RTI(-4229)-274, or 2β-((3,4-Methylenedioxyphenoxy)methyl)-3α-(4-fluorophenyl)nortropane is a phenyltropane homologue of paroxetine developed by the group led by F Ivy Carroll in the 1990s.[1]
N-demethylating the S-α,β (1S,2S,3R) isomer resulted in a 54-fold increase in DAT IC50.
In the case of nocaine it is understood that the SR enantiomer is the one that should be demethylated if it is wanted to improve DAT affinity.
That is the same enantiomer that is used in the production of paroxetine.
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Skeletal rearrangement
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Four years later some unrelated authors cited a skeletal rearrangement accounts for this.[2]Diagram
Notice that they are not only interested in ethers, but nitrogen containing Nu's ("TRODAT")[3]
The metal is called "Technetium" and is bound by a chelating agent.
The authors state that at first the acid is halogenated, the amide is prepared, and reduced.
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To solve the problem of the unexpected aza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonane rearrangement product, the original synthesis had to be modified as follows;[4] WIN 35428 was N-demethylated and then the NH amine was reacted with a suitable protecting group so that N is no longer nucleophilic. In their case they used a tosyl.[3]
↑ 1.01.1"Synthesis and ligand binding of tropane ring analogues of paroxetine". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry41 (2): 247–57. January 1998. doi:10.1021/jm970669p. PMID9457247.
↑"Rearrangement of a mesylate tropane intermediate in nucleophilic substitution reactions. Synthesis of aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane and aza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonane ethers, imides, and amines". The Journal of Organic Chemistry67 (11): 3637–42. May 2002. doi:10.1021/jo010973x. PMID12027674.
↑ 3.03.1"Chemistry, design, and structure-activity relationship of cocaine antagonists". Chemical Reviews100 (3): 925–1024. March 2000. doi:10.1021/cr9700538. PMID11749256.
↑ 4.04.1"Synthesis, structural identification, and ligand binding of tropane ring analogs of paroxetine and an unexpected aza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonane rearrangement product". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry13 (7): 2439–49. April 2005. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2005.01.046. PMID15755646.