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Befunolol

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Befunolol
Clinical data

Trade names	Benfuran, Bentos, Betaclar, Glauconex
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
ATC code	S01ED06 (WHO)
Identifiers
IUPAC name (RS)-1-{7-[2-hydroxy-3-(propan-2-ylamino)propoxy]- 1-benzofuran-2-yl}ethanone
CAS Number	39552-01-7^Y
PubChem CID	2309
DrugBank	DB09013^Y
ChemSpider	2219^Y
UNII	418546MT3A
KEGG	D07496^Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL153984^Y
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID80865957
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C₁₆H₂₁NO₄
Molar mass	291.347 g·mol⁻¹
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES O=C(c2oc1c(OCC(O)CNC(C)C)cccc1c2)C
InChI InChI=1S/C16H21NO4/c1-10(2)17-8-13(19)9-20-14-6-4-5-12-7-15(11(3)18)21-16(12)14/h4-7,10,13,17,19H,8-9H2,1-3H3^Y Key:ZPQPDBIHYCBNIG-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y

Befunolol (INN) is a beta blocker with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity used in the management of open-angle glaucoma.^[1] It also acts as a β adrenoreceptor partial agonist.^[2]^[3] Befunolol was introduced in Japan in 1983 by Kakenyaku Kako Co. under the trade name Bentos.^[4]

Synthesis[edit]

The first reported synthesis of befunolol in 1974 used a benzofuran derivative (4) with epichlorohydrin and then isopropylamine to add the sidechain which was known to produce beta blockers, by analogy with drugs discovered by Imperial Chemical Industries, such as propanolol.^[5] The requisite intermediate was synthesized from ortho-vanillin (1) by a condensation reaction with chloroacetone (2) in the presence of potassium hydroxide, giving 2-acetyl-7-methoxybenzofuran (3), which was demethylated using hydrobromic acid.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References[edit]

^ Reichl S, Müller-Goymann CC (January 2003). "The use of a porcine organotypic cornea construct for permeation studies from formulations containing befunolol hydrochloride". International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 250 (1): 191–201. doi:10.1016/S0378-5173(02)00541-0. PMID 12480285.

^ Koike K, Takayanagi I (October 1986). "A beta-adrenergic partial agonist (befunolol) discriminates two different affinity sites". Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 42 (2): 325–328. doi:10.1254/jjp.42.325. PMID 2879061.

^ Takayanagi I, Koike K (January 1985). "A beta-adrenoceptor blocking agent, befunolol as a partial agonist in isolated organs". General Pharmacology. 16 (3): 265–267. doi:10.1016/0306-3623(85)90080-1. PMID 2862092.

^ Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia (3rd revised ed.). Norwich, N.Y.: William Andrew Publishing. January 14, 2008. p. 542. ISBN 978-0815515265.

^ Lednicer D (1998). Strategies for Organic Drug Synthesis and Design. Canada: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 37–41. ISBN 0-471-19657-6.

^ US 3853923, Ito K, Ikemoto M, Kimura K, Nakanishi T, "2-Substituted-(2-hydroxy-3-lower alkaminopropoxy)-benzofurans", issued 1974, assigned to Kakenyaku Kako KK