Xanthones are one of the biggest classes of compounds in natural product chemistry. A number of xanthones have been isolated from natural sources of higher plants such as fungi, ferns, and lichens. Synthetic analogs of xanthones have shown a large number of pharmacological properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetics, antihistamine, antitumoral, antiulcer, and algicidal. Moreover, they also find usages in photodynamic therapy, laser technology, and dyes. This review lays stress on various solvents, catalyst and synthetic route for synthesis of xanthones, benzoxanthones analogs. The review has also focused on the classifications of xanthone as well as extensively studied biological properties of the xanthones and benzoxanthones analogs.

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: One of the most prominent aromatic organic chemical compound is Coumarin having formula C9H6O2 which is widely known for its benefits in drug industry. Colourless crystalline solid having sweet scent is coumarin’s physical identity. It serves various purposes such as in synthesis of medicines, laser dyes, perfumes and many more. Having enormous usages it becomes important to synthesize such compound so various reactions were performed in order to obtain coumarins. This review explicates the preparation of coumarin by Pechmann Condensation and its biological characteristics.

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