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Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Enantiomerically Pure GluN2B Selective NMDA Receptor Antagonists.

Frederik BörgelMarina SzermerskiJulian A SchreiberLouisa TemmeNathalie Strutz-SeebohmKirstin LehmkuhlDirk SchepmannSimon M AmetameyGuiscard SeebohmThomas J SchmidtBernhard Wünsch
Published in: ChemMedChem (2018)
To determine the eutomers of potent GluN2B-selective N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists with a 3-benzazepine scaffold, 7-benzyloxy-3-(4-phenylbutyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepin-1-ols (S)-2 and (R)-2 were separated by chiral HPLC. Hydrogenolysis and subsequent methylation of the enantiomerically pure benzyl ethers of (S)-2 and (R)-2 provided the enantiomeric phenols (S)-3 and (R)-3 [3-(4-phenylbutyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine-1,7-diol] and methyl ethers (S)-4 and (R)-4. All enantiomers were obtained with high enantiomeric purity (≥99.7 % ee). The absolute configurations were determined by CD spectroscopy. R-configured enantiomers turned out to be the eutomers in receptor binding studies and two-electrode voltage clamp experiments. The most promising ligand of this compound series is the R-configured phenol (R)-3, displaying high GluN2B affinity (Ki =30 nm), high inhibition of ion flux (IC50 =61 nm), and high cytoprotective activity (IC50 =93 nm). Whereas the eudismic ratio in the receptor binding assay is 25, the eudismic ratio in the electrophysiological experiment is 3.
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