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Definitions

• the present invention is concerned with novel 1-fluoromethyl substituted alkylamines.
• nonfluorinated substituted alkylamines such as histamine, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) ethylamine (dopamine), tyramine, amphetamine and hydroxyamphetamine. These compounds exhibit various physiological activities and have various clinical utilities (See D. M. Aviado "Sympathomimetic Drugs", Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1970).
• G.B. 976,353 discloses 1-trifluoromethylphenylalkylamines having anorectic properties. No 1-monofluoromethylaralkylamines are suggested.
• 3,839,170 discloses a-CH 2 F amines and amino acids and the process for direct replacement of a hydrogen atom with a F atom using fluoroxyperfluoroalkanes and fluoroxy- pentafluorosulfur in liquid or solid phase under specific reaction conditions. No 1-fluoromethylamines of the type disclosed in the present invention are suggested.
• 1-Fluoromethyl substituted alkyl amines have been discovered. These amines have decarboxylase inhibiting activity.
• An embodiment of the present invention is compounds having the formula wherein R is a substituted C1-C4 alkyl group.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts of the formula I compounds are also included.
• the salts are those of the formula I base with a suitable organic or inorganic acid.
• Preferred inorganic acid salts are the hydrohalides e.g., hydrochlorides, hydroiodides, hydrobromides; the sulfates, and the phosphates.
• the hydrohalides, and especially the hydrochlorides, are more preferred.
• the formula I compounds have a chiral center and may occur in optically active forms i.e., as optical isomers. These isomers are designated conventionally by the symbols L and D, + and -, I and d, S and R or combinations thereof. Where the compound name or formula has no isomer designation, the name or formula includes the individual isomers, mixtures thereof and racemates.
• the compounds having the S-isomer configuration are, in general preferred.
• R is a substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl group exemplified by where R 1 is H or C 2 -C 6 alkanoyl e.g., CH 3- CO, CH 3 (CH 2 ) 4 _CO, (CH 3 ) 3 C-CO and the like; preferably
• Preferred compounds of formula I are those where R is
• Another particularly preferred compound has the formula
• Another preferred compound has the formula
• Another preferred compound has the formula
• Still another preferred compound has the formula
• the compounds of the present invention have potent decarboxylase inhibiting activity.
• Decarboxylases are enzymes which act on ⁇ -amino acid substrates, effecting decarboxylation to produce the corresponding amine. This action is illustrated by the following equation: L- alkyl or aralkyl group
• ⁇ -fluoromethyl dopamine inhibits dopa decarboxylase and can be used in combination with dopa to potentiate the latter's usefulness in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
• the present compounds also are substantially specific in their decarboxylase inhibition activity, that is an ⁇ -fluoromethyl substituted alkylamine generally inhibits the decarboxylation of the corresponding non a-fluoromethyl-a amino acid.
• ⁇ -fluoromethyl dopamine inhibits the decarboxylation of dopa
• a-fluoromethyl histamine will inhibit the decarboxylation of histidine
• 4-FM-GABA (4-fluoromethyl-4-amino-butyric acid) inhibits glutamic acid decarboxylase; etc.
• the present compounds are also useful as diagnostic tools to determine the presence and importance of the corresponding decarboxylase in relation to diseases or to the functioning of biological systems.
• CNS central nervous system
• the role of catechol amines in certain CNS functions can be studied by inhibiting their biosynthesis with an appropriate a-fluoromethyl-alkylamine; a-fluoromethyl-tryptamine displays antihypertensive activity; and the study and treatment of ulcers can be advanced through modulation of histamine biosynthesis using a-fluoromethyl histamine.
• Representative compounds have been determined to have decarboxylase inhibiting activity using a conventional in-vitro assay.
• 4-FM-GABA displays CNS activities, including sedative and antidepressant indications.
• the compounds of the present invention may be prepared using any convenient method.
• One such useful process involves the reaction of an a-hydroxymethyl substituted alkyl amine with SF 4 in liquid HF, as illustrated by the following equation:
• the starting compounds as or can be obtained according to ENz et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 29, 1048-1060 (1946).
• the reaction is generally carried out at temperatures ranging from about -80°C to about 20°C.
• This general reaction is also referred to as fluorodehydroxylation and is described in the Journal of Organic Chemistry 40, 3809-10 (1975).
• An acid addition salt of a compound of the present invention may be prepared by conventional treatment of the a-fluoromethyl-substituted amine with a useful acid generally in a suitable solvent.
• a single enantiomer of the present compounds may be obtained by (1) resolving the fluoromethyl-substituted amine racemate using conventional resolution techniques or (2) resolving the precursor a-hydroxymethyl-substituted amine using conventional resolution techniques and then fluoro- dehydroxylating the precursor enantiomer.
• a conventional resolution technique may involve formation of a salt of the appropriately substituted amine with an optically active acid and subsequent recovering the specific enantiomer from the salt.
• the product is located by the UV absorption monitor, which is connected with a chart recorder.
• the UV absorbing peak is released by the last solvent listed.
• the appropriate fractions are combined and evaporated to dryness in vacuo, to deliver the hydrochloride of R - a - hydroxymethyl - dopamine.
• For final purification this is recrystallized from isopropanol, to give crystalline product, m.p. 159-160°C. [ ⁇ ] D : 19.5 ⁇ 0.5° (c, 1 in 1 M aq. HCI).
• SF 4 gas (1.5 ml, measured as liquid at -78°C) is passed in then under continuous cooling and stirring and the solution left standing overnight, while the reactor is being kept in the cooling bath, but without replenishing dry ice.
• the solvent is removed the next morning by passing through a stream of N 2 and the residue is redissolved in 2.5 M aq. HCI (25 ml), evaporated to dryness and the residue purified by elution chromatography on a column made of cation-exchange resin (190 ml of Dowex 50 AG50-X-8, (Registered Trade Mark) 200/400 mesh U.S. Bureau of Standards, Standard Screen Sieves 1919). Elution with water, followed by 0.5M aq.
• S- ⁇ -Fluoromethyl dopamine.HCI is synthesized in an entirely analogous manner as described in example 1 for the R isomer; however to obtain the S isomer, the methyl ester of L-DOPA is employed as starting material.
• the intermediate S-hydroxymethyl dopamine has a melting point of 159-60°C; [ ⁇ ] D : -20.1 ⁇ 0.5° (C, 1 in 1M aq. HCI).
• D-histidinol is placed into a KEL-F reactor; the reactor is immersed into a dry-ice-acetone cooling bath and HF gas is passed in until a volume of 40 ml collects.
• SF 4 gas is passed in (2.0 ml, measured as liquid, at -78°C) and the mixture kept at -78°C for 5 hours.
• the cooling bath is removed and the solvent evaporated by passing N 2 gas through it.
• the residue is dissolved in cc. aq. HCI (15 ml), the solution is evaporated to dryness in vacuo to yield substantially pure R-a-fluoromethyl-histamine hydrochloride-hydrofluoride salt.
• this product is dissolved in water and charged onto a cation-exchange resin column Dowex 50-X-8 (resin, H + form). The column is washed first with H 2 0 until the effluent becomes neutral, then the product is eluted with 4M aq. HCI (275 ml). This effluent is evaporated to dryness to deliver substantially pure R-a-fluoromethyl-histamine dihydrochloride. This is recrystallized by dissolving it in 40 ml of boiling ethanol 2BA, concentrating this solution by evaporation in vacuo to 15 ml volume and cooled (ice-bath) for 2 hours. The crystals formed are collected by filtration and dried in vacuo to give R-a-fluoromethyl-histamine dihydrochloride, m.p. 181-2°.
• the free amines are obtained from the hydrochloride salts by conventional neutralization.
• S(L)-Tryptophanol (0.7 g, 3.7 mmoles) was placed in a Kel-F reactor, cooled in a dry ice-acetone bath (-78°C) and approximately 20 ml of anhydrous HF was condensed with stirring at -78°C.
• Sulfur tetrafluoride (approx. 1.5 ml, 26 mmoles) was added with stirring at -78°C over a 15-minute period.
• the reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at -78°C and then the HF was blown off with a fast stream of N 2 over a 2.5-hr. period at -78°C.
• the desired product (S)-a-fluoromethyl-trypamine was contained in fractions No. 31-60 (12 ml each). They were combined and evaporated to dryness to yield S- ⁇ -fluoromethyl_ tryptamine characterized as the tartrate salt, by 300 MHz 1 H NMR, mass spectroscopy and microanalysis.
• HCI is added and the solution refluxed for 16 hours, then evaporated to dryness in vacuo, redissolved in 100 ml of water and chromatographed on a column of cation-exchange resin. 3 l of AG-50-X-8 (200-400 mesh, U.S. Bureau of Standards, Standard Screen Sieves 1919) resin is employed in the H + form. Elution: 18 liters of water, followed by 0.4 N aq. HCI. The effluent is monitored by UVICORD Model III ultra-violet absorption monitor, filter 206 nm. 22 ml fractions are collected.
• Fractions 410-610 are combined and evaporated to dryness in vacuo to deliver 4 - fluoromethyl - 4 - amino-butyric acid hydrochloride.
• the 4-FM-GABA.HCI is dissolved in water and passed through an AG-50-X-8 ion-exchange resin column (100 ml of resin). The column is first washed with water, then eluted with 2 N aq. NH 4 0H. Evaporation of the NH 4 0H solution in vacuo gives R,S - 4 - fluoromethyl - 4 - amino butyric acid. It is recrystallized from H 2 0/isopropanol and characterized by C-H-N-F analysis and 1 H and 19 F NMR spectroscopy.

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