E. Ravina et al., BUTYROPHENONE ANALOGS - SYNTHESIS OF -ETHYL-5-AMINOETHYL-4,5,6,7-TETRAHYDROINDOL-4-ONES AND THEIR AFFINITIES FOR D-1, D-2 AND 5-HT2A RECEPTORS, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(6), 1995, pp. 579-584
Starting from 2-methyl-3-ethyl-1H-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindol-4-one 3 we h
ave prepared 2-methyl-3-ethyl-5-morpholinoethyl-1H-4,5,6, 7-tetrahydro
indol-4-one, (1) and -piperazinoethyl)-1H-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindol-4-on
e (2) as butyrophenone analogues of the neuroleptic molindone. The aff
inities of these compounds for D-1 and D-2 dopamine and 5-HT2A seroton
in receptors were evaluated in vitro. The affinity of 1 for D-2 recept
ors is less than that of molindone (pKi's 6.23 and 7.48 respectively)
and that of 2 similar (pK(i) 7.55). Both compounds bind to 5-HT2A rece
ptors, the affinity of 2 being significantly greater than that of moli
ndone (pKi's of 7.04 and 5.85, and pA(2)'s of 7.50 and 6.18, respectiv
ely).