Dihydropyrimidines: novel calcium antagonists with potent and long-lasting vasodilative and antihypertensive activity

J Med Chem. 1989 Oct;32(10):2399-406. doi: 10.1021/jm00130a029.

Abstract

The novel calcium antagonists 3-N-substituted-3,4-dihydropyrimidines 1 and 9 and 3-N-substituted-dihydro-pyrimidin-2(1H)-ones 8 were regioselectively synthesized in good yields. Compounds 1 [especially 1s [R1 = (CH2)2N(benzyl)(2-naphthylmethyl), R2 = i-Pr, X = 0-NO2] and 1t [R1 = (CH2)2N(benzyl)(3,4-dichlorobenzyl), R2 = i-Pr, X = 0-NO2]] exhibited not only more potent and longer lasting vasodilative action but also a hypotensive activity with slow onset as compared with dihydropyridines. Moreover, some dihydropyrimidines [1q [R1 = (CH2)2N(benzyl)(3-phenylpropyl), R2 = CH2(cyclopropyl), X = 0-NO2], 1s, and 1t] were weaker in blocking atrioventricular conduction in anesthetized open-chest dogs and less toxic than the dihydropyridines.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antihypertensive Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects*
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / chemical synthesis*
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / pharmacology
  • Calcium Channels
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Heart Rate / drug effects*
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Male
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyrimidines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred SHR
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / metabolism*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Vasodilator Agents / chemical synthesis*

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Calcium Channels
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • Vasodilator Agents