Walls, L. P. published the artcilePotential trypanocides of the N-heterocyclic series. II. Analogs of dimidium bromide, Safety of Dimidium bromide, the publication is Journal of the Chemical Society (1950), 41-7, database is CAplus.
cf. C.A. 42, 4585a. The following phenanthridines were prepared for a study of the correlation of structure with trypanocidal activity. Cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride (26 g.), added to 52 g. 2,4-H2N(EtO2CNH)C6H3C6H4NHCO2Et-4 (I) in 75 mL. C5H5N and heated 15 min. on the steam bath, gives 63 g. 2-cyclohexylcarbonylamino-4, 4′-bis(carbethoxyamino)-biphenyl (II), m. 184-5°. II (63 g.) and 63 mL. POCl3, heated 45 min. at 130°, give 55 g. 3,8-bis(carbethoxyamino)-6-cyclohexylphenanthridine (III) (C.A. numbering), m. 233-4°; 2 g. III in 15 mL. PhNO2, treated 10 min. at 170° with 1.2 mL. Me2SO4, yielded the H sulfate, yellow, m. 227-8° (decomposition), but not a quaternary salt (probably because of steric hindrance). I (12 g.) in 130 mL. PhCl, treated with 5.5 g. PhCH2COCl and refluxed 30 min., gives 15.1 g. of the 2-phenylacetamido analog (IV) of II, m. 204-5°; 13.2 g. IV and 40 mL. POCl3, refluxed 1 h., give 11.4 g. of the 6-benzyl analog (V) of III, m. 259° (decomposition); 10 g. V in 80 mL. PhNO2 at 170°, treated with 10 mL. Me2SO4, heated 3 min. at 160-5°, and 2 N HCl added to the precipitate in H2O, gives 7.2 g. of the methochloride (VI), bright yellow, m. 254° (decomposition); 7.9 g. VI, 28 mL. concentrated H2SO4, and 24 mL. H2O, heated about 30 min. at 150°, give 5.8 g. 3,8-diamino-6-benzyl-5-methylphenanthridinium bromide, purple, m. 250-2°, highly trypanocidal (Trypanosoma congolense), although less effective than dimidium bromide (VII). I (70.5 g.) and 30 g. 2-thiophenecarbonyl chloride in 300 mL. PhNO2, heated 2 h. at 150° and left overnight, give 79 g. 2-(2-thenoylamino)-4,4′-bis(carbethoxyamino)biphenyl (VIII), m. 197-8°; 79 mg. VIII and 80 mL. POCl3, heated 75 min. at 130-5°, give 35 g. of the 6-(2-thienyl) analog of III, pale yellow, m. 229-30° (decomposition), purified through the HCl salt; the methochloride (IX), orange, m. 239° (decomposition); hydrolysis of 11.5 g. IX with H2SO4 at 135-40° gives 5.6 g. 3, 8-diamino-6-(2-thienyl)-5-methylphenanthridinium bromide, deep purple, m. 256° (decomposition); this is a more effective trypanocide than VII. I (75 g.) and 39 g. 5-nitro-2-furoyl chloride in 150 mL. C5H5N give 95 g. of the 3-(5-nitro-2-furoylamino) analog (X) of II, yellow brown, m. 223-5°; 95 g. X yields 15.5 g. of the 6-(5-nitro-2-furyl) analog of III, with C5H5N of crystallization (lost at 125°), yellow-brown, m. 286-8° (decomposition); attempts to form quaternary salts caused profound decomposition I (27.5 g.) yields 27 g. of the 3-(3-pyridyl-carbonylamino) analog (XI) of II, m. 228-9° (decomposition) [methiodide, m. 162° (decomposition)]. XI (46 g.), 46 mL. POCl3, and 46 mL. PhNO2, heated 1 h. at 130°, give 9 g. of the 6-(3-pyridyl) analog (XII) of III, m. 196-8° (decomposition). XII (10.6 g.), 11 mL. MeI, and 50 mL. dioxane, refluxed 1 h. and the resulting gum in 250 mL. hot H2O containing a little AcOH treated with 2-C10H7SO3H, give 9.9 g. of the 1′-(metho-2-naphthalenesulfonate) 5-(2-naphthalenesulfonate), m. 228-9° (decomposition); boiled with aqueous AcONa it yields the 1′-(metho-2-naphthalenesulfonate), yellow, m. 142° (decomposition); this is probably the pyridinium salt and not the phenanthridinium salt. Attempts to hydrolyze the urethane groups did not lead to crystalline products. I (24 g.) yields 21.5 g. of the 3-(5,6-dihydro-3-pyranylcarbonylamino) analog of II, m. 186-8°; this affords 15% of the 6-(5,6-dihydro-3-pyranyl) analog of III, m. 215-16° [(methochloride, yellow, m. 260° (decomposition)]; this could not be hydrolyzed without attack of the dihydropyran ring. I (69 g.) and 42 g. 4-O2N-C6H4COCl in 280 mL. PhNO2, heated 30 min. at 150°, give 84 g. 2-(p-nitrobenzamido)-4,4′-bis(carbethoxyamino)-biphenyl (XIII), yellow, m. 202°; 80 g. XIII with POCl3 gives 46 g. 3,8-bis(carbethoxyamino)-6-(p-nitrophenyl)-phenanthridine (XIV), yellow, m. about 247° (decomposition). XIV (82 g.) and 70 mL. Me2SO4 in 500 mL. PhNO2 give 96 g. 3,8-bis(carbethoxyamino)-6-(p-nitrophenyl)-5-methylphenanthridinium Me sulfate, orange, m. about 240-1° (decomposition); hydrolysis with H2SO4 (d. 1.66) (30 min. at 125-30°) gives 51.5 g. 3, 8-diamino-6-(p-nitrophenyl)-5-methylphenanthridinium chloride (XV), dark purple, m. about 235° (decomposition). XV (5 g.) in 50 mL. AcOH, heated 30 min. on the steam bath with 10 mL. Ac2O, gives 4.7 g. of the di-Ac derivative (XVI), orange, m. above 300°. Reduction of XVI with Fe and H2O was unsatisfactory; however, a 30% excess of Fe(OH)2 (30 min. on the water bath) gives a nearly quant. yield of the 6-(p-aminophenyl) analog (XVII) of XVI, yellow, m. about 280-1° (decomposition); 6.05 g. XVII and 60 mL. 2 N HCl, refluxed 1 h., give 4.7 g. 3,8-diamino-6-(p-aminophenyl)-5-methylphenanthridinium chloride (XVIII), dark red, m. about 240° (decomposition); reduction of 30.5 g. XV with Fe(OH)2 gives 26.2 g. XVIII. 2,4-H2N(O2N) C6H3-C6H4NO2-4 and 4-O2NC6H4COCl in boiling PhNO2 give a nearly quant. yield of 3-(p-nitrobenzamido)-1,4′-dinitrobiphenyl, yellow, m. 234°; with POCl3 in PhNO2 there results a nearly quant. yield of 3,8-dinitro-6-(p-nitrophenyl)phenanthridine (XIX), cream, m. 356-8°; it does not yield quaternary salts; 5 g. XIX in 125 mL. EtOH, treated with 25 mL. concentrated HCl and 30 g. SnCl22H2O and refluxed 2 h., gives 3, 8-diamino-6-(p-amino-phenyl)phenanthridine, yellow, m. 246°, devoid of trypanocidal activity; the tri-Ac derivative (cream, m. 312°) with Me2SO4 in PhNO2 at 180° gives a rather poor yield of 3,4′, 8-triacetamido-6-phenyl-5-methylphenanthridinium sulfate, orange, m. 248° (decomposition); hydrolysis with 10% MeOH-HCl gives XVIII. Both XV and XVIII are highly trypanocidal, the former being at least equal to VII in T. congolense infections in mice and dogs and the latter markedly more active and somewhat less (acutely) toxic. XVIII is also highly active in T. rhodesiense infections in mice; in this respect it much exceeds any other phenanthridinium compound yet investigated, being as active as pentamidine although more toxic. 2-(p-Methoxybenzamido)-4,4′-bis(carbethoxyamino)biphenyl (m. about 100-5°) yields 3,8-bis (carbethoxyamino)-6-(p-methoxyphenyl) phenanthridine, m. 190-2° (decomposition); methosulfate, deep yellow, m. about 230° (decomposition); the hydrolysis product could not be obtained crystalline, probably because of simultaneous hydrolysis of the MeO group. 3,8-Diamino-6-phenylphenanthridine (10 g.) and 18 g. anhydrous Na2CO3, refluxed 8 h. in 100 mL. MeOH, 24 mL. H2O, and 30 mL. MeI, give 14 g. 6-phenylphenanthridine-3,8-bis(trimethyl-ammonium iodide), m. 255° (decomposition); heated 30 min. at 180°, it yields 3, 8-bis(dimethylamino)-6-phenyl-5-methylphenanthridinium iodide, black, m. 260-2° (decomposition); the corresponding bromide is purple and possesses the high antibacterial activity in vitro characteristic of phenanthridinium salts, but both salts are practically inactive against trypanosomes. This suggests that H bonding, or some other reaction between drug and substrate not possible with a tertiary amine, is associated with the trypanocidal action of VII and its analogs.
Journal of the Chemical Society published new progress about 518-67-2. 518-67-2 belongs to bromides-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Other Aromatic Heterocyclic,Salt,Amine,Benzene, name is Dimidium bromide, and the molecular formula is C6H8O6, Safety of Dimidium bromide.
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