Synthesis and reactions of some new substituted pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives as analgesic, anticonvulsant and antiparkinsonian agents

A series of substituted pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized as analgesic, anticonvulsant, and antiparkinsonian agents by using compounds 1, 2, and 9 as starting materials. Pyridino-imide derivative 3 was prepared by condensation of 1 with tetrachlorophthalic anhydride and compounds 4 and 5 were also obtained by reaction of compound 1 with 1,2,4,5-benzene-tetracarboxylic dianhydride and 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, respectively. Similarly, compound 2 was reacted with previous anhydrides to afford the corresponding imide 6 and bis-imide derivatives 7 and 8, respectively. Bis-arylmethylene derivatives 9 were treated with hydrogen peroxide to afford the corresponding bis-oxiranocycloalkanone derivatives 10, which condensed with thiourea to give the corresponding thioxopyrimidine derivatives 11. Treatment of compound 11 with chloroacetic acid in the presence of anhydrous sodium acetate afforded the corresponding thiazolopyrimidine derivative 12 which condensed with aromatic aldehydes in acetic acid/acetic anhydride to give arylmethylene derivative 13. Also, compounds 13 could be prepared by reaction of compounds 11 with chloroacetic acid, aromatic aldehydes, and sodium acetate in a mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride. The pharmacological screening showed that many of these obtained compounds have good analgesic, anticonvulsant, and antiparkinsonian activities comparable to Valdecoxib, Carbamazepine, and Benzatropine as reference drugs.