organic compounds
blocking the influx of Ca2+ through calcium channels and are
used as anti-anginal and antihypertensive drugs (Triggle &
Swamy, 1980; Janis & Triggle, 1984). 1,4-Dihydropyridine (1,4-
DHP) derivatives are the most studied group and nifedipine is
the prototype of calcium-channel antagonists (Triggle, 1990,
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2003; S¸afak & S¸ims¸ek, 2006; Bulbul et al., 2009). Modifications
to the nifedipine structure, such as replacing the ester moiety
with various acyl analogues or fusing one of the carbonyl
groups into the ring system, produces some active molecules
Two 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives
with potential calcium-channel
antagonist activity
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(S¸ims¸ek et al., 2006; Gunduz et al., 2009). Following on from
these structure–activity relationship studies and our experi-
ence in this area, we synthesized benzyl 4-(3-chloro-2-fluoro-
phenyl)-2-methyl-5-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[b]-
pyridine-3-carboxylate, (I), and 3-pyridylmethyl 4-[2-fluoro-3-
(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2,6,6-trimethyl-5-oxo-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexa-
hydroquinoline-3-carboxylate, (II). Compound (I) shows
calcium-channel blocker activity in isolated rat ileum and rat
thoracic artery. Compound (II) also demonstrates calcium-
channel blocker activity. The maximum relaxant responses
(Emax) and pD2 values of (II) were determined on isolated
strips of rabbit gastric fundus smooth muscle (S¸afak, 2010).
Anthony Linden,a* Cihat S¸afak,b Rahime S¸im¸sekb and
Miyase G. Gunduzb
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aInstitute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190,
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CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland, and bDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
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Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence e-mail: alinden@oci.uzh.ch
Received 25 January 2011
Accepted 25 January 2011
Online 27 January 2011
The title compounds, benzyl 4-(3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-
2-methyl-5-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine-
3-carboxylate, C23H19ClFNO3, (I), and 3-pyridylmethyl
4-[2-fluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2,6,6-trimethyl-5-oxo-
1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carboxylate, C26H24F4N2O3,
(II), belong to a class of 1,4-dihydropyridines whose members
sometimes display calcium modulatory properties. The 1,4-
dihydropyridine ring in each structure has a shallower than
usual shallow-boat conformation and is nearly planar in (I). In
each structure, the halogen-substituted benzene ring is
oriented such that the halogen substituents are in a
synperiplanar orientation with respect to the 1,4-dihydro-
pyridine ring plane. The oxocyclopentene ring in (I) is planar,
while the oxocyclohexene ring in (II) has a half-chair
conformation, which is less commonly observed than the
envelope conformation usually found in related compounds.
In (I), the frequently observed intermolecular N—Hꢀ ꢀ ꢀO
hydrogen bond between the amine group and the carbonyl O
atom of the oxocyclopentene ring of a neighbouring molecule
links the molecules into extended chains; there are no other
significant intermolecular interactions. By contrast, the amine
group in (II) forms an N—Hꢀ ꢀ ꢀN hydrogen bond with the
pyridine ring N atom of a neighbouring molecule. Additional
C—Hꢀ ꢀ ꢀO interactions complete a two-dimensional hydro-
gen-bonded network. The halogen-substituted benzene ring
has a weak intramolecular ꢀ–ꢀ interaction with the pyridine
ring. A stronger ꢀ–ꢀ interaction occurs between the 1,4-di-
hydropyridine rings of centrosymmetrically related molecules.
Views of the asymmetric units of the structures of (I) and
(II) are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. Most of the bond
lengths and angles in (I) and (II) have normal values. There
are small angular distortions about atom C2 and the ester C
atom [C9 in (I) and C10 in (II)] (Tables 1 and 3), which result
from steric interactions between the methyl substituent at C2
and atom O1 of the ester substituent at C3 [O1ꢀ ꢀ ꢀC8 in (I) and
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O1ꢀ ꢀ ꢀC9 in (II) are both 2.847 (2) A]. The presence of
ꢀ-electron conjugation keeps the ester group at C3 almost
coplanar with the endocyclic double bond [C2 C3—
C9 O1 = ꢁ11.3 (3)ꢂ for (I) and C2 C3—C10 O1 =
ꢁ5.6 (3)ꢂ for (II)] and prevents the ester group from rotating
into a sterically more amenable orientation. These properties
are consistent with those of related compounds (Linden et al.,
2005, 2006).
The 1,4-DHP rings in (I) and (II) have very shallow boat
conformations. In (I), the ring is almost completely planar,
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with atoms N1 and C4 lying just 0.0342 (18) and 0.0612 (19) A,
respectively, from the plane defined by atoms C2/C3/C4a/C7a.
The corresponding displacements in (II) are 0.0296 (14) and
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0.1004 (16) A, respectively [atom C8a is in the position
Comment
represented by C7a in (I)]. The conformations of 4-aryl-1,4-
DHP rings have been discussed previously (Goldmann &
Stoltefuss, 1991; Linden et al., 1998, 2002, 2005; S¸ims¸ek et al.,
2000) and it is usual for the ring to have a shallow-boat
conformation, although considerable variation in the shal-
Cardiovascular diseases include disorders of the heart and
blood vessels, hypertension, peripheral artery disease, rheu-
matic heart disease, congenital heart disease and heart failure.
Calcium-channel antagonists inhibit muscle contraction by
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