
%0 Journal Article
%A Barlin, GB 
%A Davies, LP 
%A Ireland, SJ 
%A Ngu, MML 
%T Imidazo[1,2-b]Pyridazines. VI. Syntheses and Central Nervous System Activities of Some 6-(Alkoxy- and Methylthio-phenoxy and Methoxybenzylthio)-3-methoxy-2-phenyl(substituted phenyl and pyridinyl)Imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1989/10/01
%V 42
%N 10
%P 1735-1748
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9891735
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9891735 
%X Series of 6-( alkoxy - and methylthio-phenoxy )-2-phenyl(substituted phenyl and pyridiny1)imidazo[l,2-b]pyridazines and 3-methoxy-6-( methoxybenzylthio )-2-phenyl(substituted phenyl and pyridinyl ) imidazo[l,2-b]pyridazines have been prepared and subsequently tested for their ability to inhibit GABA-stimulated 3H-diazepam binding to rat brain plasma membranes. The 6( alkoxy- and methylthio-phenoxy ) and 6-( methoxybenzylthio) compounds were much more effective in the displacement studies than the parent 6-phenoxy or 6-benzylthio compounds respectively. 3-Methoxy-6-(2&#8242;-methoxyphenoxy)-2-phenylimidazo[l,2-b]pyridazine (GBLD-167, IC50 70 nm) was 16 times more effective than its 3-methoxy-6-phenoxy analogue (GBLD-163, IC50 1120 nM ) and the 3-methoxy-6-(21-methoxybenzylthio)-2-phenyl compound (GELD-214, 1C50 9 nM ) was two and a half times more active than its 6-benzylthio-3-methoxy analogue (GBLD-137, IC50 22 nM ). The most active member of the 6-phenoxy series was the 2-(41-fluorophenyl)-3-methoxy-6- (2&#8243;-methoxyphenoxy) compound (GBLD-255, IC50 30 nM ) and, within the 6-benzylthio series, the 2-(4&#8242;-fluorophenyl, 3&#8242;-aminophenyl, and pyridin-31-yl)-3-methoxy-6-(3&#8243;-methoxybenzylthio) compounds (GBLD-233, 301 and 296) all gave IC50 5 nM. A Hansch -type analysis of the results for these two closely related series of compounds indicates that electron-donating substituents in 2-(para substituted phenyl) derivatives favour binding, but bulky substituents hinder this effect. 
