4-Aminoquinolines: Novel Nociceptin Antagonists with Analgesic Activity
摘要:
Small-molecule nociceptin antagonists were synthesized to examine their therapeutic potential. After a 4-aminoquinoline derivative was found to bind with the human ORL1 receptor, a series of 4-aminoquinolines and related compounds were synthesized and their binding was evaluated. Elucidation of structure-activity relationships eventually led to the optimum compounds. One of the se compounds, N-(4-amino-2-methylquinolin-6-yl) -2-(4-ethylphenoxymethyl)benzamide hydrochloride (11) not only antagonized nociceptin-induced allodynia in mice but also showed analgesic effect in a hot plate test using mice and in a formalin test using rats. Its analgesic effect was not antagonized by the opioid antagonist naloxone. These results indicate that this nociceptin antagonist has the potential to become a novel type of analgesic that differs from mu -opioid agonists.
Rapid Access to 3-Aryltetralin Skeleton via C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization: Investigation on the Substituent Effect of Aromatic Ring Adjacent to C–H Bond in Hydride Shift/Cyclization Sequence
Concise Route to 3-Arylisoquinoline Skeleton by Lewis Acid Catalyzed C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H Bond Functionalization and Its Application to Formal Synthesis of (±)-Tetrahydropalmatine
作者:Keiji Mori、Taro Kawasaki、Takahiko Akiyama
DOI:10.1021/ol300180w
日期:2012.3.16
An expeditious route to furnish an isoquinoline skeleton via hydride shift mediated C-H bond functionalization was developed. In this process, an unusual [1,5]-H shift without the assistance of the adjacent heteroatom took place to produce tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives in good to excellent chemical yields. The formal synthesis of (+/-)-tetrahydropalmatine was achieved by exploiting this new transformation.