Ether and Carbamate Derivatives of 3-quinuclidinol and 3- hydroxymethylquinuclidine: Synthesis and Evaluation as Nicotinic Ligands

Abstract

Together these results indicate a partial agonism at muscle type receptors (ca. 40%) with no significant activation of rat ganglion-type receptors (α3β4*: asterisk indicates potential additional subunit that could partner to form the ganglionic receptor). The partial agonism inducing dopamine release from striatal synaptosomes (α4β2α6α4β2β3, and/or α6β2β3) suggest that these compounds may in addition be acting at the α4β2 and/or the α6β3* receptors. The partial agonists reported herein are interesting nicotinic ligands worthy of further investigation.