Alkyl-substituted thiolo-, thiono-, and dithio-gamma-butyrolactones: new classes of convulsant and anticonvulsant agents.
Alkyl-substituted thiolo-, thiono-, and dithio-gamma-butyrolactones: new classes of convulsant and anticonvulsant agents.
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烷基取代的硫代-、硫代-和二硫代-γ-丁内酯:新型惊厥药和抗惊厥药。
DOI:
10.1021/jm00160a032
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Covey,DF
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文献类型:
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作者:
Levine,JA;Ferrendelli,JA;Covey,DF
A series of sulfur-containing congeners have been prepared from a-ethyl-a-methyl-7-butyrolactone,/3-ethyl-/3-methyl-7-butyrolactone, and ŦŦ dd-tetramethyl-y-butyrolactone as potential neuropharmacologic agents. The lactones were treated with benzyl mercaptide anion to form 4-(benzylthio) butyric acid, which, on treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, cyclized to yield thiololactones. The thiono-and dithiolactones were prepared by treating the corresponding lactones either with Lawesson’s reagent or with phosphoms pentasulfide, respectively. As had been observed previously for the lactones, the/3-substituted and,/3-substituted congeners were potent convulsants that caused generalized clonic and tonic seizures in mice. The Ŧ-substituted congeners were effective in inhibiting pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice. Ŧ-Ethyl-a-methylthiolo-y-butyrolactone showed an increase in potency over the congeneric a-ethyl-a-methyl-7-butyrolactone and, additionally, was effective against maximal electroshock seizures. In no cases was a convulsant converted to an anticonvulsant or vice versa by sulfur-for-oxygensubstitution.Alkyl-substituted-butyrolactones (GBLs) are known to be neuropharmacologically active agents that exhibit either convulsant or anticonvulsant activities dependent on their substitution pattern. 1-5 Ŧ-Substituted GBLs are effective in inhibiting pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizures in experimental animals, whereas ß-and, ß-substituted GBLs cause convulsive seizures that can be blocked by drugs which are effective against petit mal seizures, such as ethosuximide (ESM), as well as by Ŧ-substituted GBLs.