Patent Application: US-44097095-A

Abstract:
nitric oxide has proved to mediate many important physiological processes . the nitric oxide donors of the present invention have a nonoate anion linked to an ortho - substituted aryl , a heteroaromatic substituent , asteroid , or a catecholamine . preferred ortho substituents are alkoxy , halo , and alkyl . the cation of the salt is an alkali metal , an alkaline - earth metal , an ammonium or substituted ammonium group . nitric oxide donors provided herein are more stable than that of nitrogen - bonded nonoates described previously . the by product left after release of no , and the nitric oxide donors themselves , are very probably less carcinogenic than the corresponding nitrogen - bonded nonoates .

Description:
the present invention provides n - aryl - substituted n - nitrosohydroxylamine salts based on the compound 1 ( c1 ) as having superior ability to act as nitric oxide donors . ## str4 ## table 2 includes a listing of these nitric oxide donors synthesized by the present inventors . they were characterized , inter alia , by infrared spectra , 1 h - nmr and 13 c - nmr spectra . table 2______________________________________compounds synthesized having superior abilityto act as donors of nitric oxide in vitro and in vivo______________________________________n - nitroso - n -( 1 - naphthyl )- hydroxylamine , ammonium salt ( neocupferron ) idem , sodium salt ( via ionic exchange , from the preceding compound ). n - nitroso - n -( 2 - methylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 - methoxyphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 - ethylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 - isopropylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 , 4 - difluorophenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 , 5 - difluorophenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 - chlorophenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 , 3 - dichlorophenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 , 4 - dichlorophenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 , 5 - dichloropheny1 )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 2 - bromophenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 5 - fluoro - 2 - methylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 4 - fluoro - 2 - methylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 4 - choro - 2 - methylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , saltn - nitroso - n -( 3 - choro - 2 - methylphenyl )- hydroxylamine , salt______________________________________ many earlier no donors involve compounds in which the nitric oxide - releasing moiety is attached either to an oxygen or to a nitrogen atom . by contrast , the n - aryl - n - nitrosohydroxylamine salts of the present invention , as represented by ( 1 ) have this moiety attached to a carbon atom . the present inventors show that these compounds also exhibit no releasing ability and significant biological effects . this no releasing ability can be adjusted by varying the nature of the aryl group and its substituents . a further advantage of the nitric oxide donor of the present invention is the fact that after release of no , the by product is selected to be not carcinogenic . structural variation permits fine tuning of the dose - response and releasing kinetics . such variation also allows the attachment of the no releasing moiety to biologically active groups which target specific organs or cells . finally , the aryl group may interact with cell membranes , when adequately substituted , allowing control of penetration through biological barriers ( e . g ., blood brain barrier or placental barrier ). in order to obtain these new nitric oxide donors with higher stability and possibly no carcinogenic effect from secondary amines , the present inventors use : ( i ) cyclic secondary amines with steric shielding around the nitrogen atom , such as 2 , 2 , 6 , 6 - tetramethylpiperidine or 2 , 2 , 5 , 5 - tetramethylpyrrolidine ; ( ii ) proline , hydroxyproline or their esters ( either the natural l - isomer or the non - natural d - stereoisomer ); in this case , the functionalized aminoacid carboxyl group may provide additional bioactive functions , as well as potential variability for introducing lipophilic esterified alcohol groups ; ( iii ) diethanolamine or its intramolecular dehydration product ( morpholine ), which confers hydrophilic properties ; ( iv ) bicyclic secondary amines such as 3 - azabicyclo 3 . 2 . 2 ! nonane , whose nono adducts would have the property that any disproportionations after splitting no are forbidden by bredt &# 39 ; s rule ( this rule states that double bonds involving bridgehead atoms are energetically unfavorable ). high levels of steroid hormones ( mainly progesterone ) during pregnancy appear to modulate either the production or action of nitric oxide . if nitric oxide is a transduction mechanism of steroid hormones , nitric oxide is expected to regulate other estrogen -- and / or progesterone -- dependent steps in reproduction and women &# 39 ; s health , including ovulation , implantation , menstruation , climacterium , etc . in addition , some of the actions of the antihormones ( e . g ., antiprogestins ) appear to be mediated through nitric oxide . based upon these considerations , nitric oxide donors are uterine relaxants and nitric oxide inhibitors will increase uterine contractility . in addition , nitric oxide inhibition substantially improves the action of antiprogesterone compounds to induce premature birth in rats and the same compounds alone induce premature birth in guinea pigs . the existing data strongly indicate that the chronic steroid ( estrogen and / or progesterone ) effects on the blood vessels are mediated by nitric oxide . inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis produces both atherosclerosis and osteoporosis in animal models ( moncada , et al ., 1991 ). on the other hand , nitric oxide exhibits no direct effects on the endometrium in terms of proliferation and differentiation . therefore , it will be possible for a suitable nitric oxide donor to replace steroids for hormone replacement therapy ( hrt ) in women . with this innovative strategy the major problems of hrt : endometrial hyperplasia and uterine bleeding can be avoided . the no donors may be used , therefore , to prevent atherosclerosis and bone loss without inducing bleeding , ( so called &# 34 ; no blood sector in hrt &# 34 ;). in addition , a suitable nitric oxide donor can by used for hrt , since these compounds do not exert hormone activities . the pharmacologically active nitric oxide donors employed in this invention can be administered in admixture with conventional excipients , i . e ., pharmaceutically acceptable liquid , semi - liquid or solid organic or inorganic carriers suitable , e . g ., for parenteral or enteral application and which do not deleteriously react with the active compound in admixture therewith . suitable pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include but are not limited to water , salt solutions , alcohols , vegetable oils , polyethylene glycol , gelatin , lactose , amylose , magnesium stearate , talc , silicic acid , viscous paraffin , perfume oil , fatty acid monoglycerides and diglycerides , pentaerythritol fatty acid esters , hydroxymethylcellulose , polyvinyl pyrrolidone , etc . the pharmaceutical preparations can be sterilized and , if desired , mixed with auxiliary agents , e . g ., lubricants , preservatives , stabilizers , wetting agents , emulsifiers , slats for influencing osmotic pressure , buffers , coloring , flavoring and / or aromatic substances and the like which do not deleteriously react with the active compounds . for parenteral application , particularly suitable are solutions , preferably oily or aqueous solutions , as well as suspensions , emulsions , or implants , intrauterine devices and suppositories . ampoules are convenient unit dosages . in a preferred aspect , the composition of this invention is adapted for ingestion . for enteral application , particularly suitable are unit dosage forms , e . g ., tablets , dragees or capsules having talc and / or a carbohydrate carrier or binder or the like , the carrier preferably being lactose and / or corn starch and / or potato starch ; particulate solids , e . g ., granules ; and liquids and semi - liquids , e . g ., syrups and elixirs or the like , wherein a sweetened vehicle is employed . sustained release compositions can be formulated including those wherein the active compound is protected with differentially degradable coatings , e . g ., by microencapsulation , multiple coating , etc . suitable for oral administration are , inter alia , tablets , dragees , capsules , pills , granules , suspensions , and solutions . the active compound is also suitable for transdermal patches and topical application . each unit dose , i . e ., each tablespoon of liquid or each tablet , or dragee contains , for example , 5 - 5000 mg of each active agent . solutions for parenteral administration contain , for example , 0 . 01 - 1 % of each active agent in an aqueous or alcoholic solution . the agents or combination can be administered as an admixture with any other optional active agent or as a separate unit dosage form , either simultaneously therewith or at different times during the day from each other . the combination of active agents is preferably administered at least once daily ( unless administered in a dosage form delivering the active agents continuously or sequentially ). the typical dose is about 0 . 5 to 1000 mg of each active agent , although some less active agents may require much higher oral dosages , et ., 500 to 10 , 000 mg , and others may require lower doses , e . g ., 500 - 2 , 000 μg / kg / day . doses for nitroglycerine typically are orally 2 . 5 mg 2 × daily ; sublingually , 0 . 8 mg 1 - 4 × daily ; and transdermally , 0 . 2 - 0 . 4 mg / hr . since the ld 50 dosages of most of these active agents are known , a lower dosage regimen can be initiated and the dosage increased until a positive effect is achieved or a higher dosage regimen can initially be employed , e . g ., in a crises situation , and the dosages regulated downward until the desired effect is achieved . the following examples are included to demonstrate preferred embodiments of the invention . it should be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the techniques disclosed in these examples represent techniques discovered by the inventors to function well in the practice of the invention , and thus can be considered to constitute sundry modes of practice . however , those of skill in the art should , in light of the present disclosure , appreciate that many changes can be made in the specific disclosed embodiments to obtain a like or similar result without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention . the synthetic approach for synthesizing the compounds of table 2 consists in reducing an aromatic or heteroaromatic nitro or nitroso derivative to the corresponding hydroxylamine , either electrochemically , or with zinc powder and ammonium chloride in water or aqueous lower alcohols . the hydroxylamine is extracted with ethyl ether or another non - polar solvent and , after drying , is converted into the crystalline cupferron analog by treatment with gaseous ammonia and an alkyl nitrite . finally , by means of an ion exchange column , an alkali metal or other desired cation may replace the ammonium cation . this method , starting with nitro derivatives , was used for preparing a variety of compounds 1 , where the r group is phenyl , or phenyl with the following substituents : 2 - methyl ; 2 , 3 - dimethyl ; 2 - ethyl ; 2 - methoxy ; 2 - hydroxy ; 2 - fluoro ; 2 - chloro ; 2 , 4 - dichloro , 2 , 5 - dichloro ; 4 - chloro - 2 - methyl ; 2 - acetyl ; 2 - bromo ; α - naphthyl , 2 - methyl - 1 - naphthyl , 2 - hydroxy - 1 - naphthyl , or 1 - hydroxy - 2 - naphthyl . the preparation of neo - cupferron from α - nitronaphthylene , ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in ethanol , followed by treatment with butyl nitrite and ammonia in ethyl ether , according to o . baudisch , was described by smith ( 1938 ). alternative methods for obtaining compounds 1 or cupferron analogs ( ammonium salts ) are available : ( 1 ) the reaction of aryl grignard reagents with nitric oxide followed by treatment with ammonia ( sand et al ., 1903 ); ( ii ) the spin trapping of nitric oxide with a nitroso derivative , yielding an isolable n - aryl - n - nitrosonitroxide , which can then be reduced to 1 ( balaban et al ., 1971 , 1972 , 1973 , 1987 ); in a later publication , it was reported that nitrosobenzene and nitric oxide afforded cupferron in the presence of ammonia , and that the yield was increased when a reducing agent such as hydroquinol was added ( iida et al ., 1978 ); ( iii ) the sandmeyer reaction of aryldiazonium salts with nitric oxide in the presence of copper ( ii ) and iron ( ii ) salts , whereby an aryl radical reacts with no leading to a nitroso derivative , followed by reaction with a second molecule of no as in the preceding reaction ( minisci et al ., 1964 ). when the substituent is electron - donating ( e . g methoxy , ethoxy , hydroxy , dimethylamino or diethylamino ) the hydroxylamine and its salts are sensitive to air oxidation which converts them into deeply colored products ( azo or azoxy derivatives ), therefore they must be processed rapidly at lower temperatures , under inert atmosphere , and kept in the freezer . such compounds with dialkylamino substituents may be considered as phenyl analogs of nitric oxide donors ( drago &# 39 ; s nonoates ) prepared from nitric oxide and secondary amines ( drago et al ., 1961 , 1962 ; ragsdale et al ., 1965 ; longhi et al ., 1962 ; hansen et ai . 1982 ). with other substituents , the dry crystalline products are stable at room temperature and can be kept at temperatures below 0 ° c . methods . the nitro derivative ( 0 . 1 mole ) is stirred in an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride ( 0 . 1 mole ). when the nitro derivative is solid with a melting point above 85 ° c . or has a very low water solubility , 50 % percent aqueous ethanol may be used , and the initial temperature is raised to 60 °- 70 ° zinc powder ( 0 . 2 mole ) is added gradually under vigorous mechanical stirring so as to maintain the temperature around 70 ° c . due to the exothermicity of the reaction . after 60 - 90 minutes , the mixture is cooled below 35 ° c . and filtered with suction . the solid residue is thoroughly washed with 3 - 4 portions of diethyl ether ; this ether is used for extracting the filtrate each time ( kamm and marvel , 1941 ). the combined ethereal extracts are dried over sodium sulfate , and cooled under 0 ° c . in an ice - salt mixture . a vigorous stream of gaseous ammonia is bubbled into the ethereal solution , and after 5 - 10 minutes , n - butyl nitrite is added in small portions during 15 minutes maintaining the cooling and the stream of nh 3 . the cupferron analog ( ammonium salt corresponding to 1 ) precipitates . if it separates as a liquid , one induces crystallization by scratching with a glass rod . the product is filtered off after being kept at 0 ° c . for 1 - 2 hrs , and washed thoroughly with diethyl ether ( marvel and kamm , 1941 ). a column packed with cationite which has been soaked in aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate for 24 hrs and then rinsed with distilled water is used for exchanging ammonium with sodium cations : a concentrated solution of the cupferron analog in water or 50 % aqueous ethanol is passed through the column ; elution is performed with the same solvent , monitoring the uv absorption at 280 nm . the eluates are combined and the solvent is removed by using a rotary evaporator under vacuum at 30 °- 40 ° c . or freeze drying techniques for heat - sensitive compounds . overall yields vary between 20 and 85 %. the most preferred no donors related to cupferron have either ortho - substituents ( e . g ., 2 - chloro and 2 - methoxy ), or have types of bulky groups forcing the nono group out of coplanarity with the aromatic ring : examples thereof include neocupferron analogs ( n - nitroso - α - naphthylhydroxylamine salts ), and substituted heterocyclic analogs . during the preparation of such sterically hindered analogs of cupferron it was observed that the precipitation of ammonia salts on introducing gaseous ammonia and alkyl nitrite into the ethereal solution of the n - arylhydroxylamine occurs more slowly than in the absence of bulky ortho - substituents ; therefore one has to filter off the products only after keeping the solution at 0 ° for 4 - 12 hours . fig1 and 2 show release of nitric oxide from various derivatives of n - nitroso - n - substituted hydroxylamine as tested in vitro in comparison to dea - no and na nitroprusside , two other nitric oxide donor compounds . these results show that some of the compounds slowly release no while others quickly release it . several n - nitroso - n - arylhydroxylamine derivatives were tested on contractions of uterine strips from rats and humans in vitro . the derivative produced substantial relaxation responses in a dose - dependent manner consistent with the evidence that the compound is a nitric oxide donor ( fig3 and 5 ). the response was quickly reversible following washing . the effects of the derivatives were also compared to deta / no , a known nitric oxide donor compound . the n - nitroso - n - arylhydroxylamine compounds were more potent than deta / no on the rat uterus but it was less potent on the human uterus ( fig3 and 5 ). however , the duration of action of the derivative was long with washing required to terminate an inhibitory action . in these experiments uterine strips ( about 1 mm × 0 . 5 mm × 15 mm ) ( fig3 to 5 ) from rats ( fig3 ) or humans ( fig4 ) were dissected from the whole uterine and the contraction studies i muscle baths . each upward deflection in the figures ( fig3 to 5 ) represents a contraction and downward movements are equal to relaxation phases . addition of agents to the muscle baths are indicated by vertical lines . the compound was tested on intact animals to determine if the derivative inhibited uterine contractions . a catheter was placed in the uterine cavity to measure pressure . fig6 shows the inhibitory responses on pressure signals from the uterus recorded from pregnant rats at day 20 gestation . rats were injected with the cupferron derivative ( 1 to 5 mg ip ) and it produced a dramatic fall in intrauterine pressure suggesting an inhibition of uterine contractility . similarly , all rats demonstrated signs of vasodilation and bronchodilation . a human female suffering from conditions of a nitric oxide deficiency , such as hypertension , preeclampsia , or uterine hypercontractility could be treated with n - nitroso - n - arylkydroxylamine compounds described herein to relieve such disorders . all of the compositions and methods disclosed and claimed herein can be made and executed without undue experimentation in light of the present disclosure . while the compositions and methods of this invention have been described in terms of preferred embodiments , it will be apparent to those of skill in the art that variations may be applied to the composition , methods and in the steps or in the sequence of steps of the method described herein without departing from the concept , spirit and scope of the invention . more specifically , it will be apparent that certain agents which are both chemically and physiologically related may be substituted for the agents described herein while the same or similar results would be achieved . all such similar substitutes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the spirit , scope and concept of the invention as defined by the appended claims . the following references , to the extent that they provide exemplary procedural or other details supplementary to those set forth herein , are specifically incorporated herein by reference . drago , &# 34 ; 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