Novel euglycemic and hypolipidemic agents: Pyridine containing unsaturated thiazolidinediones

403-406Pyridyl containing 2,4-thiazolidinediones having cyclic amine as linker have been synthesized. Both unsaturated thiazolidinedione <span style="font-size:15.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">6<span style="font-size:15.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"=""> and saturated thiazolidinedione 5 and their various salts have been evaluated in db/db mice for euglycemic and hypolipidemic effects. The maleate salt of TZD 6a is found to be a very potent euglycemic and hypolipidemic compound.</span