In an earlier communication (I), Griffith and Byerrum reported that succinate-2,3-r4C was incorporated into positions 2 and 3 of the pyridine ring of nicotine, and 14C! was distributed essentially equally between the 2 carbon atoms. In addition, ‘4C-labeled glycerol was shown to be efficiently incorporated into the pyridine moiety, and it was suggested that positions 4, 5, and 6 of the ring are...

The addition of N-methylimidazole (NMI) to the reaction of homophthalic anhydride with imines such as pyridine-3-carboxaldehyde-N-trifluoroethylimine (9) reduces the amount of elimination byproduct and improves the yield of the formal cycloadduct, tetrahydroisoquinolonic carboxylate 10. Carboxanilides of such compounds are of interest as potential antimalarial agents. A mechanism that rationali...

The reactive intermediate generated by the addition of tert-butyl and 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl butyl isocyanide and cyclohexyl isocyanide to dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate was trapped by 3-hydroxy pyridine to produce highly functionalized 4H-chromenes in fairly good  yields.

Based on prior work, we hypothesized that cigarette smoke contains chemicals that can inhibit growth of the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM). In this study, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry were used to identify 12 pyridine derivatives in the inhibitory fractions of smoke eluted from solid phase extraction cartridges. These pyridine derivatives were further studied individually in d...

In the title compound, C11H6FN3O5, the dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 72.4 (3)°. The NO2 groups form dihedral angles of 40.8 (2) and 4.8 (2)°, respectively, with the attached pyridine and benzene rings. The crystal structure features π-π stacking between centrosymmetrically related pairs of pyridine rings [centroid-centroid separation = 3.800 (3) Å].

Degeneration of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system and of noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus are important pathological features of Parkinson's disease. There is an urgent need to develop therapies that slow down the progression of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. In the present study, we tested whether the highly specific metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antagonist, 3-[(...