C. Almansa et al., 4-(2-PYRIDYL)-2,2-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALEN-1-ONES AS NEW POTASSIUM CHANNEL ACTIVATORS WITH INCREASED AIRWAYS SELECTIVITY, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(16), 1995, pp. 1833-1838
A new series of 4-(2-pyridyl)-2,2-dimethylnaphthalen-1-one potassium c
hannel activators has been prepared and their in vitro relaxant activi
ties in isolated rat portal vein and guinea-pig tracheal spirals as we
ll as their hypotensive and bronchodilatory effects have been evaluate
d. Oxidation of the pyridyl nitrogen atom and a double bond between po
sitions 3 and 4 provide compounds with some degree of airways selectiv
ity.