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. 2019 Jun 13;10(7):1187–1191. doi: 10.1039/c9md00222g

Table 1. Affinities of fentanyl derivatives for the σ1R and μOR19.

No Compound Structural variation (cf.Chart 1)
Affinity for
N-Sub Rβ R3 R4-ax Rpara Rω-1 Rω σ1R μOR from ref. 19
IC50 ± S.D. a IC50 ± S.D. b
1 Fentanyl PhEth c H H H H H H 4973 ± 2.3 1.23 ± 0.14
2 Benzylfentanyl Benz d n/a e H H H H H 322.1 ± 1.9 489.7 ± 28.6
3 Thenylfentanyl ThMet f n/a e H H H H H 1185 ± 2.0 245.5 ± 12.9
4 β-Hydroxyfentanyl g PhEth OH H H H H H >10 000 h 2.81 ± 0.13
5 ω-Hydroxyfentanyl PhEth H H H H H OH >10 000 h 97.7 ± 5.8
6 ω-1-Hydroxyfentanyl g PhEth H H H H OH H >10 000 h 489.0 ± 40.6
7 p-Fluorofentanyl PhEth H H H F H H 495.3 ± 2.0 0.48 ± 0.03
8 3-Methylthiofentanyl g ThEth i H Me H H H H 465.0 ± 1.2 1.10 ± 0.10
9 Sufentanil ThEth H H CH2OMe H H H 2077 ± 2.1 0.40 ± 0.03
10 Norcarfentanil H n/a e H C(O)OMe H H H >10 000 h 295.1 ± 1.3
11 Remifentanil C2H4C(O)OMe n/a e H C(O)OMe H H H >10 000 h 0.60 ± 0.08
12 Alfentanil TetrEth j H H CH2OMe H H H >10 000 h 38.9 ± 2.8
13 SKF10047 (reference) n/a e n/a e n/a e n/a e n/a e n/a e n/a e 69.4 ± 2.1 n/d k

aHalf maximal inhibitory concentration in nM (± standard deviation) of [3H]-(+)-pentazocine specific binding; the results given are means from at least three experiments performed in duplicate; values recalculated to Ki are given in Table ESI-BIND-1.

bHalf maximal inhibitory concentration in nM ± standard deviation, taken from ref. 19.

c2-Phenyleth-1-yl.

dBenzyl.

eNot applicable.

f2-Thienylmethyl.

gTested as an enantiomeric or diastereoisomeric (8) mixture.

hThe values of [3H]-(+)-pentazocine displacement at 10 μM are given in Table ESI-BIND-1.

i2-Thien-2-ylethyl.

j2-(4-Ethyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-1-yl)ethyl.

kn/d – not determined.