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Synthesis and anticonvulsant activity of 1,3-dihydro-5-phenyl-2H-pyrido[3,2-e]-1,4-diazepin-2-ones
1Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Abstract:
1,3-Dihydro-5-phenyl-2H-pyrido[3,2-e]-1,4-diazepin-2-ones (11-13), in which the chlorophenyl ring of 7-chloro-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones is replaced by a pyridyl ring, were synthesized and evaluated as anticonvulsants using subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (scPTZ) and maximal electroshock (MES) induced seizure screening tests. A methyl substituent at the N-1 and/or C-3 position of the diazepin-2-one ring system was not a determinant of scPTZ activity, but the 1,3-dimethyl derivative (13) was more potent than the parent 1,3-unsubstituted compound (11) in the MES screen. 1,3-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-5-phenyl-2H-pyrido[3,2-e]-1,4-diazepin-2- one (13) inhibited sc bicuculline and sc picrotoxin induced seizures, but it did not inhibit in vitro benzodiazepine binding which suggests it may act by a different mechanism of action. In the mouse Phase II scPTZ screen all compounds tested were less active than clonazepam but more active than valproic acid.
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