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Design and synthesis of naphthalenic dimers as selective MT1 melatoninergic ligands
Carole Descamps-François1, Saïd Yous, Philippe Chavatte
1Faculté de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Université de Lille 2, 3 Rue du Professeur Laguesse, BP 83, 59006 Lille Cedex, France.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
|March 21, 2003
Abstract:
We report the synthesis and binding properties at MT(1) and MT(2) receptors of the first example of agomelatine (N-[2-(7-methoxynaphth-1-yl)ethyl]acetamide) dimers in which two agomelatine moieties are linked together through their methoxy substituent by a polymethylene side chain according to the "bivalent ligand" approach. Some of these compounds behave as MT(1)-selective ligands. The most selective one (5) behaves as an antagonist.