“…are considered to be building blocks in the construction of many scaffolds with different applications in chemical and pharmaceutical fields. For instance, they are essential in plastic synthetic resins (glyptal, alkyd, polyester), polyurethane, household appliances, and medical device coatings, and are used as key intermediates in phthalein, rhodamine, phthalocyanine, anthraquinone, fluorescein, and agrochemical production [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ]. Moreover, many cyclic anhydride derivatives participate in the building of additional bioactive compounds with plethora of biological activities, including antiviral, antitumor, immunomodulatory, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial agents [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ] ( Figure 1 ).…”