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3,455,927 United States Patent Office Patented July 15, 1969 1. 2 The term halo where used herein denotes halogen 3,455,927 moieties having an atomic weight of less than 80. By the PHENYLPPERAZINYLALKYLSULFAMIDES John J. Lafferty, Levittown, and Charles L. Zirkle, terms lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and lower alkylthio where Berwyn, Pa., assignors to Smith Kline & French used herein groups having from 1 to 4, preferably 1 to 2, Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of carbon atoms are indicated. Pennsylvania The nontoxic pharmaceutically acceptable acid addi No Drawing. Filed Nov. 17, 1966, Ser. No. 595,037 tion salts of the compounds of Formula I are also in Int, C, CO7d 51/70 d cluded within the scope of this invention. Both organic U.S. CI. 260-268 10 Claims and inorganic acids can be employed to form Such salts, illustrative acids being sulfuric, nitric, phosphoric, hydro O chloric, citric, acetic, lactic, tartaric, pamoic, ethane-disul ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE fonic, sulfamic, succinic, cyclohexylsulfamic, fumaric, Phenyl (or substituted phenyl) piperazinylalkylsulf maleic, benzoic and the like. These salts are readily pre amides having antidepressant activity are prepared by re pared by methods known to the art. action of a phenylpiperazinylalkylamine with either Sulf The novel compounds of this invention are prepared amide or a sulfamoyl chloride. Both the N- and N'-posi by one of several processes depending on the definition tions of the sulfamide group may be alkyl substituted and of R and R4. Thus where R3 and R4 both represent in addition the N'-position may be incorporated into a hydrogen the products are obtained by the following ring forming a heterocyclic amino group. The latter are proceSS: prepared by reaction of an N-acyl-N-chlorosulfonylphen 20 R \ ylpiperazinylalkylamine with a heterocyclic amine. RN N-A-NH -- NHS ONE --> N-1 R; This invention relates to novel phenylpiperazinylalkyl w N . sulfamides having useful pharmacodynamic acitivity. R1-N N-A-NSONH More specifically the compounds of this invention have where R1, A and R2 are as defined above. As shown, a antidepressant activity as measured by standard pharma piperazinylalkylamine is reacted with sulfamide, prefer cological procedures in animals. Exemplary of the anti ably used in excess, in a solvent in which the reactants depressant profile shown by the compounds of this in are substantially soluble, for example in water, at about vention after oral administration is the enhanced respond 30 60-100° C. for about two to eight hours. ing in the observing behavior of pigeons with a low order To prepare the novel compounds of Formula I where of avoidance blocking activity in monkeys. These com Ra and R4 are lower alkyl the following process is em pounds are approximately equipotent to imipramine. ployed: The novel phenylpiperazinylalkylsulfamides of this in vention may be represented by the following general struc R R3 tural formula: Re-N N-A-NH -- CISON, Hill-m. R R3 R / / R-N N-A-NSON R R 40 R-N N-A-SO N^ R N-1 R Formula I in which: where R1, A and R2 are as defined above. Thus a piper A represents an alkylene chain, straight or branched, azinylalkylamine is reacted with a di-lower alkylsulfamoyl of from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably 2 to 4 carbon 45 chloride in an inert solvent such as an aromatic hydro carbon, for example benzene or toluene, conveniently at R atonrepresents S; phenyl, halophenyl, trifluoromethylphenyl, from 25-40 C. for about 2-12 hours, preferably for lower alkylphenyl, lower alkoxyphenyl, lower alkyl about 4-6 hours. Advantageously two moles of the piper thiophenyl, dihalophenyl, di-lower alkylphenyl, di-lower aZinylalkylamine are employed for each mole of the sul alkoxyphenyl or methylenedioxyphenyl; O famoyl chloride. R represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; and The N'-mono-lower alkyl-N-piperazinylalkylsulfamides R and R4 represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or, when taken of this invention are prepared by treating the N-piper together with the nitrogen atom to which they are at azinylalkylsulfamide with one equivalent of an alkylating tached form a heterocyclic amine of from 4 to 12 car agent Such as a lower alkyl halide, for example a lower bon atoms such as N-pyrrolidinyl, N-piperidinyl, N 55 alkyl bromide or iodide, or a di-lower alkyl sulfate such piperazinyl, N'-lower alkyl-N-piperazinyl, N'-acetoxy as dimethylsulfate, conveniently at room temperature for ethyl-N-piperazinyl or N'-hydroxyethyl-N-piperazinyl. about one to four hours, preferably about 3 hours. A process for the preparation of the compounds of Preferred compounds of this invention are represented Formula I, particularly in which R and R together by the following formula: 60 With the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a heterocyclic amine, additionally involves the reaction of an N-acyl-N-chlorosulfonylpiperazinylalkylamine (pre { X- N-A-NHSON, pared by reacting an N-acylpiperazinylalkylamine with Y-1 N sodium followed by sulfuryl chloride) with ammonia, a R5 R lower alkylamine or a heterocyclic amine in an anhydrous in which A represents an alkylene chain, straight or solvent such as ether, benzene or toluene at about 40-65 branched, of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R5 represents C. To prepare the compounds where R3 and R4 together hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl represent the N'-hydroxyethyl-N-piperazinyl moiety, the thio or trifluoromethyl; and R3 and R4 represent hydro N-acyl-N-chlorosulfonylpiperazinylalkylamine is reacted gen or lower alkyl. O with N'-acetoxyethylpiperazine followed by hydrolysis of A preferred compound of this invention is N-[3-(4- the resulting N'-acetoxyethyl-N-piperazinylalkylsulfamo phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-propyl-sulfamide. ylpiperazine. 3,455,927 3 4 ... The piperazinylalkylamines used as starting materials reduction of the cyanoethyl intermediate) and 5.8 g. of as described hereinabove are known or are prepared by sulfamide in 75 ml. of water is refluxed for six hours. methods known in the art. Exemplary of these are the Workup as described in Example 1 yields N-3-(4-o-meth condensation of an R1 substituted piperazine with an oxyphenyl-1-piperazinyl)-propyl-sulfamide. alkyl nitrile or omegahaloalkanoylamide followed by re Similarly reaction with 13.3 g. of 1-o-methylthiophenyl duction of the condensation product. Alkylation of the 4-(3-aminopropyl)-piperazine (prepared from o-methyl piperazinylalkylamines with an appropriate alkyl halide thioaniline by reaction with bis-6-bromoethylamine fol gives the R2 substituted starting materials. The R1 sub lowed by alkylation with acrylonitrile and subsequent stituted piperazines are prepared by known methods reduction of the cyanoethyl derivative) and 5.8 g. of sulf such as reaction of an appropriate aniline with bis (B- amide gives N-3-(4-O-methylthiophenyl-1-piperazinyl)- bromoethyl) amine. Reference may be made to U.S. 10 propyl-sulfamide. Patents 2,836,595; 2,833,770; and 2,722,529. EXAMPLE 6 The novel compounds of this invention may be ad ministered orally or parenterally in conventional dosage To 23.3 g. of 1-phenyl-4-(3-methylaminopropyl)-pi unit forms such as tablets, capsules, injectables or the perazine in 75 ml. of dry benzene is added 7.2 g. of di like, by incorporating the appropriate dose of a com 5 methylsulfamoyl chloride in 10 ml. of benzene at 10 C. pound of Formula I with carriers according to accepted and the resulting mixture is stirred at 25 C. for 24 hours. pharmaceutical practices. The reaction mixture is washed with water, dried, con The foregoing is a general description of how to pre centrated and distilled to give N,N',N'-trimethyl-N-3-(4- pare the compounds of this invention. The following ex phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-propyl-sulfamide. amples illustrate the preparation of specific compounds 20 Similarly, reaction of 21.9 g. of 1-phenyl-4-(3-amino but should not be construed as limiting the scope of the propyl)-piperazine as described above yields N',N'-di invention set forth in Formula I. methyl-N-3-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-propyl)-sulfamide. EXAMPLE 1. EXAMPLE 7 A mixture of 21.9 g. (0.1 M) of 1-phenyl-4-(3-amino 25 From 29.8 g. of N-3-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-propyl)- propyl)-piperazine and 11.5 g. (0.12 M) of sulfamide in sulfamide (prepared as in Example 1) and 2.5 g. of so 100 ml. of water is refluxed for five hours. The reaction dium hydride in dimethylformamide is obtained the sodio mixture is cooled and filtered to give N-3-(4-phenyl-1- derivative which is treated with 14.2 g. of methyl iodide. (piperazinyl)-propyl-sulfamide, M.P. 155-156 C. The resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for Similarly reaction with 1-phenyl-4-(2-aminoethyl)- 30 three hours. Extracting with ether, washing the extract piperazine yields the corresponding N-2-(4-phenyl-1- with water, drying, concentrating and distilling gives N'- piperazinyl)-ethyl-sulfamide, M.P. 103-104° C. methyl-N-3-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-propyl-Sulfamide. EXAMPLE 2. EXAMPLE 8 Employing the general procedure of Example 1, the 35 By the procedure of Example 1, 28.7 g. of 1-(op-di following piperazines are reacted with sulfamide to give chlorophenyl) - 4-(3-aminopropyl)-piperazine (prepared the corresponding products: from op-dichloroaniline by reaction with bis-(3-bromo A. Piperazine: 1-phenyl-4-(4-aminobutyl)-piperazine. methylamine followed by alkylation with acrylonitrile and Product: N-4-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-butyl-sulfamide. reduction of the resulting cyanoethyl derivative) and 11.5 B. Piperazine: 1-phenyl-4-(5-aminopentyl)-piperazine. 40 g. of sulfamide are reached in aqueous solution and Product: N-5-(4-phenyl - 1 - piperazinyl)-pentyl-sulf worked up to give N-3-(4-op-dichlorophenyl-1-piper amide.