Studies on Naphthalenealkylamines for Medical Purpose. I

Syntheses and Pharmacological Actions of 2-Naphthalenealkylamines

Abstract

Syntheses of 2-naphthalenealkylamine derivatives, whose carbon number (n) of the alkyl group was varied from n=0-7 and n=10 (IIIa-XIa), and their N, N-dimethyl derivatives (IIIb-XIb) as well as their methiodide (IIIc-XIc) were carried out in order to examine their pharmacological activities.
Anti-acetylcholine activities and anti-histamine activities were tested according to the Magnus method. Both activities showed a tendency to strengthen as the carbon number of alkyl group increased. However, the anti-acetylcholine activities of primary amine, whose n is 10, was observed to be a little lower than that of the amine of n=7. As to the anti-histamine activities, dimethylamino derivative of n=2 was found to be the strongest, that of 3 and 4 were weaker and it became stronger as the carbon number increased. The activities of methiodide of n=1 was a little stronger than that of n=2 in both activities.
As to the blood pressure activities of primary amines, n=0 showed depression and n=1-4 showed, after a little depression, a rise type, whose degree was observed to be the maximum with n=2 and later weakened to a depress type. Dimethyl compounds were depressive andmethiodide showed usually a continuous rise, after the depression.