Title : Synthesis of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridines and comparison with their isosteric 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines as inhibitors of phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase.

Pub. Date : 2008 Jan 1

PMID : 18024134






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1 The THTP nucleus was suggested as an isosteric replacement for the 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) ring system on the basis that 3-thienylmethylamine (18) was more potent as an inhibitor of hPNMT and more selective toward the alpha(2)-adrenoceptor than benzylamine (15). 3-THIENYLMETHYLAMINE phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase Homo sapiens