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  • Title: Regiochemistry and enantioselectivity in the oxidative N-dealkylation of verapamil.
    Author: Nelson WL, Olsen LD.
    Journal: Drug Metab Dispos; 1988; 16(6):834-41. PubMed ID: 2907462.
    Abstract:
    The oxidative N-dealkylation of verapamil (1), a calcium channel antagonist, was examined in the presence of rat and human liver microsomes by using GC-MS methodology and synthesized regio-isomeric standards. All three possible secondary amine metabolites, N-methyl-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-4-cyano-5-methylhexylamine (5), norverapamil (4), and N-methyl-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethylamine (3), were formed as microsomal metabolites. Compound 5 and norverapamil (4) were major products. Substrate stereoselectivity for the N-dealkylation process was determined when pseudoracemic verapamil[equimolar (S)-(-)-verapamil-d6 and (R)-(+):verapamil-d0] was used as substrate. In the presence of rat liver microsomes, a slight enantiomeric preference for the metabolism of (R)-verapamil to secondary amines 3 and 5 (S/R ratio = 0.88 and 0.78, respectively) was observed. In contrast, (S)-verapamil was preferentially metabolized to norverapamil (4) and primary amine 9 (S/R ratio = 1.20 for both). The enantioselectivity for the N-dealkylation process in the presence of human liver microsomes was slight and variable (six samples). Quantitatively, the major N-dealkylation routes in both microsomal systems yielded norverapamil (4) and secondary amine 5. Greater substrate enantioselectivity was observed for the N-dealkylation process in rat liver microsomes than in human liver microsomes. In rat liver microsomal studies, two aliphatic aldehydes (2 and 6) were successfully trapped as their O-methyloximes (7 and 11, respectively) by using methoxylamine. In addition, the alcohols formed from reduction of these aldehydes were observed, due in part to a direct reduction by NADPH.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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