Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking Study of 2-Substituted-4,6-Diarylpyrimidines as α-Glucosidase Inhibitors

A novel series of 2-substituted-4,6-diarylpyrimidines 6a–6t has been synthesized, characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and HRMS, and screened for in vitro α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. The majority of the screened compounds possessed significant α-glucosidase inhibitory activity with IC50 values ranging from 19.6 ± 0.21 to 38.9 ± 0.35 μM, which is more potent than the positive control α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose (IC50 = 817.38 ± 6.27 μM). Among them, 6j was found to be the most active compound against α-glucosidase with an IC50 of 19.6 ± 0.21 μM. In addition, molecular docking studies were carried out to explore the binding interactions of 2-substituted-4,6-diarylpyrimidine derivatives with α-glucosidase.