Formation of Quaternary Chiral Centers by N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition Reactions with Grignard Reagents on Trisubstituted Cyclic Enones
The copper‐catalyzedconjugateaddition of Grignard reagents to 3‐substituted cyclic enones allows the formation of all‐carbon chiral quaternary centers. We demonstrate in this article that N‐heterocyclic carbenes act as efficient chiral ligands for this transformation. High enantioselectivities (up to 96 % ee) could be obtained for a variety of substrates.
The invention relates to novel cyclohexylamine derivatives and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and sleep disorder as well as methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.
The invention relates to novel cyclohexylamine derivatives and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and sleep disorder as well as methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.
Centrally acting noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (NRI) is reportedly effective for patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) by increasing urethral closure in the clinical Phase IIa study with esreboxetine. Noradrenaline transporters are expressed in both central and peripheral nervous systems and the contribution of each site to efficacy has not been clarified. This report describes the development of a series of peripheral-selective 7-phenyl-1,4-oxazepane NRIs to investigate the contribution of the peripheral site to increasing urethral resistance in rats. (6S,7R)-1,4-Oxazepane derivative 7 exhibited noradrenaline transporter inhibition with high selectivity against inhibitions of serotonin and dopamine transporters. A replacement of hydroxyl with acetamide group contributed to enhancement of peripheral selectivity by increasing molecular polarity. Compound 12, N-[(6S,7R)-7-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-oxazepan-6-yl]methyl}acetamide 0.5 fumarate, which showed effectively no brain penetration in rats, increased urethral resistance in a dose-dependent manner and exhibited a maximal effect on par with esreboxetine. These results demonstrate that the urethral resistance-increasing effects of NRI in rats are mainly caused by the inhibition of noradrenaline transporters in the peripheral sites. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.