5-Azidoepibatidine: an exceptionally potent photoaffinity ligand for neuronal alpha 4 beta 2 and alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Nanjing Zhang, Motohiro Tomizawa, John E Casida
Index: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 13(3) , 525-7, (2003)
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Abstract
Racemic 5-azidoepibatidine [(+/-)-1] was synthesized via 5-aminoepibatidine as a candidate photoaffinity ligand with exceptionally high affinity at the mammalian neuronal nicotinic receptors (K(i) values of 0.027 nM for alpha 4 beta 2 and 9.7 nM for alpha 7) and excellent photoreactivity.
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