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. 2010 May 5;78(2):233–248. doi: 10.3797/scipharm.0912-22

Tab. 3.

Predicted affinity of new escitalopram derivatives to SERT active site. The residual values (the biological activity for novel escitalopram derivatives differences to the parent biological activity) are in brackets.Inline graphic

Escitalopram derivative Substituents pKia pKib pKic

R1 R2 R3 R4
Derivative 1 Cl CH3 CH3 H 9.05(0.1) 9.02(0.07) 9.03(0.08)
Derivative 2 Br CH3 CH3 H 9.04(0.09) 9.01(0.06) 9.03(0.08)
Derivative 3 OH CH3 CH3 H 8.95(0) 8.96(0.01) 8.94(−0.01)
Derivative 4 CH3 CH3 CH3 H 8.99(0.04) 8.98(0.03) 8.97(0.02)
Derivative 5 NH-CH=O CH3 CH3 H 8.72(−0.23) 8.76(−0.19) 8.71(−0.24)
Derivative 6 NO2 CH3 CH3 H 9.05(0.1) 9.04(0.09) 9.04(0.09)
Derivative 7 OCH3 CH3 CH3 H 9.02(0.07) 9.06(0.11) 9.01(0.06)
Derivative 8 F CH3 CH3 F 9.09(0.14) 9.18(0.23) 9.08(0.13)
Derivative 9 F CH3 CH3 Cl 9.08(0.13) 9.14(0.19) 9.07(0.12)
Derivative 10 F CH3 CH3 allyl 8.94(−0.01) 8.95(0) 8.93(−0.02)
Derivative 11 F CH3 CH3 ethyl 9.16(0.21) 9.16(0.21) 9.15(0.2)
Derivative 12 F CH3 CH3 i-propyl 8.91(−0.04) 8.87(−0.08) 8.9(−0.05)
Derivative 13 F CH3 CH3 OCH3 9.12(0.17) 9.17(0.22) 9.11(0.16)
Derivative 14 F CH3 CH3 t-butyl 9.06(0.11) 9.04(0.09) 9.05(0.1)
Derivative 15 F CH3 CH3 OH 8.95(0) 9.03(0.08) 8.94(−0.01)
Derivative 16 F H H H 8.75(−0.2) 8.68(−0.27) 8.73(−0.22)
Derivative 17 F H CH3 H 8.99(0.04) 8.94(−0.01) 8.98(0.03)
Derivative 18 F allyl CH3 H 8.89(−0.06) 8.86(−0.09) 8.88(−0.07)
Derivative 19 F i-propyl CH3 H 8.98(0.03) 8.94(−0.01) 8.96(0.01)
Derivative 20 F ethyl ethyl H 9.38(0.43) 9.35(0.4) 9.37(0.42)
Derivative 21 F propyl propyl H 9.36(0.41) 9.28(0.33) 9.34(0.39)
Derivative 22 F t-butyl t-butyl H 9.23(0.28) 9.14(0.19) 9.22(0.27)
Derivative23 F ethyl ethyl F 9.43(0.48) 9.45(0.5) 9.41(0.46)
Derivative24 F t-butyl t-butyl F 9.32(0.37) 9.31(0.36) 9.31(0.36)
a

Na-OH-phenyl atom probes;

b

K-OH-phenyl atom probes;

c

Ca-OH-phenyl atom probes.