51799-33-8Relevant articles and documents
A base-catalyzed domino-isomerization-hydroamination reaction - A new synthetic route to amphetamines
Hartung, Christian G.,Breindl, Claudia,Tillack, Annegret,Beller, Matthias
, p. 5157 - 5162 (2007/10/03)
An efficient synthesis of pharmaceutically interesting amphetamines by a base-catalyzed domino-isomerization- hydroamination reaction is presented. Starting from allylbenzene and various primary or secondary amines, the basic structural pattern of amphetamines is synthesized directly in yields of up to 91% in the presence of catalytic amounts of n-butyllithium. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Quantitative structure-activity relationships in drug metabolism and disposition: Pharmacokinetics of N-substituted amphetamines in humans
Testa,Salvesen
, p. 497 - 501 (2007/10/02)
Pharmacokinetic data of 15 N-alkyl-substituted amphetamines in humans have been the object of a retrospective quantitative structure-activity relationship study. The urinary excretion of amphetamines was shown to decrease with increasing lipophilicity; the correlation equations revealed that, for identical lipophilicities, tertiary amines are excreted faster than secondary amines, which are secreted faster than primary amines. The apparent n-heptane-pH 7.4 buffer partition coefficient correlates better with urinary excretion than does the true n-octanol-water partition coefficient, probably because it includes a pKa term that accounts for the fraction of the drug present in the tubules as nonionic species. The N-dealkylation rate increases with increasing lipophilicity of the substrates (enhanced enzyme affinity) but decreases with increasing bulk of the N-substituent that is split off (steric hindrance of initial C(α)-hydroxylation.