Ay. Hassan et al., SYNTHESIS OF CERTAIN NEW PYRIDINE-DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL RADIOPROTECTIVE AND CYTOTOXIC AGENTS, Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 7(2), 1997, pp. 129-134
A number of pyridines derived from -4-methyl-1,2-dihydro-6-oxo-5-pyrid
inecarbonitrile (3) have been synthesized and evaluated for radioprote
ction and cytotoxic activities. The structures are supported by elemen
tal and spectral analyses. Most of the tested compounds displayed sign
ificant activity as cytotoxic and/or radioprotectors.