Phenothiazine sulfoxide

C. verticillata -acetylphenothiazine sulfoxide phenothiazine sulfoxide phenothiazin-3-one phenothiazine N-glucoside ... 

The role played by the sulfoxide metabolites in the photosensitization caused by chlorpromazine and promazine is unknown. However, phenothiazine sulfoxide... 

Several years ago. Shine and co-workers reported on reactions whereby sulfuric acid treatment of phenothiazine sulfoxides results in the formation of cation-radicals which are in a lower level of oxidation than the starting materials (i.e., Z47 249 see Section VI,B,3,a). Similar formation... 

In common with findings with other phenothiazines, sulfoxide formation occurs during trifluoperazine metabolism ... 

Replacement of the terminal nitrogen of the piperazine by carbon is said to enhance the antiemetic activity of the phenothiazines at the expense of the other pharmacologic effects. The simplest compound in this series, pipamazine (88), is prepared by alkylation of nipecotamide (87) with the chloropropyl phenothiazine (58). Preparation of the analogous sulfoxide begins with acetylation of the thiomethyl compound, 89 [prepared by a route... 

Alternately, the N-acylated derivative of the substituted phenothiazine (112) is oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxide by means of periodic acid. Saponification (113) followed by alkylation with the above side chain affords thioridazine (114)... 

The formation of adduct is followed by fragmentation and subsequent H-atom abstraction reaction from the sulfinic acid produced. Strong acid solutions of aromatic sulfoxides like thianthrene 5-oxide (7) or phenothiazine 5-oxide (8) gives rise to ESR signals, which... 

Mechanisms involving glycol bond fission have been proposed for the oxidation of vicinal diols, and hydride transfer for other diols in the oxidation of diols by bromine in acid solution.The kinetics of oxidation of some five-ring heterocyclic aldehydes by acidic bromate have been studied. The reaction of phenothiazin-5-ium 3-amino-7-dimethylamino-2-methyl chloride (toluidine blue) with acidic bromate has been studied. Kinetic studies revealed an initial induction period before the rapid consumption of substrate and this is accounted for by a mechanism in which bromide ion is converted into the active bromate and hyperbromous acid during induction and the substrate is converted into the demethylated sulfoxide. 

Steroids and sterols represent an important class of drugs that are susceptible to oxidative degradation through the possession of alkene moieties. The oxidation of phenothiazines forms the sulfoxide moiety. 

First-derivative spectrophotometry was used to identify chlorpromazine in the presence of other phenothiazines, while second derivative spectrophotometry enabled the direct determination of chlorpromazine in spiked blood samples [89], In addition, third derivative spectroscopy was used to determine chlorpromazine and its sulfoxide decomposition product in pharmaceutical dosage forms [90]. 

Chlorpromazine is 92 to 97% bound to plasma proteins, principally albumin [5,20], It crosses the blood-brain barrier, and concentrations of the drug in the brain are higher than those in plasma [17], The relationship of plasma concentration to clinical response and toxicity has not been clearly established. Chlorpromazine and its metabolites cross the placenta and are distributed into milk [21]. About 10-12 metabolites of chlorpromazine in humans have been identified. In addition to hydroxylation at positions 3 and 7 of the phenothiazine nucleus, the N-dimethylaminopropyl side chain of chlorpromazine undergoes demethylation and is metabolized to an N-oxide or sulfoxide derivative. These metabolites may be excreted as their 0-glucouronides, with small amounts of ethereal sulfates of the mono- and dihydroxy derivatives. The major metabolites found in urine are the monoglucouronide of N-demethylchlorpromazine and 7-hydroxychlorpromazine [2]. Although the plasma half life of chlorpromazine itself has been reported to be few hours, the elimination of metabolites may be very prolonged [8, 22-24]. 

Even the comparatively unreactive phenoxazine and phenothiazine systems undergo halogenation and nitration with ease and it is normal to prepare monosubstituted derivatives by stepwise procedures rather than by direct electrophilic attack. Indeed, the nitration of phenoxazine is uncontrollable and even N-acylphenoxazines afford a mixture of di- and tetra-nitro products (03CB475). Similarly phenothiazine and nitric acid produce a complex mixture of nitrated sulfoxides and sulfones. Chlorine in DMSO at 40 °C reacts with phenothiazine to yield 3,7-dichlorophenothiazine, whereas cupric chloride gives the 1,7-isomer (76JPR353). Direct bromination of phenoxazine produces a mixture of 3-bromo- and 3,7-dibromo-phenoxazines, while thionyl chloride affords the 1,3,7,9-tetrachloro derivative (60ZOB1893). 

Seven phenothiazines have been titrated with electrogenerated bromine in the range 0.1-3 mg with an average error of less than 1% [43]. The assay utilizes the oxidation of the phenothiazine in two one-electron steps to a cation-free radical and sulfoxide, respectively. 

However, no recombination products according Equation 25 have been looked for and, thus, sulfoxide production due to sulfide oxidation by an intermediate 10-methyl-phenothiazine-3-hydroperoxide cannot be excluded. 

Molnar et al. [69] studied antibacterial effect and plasmid curing property of several phenothaizines and tried to correlate these functions with respect to their chemical structure. They observed that diethazine, amitriptyline, and impipramine showed bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect on different bacteria. Chlorpromazine sulfoxide and fluorescein were ineffective even at 1000 Ag/ml. The antibacterial compounds deleted at 40-70% frequency the F lac-t- plasmid of Escherichia coli K12 Le-140. Similar plasmid elimination potentiality by phenothiazines was reported by the same group of authors in 1982 [72],... 

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