Some arylacridine derivatives possessing potassium channel opening activity.

In this study, six new 2,2,7,7-tetramethyl-9-aryl-2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10-octahydro-1,8-acridinedione derivatives (1-6) were synthesised and their functional effects on vascular potassium channels and mechanism of induced relaxations on phenylephrine-induced contractile responses in isolated rat mesenteric arteries were investigated. Pinacidil was used as standard potassium channel opener. Compounds 1, 2, 5, 6 and pinacidil induced concentration-dependent relaxation response of vessel rings previously contracted with phenylephrine.

Studies on 3-diethylaminocarbonyl-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline derivatives and their calcium channel antagonistic activities in vitro.

In this study, thirteen 2,6,6-trimethyl-3-carbamoyl-4-aryl-5-oxo-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline derivatives were synthesized and screened for their calcium channel antagonistic actitivities. The hexahydroquinoline derivatives were synthesized according to Hantzsch reaction. The structures of the compounds were elucidated by IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, Distortionless Enhancement Polarization Transfer (DEPT), Correlation Spectroscopy (COSY), mass spectroscopy and elemental analyses. The calcium antagonistic activities of the compounds were determined by tests performed on isolated rat ileum and lamb carotid artery. In isolated rat ileum, compounds 8, 12 and 13 were found to be more active than nicardipine (CAS 55985-32-5) at a concentration of 10(-5) mol/L. At the concentration 10(-4) mol/L, compounds 7 and 12 were more active than nicardipine and compounds 5, 8 and 13 were equipotent. In lamb carotid artery studies, at the concentration 10(-5) mol/L all compounds were found to be less active than nicardipine; at the concentration 10(-4) mol/L compounds 5 and 13 showed greater inhibition than nicardipine. At this concentration, compound 9 was found to be as active as nicardipine.

N,N-Diethyl-2,6,6-trimethyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-5-oxo-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carboxamide.

The title compound, C(23)H(29)N(3)O(4), has potential calcium modulatory properties. The conformation of the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring is unusual in that it is planar, instead of the usual shallow boat. The 3-nitrophenyl substituent is in the synperiplanar orientation with respect to the dihydropyridine ring plane. The oxocyclohexene ring has a distorted envelope conformation, with the out-of-plane atom being disordered on opposite sides of the ring plane. The molecules are linked into chains by intermolecular hydrogen bonds.