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Jarosław Saczewski1, Alan Hudson, Shayna Laird
1Department of Chemical Technology of Drugs, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland. js@gumed.edu.pl
Abstract:
A high yielding three-step procedure was applied for the synthesis of N-(imidazolidin-2-ylidene)-1-arylmethanamine oxides 3 (α-aminonitrones) starting from the easily accessible imidazolidin-2-one O-benzyl oxime 1. The α-aminonitrone-α-iminohydroxyloamine tautomerism of these products was studied theoretically and the structures of the synthesised compounds were confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis. The compounds were evaluated in vitro for their binding affinities to α(1) and α(2) adrenoceptors as well as imidazoline I(1) and I(2) receptors. The highest potencies at the α(2) adrenergic receptors were observed for compounds bearing biphenyl (4h, K(i) = 9 nM) and naphthyl (4i, K(i) = 92 nM) moieties. Compounds 4h and 4i were further tested in vivo for their cardiovascular and sedative-hypnotic effects in rats.
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