Abstract
Several alpha-methyl analogues of the 9-benzylpurines that bind to the benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) were synthesized and tested for BZR-binding activity. Although introduction of a m-amino group and an 8-bromo substituent gave an additive increase in BZR affinity with 9-(3-aminobenzyl)-8-bromo-6-(dimethylamino)-9H-purine (4), addition of an alpha-methyl group to 4 resulted in a loss in BZR affinity. This loss in affinity is apparently due to repulsive, steric interactions between the 8-bromo and 9-(1-phenylethyl) substituents, which results in a conformation that is not optimal for interaction with the BZR. Several compounds were tested on a modified Geller-Seifter conflict schedule, but none exhibited significant anxiolytic activity.
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