US3755416A - Noracymethadol carbamates - Google Patents

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US3755416A
US3755416A US00220698A US3755416DA US3755416A US 3755416 A US3755416 A US 3755416A US 00220698 A US00220698 A US 00220698A US 3755416D A US3755416D A US 3755416DA US 3755416 A US3755416 A US 3755416A
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  • Methadon (systematically named as dl-4,4-diphenyl- 6-dimethylamino-3-heptanone) is analgesically active with a low addiction liability. The compound, therefore, became a candidate for use in the treatment of heroin addiction since it afforded the possibility of repressing the symptoms accompanying the withdrawal of heroin from persons addicted thereto.
  • An addict in the process of withdrawing from heroin is able to do so by taking a daily dose of methadon and still perform useful work and earn a living although he may become addicted to methadon in the process.
  • the addict in order to support his or her habit need no longer resort to armed robbery, burglary or prostitution.
  • Methadon is orally active and the daily cost for an addict has been in the neighborhood of $l$l.50 as compared to the daily cost of heroin which is said to be from $20-$60 day.
  • Methadon does suffer from one drawback as a heroin treatment drug in that it can be main-lined as is heroin and is more addictive, in that it produces more euphoria, when administered by this route than when taken orally.
  • Methadon was discovered in Germany during World War II and has been marketed as an analgesic since the conclusion of hostilities in most countries of the World.
  • the reduction products of methadon are alcohols known as methadols and the acyl derivatives of the alcohol group are known as acymethadols. Both the methadols and acymethadols are active analgesics.
  • the nor derivatives of methadon (by nor is meant compounds which have a methylamino in place of a dimethylamino group in methadon) are unstable but the nor derivatives of the methadols and acymethadols are quite stable.
  • the noracymethadols are described in US. Pat. 3,021,360 issued Feb. 13, 1962.
  • Alk is methyl or ethyl
  • Y is O or S
  • R is C -C alkyl or phenyl.
  • Groups illustrative of R when it is C -C alkyl include the following: methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec.-butyl, t-butyl, Z-pentyl, n-amyl, isoamyl, 3-pentyl, 3-methyl-2-butyl, 2- methyl-Z-butyl and the like.
  • the compounds represented by the above formula possess two asymmetric carbon atoms. Accordingly, four different forms of each compound are possible, these consisting of two diastereoisomeric pairs, each of which can be resolved into dextroand levorotatory isomers. Since it is not possible at present to assign an absolute spatial configuration to the diastereoisomeric pairs, they have been arbitrarily designated as the uand fl-isomers, the designation on having been given to that diastereoisomeric pair or more properly, racemic pair, which has the lower solubility.
  • Both on and B diastereoisomeric pairs have utility in this invention in that both are analgesically active.
  • the l-isomer has the analgesic activity, the disomer being analgesically inactive.
  • the unresolved a-dl or diastereoisomeric pair is useful for the same purposes in accordance with its analgesic content, the analgesic content being one-half that of the pure active l-isomer.
  • the fi-l diastereoisomeric pair With the fi-dl diastereoisomeric pair, the fi-l isomer is the more active analgetically. As with the u-dl pair, the unresolved racemate is useful as an analgesic and in the alleviation of heroin withdrawal symptoms.
  • the compounds represented by the above formula have analgesic action as measured by the method of Robbins, J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. (Sci. Ed.) 44 497 (1955).
  • rats are divided into groups of four and appropriate concentrations of the analgesic under test are administered to the rats, one dose level per group of rats.
  • One group of rats is used as a control group and are administered orally the medium used for administration of the analgesic itself.
  • Analgesic activity in the ad ministered compounds is measured by an increase in reaction time to a painful stimulus over the reaction time of the control group of rats to the same stimulus.
  • the painful stimulus consists of heat, the rats tail being grasped between the thumb and forefinger of the operator equidistant between the sides of an electrical ly-heated rod.
  • Table 1 below gives the results of testing representative compounds of this invention as analgesics by the above method.
  • column 1 is the Y substituent for the formula at the head of the table
  • column 2 the R substituent
  • column 3 the oral dose in mg./kg.
  • column 4 the time of peak analgesic action, this time being that at which the analgesic response is measured
  • column 5 the prolongation time in seconds for the response of the treatedgroup to the painful stimulus over the response time of the control group.
  • the compounds of this invention also demonstrate their analgesic action in the mouse writhing assay described by Koster et al., Fed. Proc. Soc. Exptl. Biol. 18 412 (1969).
  • the compounds of this invention are relatively nontoxic in that their analgesically elfecti-ve dose is low compared to the dose at which toxic signs appear.
  • Table 2 which follows records the lethal dose for 50% of rats (LD for a-dl-ethyl N-methyl-N-(l-methyl-3,3-diphenyl-4-acetoxy-n-hexyl)carbamate.
  • column 1 gives the route of administration of the compound and column 2, the LD determined from the mortality rate among groups of rats at various dose levels.
  • the compounds of this invention are efiective analgesically by the oral route, this route of administration is preferred.
  • the compound may be placed in empty telescoping gelatin capsules, either with or without conventional pharmaceutical extending media.
  • the compounds can also be mixed with various excipients, binders, etc. and compressed into tablets.
  • the compounds can also be administered intraperitoneally or subcutaneously as an aqueous suspension of the type illustrated above.
  • the compounds are not soluble in water and they do not form salts which might be water soluble.
  • the compounds are not suitable for intravenous injection and thus cannot be self-administered as can methadon. It is, of course, an advantage accruing to the compounds of this invention that they cannot be self-administered and are therefore not subject to street abuse as is methadon.
  • a second advantage of the compounds of this invention is their comparatively long duration of action which, in some instances, is greater than six hours.
  • the compounds of this invention are white crystalline solids. They are prepared in general by acylating noracetylmethadol or its propionic acid analogue. The preparation of these starting materials is set forth in US. Pat. 3,021,360.
  • the acylating agent is preferably a chlorocarbonate such as ethyl chlorocar bonate, n-butyl chlorocarbonate or the like. The preparation of a compound of this invention is illustrated by the following specific example.
  • EXAMPLE 1 a-l-ethyl N-methyl-N- (l-methyl-3,3-diphenyl-4-acetoxyn-hexyl)carbamate
  • Eight grams of a-Z-noracetylmethadol free base obtained from the corresponding hydrochloride salt were dissolved in a mixture of 10 ml. of pyridine and 100 ml. of benzene. The mixture was cooled to about 0 C.
  • 2.4 g. of ethyl chlorocarbonate in 20 ml. of benzene were added slowly with stirring to the chilled solution containing the oz-lnoracetylmethadol. After the addition had been completed, stirring was continued for about 2 more hours at about 0 C.
  • the starting noracetylmethadol can be prepared by an alternate procedure in addition to that set forth in US. Pat. 3,021,360. This procedure is illustrated below.
  • EMM-PLE 2 a-l-Noracetylmethadol 30 g. of a-l-acetylmethadol hydrochloride were converted to the free base and the free base mixed with 15.6 g. of diethyl azodicarboxylate in 200 ml. of n-hexane. The mixture was allowed to stand at ambient temperature overnight. The solvent was then removed in vacuo and the residual oil dissolved in 200 ml. of l N aqueous hydrochloric acid. -Ethanol was added to effect complete solution. The mixture was heated for about 4 hours at about 100 C. The reaction mixture was then cooled and extracted with ether. The ether layer was separated and discarded.
  • the aqueous layer was made basic with dilute ammonium hydroxide and a-l-noracetylmethadol free base prepared in the above reaction was extracted into ether.
  • the aqueous basic layer was again extracted with ether and the ether layers combined.
  • the ether layers were then washed with water and dried. Removal of the solvent in vacuo yielded about 30 g. of an oil.
  • the oil was dissolved in ether and the ethereal solution saturated with dry gaseous hydrogen chloride.
  • the hydrochloride salt of a-l-noracetylmethadol thus prepared was separated by filtration and crystallized from an ethyl acetate-ether solvent mixture.

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