Abstract

AbstractNitrogen‐14 nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectra of nicotinic acid derivatives, known as antitumor agents, are reported and analyzed in the framework of the Townes and Dailey theory. A strong correlation exists between the charge difference σNC − π at the pyridinic nitrogen and the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by nicotinic acid derivatives, in which the inhibition potency (pI50) increases as the charge difference σNC − π increases. There are significant differences between 14N NQR spectra for the pyridinic nitrogen sites of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide; these can be explained in terms of the differences in hydrogen bond lengths.

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