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The degradation behavior of eight benzodiazepines (BZPs): alprazolam, etizolam, diazepam, triazolam, nitrazepam (NZP), flunitrazepam (FNZ), bromazepam, and lorazepam, in artificial gastric juice was monitored by a LC/photodiode array detector (PDA) to estimate their pharmacokinetics in the stomach. For drugs that were degradable, such physicochemical parameters as reaction rate constant were measured to evaluate the effect of storage conditions on drug degradability, such as whether the degradation proceeds faster by increasing storage temperature, or whether the degradation reaction is reversible by adjusting pH. As a result, it was confirmed that although the eight BZPs degraded in artificial gastric juice, most of them could be restored when pH was increased, and the restoration rates differed depending on the pH and the type of BZP. As for NZP, an Arrhenius plot was drawn to obtain the physicochemical parameters, such as activation energy and activation entropy involved in the degradation reaction, and the reaction kinetics was discussed. In addition, two substances were confirmed as the degradation products of NZP in artificial gastric juice: one was a reversible degradation product (A) (intermediate) and the other was an irreversible degradation product (B) (final degradation product). The intermediate was identified as 2-amino-N-(2-benzoyl-4-nitrophenyl)-acetamide, and the final degradation product was 2-amino-5-nitrobenzophenone. Therefore, when detecting NZP in human stomach contents, such as during judicial dissection, it would be prudent to target NZP as well as the intermediate (A) and the final degradation product (B).

The invention discloses a preparation method of nitrazepam, which comprises the following steps: (1) adding 2-chloroacetamido-5-nitro benzophenone, hexamethylenetetramine, ammonium chloride and ethanol into a reaction container, and heating to perform reflux reaction; after the reaction is finished, cooling, adding a protective solvent, adding activated carbon and an adsorbent, stirring for 1 hour while keeping the temperature, filtering, concentrating filtrate under reduced pressure, cooling, filtering, washing with water, and leaching with acetone to obtain a crude product of nitrazepam; and (2) pulping and refining the crude product in a mixed solvent to obtain the nitrazepam. The method is simple in preparation process, low in production cost and suitable for industrial production, the appearance of the finished product can be improved, and the yield is increased by 20%.

A variety of 1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one azomethines and 1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one benzamide were prepared, characterized and evaluated for the anticonvulsant activity in the rat using picrotoxin-induced seizure model. The prepared 1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one azomethine derivatives emerged potentially anticonvulsant molecular scaffolds exemplified by compounds, 7-{(E)-[(4-nitrophenyl)methylidene]amino}-5-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, 7-[(E)-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methylidene}amino]-5-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, 7-{(E)-[(4-bromo-2,6-difluorophenyl)methylidene]amino}-5-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one and 7-[(E)-{[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]methylidene}amino]-5-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one. All these four compounds have shown substantial decrease in the wet dog shake numbers and grade of convulsions with respect to the standard drug diazepam. The most active compound, 7-[(E)-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methylidene}amino]-5-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, exhibited 74 % protection against convulsion which was higher than the standard drug diazepam. Furthermore, to identify the binding mode of the interaction amongst the target analogs and binding site of the benzodiazepine receptor, molecular docking study and molecular dynamic simulation were carried out. Additionally, in silico pharmacokinetic and toxicity predictions of target compounds were carried out using AdmetSAR tool. Results of ADMET studies suggest that the pharmacokinetic parameters of all the target compounds were within the acceptable range to become a potential drug candidate as antiepileptic agents.

Due to their remarkable properties, task-specific ionic liquids have turned out to be progressively popular over the last few years in the field of green organic synthesis. Herein, for the first time, we report that a new task-specific nitrite-based ionic liquid such as 3-(ethoxycarbonyl)-1-(5-methyl-5-(nitrosooxy)hexyl)pyridin-1-ium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imides (TS-N-IL) derived from biodegradable ethyl nicotinate indeed acted as an efficient and eco-friendly reagent for the synthesis of highly valuable nitroaromatic compounds and drugs including nitroxynil, tolcapone, niclofolan, flutamide, niclosamide and nitrazepam. The bridging of an ionic liquid with nitrite group not only increases the yield and rate of direct C[sbnd]N bond formation reaction but also allows easy product separation and recyclability of a byproduct. Nonvolatile nature, easy synthesis, merely stoichiometric need and mildness are a portion of the extra focal points of TS-N-IL while contrasted with tert-butyl nitrite an outstanding and highly-flammable reagent utilized largely in organic synthesis.

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Novel hydroxamate histone deacetylase inhibitors of formula (I) wherein X is C=O or CH2 used as antineoplastic agent.

This study concerns the synthesis of new histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) characterized by a 1,4-benzodiazepine ring used as the cap, joined through an amide function or a triple bond as connection units, to a linear alkyl chain bearing the hydroxamate function as Zn2+-chelating group. Biological tests performed in human acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells showed that new hybrids can induce histone H3/H4 acetylation, growth arrest, and also apoptosis. Notably, chiral compounds exhibit stereoselective activity.

Bromination of 2-methyl-3-phenyl-5-nitroindoles has given previously unknown 2-bromoethyl-3-phenyl-5-nitroindoles, which were converted by the Delepine reaction into 2-aminomethyl-3-phenyl-5-nitroindoles.One of these (1-methyl-2-aminomethyl-3-phenyl-5-nitroindole) was also obtained by reductive amination of 1-methyl-2-formyl-3-phenyl-5-nitroindole by the Leuckart-Wallach reaction.

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1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-ones are prepared via the reaction of a haloacetamidophenyl ketone with hexamethylenetetramine in the presence of ammonia. The 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones so prepared are known compounds useful as muscle relaxant and anti-convulsant agents.

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