title: Studies on cerebral protective agents. IV. Synthesis of novel 4-arylpyridine and 4-arylpyridazine derivatives with anti-anoxic activity.
abstract: In a search for new cerebral protective agents, a series of 4-(3- or 4-nitrophenyl)-6-phenylpyridines (or pyridazines) and 2-(3-nitrophenyl)-6-phenylpyridines, possessing an amino moiety at the C-3 position of the pyridine (or pyridazine) ring, were synthesized through the corresponding novel 1,4-dihydro derivatives and tested for anti-anoxic (AA) activity in mice. Four compounds (2c, 2f, 3a, 4a) possessed significant AA activity at a dose of 32 mg/kg, i.p. These results suggest that four-atom linkages between the C-3 position of the pyridine (or pyridazine) ring and the nitrogenous basic moiety also seems to be a prerequisite for the expression of AA activity.
authors.affiliation: New Drug Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takasugi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D011724:Pyridazines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D011724:Pyridazines; D011725:Pyridines