Naphthalene is a hydrocarbon produced by the distillation of coal tar and is an aromatic white crystalline substance. Naphthalene is the most abundant component in coal tar. It is used as an insect repellant and insect fumigant. The compound is used in the manufacture of celluloid, dyes, hydrogenated naphthalenes, oil fumes, smokeless powders and synthetic resins.
The pyrazolopyrazine ring system is a very interesting class of heterocyclic compounds considered as important scaffolds for many effective bioactive agents with low toxicity, antioxidant, anticonvulsant, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, anti- Fungal and analgesic activity.