title: Solid-state stereochemistry and activity of 3-methylnefopam diastereomers: manipulation of eight-membered ring conformations in analogues of the non-narcotic analgesic drug.
abstract: The solid-state structures of (+/-)-(1R,3S,5S)/(1S,3R,5R)- and (+)/(-)-(1R,3R,5R)/(1S,3S,5S)-3-methylnefopam hydrochloride, epimeric 3-methyl derivatives of the non-narcotic analgesic drug, were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. (+/-)-(1R,3S,5S)/(1S,3R,5S)-3-Methylnefopam hydrochloride gave crystals belonging to the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c, and at ambient temperature, a = 7.993(2), b = 34.376(4), c = 11.785(2) A, beta = 93.06 degrees, V = 3234(2) A3, Z = 8, R(F = 0.070, and Rw(F) = 0.053. (+)/(-)-(1R,3R,5R)/(1S,3S,5S)-3-Methylnefopam hydrochloride gave chiral crystals belonging to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), and at 92 K, a = 9.261(2), b = 10.280(2), c = 16.668(4) A, V = 1587(1) A3, Z = 4, R(F) = 0.034, and Rw(F) = 0.035. The two molecules in the asymmetric unit of the (1R,3S,5S)/(1S,3R,5R)-racemic modification had twist-chair-(flattened chair) [TCfC] conformational geometries for the eight-membered ring. Both molecules are virtually identical as shown by a root mean squares fit of 0.077 A in the superimposition of all nonhydrogen atoms in both molecules. The (+)/(-)-(1R,3R,5R)/(1S,3S,5S)-epimers were found in the same boat-(flattened chair) [BfC] conformation previously noted for crystalline nefopam hydrochloride. The TCfC and BfC eight-membered ring conformations of the two 3-methylnefopam diastereomers differ in the -N+H(CH3)CH2CH-fragment chair or boat arrangement vis-a-vis the adjacent flattened region. In both 3-methyl diastereomers, the C(3)-methyl group was disposed in an equatorial orientation, the phenyl group resided in an exo-position, and the -OCH(Ph)-o-C6H4- fragment occupied the flattened region of the eight-membered ring.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blumenfeld
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geresh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donnell
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rosland
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hole
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maartmann-Moe
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D051379:Mice; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009340:Nefopam / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000187:drug effects; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D009340:Nefopam