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 Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids
Award Information
Awardee
              Keck Graduate Institute
Award #
              2016-R2-CX-0059
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Claremont, CA
Congressional District
              27
Status
              Open
Funding First Awarded
              2016
Total funding (to date)
              $618,790
Original Solicitation
              Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $618,790)
As submitted by the applicant: The latest wave of synthetic drugs of abuse dates from about 2008 with the appearance of synthetic cannabinoids and soon afterwards, stimulants, termed bath salts. What is new from previous outbreaks of synthetic drugs is the rapidity at which new diverse structural types of compounds appear in an attempt to evade drug scheduling laws. This pace of change has presented a significant challenge to law enforcement. With the ongoing opiate addiction crisis and the relatively recent appearance of several synthetic opioids, particularly AH-7921, as part of this recent synthetic drug wave, the purpose of this proposal is to suggest that it may be reasonable to expect a similar onslaught of multiple newer synthetic opioids. Despite a long history of these compounds, these structurally simple core structures that are distinct from currently scheduled compounds and provide an enticing opportunity for the marketing of legal highs within the opioid class. We propose to use combinatorial methods to rapidly synthesize and characterize a series of AH-7921 and closely related bromadol derivatives to make these available for spectroscopic characterization and provide in vitro functional testing using the cloned human-opioid receptor, which has not been reported for these analog.

Note:  This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law.

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Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Diastereofacial selectivity of a-aminonitrile formation from substituted cyclohexanones
                  Synthesis, structure, in vitro pharmacology, and in vivo activity of trans-3,4-dichloro-N- 1-(dimethylamino)-4-phenylcyclohexyl methyl-benz amide (AP01; 4-phenyl-AH-7921), a novel mixed mu-/kappa-opioid
                  Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids
                  Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of ethylenediamine synthetic opioids in human mu-opiate receptor 1 (OPRM1) expressing cells
                  Assessing the Activity of Synthetic Opioid AH-7921 and U-47700 Analogs in Cloned Human Mu-Opioid Receptor Expressing Fibrosarcoma HT-1080 Cells

  
Date Created: September 12, 2016
    
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