Some cyano-amides and dicyano-glutaconimides derived from pyridine aldehydes
Abstract
2-Cyano-3-pyridylacrylamides, 2-cyano-3-pyridylpropionamides, and salts of 3,5-dicyano-6-hydroxy-4-pyridyl-2-pyridones have been prepared from four pyridine aldehydes and tested for pharmacological and antimicrobial activity. Spectra–structure correlations include evidence that in the acrylamides the carbamoyl and pyridyl groups are trans.