Abstract
Dimethyl 4-(methoxymethylene)-2-pentenedioate 2 was selected as the starting material for the synthesis of some novel 2-pyridones containing sulfonamide moiety, which we expected to have biological activities such as bactericidal and fungicidal or other applications of certain interest.
The author acknowledges the help of Dr. Gamal El-Sherbeney, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, El-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, for carrying out the antimicrobial activity.