“…Among these, heterocyclic moieties are quite common, covering a very wide range of pharmacological activities despite of their rather essential structure. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] In addition to the electronic effects exerted by groups substituting the heterocyclic moiety, the manifested biological activity can also derive from the particular stereochemistry 21 and structural rigidity characterizing the pharmacophoric portion that interacts with the target active site, [22][23][24][25] as observed, for example, for some classes of spiro-heterocycles. [26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Spiro-1,3,4-thiadiazoline derivatives, endowed with anti-inammatory, analgesic, antifungal and/or antimicrobial activities, [33][34][35][36] represent signicant examples of biologically active heterocyclic compounds in which the 1,3,4-thiadiazoline ring and the connected rigid spiro-structure act as a single 'hybrid pharmacophore' framework.…”