Metabolic products of N-ethyl-beta-methoxy-beta-(3'-trifluoromethylphenyl)ethylamine (SKF 40652A)

The metabolsim of N-ethyl-beta-methoxy-beta-(3'-trifluoromethylphenyl)ethylamine (SKF 40652A, I) in vitro with 9000 g supernatants and washed microsomes of rabbit liver gave N-dealkylation, and N-oxidation of the parent secondary amine and the derived primary amine, anti and syn beta-methoxy-beta-(3'-trifluoromethylphenyl)acetaldoximes (V), and the beta-methoxy-beta-(3'-trifluoromethylphenyl(ethyl alcohol (VI). The identification and the physicochemical properties of these compounds are reported.