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Push-pull alkenes refer to substituted alkenes bearing one or two electron-donating groups at one end of the double bond and one or two electron-accepting groups at the other end. These chemical properties make push-pull alkenes particularly reactive with electrophilic and nucleophilic species and therefore they have been widely used as...

Leishmaniases are neglected diseases that are endemic in many tropical and sub-tropical Countries. Therapy is based on different classes of drugs which are burdened by severe side effects, occurrence of resistance and high costs, thereby creating the need for more efficacious, safer and inexpensive drugs. Herein, sixteen 9-thioxanthenone...