Abstract:
A series of
α,ω-bis-(p-aminophenoxy)-alkanes was found to show high schi- stomicidal activity in experimental animals but have toxic effects on the eyes. This precluded the clinical use of these compounds on human beings. For this reason, we prepared a series of N, N'-disubstituted derivatives of
α,ω-bis-(
p-methylamino- phenoxy)-pentane (Ⅰ) and -heptane (Ⅱ) for the purpose to find the most active and least toxic compound, and at the same time, to study the relationship between their chemical constitution and schistomicidal activity. R=-CH
2SO·ONa, -CH
2SO
2·ONa, -CH
2COONa, -CH
2CONH
2, -CH
2CN, -CONH
2, -COCH
3, -COOC
2H
5, -CH
2CH
2OH The sodium salts of N, N'-di-methanesulfonic acid (R=-CH
2SO
2·ONa) and N, N'-di-methanesulfinic acid (R=-CH
2SO·ONa) derivatives were prepared by the condensation of sodium formaldehyde bisulfite and sodium formaldehyde sulfo- xylate with the corresponding amines in methanolic alkaline solution respectively. N, N'-di-methanesulfonate derivatives were treated with potassium cyanide to give the corresponding N, N'-di-acetonitril (R=-CH
2CN) derivatives, from which N, N'-di-sodium acetate (R=-CH
2COONa) derivatives were obtained by alkaline hydrolysis. The latter could also be resulted from the hydrolysis of N, N'-di-acet- amide (R =-CH
2CONH
2) derivatives by using the same reagent. Ⅱ was treated with ethyl chloroformate, to give the N, N'-di-ethyl formate (R=-COOC
2H_s) derivative. By the condensation of
p-(N-Carbamylmethyl-N-methyl)-aminophenol,
p-(N- carbamyl-N-methyl)-aminophenol and
p-(N-
β-hydroxyethyl-N-methyl)-aminophenol with
α,ω-di-bromoalkanes, the corresponding N, N'-di-acetamide, N, N'-di-carbamide (R=-CONH
2) and N, N'-di-
β-hydroxyethyl (R=-CH
2CH
2OH) derivatives were obtained respectively. N, N'-di-carbamide derivatives could also be obtained by direct reaction of Ⅰand Ⅱ with potassium cyanate. Tests of these compounds against Schistosonaes japonicum in experimentally infected animals are still in progress and will be reported elsewhere.