title: Potential antipsychotic agents. 9. Synthesis and stereoselective dopamine D-2 receptor blockade of a potent class of substituted (R)-N-[(1-benzyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]benzamides. Relations to other side chain congeners.
abstract: A number of substituted N-[(1-benzyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]benzamides and -salicylamides have been prepared and investigated as dopamine D-2 receptor antagonists in vitro and in vivo. The affinity was found to be confined to the R enantiomer, in contrast to the corresponding N-ethyl or N-allyl derivatives. The X-ray structure of one of the compounds (15) confirmed the R stereochemistry. This compound (15) was found to adopt a solid-state conformation in which the 4-fluorobenzyl group is folded over the salicylamide moiety. Benzamides having a 2,3-dimethoxy substitution pattern (24 and 26) or salicylamides with a 5,6-dimethoxy grouping (21 and 22) were especially potent, in that they inhibited [3H]spiperone binding to rat striatal dopamine D-2 receptors in vitro with IC50 values of about 1 nM. The new compounds' ability to block apomorphine-induced stereotypies correlated with the affinity for the [3H]spiperone binding site. Higher dose levels were necessary to induce catalepsy than to block the apomorphine-induced responses. The influence of the aromatic substituents on the potency of substituted benzamides with three types of side chains, i.e. (R)-(1-benzyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl, (S)-(1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl and 1-benzyl-4-piperidinyl, was compared. The 3-bromo-5,6-dimethoxysalicylamide substitution pattern was found to be the most general since it gave very potent compounds in all series. The substituted (R)-N-[(1-(4-fluoro-benzyl)-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]benzamides (26) and -salicylamides (22) are suitable for development into 18F radioligands without altering the parent structure.
authors.affiliation: Astra Research Centre AB, CNS Research & Development, Södertälje, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Högberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ström
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Paulis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stensland
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Csöregh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lundin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ogren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001549:Benzamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001593:Benzyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D008297:Male; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D020891:Raclopride; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D012457:Salicylamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013134:Spiperone / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001549:Benzamides; D001593:Benzyl Compounds; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D012457:Salicylamides; D020891:Raclopride; D013134:Spiperone