title: Design, synthesis and SAR of analgesics.
abstract: A series of 4-phenylamidopiperidines having various substituents at the 4-position of the piperidine ring and the piperidine nitrogen were synthesized and tested. The antinociceptive activity of these compounds was measured by a modified hot-plate test. The active 4-phenylamidopiperidines have ED50 values ranging from 0.44 to 59 mg/Kg. High potency was observed among those compounds having an aralkyl substituent on the piperidine ring nitrogen. The highest Therapeutic Index value (TI = 223) was observed with N-[4-phenyl-1-(2-phenethyl)-4-piperidyl]-N-phenylpropanamide. Parameter Focusing using the regional fragment constants for the N-piperidine substituent (fL) and the C-4 piperidine substituent (fR') was successfully employed. The nature of the N-piperidine substituent is critical for activity, with the ideal fLo value at approximately 2.40. Structure-Activity Relationships indicate that the desired substituents for maximum enhancement of analgesic activity are an unsubstituted aromatic ring two carbons removed from the piperidine ring nitrogen and a small polar group able to hydrogen bond as a proton acceptor at the C-4 of the piperidine ring.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Srulevitch
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lien
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics