“…The pyrimidine moiety, as one of the most important heterocyclic scaffolds, is considered a privileged structure in medicinal chemistry for drug discovery. 19,20 Pyrimidine derivatives have been reported to have a broad spectrum of biological activities, such as antiviral, 21,22 antibacterial, 23 antifungal, 24 anti-inammatory, 25,26 COX-2 inhibitors, 27 antituberculosis, 28 herbicidal 29 and insecticidal 30 activities. Moreover, previous studies have found that numerous pyrimidine derivatives exhibited promising anticancer activity.…”