Spermicidal, anti-HIV, and micellar properties of di- and trihydroxylated cationic surfactants
Compounds 1(17) and 1(18) show excellent spermicidal activity; 1(16) and 2(17) show the best anti-HIV activity. Compound 1(16) shows the best combination of dual activity against sperm and HIV.
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Chemistry
Reaction of an alkene 3a–e with N-bromosuccinimide32 in THF/H2O gave a mixture of two bromohydrins 4 and 5 in ratio of ca. 4:1. (Scheme 1.) The two isomers could be separated by careful flash column chromatography. Separation of 4 and 5 was unnecessary, however, because refluxing a mixture of either isomer with N,N-dimethylethanolamine (R1=CH3)28., 33. and N-methyldiethanolamine (R1=CH2CH2OH) in methanol gave quaternary ammonium salts, 1 and 2, respectively. Pure quaternary ammonium salts were
Spermicidal activity and micellar concentration
Fig. 1 presents the MECs for spermicidal activity and cmcs for 1 plotted as a function of chain length. The cmcs are expressed as mg mL−1 to facilitate comparison with the bioassays. The cmcs, which were measured in distilled water, represent an upper limit of the cmc under the conditions of the Sander–Cramer assay. That is, ∼1% bovine serum albumin (BSA), 0.9% saline, and Baker's (phosphate and glucose) solution might decrease the cmc. BSA absorbs cationic surfactants, e.g. benzalkonium;41 this
Conclusions
From these results, we draw three conclusions: (1) 1(17), 1(18), 1(16) and 2(17) display potent antispermatic activity and are just as spermicidal as, or in some cases even more than, N-9. (2) The structural differences among the compounds do not lead to large variations in anti-HIV activity; these compounds inhibit HIV by similar mechanisms. (3) Compound 1(16), which has excellent spermicidal and anti-HIV properties, merits further investigation. In summary, hydroxylated cationic surfactants, 1
General
Reagents were used as received. The solvents were HPLC grade and used as received. Flash chromatography was performed with silica gel, 60 X, 230–400 mesh. TLC was performed with PE SIL G/UV 250 μm plates. Apparent coupling constants, Japp, were the measured peak widths. Atlantic MicroLab Inc. performed the elemental analyses.
General method for synthesis of bromohydrins 4a–e and 5a–e
To a cooled solution of a 1-alkene (10–15 mmol) in THF/H2O (5:1) (ca. 40 mL g−1 of alkene), was added slowly N-bromosuccinimide (1.05 equiv.). The reaction mixture was stirred
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by contracts from the Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD) program, Eastern Virginia Medical School, under a Cooperative Agreement with the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The views expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect those of CONRAD or USAID. We thank Personal Products Company, a division of Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Raritan, NJ) for generously providing samples of N-9. We thank Professor Richey M. Davis, for the use
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