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A bio-catalyzed N-formylation reaction of different amines has been developed using ethyl formate as a formylating agent. This protocol provides a facile and convenient strategy featuring mild reaction conditions, high efficacy, a broad substrate scope and recyclability of lipase. This method also works on a large scale in high yield.

Human alcohol dehydrogenase (HsADH) comprises class I (α, β, and γ), class II (π), and class IV (σ) enzymes. Selective inhibitors of the enzymes could be used to prevent the metabolism of alcohols that form toxic products. Formamides are unreactive analog

This study describes the synthesis and the structure-activity relationships (SARs) of the (S)-(-)-enantiomers of a novel class of 2- (aminomethyl)piperidine derivatives, using κ-opioid binding affinity and antinociceptive potency as the indices of biological activity. Compounds incorporating the 1-tetralon-6-ylacetyl residue (30 and 34-45) demonstrated an in vivo antinociceptive activity greater than predicted on the basis of their κ-binding affinities. In particular, (2S)-2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]- 1-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5-oxo-2-naphthyl)acetyl]piperidine (34) was found to have a potency similar to spiradoline in animal models of antinociception after subcutaneous administration, with ED50s of 0.47 and 0.73 μmol/kg in the mouse and in the rat abdominal constriction tests, respectively. Further in vivo studies in mice and/or rats revealed that compound 34, compared to other selective κ-agonists, has a reduced propensity to cause a number of κ-related side effects, including locomotor impairment/sedation and diuresis, at antinociceptive doses. For example, it has an ED50 of 26.5 μmol/kg sc in the rat rotarod model, exhibiting a ratio of locomotor impairment/sedation vs analgesia of 36. Possible reasons for this differential activity and its clinical consequence are discussed.