Sunepitron

Sunepitron

Systematic (IUPAC) name
1-{[2-(pyrimidin-2-yl)octahydro-2H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazin-7-yl]methyl}pyrrolidine-2,5-dione
Clinical data
Legal status	Uncontrolled
Routes of administration	Oral
Identifiers
CAS Number	148408-65-5
ATC code	none
PubChem	CID: 9799246
ChemSpider	7975011
UNII	2GT50C8U60 Y
KEGG	D02569
ChEMBL	CHEMBL380369
Chemical data
Formula	C17H23N5O2
Molecular mass	329.40 g/mol
SMILES O=C1N(C(=O)CC1)CC4CCC3N(CCN(c2ncccn2)C3)C4

Sunepitron (CP-93,393) is a combined 5-HT_1A receptor agonist and α₂-adrenergic receptor antagonist. It was previously under development by Pfizer for the treatment of depression and anxiety. It made it to phase III clinical trials before being discontinued.

Synthesis

Sunepitron synthesis: G.N. Bright, K.A. Desai, U.S. Patent 5,122,525 (1992).

The synthesis starts by conversion of the pyridine dicarboxylic acid (1) to its acid chloride; rxn with MeOH then affords the ester (2). Catalytic hydrogenation serves to reduce the pyridine ring to a piperidine of undefined stereochemistry (3). Alkylation of this intermediate with chloroacetonitrile affords (4). Treatment of that intermediate with Raney nickel reduces the cyano group to the corresponding primary amine; this product then undergoes an internal ester-amine interchange to yield the cyclized lactam (5). LAH serves to reduce the lactam to an amine; the ester on the other ring is reduced to a carbinol in the process, affording the aminoalcohol (7). The basic function is next alkylated with 2-chloropyrimidine (7). Rxn of the alcoholin (8) with MsCl leads to the mesylate; that group is next displaced by sodium azide (9); the azide group is next reduced to the primary amine. Resolution of this product as its mandelate salt then yields (10) as a single enantiomer. Rxn of that product with succinic anhydride converts the pendant amine to a succinimide, affording the anxiolytic agent sunepitron (1).

See also

• Lesopitron