Recent years have showed great interest in the synthesis of pyrimidinone and its applications in medicinal
chemistry. Chalcones were synthesized through the Claisen-Schmidt condensation reaction between
substituted aldehydes and acetone in the presence of LiOH to produce dihydropyrimidinones, which
were then subjected to urea treatment in the presence of strong HCl to give dihydropyrimidinone
derivatives. The antiproliferative activity of synthesized components was screened against MCF7 and
MCA-MB-231 cancer cell lines. Compound 4A1 was found to have promising anticancer activity
against both cell lines. Overall, the approach makes it possible to synthesize dihydropyrimidinones
with potential anticancer properties.