Abstract |
A series of sulfur-containing congeners have been prepared from alpha-ethyl-alpha-methyl-gamma-butyrolactone, beta-ethyl-beta-methyl-gamma-butyrolactone, and alpha,alpha,beta,beta-tetramethyl- gamma-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 phosphorus pentasulfide, respectively. As had been observed previously for the lactones, the beta-substituted and alpha,beta-substituted congeners were potent convulsants that caused generalized clonic and tonic seizures in mice. The alpha-substituted congeners were effective in inhibiting pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice. alpha-Ethyl-alpha-methylthiolo- gamma-butyrolactone showed an increase in potency over the congeneric alpha-ethyl-alpha-methyl-gamma-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- oxygen substitution.
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Authors | J A Levine, J A Ferrendelli, D F Covey |
Journal | Journal of medicinal chemistry
(J Med Chem)
Vol. 29
Issue 10
Pg. 1996-9
(Oct 1986)
ISSN: 0022-2623 [Print] United States |
PMID | 3761317
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Anticonvulsants
- Convulsants
- Furans
- 4-Butyrolactone
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Topics |
- 4-Butyrolactone
(analogs & derivatives, chemical synthesis, pharmacology)
- Animals
- Anticonvulsants
(chemical synthesis, pharmacology)
- Convulsants
(chemical synthesis, pharmacology)
- Female
- Furans
(pharmacology)
- Mice
- Structure-Activity Relationship
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