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Quantitative structure-activity relationship studies of threo-methylphenidate analogs

Complementary two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) techniques were used to derive a preliminary model for the dopamine transporter (DAT) binding affinity of 80 racemic threo-methylphenidate (MP) analogs. A novel approach based on using the atom-level E-state indices of the 14 common scaffold atoms in a sphere exclusion protocol was used to identify a test set for 2D- and 3D-QSAR model validation. Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA) contour maps based on the structure-activity data of the training set indicate that the 2′ position of the phenyl ring cannot tolerate much steric bulk and that addition of electron-withdrawing groups to the 3′ or 4′ positions of the phenyl ring leads to improved DAT binding affinity. In particular, the optimal substituents were found to be those whose bulk is mainly in the plane of the phenyl ring. Substituents with significant bulk above or below the plane of the ring led to decreased binding affinity. Suggested alterations to be explored in the design of new compounds are the placement at the 3′ and 4′ position of the phenyl ring of electron-withdrawing groups that lie chiefly in the plane of the ring, for example, halogen substituents on the 3′,4′-benzo analog, 79. A complementary 2D-QSAR approach - partial least squares analysis using a reduced set of Molconn-Z descriptors - supports the CoMFA structure-activity interpretation that phenyl ring substitution is a major determinant of DAT binding affinity. The potential usefulness of the CoMFA models was demonstrated by the prediction of the binding affinity of methyl 2-(naphthalen-1-yl)-2-(piperidin-2-yl)acetate, an analog not in the original data set, to be in good agreement with the experimental value.

Efficient synthesis of a new series of piperidine ring-modified alcohol and methyl ether analogs of (±)-threomethyl phenyl(piperidin-2-yl)acetate

(Chemical Equation Presented) A series of novel piperidine ring-modified alcohol and methyl ether analogs of (±)-threo-methyl phenyl(piperidin-2- yl)acetate was synthesized. This series of methyl phenyl(piperidin-2-yl)acetate analogs was developed by piperidine ring alkylation and/or acylation followed by lithium aluminum hydride reduction to give alcohol derivatives. Methylation of the alcohol analogs by extension of standard literature procedures gave the corresponding methyl ether derivatives. The chemical structure of these compounds was established based on mass and 1H NMR spectral data and CHN elemental analysis data. Several significant modifications to the literature methodologies made the reaction more efficient, and good yields were generally obtained. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Synthesis and pharmacology of site-specific cocaine abuse treatment agents: Restricted rotation analogues of methylphenidate

A series of threo-1-aza-3 or 4-substituted-5-phenyl[4.4.0]decanes (quinolizidines), which were envisioned as restricted rotational analogues (RRAs) of methylphenidate (MP), was synthesized and tested for inhibitory potency against [3H]WIN35,428, [3H]citalopram, and [ 3H]nisoxetine binding to the dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine transporters, respectively. Two different synthetic schemes were used; a Wittig reaction or acylation (followed by an intramolecular condensation) was a key feature of each scheme. The unsubstituted RRA, threo(trans)-1-aza-5-phenyl[4.4. 0]decane (12a), was equipotent to unconstrained threo-MP against [ 3H]WIN35,428 binding. The extra ring in these RRAs (which reduces the conformational freedom) and the orientation and polarity of substituents at the 4-position on this extra ring are of critical importance to the biological activity. Generally, the RRAs paralleled the corresponding unconstrained MP derivatives in binding affinity to the three transporters. The results suggest that the conformation of MP in which the carbonyl group of the methyl ester is H-bonded to the piperidinyl N-H may be the bioactive form of the molecule.

Structure-activity relationships for methylphenidate analogs and comparisons to cocaine and tropanes

Because of its increased legal use and its similar mechanism of action to cocaine, there has been a renewed interest in methylphenidate (Ritalin). Over the last several years we have synthesized a series of (±)- methylphenidate derivatives and evaluated t