“…Several research studies conducted elsewhere have shown that butenolides (furanones) possess wide spectrum of biological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, antimalarial, anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory, COX-II inhibition, analgesic, antitumor, and anticancer properties (Albrecht et al, 2008, Moosavi-Movahedi et al, 2003, Levy et al, 2003, Lattmann et al, 2004, Hashem et al, 2014). Recently, there has been a great interest in preparing arylidene butenolides, which have a large spectrum of important and potential biological activities (Lattmann et al, 2005, Khan and Husain, 2002, Leite et al, 1999). The γ -lactone ring of butenolides is quite reactive and therefore employed as a building block to construct diverse classes of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds possessing significant pharmacological activities (Black et al, 2003, Zarghi et al, 2007, Hashem et al, 2007, Husain et al, 2005).…”