Eplivanserin (SR-46,349; planned trade name Ciltyri) was an experimental drug for the treatment of insomnia which was being developed by Sanofi Aventis.[1]

Eplivanserin
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administration
Oral
ATC code
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Identifiers
  • (Z,E)-1-(2-fluorophenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-one O-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]oxime
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H21FN2O2
Molar mass328.387 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • c2cc(O)ccc2\C=C\C(=N\OCCN(C)C)\c1ccccc1F
  • InChI=1S/C19H21FN2O2/c1-22(2)13-14-24-21-19(17-5-3-4-6-18(17)20)12-9-15-7-10-16(23)11-8-15/h3-12,23H,13-14H2,1-2H3/b12-9+,21-19- ☒N
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Sanofi Aventis announced in December 2009 that it was withdrawing its application for approval of eplivanserin from both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency.[2]

Mechanism of action

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Eplivanserin is an inverse agonist on the serotonin receptor subtype 5-HT2A. In contrast to older sedating drugs acting on 5-HT2A receptors (e.g., mirtazapine, clozapine, risperidone), eplivanserin has practically no affinity to dopamine, histamine and adrenergic receptors.[3]

Study results

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In a placebo controlled Phase II clinical trial with 351 subjects, eplivanserin reduced the sleep latency by 39 minutes (versus 26 minutes under placebo).[3]

Synthesis

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Patent:[4] Chinese

The condensation between 2'-Fluoroacetophenone [445-27-2] (5) & 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde [123-08-0] (6) give a chalcone intermediate (also an enone), i.e. CID:53982926 (7).

(2-chloroethyl)dimethylamine (CDMA) & acetone oxime are reacted together to give dimethylaminoacetoxime (DMA acetoxime), CID:16641114 (3).

Convergent synthesis gives the product as a mixture of isomers.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Future Treatments for Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Disorders, Psychosis, and ADHD". Neurotransmitter.net.
  2. ^ Spencer M, Berton E (21 December 2009). "Sanofi-Aventis Discontinues Eplivanserin For Insomnia". Dow Jones & Co. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b Teegarden BR, Al Shamma H, Xiong Y (2008). "5-HT(2A) inverse-agonists for the treatment of insomnia". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 8 (11): 969–76. doi:10.2174/156802608784936700. PMID 18673166.
  4. ^ Eric Garcia, Christian Hoff, U.S. patent 20,120,022,292 (2012 to Sanofi-Aventis).