Preparation and antiinflammatory activity of some nonacidic trisubstituted imidazoles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jm00257a011

A number of trisubstituted imidazoles were made and several found to be potent antiinflammatory agents when examined in the carrageenan rat paw edema test. The antiinflammatory activity of these compounds is retained in adrenalectomized rats. Unlike many previously reported antiinflammatory agents, these compounds are extremely weak acids pK[a] ≥ 11) and are therefore not ionized at physiological pH. One compound, 4,5 bis (4 methoxyphenyl) 2 trifluoromethylimidazole (flumizole), is more potent than indometacin in the rat paw edema test and, in contrast to some related compounds, does not cause photosensitization in mice.