Scopolamine hydrochloride

The formation of the A-oxide was avoided when trifluoroperacetic acid was reacted with the trifluoroacetate of acetyltropenol (67a, b). Recently it has been shown that hydrogen peroxide in formic acid gave a still better yield of epoxides without detectable A-oxides (67b). Acetylscopine (LXV) has been isolated as the picrate, (m.p. 212°) (67a), identical with the sample obtained from scopine (XLa) (75) hydrochloride by acetyl chloride (67a). The conversion of acetylscopine into ( ) scopolamine (LXV->XLb) has been realized (67b). Hydrolysis with A NaOH in acetone led to scopine (XLa), the hydrochloride of which was acylated, in turn, with acetyltropoyl chloride in nitrobenzene to acetylscopolamine besides a number of by-products. Separation was achieved using cellulose powder chromatography in butanol-A HCl. Acid hydrolysis of this ester with 2A HCl led to ( ) scopolamine hydrochloride (XLb) (67b) identical with the natural... 

Potential oscillation was measured in the presence of cholinergic agents (acetylcholine chloride, carbamylcholine chloride, carbamyl- d-methylcholine chloride, and acetyl-/6-methylcholine chloride) and anticholinergic agents (tetramethylammonium chloride, tetra-ethylammonium chloride, succinylcholine chloride, hexamethonium chloride, scopolamine hydrobromide, atropine sulfate, homatropine hydrochloride, and tubocurarine chloride)... 

FIG. 18 Chemical structures of (a) acetylcholine chloride, (b) carbamylcholine chloride, (c) carba-myl-y8-methylcholine chloride, (d) acetyl-/i-methylcholine chloride, (e) tetramethylammonium chloride, (f) tetraethylamonium chloride, (g) succinylcholine chloride, (h) hexamethonium chloride, (i) scopolamine hydrobromide, 0 atropine sulfate, (k) homatropine hydrochloride, and (1) tubocurar-ine chloride. 

Contac 12-hour capsules Phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, chlorpheniramine maleate, atropine sulfate, scopolamine hydrobromide, hyoscyamine sulfate SmithKline Consumer Products... 

Drug solutions and implantation of osmotic mini-pumps Physostigmine hemisulphate and procyclidine hydrochlorid were obtained from Sigma (St.Louis, U.S.A.), scopolamine hydrobromid from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany), atropine sulphate was obtained from ACF (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), and diazepam from Roche (The Netherlands). HI-6 was made available by the Defence Research Establishment, Suffield, Canada. Soman (O-pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate) was synthesised at TNO. Alzet Osmotic Mini-pumps with a constant delivery rate of 0.55 pl/hr (Model 2002, Alza Corp., Palo Alto, USA) were used to deliver PYR, PHY and SCO. The vehicle consisted of 20% propylene glycol, 10% ethanol and 70% water. The pumps were implanted subcutaneously under isoflurane/02 inhalation anesthesia. 

Weak bases and their salts (nortriptyline hydrochloride, phenelzine sulfate, chloroquine phosphate, scopolamine hydrobromide, tamoxifen citrate, etc.) approximately 45%... 

Opium alkaloids such as codeine, thebaine, papaverine, and noscapine exhibit high solubility (0.09-0.9 mg/g) in supercritical fluids including CO N,0, CHF, [37]. However, in spite of their high solubilities, they were not extracted from plant material by pure CO, to the degree expected [29], possibly because these alkaloids exist as their salt forms in plant tissue. In this chapter, the examples that show the difference of the solubilities between alkaloidal free bases and salts are presented. For this comparison, the solubilities of the free bases of hyoscyamine (1), scopolamine (2), pseudoephedrine (6) were measured and compared with those of their hydrochloride salts (Figures 3 and 4). 

Although there were some differences on the effects of temperature and pressure according to each particular compound, the free bases of hyoscyamine (1), scopolamine (2), and pseudoephedrine (6) were all found to be highly soluble in supercritical CO,. However, the hydrochloride salts of these compounds were scarcely extracted by pure CO, under any conditions employed. These results were consistent with preliminary evidence indicating that these alkaloids are not extracted from plant materials by pure CO,. This means that the alkaloids in living cells in the plant are not in the form of their free bases but rather as water-soluble salts in the cell vacuole [40]. Therefore, it was necessary to develop a procedure to enhance the solubilities of alkaloidal salts in CO,. 

Figure 5. Effect of methanol (A) and water (B) on the solubilities (mg/L) of hyoscyamine (1) and scopolamine (2) hydrochloride salts at 60 °C, 34.0 MP [39]. Reprinted from J. Chromatogr. A, 863, Y. H. Choi et al., Strategies for supercritical fluid extraction of hyoscyamine and scopolamine salts using basified modifiers, 47-55 (1999) with permission from Elsevier Science.

Generally, alkaloidal salts are insoluble in nonpolar solvents but their free bases are quite soluble in the solvents. Therefore, the basified modifier should be introduced into the SFE to solubilize alkaloids in CO,. For the evaluation of the effects of basified modifiers, diethylamine was added to methanol or water at a 10% (v/v) concentration level. Then, the basified modifiers were continuously incorporated into the extraction cell at concentrations of 1, 5, and 10 % (v/v). The effects of methanol basified with diethylamine as a modifier on the solubilities of hyoscyamine (1) and scopolamine (2) are shown in Figure 8. The addition of diethylamine (10% v/v) into methanol dramatically enhanced the solubilities of the alkaloidal hydrochloride salts compared with those of pure methanol alone. This may be due to the fact that methanol basified with diethylamine changed the salts to the free bases. 

Some of these agents are particularly useful in ophthalmology included in this category are homatropine hydrobromide (Isopto homatropine) (a semisynthetic derivative of atropine) cyclo-pentolate hydrochloride (Cyclogyl), and tropicamide (Mydriacyl). These agents are preferred to atropine or scopolamine because of their shorter duration of action. 

Atropine sulfate Ipratropium bromide Mydriatic and Cyclopine Atropine sulfate Cyclopentolate hydrochloride Eucatropine hydrochloride Homatropine hydrobromide Scopolamine hydrobromide Tropicamide... 

The Z-scopolamine molecule contains a hydroxyl group because a monoacetate (52, 232) and a monobenzoate (54) can be prepared. The basic nitrogen of this alkaloid must be tertiary since it is recovered unchanged from the action of sodium nitrite upon its hydrochloride and tunce it reacts with but one mole of methyl iodide in the formation erf the... 

Scopolamine produces the same effects in the eye as atropine, but is more powerful. It is usually administered as its hydrobromide, and a 0.2 % solution of this salt can be used instead of 1 % atropine. sulfate. The semisynthetic mandelic ester of tropine, homatropine, is useful as a transitory mydriatic. Both its mydriatic and cycloplegic effects are weaker than those of atropine and much shorter in duration. It is used as its hydrochloride or hydrobromide in 1-2 % solution. 

Examples of substances that are prone to hydrolysis are acetylsalicylic acid, ampicillin, barbiturates, chloramphenicol, chlordiazepoxide, cocaine, corticosteroid phosphate or succinate esters, proteins, folinic acid, indomethacin, local anaesthetics, paracetamol (acetaminophen), pilocarpine, tropa alkaloids (atropine, scopolamine), xylomethazoline and the antimicrobial preservatives methyl and propyl parahydroxybenzoate. In the field of oncology, melphalan and bendamustine hydrochloride are highly susceptable to hydrolysis with a shelf life of 1.5 h for melphalan and 3.5 h for bendamustine at room temperature. 

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