Benzyloxybenzylammonium chlorides: Simple amine salts that display anticonvulsant activity

H Lee, AS Gold, XF Yang, R Khanna, H Kohn

Index: Lee, Hyosung; Gold, Alexander S.; Yang, Xiao-Fang; Khanna, Rajesh; Kohn, Harold Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 21, # 24 p. 7655 - 7662

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Abstract

Abstract Several antiepileptic drugs exert their activities by inhibiting Na+ currents. Recent studies demonstrated that compounds containing a biaryl-linked motif (Ar-X-Ar′) modulate Na+ currents. We, and others, have reported that compounds with an embedded benzyloxyphenyl unit (ArOCH 2 Ar′, OCH 2= X) exhibit potent anticonvulsant activities. Here, we show that benzyloxybenzylammonium chlorides (+ H 3 NCH 2 C 6 H 4 OCH 2 Ar ...