9027. Tadalafil

Nomenclature

CAS number: 171596-29-5
(6R,12aR)-6-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2,3,6,7,12,12a-hexahydro-2-methylpyrazino[1′,2′:1,6]pyrido[3,4-b]indole-1,4-dione; (6R,12aR)-2,3,6,7,12,12a-hexahydro-2-methyl-6-[3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenyl]pyrazino[1′,2′:1,6]pyrido[3,4-b]indole-1,4-dione; GF-196960; IC-351; Cialis (Lilly).
C22H19N3O4; mol wt 389.40.
C 67.86%, H 4.92%, N 10.79%, O 16.43%.

Description and references

Selective type 5 cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE-5) inhibitor. Prepn: A. C. Daugan, WO 9519978 (1995 to Glaxo); eidem, US 5859006 (1999 to ICOS); and PDE-5 inhibition: idem et al., J. Med. Chem. 46, 4525, 4533 (2003). HPLC determn in plasma: C.-L. Cheng, C.-H. Chou, J. Chromatogr. B 822, 278 (2005). Clinical pharmacokinetics: S. T. Forgue et al., Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 61, 280 (2005). Clinical trial in erectile dysfunction: G. B. Brock et al., J. Urol. 168, 1332 (2002); in comparison with sildenafil: I. Eardley et al., BJU Int. 96, 1323 (2005). Review of pharmacology and clinical experience: H. Porst, Int. J. Impot. Res. 14, Suppl. 1, S57-S64 (2002); in comparison with other phosphodiesterase inhibitors: S. A. Doggrell, Expert Opin. Pharmacother. 6, 75-84 (2005).

Chemical structure

Properties

White crystals from 2-propanol, mp 302-303°. [α]D20 +71.0° (c = 1.00 in CHCl3). Very slightly sol in ethanol. Practically insol in water.

Therapeutic Category

In treatment of male erectile dysfunction.

Keywords

Impotence Therapy; Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor