Phenothiazines substitution

Phenothiazine substitution reactions have been much studied in recent years. This work was stimulated by the search for new phenothiazine derivatives with useful pharmacological properties and by the commercial availability of unsubstituted phenothiazine. 

The numerous examples of the preceding sections have emphasized the versatility of the chemical reactivity of the phenothiazine ring. The introduction of groups at different positions affects profoundly and in a rather complicated manner both the orientation of substitution and the overall reactivity. The existing material is, however, sufficient to allow a systematization of the phenothiazine substitution data. 

The remarkable photochemical, photophysical and physicochemical properties of the phenothiazine and benzo[a]phenothiazine substituted derivatives should also result in a variety of biological activities and a number of applications in medicine and related fields. 

StrauB J, Daub J (2002) Donor-acceptor functionalized luminescent hairpin peptides electrochemiluminescence of pyrene/phenothiazine-substituted optically active systems. Adv Mat 14(22) 1652-1655... 

Finally, the interaction of other cations such as alkali metal cations, the iron-sulfur cluster, and tropylium has been investigated in the presence of PPy films N-substituted with specific groups, namely ferrocene bisamide derivatives 31 [366], cystine [367], and phenothiazine [368]. The charge transfer complex produced between phenothiazine-substituted PPy and the tropylium cation was used in a photoelectrode device [368]. 

Of the several syntheses available for the phenothiazine ring system, perhaps the simplest is the sulfuration reaction. This consists of treating the corresponding diphenylamine with a mixture of sulfur and iodine to afford directly the desired heterocycle. Since the proton on the nitrogen of the resultant molecule is but weakly acidic, strong bases are required to form the corresponding anion in order to carry out subsequent alkylation reactions. In practice such diverse bases as ethylmagnesium bromide, sodium amide, and sodium hydride have all been used. Alkylation with (chloroethyl)diethylamine affords diethazine (1), a compound that exhibits both antihista-minic and antiParkinsonian activity. Substitution of w-(2-chloroethyl)pyrrolidine in this sequence leads to pyrathiazine (2), an antihistamine of moderate potency. 

In a similar vein, the amino group in sulfide 14 (obtained presumably by an aromatic displacement reaction) is first converted to the bromide by Sandmeyer reaction to give 25. Reduction of the nitro group (16) followed by cyclization gives the substituted phenothiazine. Alkylation with the familiar halide (3) affords dimethothiazine (18). ... 

Sulfuration of the methoxy analog of 30 similarly gives a mixture of the desired 2-substituted phenothiazine (35) and byproduct (36). Alkylation of 35 as above affords methoxypromazine (37)... 

Replacement of the methyl group of the piperazine-substituted phenothiazines by some more polar group such as hydroxyethyl fragment leads to a further small increase in potency. It should be noted at this point that all phenothiazines manifest a series of side effects. The given set of these varies, however, with the side chains. The availability of the great variety of such structural variations makes it more likely that some drug will be found that a given individual will tolerate. 

The most complex side chain of the piperazine phenothiazines is to be found on chlorimpiphenine (86). The side chain is prepared by first alkylating monocarbethoxypiperazine with the chlorobenzimidazole 83 [itself attainable by alkylation of methylbenzimidazole with a dihalide). Removal of the carbethoxy group affords the substituted piperazine, 85. Alkylation of this base with the chloropropyl phenothiazine, 58, affords finally the desired compound (86). ... 

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)... 

Alkylated sulfonamide groups have proven useful additions to the phenothiazine nucleus. The same seems to hold true in the thioxanthene series. Chlorosulfonation of the benzoic acid, 38, followed by displacement with dimethylamine affords the sulfonamide, 39. This is then taken on to the substituted thioxanthone (41) by the sequence of steps shown above Grignard condensation followed by dehydration gives thiothixine (42). 

The phenothiazine duoperone (5) combines structural elements found in phenothiazine and buty-rophenone antipsychotic agents. Alkylation of substituted piperidine 1 with 3-chloropropanol affords the intermediate 2 treatment of this with thionyl chloride converts the terminal hydroxyl to chloride. Alkylation of the phenothiazine 4 with halide 3 affords the antipsychotic agent duoperone (5) [1]. 

The phenothiazines, chlorpromazine and promethazine, have been described as inhibitors of CCU-induced lipid peroxidation at relatively high concentrations in rat liver microsomes (Slater, 1968). Structural modifications of chlorpromazine were undertaken to try to increase antioxidant activity and maintain molecular lipophilicity. The 2-N-N-dimethyl ethanamine methanesulphonate-substituted phenothiazine (3) was found to be a potent inhibitor of iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. It was also found to block Cu -catalysed oxidation of LDL more effectively than probucol and to protect primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons against hydrogen peroxide-induced toxicity in vitro (Yu et al., 1992). 

Formulas should all as the side chain, piperactizine of the methylthio-substituted phenothiazine with (115).19... 

Although substituted phenols (e.g., para-iodophenol, para-phenylphenol, firefly luciferin, coumaric acid) are popular enhancers, in both luminol and acridan ester oxidation, enhancers with other functional groups [24], e.g., phe-nylboronic acids [25-28], phenothiazines [29], are also useful. As an example the structure of the phenothiazine enhancer used in the Supersignal substrate family is shown in Figure 6. 

Phenothiazines with fewer anticholinergic effects can be substituted in some patients it erectile dysfunction is a problem. 

Serious side-effects have been associated with the important psychotherapeutic agent, chlorpromazine (358), almost since its introduction. High sensitivity to sunburn, pigmentation of the skin and ocular opacity are common phototoxic effects [ 196]. In a series of phenothiazines, the chloro-substituted compounds, particularly chlorpromazine, prochlorperazine and perphenazine, showed by far the greatest phototoxic activity [197, 198]. 

It is interesting to compare the biphenylamine substituted compounds with the corresponding carbazoles, phenoxazines, and phenothiazines. For the triaryla-mino-based structures, the carbazole 24 has the highest oxidation potential (0.69 V vs. Ag/0.01 Ag+) [102], followed by the phenoxazine 25a (0.46 V vs. Ag/0.01 Ag+) [166]. A similar observation was made for the corresponding derivatives of 36a the phenothiazine (0.27 V vs. Fc/Fc+) and the phenoxazine (0.29 V vs. Fc/Fc+) have higher oxidation potentials than the parent compound. The carbazole 37 has an even higher oxidation potential, but in this case the oxidation is not reversible [234]. The redox properties of carbazoles are not fully understood yet. In some devices, a carbazole such as CBP (10) was used as an interface layer on the cathode side, suggesting a lower barrier for electron injection [50]. 

The electron-transfer reactions between the /3-cyclodextrin (/3-CD) N-substituted phenothiazine derivatives and /3-CD.ATPO (4-acetoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-oxopiperidinium hexachloroantimonate) were found to be influenced by the conformations of the phenothiazine derivatives restricted by the /3-CD cavity. N-Phenylphenothiazine (PPT) and A-phenylethylphenothiazine (PEPT), included by /3-CD, can transfer an electron to the /S-CD.ATP complex. No electron transfer was observed between the /3-CD.A-benzylphenothiazine (/3-CD.BPT) complex under the same conditions. The conformation of the /3-CD.BPT complex is such that the oxidation centre was shielded by the /3-CD wall and the substituent. However, electron-transfer reactions between y-CD.BPT and /3-CD.ATP and nitric acid occurred. ... 

An alternative synthesis of 4-nitrodibenzothiophene involves heating 2-amino-2 -nitrodiphenyl sulfide in a sealed tube at 190° (20%). The reaction probably proceeds via homolytic cleavage of the derived diazonium ion which could have been formed from nitrous acid liberated during the formation of phenothiazines, which were also detected. Similarly, 2-methyl-4-nitrodibenzothiophene is formed from 2-amino-2 -nitro-4 -methyldiphenyl sulfide (10%), and in this case the intermediacy of the diazonium ion was further indicated in that the same material was obtained by pyrolysis of the separately prepared diazonium salt of the sulfide. Although yields are poor in this reaction, it nevertheless represents the only route to substituted dibenzothiophenes containing a nitro substituent in the 4-position and as such is worthy of further attention. 

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