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3-Carboxamido analogues of morphine and naltrexone. synthesis and opioid receptor binding properties

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2001 Jul 9;11(13):1717-21. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00278-5.
M P Wentland 1 R Lou C M Dehnhardt W Duan D J Cohen J M Bidlack
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  • 1 Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, 12180, Troy, NY, USA. wentmp@rpi.edu
Abstract

In response to the unexpectedly high affinity for opioid receptors observed in a novel series of cyclazocine analogues where the prototypic 8-OH was replaced by a carboxamido group, we have prepared the corresponding 3-CONH(2) analogues of morphine and naltrexone. High affinity (K(i)=34 and 1.7nM) for mu opioid receptors was seen, however, the new targets were 39- and 11-fold less potent than morphine and naltrexone, respectively.

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