Morphinan cyclic imines and pyrrolidines containing a constrained phenyl group: High affinity opioid agonists

Stephen M. Husbands, John W. Lewis

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Abstract

A series of morphinan derivatives which are cyclic imines and pyrrolidines containing a constrained phenyl group has been synthesised and tested for their opioid receptor binding affinity. In opioid binding assays the ligands displayed very high affinity particularly for μ receptors and some showed substantial μ selectivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2969-2974
Number of pages6
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume5
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 1995

Funding

Acknowledgement: The attthors acknowledge the National Institute for Drug Abuse for the funding to carry out this work (NIDA Grant no. DAO-7315) and also for the binding work carried out under grant no. N01DA-4-8307 at the Stanford Research Institute.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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