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Neuromuscular blocking agents

US5556978A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1995
Grant dateSep 17, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D217/20
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

1R-cis, 1'R-cis isomer of a 2',2'-(3,11-dioxo-4,10-dioxatridecylene)-bis-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6,7-dimet hoxy-2-methyl-1-veratrylisoquinolinium) salt, substantially free from other geometrical and optical isomers thereof. The 1R-cis,1'R-cis isomer has been found to have an advantageous combination of pharmacological properties, notably greater neuromuscular blocking potency, weaker histamine-releasing potency, and at equivalent levels of neuromuscular blockade, fewer potential adverse effects on the autonomic nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic blockade), in comparison with the known mixture of geometrical and optical isomers.

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