Indole and Indoline Scaffolds in Antimicrobials: Overview, Synthesis and Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Research.

At present, a pandemic of antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases is an evergrowing threat. The need for new antibiotics and ways to combat antibiotic resistance is glaring. This review will focus on two different privileged scaffolds, the indole and the indoline, as useful nuclei for novel antibacterial compounds.