title: Synthesis of a metabolite of metoclopramide and its detection in human urine.
abstract: The synthesis of 2-(4-amino-5-chloro-2-methoxybenzamido)acetic acid 2, a metabolite of metoclopramide 1, has been accomplished through the coupling of 4-amino-5-chloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid 4 with glycine benzyl ester followed by a catalytic hydrogenation. Such a metabolite could not be detected directly in the human urines but only after its transformation into the corresponding methyl ester 6. Compound 6 was prepared both by condensing acid 4 with glycine methyl ester and by reacting acid 2 with diazomethane. HPLC analyses of biological samples were therefore performed after treatment with diazomethane. In five healthy volunteers, the percentage of 6 spanned the range 0.6-1.2%.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche dell'Università, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maurich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Amici
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Micheli
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D008787:Metoclopramide / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D008787:Metoclopramide