Discovery of diphenyl amine based sodium channel blockers, effective against hNav1.2
作者:Debjani P. Hudgens、Catherine Taylor、Timothy W. Batts、Manoj K. Patel、Milton L. Brown
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2006.09.010
日期:2006.12
The development of new therapies for chronic pain is an area of unmet medical need. Central to pathways of chronic pain is the upregulation of voltage-gated sodium channels. The use of tricyclic antidepressants, which also have sodium channel activity, in chronic pain therapy prompted us to develop novel compounds from this scaffold. Herein, we show that the tricyclic moiety is not needed for effective inhibition of the [H-3]-BTX binding site and sodium currents of hNa(v)1.2. Our lead compound 6, containing a diphenyl amine motif, demonstrated a 53% inhibitory block of Na(v)1.2 currents at 10 mu M, which is greater than 50% increase in current block in comparison to the amitriptyline standard. Altogether our study establishes that the tricyclic motif is unnecessary for hNa(v)1.2 activity and modification of the amine portion is detrimental to sodium channel block. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Miodownik, A.; Kreisberger, J.; Nussim, M., Synthetic Communications, 1981, vol. 11, # 3, p. 241 - 246
作者:Miodownik, A.、Kreisberger, J.、Nussim, M.、Avnir, D.
DOI:——
日期:——
Tuning the Reducing Properties of 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-disodiumethanes
We investigated the reducing properties of a series of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-disodiumethanes by means of equilibration reactions. The electron-donor power of these vic-diorganometals is strongly affected by the nature of substituents present either on the aromatic ring(s) or on the carbanionic centers, and it can be correlated with their ability to delocalize the arylmethyl carbanions. These findings are supported by electrochemical analysis of the reduction behavior of the parent 1,2-diarylalkene. Applications of these results to the reduction of selected substrates are described.
Regioselective hydroaminomethylation of 1,1-diaryl-allyl-alcohols: a new access to 4,4-diarylbutylamines
Pharmacologically active 4,4-diarylbutylamines like Fluspirilene and 4-amino-1,1-diarylbutan-1-ols like Difenidol were prepared in high yields via rhodium catalysed hydroaminomethylation of 1,1-diaryl-allylalcohols. Conversion of these olefins with carbon monoxide, hydrogen and secondary amines proceeds with complete regioselectivity. This group can easily be removed under acidic and hydrogenating conditions, enabling the transformation of 4-amino-1,1-diarylbutan-1-ols to 4,4-diarylbutylamines in high yields. Thus Fluspirilene was synthesised in 88% yield in four steps starting from commercially available materials. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.