title: Muscarinic ganglionic stimulants: conformationally restrained analogues related to [4-[[N-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamoyl]oxy]-2-butynyl]trimethylammonium chloride.
abstract: The synthesis of a series of tertiary and quaternary cyclic analogues (isoarecolinol, dihydroisoarecolinol, arecolinol, and 3-pyrroline-3-carbinol derivatives) of [4-[[N-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamoyl]oxy]-2-butynyl]trimethylammonium chloride (McN-A-343) (1), a selective stimulant of muscarinic receptors in sympathetic ganglia (so-called M1 receptors), is reported. The compounds 3-10 were tested for muscarinic ganglion-stimulating activity by recording blood pressure responses in pithed rats. All tertiary compounds tested had no ganglion-stimulating activity. Among the series of quaternary derivatives, only the isoarecolinol analogues 4a and 4b showed considerable ganglion-stimulating effects, whereas the dihydroisoarecolinol (8), the arecolinol (6a, 6b), and the 3-pyrroline-3-carbinol derivatives (10) were much less potent. Our experiments therefore demonstrate that in this series a quaternary nitrogen atom, unsaturation at C2 of the ammonium side chain, and a certain spatial arrangement of the ammonium and the phenylcarbamate groups are essential for potent M1-receptor stimulating activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic