146725-31-7Relevant articles and documents
Substituted 3-Phenyltropane Analogs of Cocaine: Synthesis, Inhibition of Binding at Cocaine Recognition Sites, and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging
Meltzer, P. C.,Liang, A. Y.,Brownell, A.-L.,Elmaleh, D. R.,Madras, B. K.
, p. 855 - 862 (1993)
It is now accepted that (-)-cocaine binds to specific recognition sites associated with monoamine transporters in the mammalian brain. In this study, several analogs of 3β-phenyltropane-2β-carboxylic acid methyl ester were prepared and their potency for inhibiting the binding of -3β-(4-fluorophenyl)tropane-2β-carboxylic acid methyl ester to primate caudate-putamen was evaluated. The synthesis and binding affinity of 3β-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)tropane-2β-carboxylic acid methyl ester, one of the most potent cocaine congeners yet reported, is presented. The feasibility of synthesizing high-affinity ligands for cocaine recognition sites and their suitability as PET imaging ligands for cocaine receptors in vivo is demonstrated.
