Thioredoxins (Trx) are ubiquitous multifunctional low-molecular weight proteins that together with thioredoxin reductases (TrxR) participate in the maintenance of protein thiol homeostasis in NADPH-dependent reactions. An increasing number of data reveal that the Trx–TrxR system is an attractive target for anticancer therapies. In this work, we have elaborated a new and simple synthetic approach employing Ugi reaction to synthesize ...