Themed collection Sustainable Medicinal Chemistry

Sustainability cannot be an afterthought; it must be embedded into every framework of medicinal chemistry.

This review highlights in silico tools (QSAR, machine learning, molecular docking) and advanced analytical methods, including ion mobility spectrometry, for predicting and validating pharmaceutical persistence, toxicity, and bioaccumulation.

Biocatalysis has ascended as a defining force in contemporary total synthesis, furnishing catalytic modalities that deliver molecular complexity with unparalleled chemo-, regio-, and stereo-control.

A DES-to-DES process enables one-pot lidocaine synthesis with solvent-free isolation, while eutectic media serve as reaction solvents, extraction agents and formulation platforms, enabling reduced PMI and greener pharmaceutical processing.

The escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) compels the development of novel antibiotics with broad spectrum activity and environmentally responsible degradation profiles.

Tanshinone I, IIA, and cryptotanshinone from Salvia miltiorrhiza inhibit M. tuberculosis, including resistant strains, showing low toxicity, high selectivity, and potential cell wall targeting suggested by morphological and genomic analyses.

Microwave-assisted synthesis of new pyrrole and indole derivatives as tubulin assembly inhibitors was performed with remarkably improved yields and short reaction times.