title: {[1-(Arylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl]oxy}-(trifluoromethyl)-pyridines: ketanserin analogues with insect growth regulating activity.
abstract: A series of {[1-(arylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl]oxy}-(trifluoromethyl)-pyridine derivatives were designed and synthesized on the basis of the ketanserin (1) framework, a prototypic mammalian 5-HT(2A) receptor antagonist, and the structure-activity relationship (SAR) was also discussed. The result of the bioassay showed that most of the title compounds inhibited the insect growth and exhibited moderate-to-good growth regulating activity against the armyworm Pseudaletia separata Walker. Furthermore, the SAR study revealed that, when the determinant feature, interacting with mammalian 5-HT(2A) receptor, was preserved, a simplified ArCH(2) group greatly contributed to insect growth inhibitory activities. It was also found that the substituted position of the CF(3) group at the pyridine ring played a key role, and that the introduction of 1-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]piperazine, an equivalent of the benzoylpiperidine moiety of ketanserin, resulted in bioactivities similar to those of the title compounds, which were in agreement with the model of ketanserin analogues binding to mammalian 5-HT(2) receptors.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ming-Yi
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qingchun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Gonghua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017611:Fluorine Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D008745:Methylation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D017611:Fluorine Compounds; D007650:Ketanserin