Benzene-1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-di-N-substituted carbamates as conformationally constrained inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase

J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2007;21(6):348-53. doi: 10.1002/jbt.20202.

Abstract

Benzene-1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-di-N-substituted carbamates (1-15) are synthesized as the conformationally constrained inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and mimic gauche, eclipsed, and anti-conformations of acetylcholine, respectively. All carbamates 1-15 are characterized as the pseudo substrate inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase. For a series of geometric isomers, the inhibitory potencies are as follows: benzene-1,4-di-N-substituted carbamate (para compound) > benzene-1,3-di-N-substituted carbamate (meta compound) > benzene-1,2-di-N-substituted carbamate (ortho compound). Therefore, benzene-1,4-di-N-substituted carbamates (para compounds), with the angle of 180 degrees between two C(benzene)-O bonds, mimic the preferable anti C-O/C-N conformers of acetylcholine for the choline ethylene backbone in the acetylcholinesterase catalysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholine / chemistry
  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Benzene / chemistry*
  • Benzene / pharmacology
  • Carbamates / chemistry*
  • Carbamates / pharmacology
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Electrophorus / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Least-Squares Analysis
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Substrate Specificity / drug effects

Substances

  • Carbamates
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • Benzene
  • Acetylcholine