“…One of the best methods for achieving these systems is the use of MCRs. This five-membered heterocyclic unit represents a class of heterocyclic compounds with biological activities and medicinally useful agents such as anticonvulsant [4], antifungal [5], analgesic [6], antitumor [7], antioxidant [8], antimicrobial [9], H. Kiyani (&) Á F. Ghorbani School of Chemistry, Damghan University, 36715-364 Damghan, Iran e-mail: hkiyani@du.ac.ir COX-2 inhibitory [10], anti-inflammatory [11], antiviral [12], and antimycobacterial [13], as well as being used for the treatment of leishmaniasis [14] and of patients with active arthritis [15]. Furthermore, the isoxzolon core can also be used as the basis for the design and construction of merocyanine dyes, which are used in optical recording and nonlinear optical research [16].…”