“…They are considered bioisosteres of the chromen-4-one scaffold and exist in equilibrium with its tautomeric form i. e. 4-hydroxyquinoline (figure 1). [1] They are known to possess a broad range of biological activities which includes antimicrobial, [2,3] antiviral, [4][5] antiplasmodial, [6] antioxidant, [7] anti-inflammatory, [8] anticholinesterase, [9] anticonvulsant, [10] anticancer, [11] neuroprotective, [12] genitourinary infections, [13] prostatitis, respiratory diseases, as well as skin and soft tissue infections. [14][15] In addition to the above, now they are widely explored as anti-HIV, [16] antimalarial agents, [17,18] alkaline phosphatase inhibitors, [19] antifilarial agents, [20] and antidiabetic agent, [21] for the development of novel therapeutic agents.…”