1976-45-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Activities of morphinone and N-(cyclopropylmethyl)normorphinone at opioid receptors
Fang,Takemori,Portoghese
, p. 1361 - 1363 (1984)
Morphinone (3) and N-(cyclopropylmethyl)normorphinone (4) were synthesized and tested on electrically stimulated smooth muscle preparations (guinea pig ileum and mouse vas deferens) and in mice. Compound 3 behaved as an agonist and 4 as an antagonist in vitro and in vivo. No pronounced nonequilibrium agonist or antagonist activity was observed with either compound.
Synthesis and pharmacological activity of sulfate conjugates at 6-position of N-substituted normorphine derivatives
Hirano,Oguri,Yoshimura
, p. 2000 - 2004 (1991)
Three pairs of N-substituted normorphine derivatives and the sulfate conjugates at the 6-position were tested for the analgesic and antagonistic activities and the development of physical dependence in mice. The compounds examined were nalorphine, nalorphine-6-sulfate (N-6-S), N-cyclopropylmethylnormorphine (CPN), N-cyclopropylmethylnormorphine-6-sulfate (C-6-S), N-dimethylallylnormorphine (DMN) and N-dimethylallylnormorphine-6-sulfate (D-6-S). The latter two pairs were newly synthesized. The analgesic activity of C-6-S and D-6-S was equipotent to that of CPN and DMN by the acetic acid writhing test on the s.c. injection, and the activity of N-6-S was about 2 times more potent than that of nalorphine. The antagonistic activity of N-6-S, C-6-S and D-6-S to morphine analgesia was higher than that of the parent compounds by the tail pinch test on i.c.v. injection. A withdrawal sign was seen in mice treated chronically with CPN, C-6-S and N-6-S by challenge with naloxone, whereas the mice treated with DMN, D-6-S and nalorphine showed no such sign. The effect of sulfation at the 6-position on the development of physical dependence was not well associated with the effect on agonistic and antagonistic activities.
Diastereoisomeric quaternary morphinium salts: Synthesis, stereochemistry and analgesic properties
Iorio,Disciullo,Mazzeo Farina,Frigeni
, p. 11 - 16 (2007/10/02)
Diastereoisomeric quaternary morphinium salts were prepared by alkylation of morphine with alkyl halides or by alkylation of N-alkylnormorphines with methyl iodide. Nitrogen configuration of diastereoisomeric pairs was assigned by means of 1H NMR chemical shifts of corresponding N-methyl protons. These compounds were evaluated for analgesic activity by the guinea pig ileum assay and by the hot-plate test after icv administration in mice. The correlation between N-substituent orientation and narcotic agonist/antagonist activity is discussed.
