2176-17-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Biosynthesis. Part 24. Speculative Incorporation Experiments with 1-Benzylisoquinolines and a Logical Approach via C6-C2 and C6-C3 Precursors to the Biosynthesis of Hasubanonine and Protostephanine
Battersby, Alan R.,Jones, Raymond C. F.,Kazlauskas, Rymantas,Thornber, Craig W.,Ruchirawat, Somsak,Staunton, James
, p. 2016 - 2029 (2007/10/02)
Many possible 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines have been examined as possible advanced precursors of the alkaloids hasubanonine (1) and protostephanine (2) in Stephania japonica plants, but none was incorporated significantly.Administration of various precursor molecules having only one aromatic ring, such as tyrosine, has demonstrated that both alkaloids are derived from two different C6-C2 biogenetic units.The subsequent failure of further 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines and bisphenethylamines to be incorporated suggested the intermediacy of either (a) modified 1-benzylisoquinolines or (b) trioxygenated C6-C2 building blocks.Precursors designed to examine the first possibility, such as 1-benzyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines or 1-benzyl-1-carboxytetrahydroisoquinolines, were not incorporated into (1) and (2) whereas two 3',4',5'-trioxygenated 2-phenylethylamines were incorporated.These findings allow further delineation of the requirements for later precursors of the alkaloids (1) and (2).
Lipophilicity and serotonin agonist activity in a series of 4 substituted mescaline analogues
Nichols,Dyer
, p. 299 - 301 (2007/10/06)
Replacement of the 4 methoxy of mescaline with higher alkyl homologues or with bromine led to increased activity at serotonin receptors in a sheep umbilical artery preparation. This activity appears correlated with lipophilicity, as measured by 1 octanol water partition coefficients, but drops off when the 4 substituent is about five atoms in length. It is suggested that 3,4,5 trisubstitution may give compounds which are as active as those with the 2,4 5 substitution pattern.
