Discovery of a novel class of BK channel openers: Enantiospecific synthesis and BK channel opening activity of 3-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3- hydroxy-6-(trifluoromethyl)-2H-indol-2-one

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0960-894X(97)00202-3

3-Aryl-3-hydroxyindol-2-ones have been identified as a novel class of BK channel openers. Synthesis of both racemic and chiral 3-aryl-3-hydroxyindolones is described along with their electrophysiological evaluation as activators of the cloned BK channel m