Morpholine

About: Morpholine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5411 publications have been published within this topic receiving 51063 citations. The topic is also known as: diethylene imidoxide & diethylene oximide.

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 5-Fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine Phosphoramidate Analogs

Abstract: A series of alkylating phosphoramidate analogs of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine has been prepared and their growth inhibitory activity evaluated against murine L1210 leukemia and B16 melanoma cells in vitro. These compounds were designed to undergo intracellular release of the phosphoramidate anions, which it was hoped would function as irreversible inhibitors of thymidylate synthase. The expectation was that binding of the nucleoside moiety would be followed by alkylation of the enzyme via the phosphoramidate. The chloride, bromide, iodide, and tosylate analogs were highly potent inhibitors of L1210 cell proliferation, with increased inhibition observed at both higher drug concentrations and longer exposure times. Addition of thymidine completely reversed the inhibition for all compounds, suggesting that these compounds are acting via inhibition of thymidylate synthase. Although the nonalkylating morpholine analog 1f was ca. 50-fold less potent than the methyl(chloroethyl)amino compound, the piperidine analog 1g was only 2-fold less potent, confirming that nitrogen basicity may be as important as the presence of an alkylating group. Addition of thymidine reversed the growth inhibition of the morpholine and piperidine analogs, suggesting that these compounds may also undergo intracellular conversion to 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine 5'monophosphate. The thymidine and deoxyuridine derivatives 2 and 3 showed minimal growth inhibition in the L1210 assay. The alkylating analogs showed modest cytotoxicity against B16 melanoma cells, and the potency of the analogs was more dependent upon the alkylating moiety than on the 5-substituent.

Aromatic nucleophilic substitution of halobenzenes with amines under high pressure.

Abstract: The nucleophilic substitution reactions of aromatic halides having electron-attracting groups on ortho or para position with various primary and secondary amines were accelerated by high pressure to give the corresponding N-substituted anilines in high yields. The bulkiness of amines affects its reactivity to lower the yields of the products. Although the secondary amines are usually less reactive than primary amines, cyclic secondary amines such as morpholine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine were found very reactive. 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane and quinuclidine gave N-quaternary ammonium halides in high yields in contrast to the low reactivity of acyclic tertiary amines. Dichloro- and trichloro-nitrobenzenes also react with diethylamine, pyrrolidine, and morpholine to give mono-, di-, and trisubstitution products depending upon the amount of amine and the position of nitro group in these chlorides.