Abstract: The present invention provides new amyloidogenesis inhibiting compounds of formula (I): in which R1 is a —NRaRb group, where Ra and Rb, independently, are a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group; —ORc group, where Rc is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group; a glycosyl; a C1-C6 polyhydroxyalkyl; or a —NH—CH(Rd)—COORe group, where Rd is a side chain of one of the 20 natural alpha-amino acids in either of their two enantiomerically pure forms L or D, and Re is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group; and R2 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a glycosyl; a C1-C6 polyhydroxyalkyl; —C(?O)—Rf group, where Rf is a C1-C6 alkyl group; or a —CH2—COO—Rg group, where Rg is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, among others.