Imidazole-Based Drug Discovery covers all categories of imidazole and its derivatives, synthesis, pharmacological applications and drug-based studies. Imidazole scaffolds act as a channel between organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry and compel researchers to explore new drug candidates. This book provides detailed coverage of several greener synthetic protocols and pharmacological applications of imidazole derivatives that are useful to researchers working on designing more promising clinical lead compounds with this scaffold. It also includes information on past decades of research on the synthesis and biological applications of imidazole derivatives. This is an ideal resource for researchers in organic chemistry both in academic and industrial settings, as well as postgraduates in chemistry and medicinal chemistry.

Dr. Shikha Agarwal has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur since 2012. She received the Gold Medal in MSc Chemistry in 2006 from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, and was a recipient of JRF and SRF from CSIR, New Delhi and qualified GATE-2006 in the 98th percentile. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 2011. Dr. Agarwal has published more than 50 research articles in various national and international journals, and has published several books and contributed chapters. Her research interests are in synthetic organic chemistry, green chemistry, catalysis, and combinatorial and medicinal chemistry.