2-Pyridone is characterized by a very wide range of reactivity of a different nature, ranging from electrophilic aromatic substitution, CH–metal-mediated reactions, and NH/OH functionalization of both possible lactam/lactim tautomers, through cycloaddition, to nucleophilic addition and transformation of the tautomeric C=O/C–OH moiety. The high availability of 2-pyridones and the possibility of their far-reaching functionalization additionally increased their values. Therefore, they are very useful building blocks for the synthesis of structurally diverse piperidine and pyridine compounds, including naturally occurring 2-pyridones. This review reports on the use of simple 2-pyridones in the synthesis of alkaloids and alkaloids-inspired compounds based on the piperidine or pyridine framework.1 Introduction2 Structure, Availability, and Reactivity of 2-Pyridones3 Monocyclic Piperidine Alkaloids from 2-Pyridones4 Polycyclic Alkaloids, Their Derivatives, and Alkaloid-Inspired Compounds from 2-Pyridones4.1 New Ring Formation Involving C/N Atoms of the 2-Pyridone Ring4.1.1 Indolizine-Fused 2-Pyridones: Camptothecins and Related Compounds4.1.2 Other Indolizines from 2-Pyridones4.1.3 Compounds Bearing the Quinolizine Ring System4.2 New Ring Formation Involving C/C Atoms of the 2-Pyridone Ring4.2.1 C-2/C-3 Ring Fusion4.2.2 C-3/C-4 Ring Fusion4.2.3 C-4/C-5 Ring Fusion4.2.4 C-5/C-6 Ring Fusion4.2.5 C-2/C-4 Ring Bridge4.2.6 C-2/C-6 Ring Bridge4.2.7 C-3/C-5 Ring Bridge4.2.8 C-3/C-6 Ring Bridge4.2.9 C-4/C-6 Ring Bridge5 Conclusion

An easy and novel approach to synthesize 4,5-diaryl functionalized 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thiones via addition of aryllithiums to 5-aryl substituted pyrimidine-2(1H)-thiones, which could be regarded as a method complementary to the most widely used Biginelli-type synthesis, is described. In the reaction of aryllithiums with N–(Me)Bn substituted pyrimidine-2(1H)-thiones a high degree of regioselectivity of addition, leading to 4-aryl adducts, was achieved. Selected compounds tested for their in vitro anticancer activity against four human cancer cell lines showed the greatest activity against breast cancer (MCF7). 1-Benzyl-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-5-phenyl substituted 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thione (10g) exhibiting 10-fold more potent activity than the best known monastrol (MON) stands as a promising candidate for further scaffold and asymmetric synthesis.

In this paper, epoxy-acrylate structural adhesives tapes (SATs) were obtained from Bisphenol A-based liquid epoxy resin and epoxy acrylic resins (EARs). A new method of EARs preparation, i.e., the free radical bulk photopolymerization process (FRBP), was studied in detail. The influence of methacrylic monomers (methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, lauryl methacrylate, (2-acetoacetoxy)ethyl methacrylate) and vinyl monomers (N-vinylpyrrolidone and styrene) on the FRBP process of base monomers (i.e., butyl acrylate, glycidyl methacrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate) was investigated. The kinetics of photopolymerization process was monitored by photo-differential scanning calorimetry method. The properties of the obtained EARs (viscosity and average molecular weights), as well as monomers conversion using ¹H NMR, were determined. It was revealed that styrene significantly decreases the photopolymerization rate and increases the final monomers conversion (+27%). However, the resulting tetrapolymers BA-co-GMA-co-HEA-co-STY have low molecular weights and low polydispersity (2.2). Methacrylate monomers with shorter aliphatic chains (<C₄) also decrease the rate of photopolymerization due to the length of the aliphatic chain increasing. Surprisingly, the best results of adhesion to steel and shear strength were obtained for SAT based on epoxy acrylate resin with styrene (11 N/25 mm and 20.8 MPa, respectively). However, the thermomechanical properties of SAT with styrene were weaker than those with methacrylates.

2-Methoxypyridines functionalized in the 3-, 5-, or 6-position and 2,6-dimethoxypyridines functionalized in the 3-position were prepared from the corresponding bromo or iodo analogues by using lithium dibutyl(isopropyl)magnesate(1-) and lithium chloride under noncryogenic conditions. The procedure was optimized in terms of the choice between two magnesates and the presence or absence of lithium chloride in the reaction medium.