title: Potential neuroleptic agents. 3. Chemistry and antidopaminergic properties of substituted 6-methoxysalicylamides.
abstract: A series of substituted 6-methoxysalicylamides were synthesized from their corresponding 2,6-dimethoxybenzamides by demethylation of one methoxy group with boron tribromide. Substituted 6-methoxysalicylamides having a lipophilic aromatic substituent in the 3-position para with respect to the methoxy group, e.g. a bromo or an iodo atom or an ethyl or a propyl group, and having an (S)-N-(1-alkyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl moiety as the side chain were found to be potent blockers of [3H]spiperone binding in vitro and potent inhibitors of the apomorphine syndrome in the rat. Similar to remoxipride but in contrast to haloperidol, some of the substituted salicylamides show a 10-20-fold separation between the dose that inhibits hyperactivity and that which inhibits stereotypy. It was concluded that, besides the requirement of a lipophilic substituent in the position para to the methoxy group for antidopamine activity in vivo, the formation of a coplanar six-membered pseudoring involving the amide moiety and the methoxy group is a structural requirement for activity in vitro.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine; D001549:Benzamides; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012457:Salicylamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013134:Spiperone / Q000378:metabolism; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D012457:Salicylamides; D013134:Spiperone; D001058:Apomorphine