STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF 6-BETA-HYDROXY METABOLITES OF NALTREXONE AND NALOXONE
STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF 6-BETA-HYDROXY METABOLITES OF NALTREXONE AND NALOXONE
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DOI:
10.1021/jm00239a010
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
BLUMBERG, H
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CHATTERJIE, N;INTURRISI, CE;BLUMBERG, H
The narcotic antagonists naltrexone (la) and naloxone (2a) were stereospecifically reduced to the corresponding 6J-hydroxy epimers lb and 2b, respectively, with formamidinesulfinic acid in an aqueous alkaline medium. The reaction products were obtained with no detectable quantity of the 6a epimers lc and 2c. The products lb and 2b were formed in yields of 88.5 and 40%, respectively, and characterized by spectral methods. Compared to la and 2a, the stereospecific reduction products lb and 2b and their 6a epimers lc and 2c are all significantly less potent as narcotic antagonists in mice. Only lc and 2c alsopossess antinociceptive activity.The ability of narcotic antagonists such as naltrexone (la) and naloxone (2a) to block the euphorigenic and dependence producing effectsof narcotics forms the pharma-cologic basis for the use of these drugs in the treatment of opiate dependence. Compared to naloxone, naltrexone has been found to be more potent and to have a longer duration of antagonist action in laboratory rodents1· 2 and man. 3 In addition, naltrexone is an effective antagonist in man at oral doses of 30-50 mg/day, while an equieffective oral dose of naloxone would be much larger (up to3000 mg/day). 3, 4 In man the major metabolite of naloxone is the 3-glucu-