A reagent-free microwave-assisted decarboxylation procedure for carboxylic acid functionalized bicyclic 2-pyridones has been developed. This new method, based on microwave heating at 220 °C for 600 seconds in N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), proved to be practical and very efficient, resulting in decarboxylated 2-pyridones in near-quantitative yields. The decarboxylated products and the intermediate 2-pyridones in the form of carboxylic acid methyl esters and carboxylic acids were screened for their effect on Aβ-peptide aggregation. Two out of the 21 2-pyridones described in this study inhibited amyloid formation of the Alzheimer Aβ(1â40) peptide. The effect was seen even at a 4 : 1 ratio of 2-pyridone and monomeric Aβ-peptide.
开发了一种无试剂的微波辅助去羧化程序,用于
羧酸功能化的双环2-
吡啶酮。该新方法基于在
N-甲基吡咯烷酮(
NMP)中以220°C加热600秒,证明实用且非常高效,产生的去羧化2-
吡啶酮几乎定量。去羧化产品和
羧酸甲酯及
羧酸形式的中间体2-
吡啶酮被筛选以研究其对Aβ肽聚集的影响。在本研究中描述的21种2-
吡啶酮中,有两种抑制了阿尔茨海默病Aβ(1–40)肽的淀粉样蛋白形成。即使在2-
吡啶酮与单体Aβ肽的比率为4:1时,仍观察到了这种效果。