.2 μmol h-1) is 10 times that of pure g-C3N4 (27.6 μmol h-1) and the apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) at 420 nm reaches up to 24.2%. Through insights into the functionalized effect of small nitrogenous heterocycles introduced into the skeleton edge of g-C3N4, this work opens a new design thought for exploiting high-efficiency g-C3N4-based photocatalysts for photocatalytic application.

A small library of new benzothiazole clubbed oxadiazole-Mannich bases (M-1 to M-22) were synthesized and characterized by IR, NMR, Mass and Elemental analysis results. Molecular docking studies were done to assess the binding mode and interactions of synthesized hits at binding site of receptor Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, PPAR-γ or PPARG (PDB 1FM9). Among the synthesized compounds, nine compounds were selected on the basis of docking score and evaluated for their in vivo anti-diabetic activity using Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in normal rats followed by Streptozotocin (STZ) - induced diabetes. Results indicated that compound M-14 (161.39 ± 4.38) showed the highest reduction of blood glucose level comparable to that of the standard drug glibenclamide (140.29 ± 1.24) in STZ model. Other compounds exhibited moderate to good anti hyperglycaemic activity. ADME studies was done using Molinspiration online software, revealed that all compounds (except M-11) are likely to be orally active as they obeyed Lipinski\'s rule of five.

A new synthesis of 2-oxa-7-azaspiro[3.5]nonane is described. Spirocyclic oxetanes, including 2-oxa-6-azaspiro[3.3]heptane were converted into o-cycloalkylaminoacetanilides for oxidative cyclizations using Oxone® in formic acid. The expanded spirocyclic oxetane successfully gave the [1,2-a] ring-fused benzimidazole. X-ray crystal structure of the resultant new tetracyclic system, 1\',2\'-dihydro-4\'H-spiro[oxetane-3,3\'-pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole] and the azetidine ring-opened adduct, N-(2-acetamido-4-bromophenyl)-N-{[3-(chloromethyl) oxetan-3-yl]methyl}acetamide are disclosed.

We present the structure of a new equimolar 1:1 cocrystal formed by 3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole (dmpz) and 4,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazole (dmim), determined by means of powder X-ray diffraction data combined with solid-state NMR that provided insight into topological details of hydrogen bonding connectivities and weak interactions such as CH···π contacts. The use of various 1D/2D (13)C, (15)N and (1)H high-resolution solid-state NMR techniques provided structural insight on local length scales revealing internuclear proximities and relative orientations between the dmim and dmpz molecular building blocks of the studied cocrystal. Molecular modeling and DFT calculations were also employed to generate meaningful structures. DFT refinement was able to decrease the figure of merit R(F(2)) from ~11% (PXRD only) to 5.4%. An attempt was made to rationalize the role of NH···N and CH···π contacts in stabilizing the reported cocrystal. For this purpose four imidazole derivatives with distinct placement of methyl substituents were reacted with dmpz to understand the effect of methylation in blocking or enabling certain intermolecular contacts. Only one imidazole derivative (dmim) was able to incorporate into the dmpz trimeric motif thus resulting in a cocrystal, which contains both hydrophobic (methyl groups) and hydrophilic components that self-assemble to form an atypical 1D network of helicoidal hydrogen bonded pattern, featuring structural similarities with alpha-helix arrangements in proteins. The 1:1 dmpz···dmim compound I is the first example of a cocrystal formed by two different azoles.