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Light-Switchable Antagonists for the Histamine H1 Receptor at the Isolated Guinea Pig Ileum
Rustler, Karin,Pockes, Steffen,K?nig, Burkhard
, p. 636 - 644 (2019/02/14)
The histamine H1 G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) plays an important role in allergy and inflammation. Existing drugs that address the H1 receptor differ in their chemical structure, pharmacology, and side effects. Light-controllable spatial and temporal activity regulation of photochromic H1 ligands may contribute to a better mechanistic understanding and the development of improved correlations between ligand structure and pharmacologic effects. We report photochromic H1 receptor ligands, which were investigated in an organ-pharmacological assay. Initially, five photochromic azobenzene derivatives of reported dual H1–H4 receptor antagonists were designed, synthesized, photochemically characterized, and organ-pharmacologically tested on the isolated guinea pig ileum. Among them, one compound [trans-19: (Z)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-(4-((E)-phenyldiazenyl)phenyl)methanimine] retained the antagonistic activity of its non-photochromic lead, and trans–cis isomerization by irradiation induced a fourfold difference in the pharmacological response. Further structural optimization resulted in two bathochromically shifted derivatives of 19 [NO2-substituted 35 {(Z)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-(4-((E)-(4-nitrophenyl)diazenyl)phenyl)methanimine} and SO3?-substituted 41 {4-((E)-(4-(((Z)-(4-chlorophenyl)(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methylene)amino)phenyl)diazenyl)benzenesulfonate}], which do not require the use of UV light for photoisomerization and which also have improved solubility and show reduced tissue impairment. The trans isomers of both compounds showed a remarkable increase in antagonistic activity relative to their lead trans-19; furthermore, a 46-fold difference in activity on the isolated guinea pig ileum was observed between trans- and cis-35.
Intramolecular Reaction Between Nitro and Carbodi-imide Groups; A New Synthesis of 2-Arylbenzotriazoles
Houghton, Peter G.,Pipe, David F.,Rees, Charles W.
, p. 1471 - 1480 (2007/10/02)
1-(2-Nitrophenyl)-5-phenyltetrazole (5b) decomposes when heated to give nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and 2-phenylbenzotriazole (6) in high yield.This new molecular rearrangement proceeds via 2-nitrophenyl(phenyl)carbodi-imide (8).Other precursors of this carbodi-imide, i.e. oxadiazolone (10), oxadiazolethione (11), oxathiadiazole 2-oxide (12), and the aminimide (16), and carbodi-imide itself, all give 2-phenylbenzotriazole (6) on thermolysis, the last three in high yield.This reaction is general for diarylcarbodi-imides with an ortho nitro group, and their precursors, and it provides a useful new route to 2-arylbenzotriazoles.A sequence of electrocyclic ring closing and opening reactions (Scheme 5) is proposed as the mechanism of this process.The key intermediate, 2-phenyl-1,2,4-benzotriazin-3-one 1-oxide (19) has been isolated from a careful thermolysis of (12) in toluene; in solution it is in reversible equlibrium with the ring-opened form (20).This new nitro-carbodi-imide group interaction has been extended to the more stable nitrobiphenyl(phenyl)carbodi-imide (25) and nitronaphthyl(phenyl)carbodi-imide (24) which, on flash vacuum pyrolysis, give benzimidazophenanthridine (29) and benzindazole 1-oxide (32) respectively, in new rearrangements.
