Molecular docking is a kind of bioinformatic modelling which involves the interaction of two or more molecules to give the stable adduct. Depending upon binding properties of ligand and target, it predicts the three-dimensional structure of any complex. Molecular docking generates different possible adduct structures that are ranked and grouped together using scoring function in the software. Docking simulations predict optimized docked conformer based upon total energy of the system. In spite of all potential approaches, ligand chemistry (tautomerism and ionization), receptor flexibility (single conformation of rigid receptor) and scoring function (differentiate true binding mode) still remained the challenge. Many important aspects of molecular docking in terms of its approaches, types, applications and challenges are briefly discussed in this article.

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Benzothiazine is a heterocyclic compound consisting of a benzene ring attached to the 6- membered thiazine ring. The benzothiazines constitute the group of heterocyclic compounds as they have found a variety of industrial uses and show promise as herbicides. Besides this, benzothiazines play an important role in the field of drug discovery as they have the potential to act as drug candidates for the treatment of a large number of diseases including, cancer, vasorelaxant, diabetic, hypertension, mycotic infection and microbial infection. The presence of nitrogen-sulphur axis and similarity in the structure with phenothiazine drugs help the benzothiazines to act as drugs for the treatment of a number of diseases. Herein, we represent different synthetic strategies for the simple and multi-component synthesis of benzothiazine heterocyclic derivatives. The strategies mostly involve the use of 2-aminothiophenol, 1, 3-dicarbonyl compounds or α-haloketones. In almost all the strategies, the potential yields have been obtained.

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