The Crystal Structure of N-(1-Arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2λ6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides as the Factor Determining Biological Activity Thereof

Abstract

First of all, it is an obvious, although far from easily accomplished, separation of racemic mixtures which were originally synthesized or isolated from natural raw materials. Otherwise, at least half of the finished product will just become fruitless ballast. [...]more attention has been paid to the development of modern technologies of asymmetric synthesis, which would allow to immediately obtain biologically active substances with the known-good configuration of chiral centers [28-31]. [...]anofher important analytical characteristic of the studied tN-(1-arylethyl)4-methyl-2,2-dio3o-1ŕí-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides 3 and 4, which requires a mandatory definition, are their specific rotation values. i.e., asymmetric carbon a toms in the finishe d pcoducis retained the configuration of the original chiral building blocks. 3.2.Evaluation of the Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity A comparative analysis of the data obtained from the pharmacological tests of N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides (Tables 1 and 2) revealed a close relationship between their spatial structure and biological activity. [...]enantiomers 3a,b with chiral centers having (S)-configuration showed extremely weak inhibition of the pain reaction, whereas their mirror isomers having (R)-configuration 4a,b were very powerful analgesics, superior to lornoxicam and diclofenac, under the same conditions. The appearance of the fairly "heavy" sulfur atom in the molecules of N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides 3-4 allows solving all the issues of the absolute conformation of chiral centers without any additional chemical transformations. [...]in particular, it was found that N-[(2S)-1-phenylethyl]-amide 3a crystallizes in the chiral space group P212i2i, which indicates the presence of only one enantiomer in the crystal.

Headnote

Received: 27 February 2019; Accepted: 4 April 2019; Published: 19 April 2019

Abstract: In order to detect new structural and biological patterns in a series of hetaryl-3-carboxylic acid derivatives, the optically pure (S)- and (R)-enantiomers of N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides, their true racemates, and mechanical racemic mixtures have been synthesized in independent ways. The particular features of the ⅛-and 13C-NMR spectra of all synthesized substances, liquid chromato-mass spectrometric behavior thereof under electrospray ionization conditions, and also the results of polarimetric and X-ray diffraction studies have been discussed. Pharmacological screening on a model of carrageenan inflammation has found a clear relationship between the spatial structure of the studied objects and biological activity thereof. Enantiomers with chiral centers having (S)-configuration showed weak inhibition of pain and inflammatory reactions, while their mirror (R)-isomers exhibited very powerful analgesic and antiphlogistic properties under the same conditions, with the level of specific activity exceeding that of Lornoxicam and Diclofenac. Taking obtained data into account, a noticeable decrease in the activity of mechanical racemic mixtures, consisting of one-half of the "wrong" (S)-enantiomers, is quite natural. The true racemate of N-(1-phenylethyl)-amide proved itself in a similar way, while 4-methoxy-substituted analog thereof stood out against this background with unexpectedly high analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities. A comparative analysis of X-ray diffraction data has found that crystalline and molecular structure of racemic N-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide is completely different from that of the original enantiomers and, moreover, very unusual for racemates. Obviously, it is the factor determining the unique character of the biological effects of the said substance.

Keywords: 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylamide; 2,1-benzothiazine; chiral switches, crystal structure; molecular conformation; analgesic activity; anti-inflammatory action

1.Introduction

Chiral substances always attract increased attention from researchers of various specialties. The appearance of at least one asymmetric carbon atom in the molecule provides the substance with a number of unique properties, the study ofwhich constitutes the range of scientific interests of synthetic chemists, anafysts, spectroscopists, optics, cryntollogrophers, and various other scientists. However, the practical benefits of studying chiral substances are, perhaps, to the gre atest extent phafmaci sts and medical chemists. It is true that the awareness of the need tor research in this area did not come to them immediately. It was only after racemic drugs were criticized for containing 50% of impurities [1] (although, irt our opinion, this is not always true) did the; pharmacy take up this probfem seriously. Even a whole direction known in the literature its "chiral switches" appeared [a-5], thanks to which the "lifetime" of o wumber of the originollo racemic drugs was prolonged in the form of thešr more active enantiomers [2,4] (Figure 1).

However, it should lie kept in mind that obtaining enantiomertcally pure substances in general, and drugs sn particular, "s o tufe, is о technologically complicated and costly practice. In addition, all the effort expended does not inevitably leod to positive results. When carrying out pharmacological tests of substantfs containing asymmetric carbon atoms, researchers often encounter tito Sact that only one of the enantiomers couses the desired biologScol effect, white the mirros isomer hos low or no activity [6-9]. It is within the realm of possibility that enantiomers would exhibit completely different, ond sometimes directly opposite, physiological properties [2], or one of the isomers would prove itself os unambiguously harmful or even dangerous [10]. Enantiomers sometimes demonstrate a completely identical clinical picture [11] that makes the "chiral switch" attempt irrelevant. One must also be prepared for the fact that the separation of the racemate may not lead to products with individual activity because enantiomers in a living organism are easily metabolized into one another [2]. It is also possible that the racemate would be much more active than each of the enantiomers [12]. Usually, such cases are interpreted as manifestations of synergism of effects, which are peculiar to each of the mirror isomers, separately [13]. However, in the case of observable pharmacological effects caused by enantiomers and racemates formed thereof, this explanation may be quite insufficient. This is exactly the situation we encountered when studying N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides, which are the object of this message.

2.Materials and Methods

2.1. Chemistry

⅛-and 13C-NMR (proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance) spectra were obtained on a Varian Mercury-400 (Varian Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA) instrument (400 and 100 MHz, respectively) in hexadeuterodimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO-?) with tetramethylsilane as the internal standard. The chemical shift values were recorded on a <5 scale and the coupling constants (J) in Hertz. The following abbreviations were used in reporting spectra: s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, quin = quintet, m = multiplet. The electrospray ionization liquid chromato-mass spectra (ESI-LC/MS) were recorded on a modular Agilent Technologies 1260 Infinity system with 6530 Accurate-Mass Q-TOF LC/MS (G6530B#200 ESI) mass-spectrometric detector (Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA). The chromatography conditions were: Agilent Extend-C18 column of 2.1 X 50 mm; the sorbent particle size-1.8 pm; the mobile phase flow rate-0.25 mL/min; the column temperature-30 °C; the injection volume-1.0 pL; the mobile phase composition-0.1% formic acid in methanol. The elemental analysis was performed on a Euro Vector EA-3000 (Eurovector SPA, Redavalle, Italy) microanalyzer. The melting points were determined in a capillary using an electrothermal IA9100X1 (Bibby Scientific Limited, Stone, UK) digital melting point apparatus. The specific rotations of optically active amides 3 and 4 were measured on a WWZ-2S automatic polarimeter (Zhejiang Nade Scientific instrument Co., Ltd., Yuhang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China). Synthesis of these compound used commercial S(-)- and R(+)-1-phenyl- and 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)- ethylamines from Fluka company (Fluka Chemie AG, Buchs, Switzerland), with optical purities of at least 99.5 and 99.0% respectively. In the synthesis of all N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H- 2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides, 3-5 described in this article the commercial N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) and the anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) for peptide synthesis of Aldrich company (St. Louis, MO, USA) were used. The synthesis of the starting anhydrous 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylic acid (1) was carried out by the method described in [14].

2.2. General Procedure for the Synthesis ofN-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3carboxamides 3,4 and 5a

N,N'-Carbonyldiimidazole (1.78 g, 0.011 mol) was added to a solution of 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6, 1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylic acid 1 (2.39 g, 0.01 mol) in anhydrous DMF (5 mL) and protected from atmospheric moisture using a CaCl2 tube. The mixture was then heated for about 2 h at 90 °C until the evolution of CO2 ceased. The reaction mixture was purged with dry argon through a thin capillary for 5 min to remove residual CO2, and then 0.01 mol of the corresponding 1-arylethylamine was added, and the mixture was kept for 5 h at the temperature of 90 °C in a tightly closed vial of thick dark glass (it is convenient to use vials of suitable volume designed for chemicals). The reaction mixture was cooled, diluted with cold water, and adjusted to pH ~3 with hydrochloric acid. The precipitate was formed, which was filtered off, washed with cold water, dried, and recrystallized from ethanol. 1-Arylethylamides 3, 4 and 5a were colorless crystals.

N-[(1S)-1-Phenylethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (3a). The yield was: 3.21 g (94%); colorless crystals; melting point (mp) 216-218 °C; [a] D° = +14.5°, c = 5, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); ?-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 11.70 (br. s, 1H, SO2NH), 9.15 (d, 1H, J = 7.6, CONH), 7.73 (d, 1Н, J = 7.7, Н-5), 7.50 (t, 1H, J = 7.4, H-7), 7.42 (d, 2H, J = 7.1, H-2',6'), 7.36 (t, 2H, J = 7.2, H-3',5'), 7.27 (t, 1H, J = 6.3, H-4'), 7.23 (t, 1H, J = 7.6, H-6), 7.15 (d, 1H, J = 7.8, H-8), 5.18-5.05 (m, 1H, NCH), 2.26 (s, 3H, 4-CH3), 1.45 (d, 3H, J = 6.7, CH-CH3). 13C-NMR (100 MHzd6ript6): 5 159.5 (C=O), 144.5,139.3, 138.1.131.8.131.5.128.8 (2',6'-C), 127.6,127.4,126.8 (3',5'-C), 123.2,121.1,118.5 (3-C), 49.1 (CH), 22.7 (CHCH3), 17.7 (4-CH3). ESI-LC/MS (m/z, %): 343 (48) [M + H]+, 239 (26), 222 (28), 105 (13). This was analytically calculated (Anal. Calcd.) for C18H18N2O3S: C, 63.14; H, 5.30; N, 8.18; S 9.36%. We found: C, 63.17; H, 5.39; N, 8.11; S 9.25%.

N-[(1R)-1-Phenylethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (4a). The yield was: 3.07 g (90%); colorless crystals; m.p. 216-218 °C; [a] D° = -14.5°, c = 5, DMSO; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 11.70 (br. s, 1H, SO2NH), 9.15 (d, 1H, J = 7.6, CONH), 7.73 (d, 1H, J = 7.7, H-5), 7.50 (t, 1H, J = 7.4, H-7), 7.42 (d, 2H, J = 7.1, H-2',6'), 7.36 (t, 2H, J = 7.2, H-3',5'), 7.27 (t, 1H, J = 6.3, H-4'), 7.23 (t, 1H, J = 7.6, H-6), 7.15 (d, 1H, J = 7.8, H-8), 5.18-5.05 (m, 1H, NCH), 2.26 (s, 3H, 4-CH3), 1.45 (d, 3H, J = 6.7, CH-CH3). 13C-NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 159.5 (C=O), 144.5, 139.3, 138.1, 131.8, 131.5.128.8 (2',6'-C), 127.6, 127.4, 126.8 (3',5'-C), 123.2,121.1,118.5 (3-C), 49.1 (CH), 22.7 (CHCH3), 17.7 (4-CH3). ESI-LC/MS (m/z, %): 343 (44) [M + H]+, 239 (23), 222 (33), 105 (15). The Anal. Calcd. was for Ci8Hi8N2O3S: C, 63.14; H, 5.30; N, 8.18; S 9.36%. We found: C, 63.20; H, 5.37; N, 8.27; S 9.28%.

N-(1-Phenylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (5a). The yield was: 3.18 g (93%); colorless crystals; m.p. 212-214 °C; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 11.71 (br. s, 1H, SO2NH), 9.15 (d, 1H, J = 7.6, CONH), 7.72 (d, 1H, J = 7.7, H-5), 7.50 (t, 1H, J = 7.4, H-7), 7.42 (d, 2H, J = 7.1, H-2',6'), 7.37 (t, 2H, J = 7.2, H-3',5'), 7.27 (t, 1H, J = 6.3, H-4'), 7.23 (t, 1H, J = 7.6, H-6), 7.16 (d, 1H, J = 7.8, H-8), 5.18-5.04 (m, 1H, NCH), 2.26 (s, 3H, 4-CH3), 1.45 (d, 3H, J = 6.7, CH-CH3). 13C-NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 159.5 (C=O), 144.5,139.3,138.1,131.8,131.5,128.8 (2',6'-C), 127.6, 127.4, 126.8 (3',5'-C), 123.2,121.1,118.5 (3-C), 49.1 (CH), 22.7 (CHCH3), 17.7 (4-CH3). ESI-LC/MS (m/z, %): 343 (40) [M + H]+, 239 (22), 222 (25), 105 (10). The Anal. Calcd. was for Ci8Hi8N2O3S: C, 63.14; H, 5.30; N, 8.18; S 9.36%. We found: C, 63.22; H, 5.41; N, 8.25; S 9.30%.

N-[(1S)-1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (3b). The yield was: 3.34 g (90%); colorless crystals; m.p. 183-185.°C; [a] D0 = +15.2°, c = 5, DMSO; ⅛-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 11.69 (br. s, 1H, SO2NH), 9.07 (d, 1H, J = 7.8, CONH), 7.70 (d, 1H, J = 7.9, H-5), 7.45 (t, 1H, J = 7.6, H-7), 7.32 (d, 2H, J = 8.1, H-2',6'), 7.21 (t, 1H, J = 7.7, H-6), 7.12 (d, 1H, J = 8.0, H-8), 6.90 (d, 2H, J = 8.0, H-3',5'), 5.14-5.04 (m, 1H, NCH), 3.74 (s, 3H, 4'-OMe), 2.23 (s, 3H, 4-CH3), 1.41 (d, 3H, J = 6.8, CH-CH3). 13C-NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 159.5 (C=O), 158.6 (4'-C-0), 139.3,137.9,136.3,131.8,131.6, 127.8 (2',6'-C), 127.5,123.2,121.2,118.5 (3-C), 114.1 (3',5'-C), 55.5 (OCH3), 48.7 (CH), 22.7 (CHCH3), 17.6 (4-CH3). ESI-LC/MS (m/z, %): 373 (39) [M + H]+, 265 (27), 222 (14), 108 (2). The Anal. Calcd. was for Ci9H20N2O4S: C, 61.27; H, 5.41; N, 7.52; S 8.61. We found: C, 61.34; H, 5.49; N, 7.58; S 8.54%.

N-[(1R)-1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (4b). The yield was: 3.27 g (88%); colorless crystals; m.p. 183-185 °C; [a] D = -15.2°, c = 5, DMSO; ⅛-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): 5 11.68 (br. s, 1H, SO2NH), 9.07 (d, 1H, J = 7.8, CONH), 7.71 (d, 1H, J = 7.9, H-5), 7.45 (t, 1H, J = 7.6, H-7), 7.33 (d, 2H, J = 8.1, H-2',6'), 7.21 (t, 1H, J = 7.7, H-6), 7.13 (d, 1H, J = 8.0, H-8), 6.90 (d, 2H, J = 8.0, H-3',5'), 5.15-5.04 (m, 1H, NCH), 3.74 (s, 3H, 4'-OMe), 2.23 (s, 3H, 4-CH3), 1.41 (d, 3H, J = 6.8, CH-CH3). 13C-NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-?): 5 159.5 (C=O), 158.6 (4'-C-0), 139.3,137.9,136.3,131.8,131.6, 127.8(2',6'-C), 127.5,123.2,121.2,118.5 (3-C), 114.1 (3',5'-C), 55.5 (OCH3), 48.7 (CH), 22.7 (CHCH3), 17.6 (4-CH3). ESI-LC/MS (m/z, %): 373 (43) [M + H]+, 265 (25), 222 (19), 108 (1). The Anal. Calcd. was for Ci9H20N2O4S: C, 61.27; H, 5.41; N, 7.52; S 8.61. We found: C, 61.21; H, 5.35; N, 7.45; S 8.53%.

2.3. N-[1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (5b)

1.86 g (0.005 mol) of N-[(1S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 3b and 1.86 g (0.005 mol) of N-[(1R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 4b were dissolved in 35 ml of boiling ethanol and filtered. The filtrate was cooled and left for 12 h at a temperature of about 10 °C. The precipitated crystals of racemate 5b were filtered off and air dried. The yield was: 3.57 g (96%); colorless crystals; m.p. 177-179 °C.

2.4. Mechanical Racemic Mixture of Optically Active N-(1-Phenylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1benzothiazine-3-carboxamides (6a)

1.71 g (0.005 mol) of N-[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]-amide 3a and 1.71 g (0.005 mol) of N-[(1R)-1phenylethyl]-amide 4a were thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous mass was formed. The yield was quantitative; colorless crystals; m.p. 207-209 °C.

2.5. Mechanical Racemic Mixture of Optically Active N-[1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides (6b)

1.86 g (0.005 mol) of N-[(1S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]- amide 3b and 1.86 g (0.005 mol) of N-[(1R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 4b were mixed thoroughly until a homogeneous mass was formed. The yield was quantitative; colorless crystals; m.p. 168-170 °C.

2.6. X-ray Structural Analysis ofN-[(1S)-1-Phenylethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3carboxamide (3a)

The crystals of (1S)-1-phenylethylamide 3a (Ci8Hi8N2O3S) were orthorhombic and colorless. At 20 °C: a 7.8554(5), b 8.8432(6), c 24.288(2) Å; V 1687.2(2) Å3, Z 4, space group P212121, dcalc 1.348 g/cm3, g(MoKa) 0.210 mm-1, F(000) 720. The unit cell parameters and intensities of 10,394 reflections (4805 independent reflections, Rint = 0.077) were measured on an Xcalibur-3 diffractometer (Oxford Diffraction Limited, Oxford, UK) using MoKa radiation, a CCD detector, graphite monochromator, and ш-scanning to 20max 60°. The structure was solved by the direct method using the SHELXTL program package (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany) [15]. The positions of the hydrogen atoms were found from the electron density difference maps and refined using the "riding" model with Uiso = nUeq for the non-hydrogen atom bonded to a given hydrogen atom (n = 1.5 for methyl, and n = 1.2 for the other hydrogen atoms). The hydrogen atoms of amino groups were refined within isotropic approximation. The structure was refined using F2 full-matrix least-squares analysis in the anisotropic approximation for non-hydrogen atoms to WR2 0.119 for 4794 reflections (R1 0.060 for 2317 reflections with F > 4u (F), S = 0.910). The final atomic coordinates, and the crystallographic data for the molecule of (1S)-1-phenylethylamide 3a have been deposited to with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]) and are available on request quoting the deposition number CCDC 1899013 [16].

2.7. X-ray Structural Analysis ofN-(1-Phenylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3carboxamide (5a)

The crystals of racemic 1-phenylethylamide 5a (C18H18N2O3S) were monoclinic and colorless. At 20 °C: a 7.7803(9), b 8.8579(6), c 24.674(3) Å; ß 98.37(1)°; V 1682.3(3) Å3, Z 4, space group P21/c, dcalc 1.352 g/cm3, g(MoKa) 0.211 mm-1, F(000) 720. The unit cell parameters and intensities of 12,542 reflections (2959 independent reflections, Rjnt = 0.074) were measured on an Xcalibur-3 diffractometer (Oxford Diffraction Limited) using MoKa radiation, a CCD detector, graphite monochromator, and ш-scanning to 20max 50°. The structure was solved by the direct method using the SHELXTL program package (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry) [15]. The positions of the hydrogen atoms were found from the electron density difference maps and refined using the "riding" model with Uiso = nUeq for the non-hydrogen atom bonded to a given hydrogen atom (n = 1.5 for methyl, and n = 1.2 for the other hydrogen atoms). The hydrogen atoms of amino groups were refined within isotropic approximation. The hydrogen atoms of amino groups were refined within isotropic approximation. The structure was refined using F2 full-matrix least-squares analysis in the anisotropic approximation for non-hydrogen atoms to wR2 0.257 for 2801 reflections (⅞ 0.090 for 2075 reflections with F > 4u (F), S = 1.054). The final atomic coordinates and the crystallographic data for the molecule of racemic 1-phenylethylamide 5a have been deposited to with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]) and are available on request quoting the deposition number CCDC 1899015 [17].

2.8. X-ray Structural Analysis ofN-[(1S)-1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6, 1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (3b)

The crystals of N-[(1S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 3b (Ci9H20N2O4S) were monoclinic and colorless. At 20 °C: a 13.490(2), b 9.2913(9), c 15.033(2) Å; ß 103.46(1)°; V 1832.4(4) Å3, Z 4, space group Р21, dcalc 1.350 g/cm3, g(MoKa) 0.203 mm-1, F(000) 784. The unit cell parameters and intensities of 18,921 reflections (10,140 independent reflections, R¡nt = 0.082) were measured on an Xcalibur-3 diffractometer (Oxford Diffraction Limited) using MoKa radiation, a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) detector, graphite monochromator, and ш-scanning to 20max 60°. The structure was solved by the direct method using the SHELXTL program package (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry) [15]. The positions of the hydrogen atoms were found from the electron density difference map and refined using the "riding" model with Uiso = nUeq for the non-hydrogen atom bonded to a given hydrogen atom (n = 1.5 for methyl, and n = 1.2 for the other hydrogen atoms). The hydrogen atoms participating in the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds were refined in an isotropic approximation. The structure was refined using F2 full-matrix least-squares analysis in the anisotropic approximation for non-hydrogen atoms to wB.2 0.215 for 9948 reflections (⅞ 0.093 for 4991 reflections with F > 4u (F), S 0.954). The final atomic coordinates, and the crystallographic data for the molecule of N-[(1S)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 3b have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]) and are available on request quoting the deposition number CCDC 1899014 [18].

2.9. X-ray Structural Analysis ofN-[(1R)-1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6, 1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (4b)

The crystals of N-[(1R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 4b (Ci9H20N2O4S) were monoclinic and colorless. At 20 °C: a 13.491(1), b 9.2746(6), c 15.050(2) Å; ß 103.644(8)°; V 1829.8(3) Å3, Z 4, space group Р21, dcalc 1.352 g/cm3, q(MoKa) 0.204 mm-1, F(000) 784. The unit cell parameters and intensities of 18,889 reflections (10,263 independent reflections, Rint = 0.077) were measured on an Xcalibur-3 diffractometer (Oxford Diffraction Limited) using MoKa radiation, a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) detector, graphite monochromator, and ш-scanning to 20max 60°. The structure was solved by the direct method using the SHELXTL program package (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry) [15]. The positions of the hydrogen atoms were found from the electron density difference map and refined using the "riding" model with Uiso = nUeq for the non-hydrogen atom bonded to a given hydrogen atom (n = 1.5 for methyl, and n = 1.2 for the other hydrogen atoms). The hydrogen atoms participating in the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds were refined in an isotropic approximation. The structure was refined using F2 full-matrix least-squares analysis in the anisotropic approximation for non-hydrogen atoms to wR2 0.119 for 10,185 reflections (R1 0.065 for 4502 reflections with F > 4u (F), S 0.887). The final atomic coordinates, and the crystallographic data for the molecule of N-[(1R)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 4b have been deposited to with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]) and are available on request quoting the deposition number CCDC 1899016 [19].

2.10. X-ray Structural Analysis ofN-[1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6, 1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide (5b)

The crystals of racemic N-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 5b (C19H20N2O4S) were orthorhombic and colorless. At 20 °C: a 16.644(2), b 24.533(3), c 9.0188(7) Å; V 3682.5(6) Å3, Z 8, space group Pca21, dcalc 1.344 g/cm3, g(MoKæ ) 0.203 mm-1, F(000) 1568. The unit cell parameters and intensities of 22,382 reflections (6429 independent reflections, R¡nt = 0.143) were measured on an Xcalibur-3 diffractometer (Oxford Diffraction Limited) using MoKa radiation, a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) detector, graphite monochromator, and ш-scanning to 20max 60°. The structure was solved by the direct method using the SHELXTL program package (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry) [15]. The positions of the hydrogen atoms were found from the electron density difference map and refined using the "riding" model with Uiso = nUeq for the non-hydrogen atom bonded to a given hydrogen atom (n = 1.5 for methyl, and n = 1.2 for the other hydrogen atoms). The hydrogen atoms participating in the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds were refined in an isotropic approximation. The structure was refined using F2 full-matrix least-squares analysis in the anisotropic approximation for non-hydrogen atoms to wR.2 0.091 for 6405 reflections (R1 0.063 for 3090 reflections with F > 4ct (F), S 0.865). The final atomic coordinates and the crystallographic data for the molecule of racemic N-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 5b have been deposited to with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]) and are available on request quoting the deposition number CCDC 1899017 [20].

2.11. Pharmacology

Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Tests

All biological experiments were carried out in full accord with the European Convention on the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes and the Ukrainian Law No. 3447-IV "On protection of animals from severe treatment" [21] (project ID 3410U14, approved 15 October 2015). The pharmacological research was carried out with the permission and under the supervision of the Commission on Bioethics (N.I. Pirogov Vinnitsa National Medical University, Vinnitsa, Ukraine).

The analgesic effect with the simultaneous assessment of the anti-inflammatory activity of all N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides 3-6a,b synthesized was studied on the standard model of carrageenan edema [22,23]. The studies were conducted on white Wistar male rats weighing 200-250 g. The test substances, Lornoxicam (Wasserburger Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Wasserburger, Germany) and Diclofenac (KRKA, Novo Mesto, Slovenia) were introduced intraperitoneally in the form of fine aqueous suspensions stabilized with Tween-80 in the screening dose of 20 mg/kg. The animals of the control group received an equivalent amount of water with Tween-80. Other details of pharmacological experiments, as well as the statistical processing of the results, were described in detail earlier [14].

3.Results and Discussion

3.1.Chemistry

Chiral pharmaceutical substances are prepared by various methods. First of all, it is an obvious, although far from easily accomplished, separation of racemic mixtures which were originally synthesized or isolated from natural raw materials. The options for the practical implementation of this approach are constantly being improved upon and at present they allow obtaining the desired enantiomer having a high degree of optical purity, on a commercial scale [24-27]. Unfortunately, despite all the positive aspects, the separation of racemates always has one major drawback residing in the fact that it can be considered effective only if all the isolated components of the mixture find a practical use. Otherwise, at least half of the finished product will just become fruitless ballast. Therefore, more attention has been paid to the development of modern technologies of asymmetric synthesis, which would allow to immediately obtain biologically active substances with the known-good configuration of chiral centers [28-31]. The assembling of compounds of complex structure based on commercially available enantiomerically pure building blocks of natural or synthetic origin (chiral pool synthesis) has gained particular popularity [32]. In this case, the chiral fragment, as a rule, is introduced into the molecule at the final stage of the synthetic scheme, which allows for minimizing the risk of possible racemization. This strategy was implemented in the synthesis of the target objects in the present study: the previously formed bicyclic 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxylic acid (1) was transformed into imidazolide 2, which was further reacted with optical high-purity S(-)- and R(+)-1-phenyl- and 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-ethylamines forming; corresponding chiral N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1ŕí-2A6,1-benzothiazme-3-carboxamides 3-4 (Scheme 1). By the same principle, except using racemic 1-phenylethylamine, racemate 5a (R = H) was synthesized, which is of inlerest for structural and biological comparative stud-es. Due to lack of racemic 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, 4-metnoxy-substituted analog thereof, 5b (R = Ofife), was obtained by crystallization of a mixture of inxntiomers 3b and 413 in a 1:1 ratio from ethanol. As will be shown below, tho samples obtained in this way were true single crystgl racemates, i.e., each crystal contained both enantiomets in a 1:1 ratio. This is their fundamental difference from mechanical racemic mixtures 6a,b, obtained by simple mixing of equimolar amounts ol the cotrasponding optically pure enantiomers 3 and 4, alsy in a 1:1 ratio, but without subsequent crystallization.

All obtained N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides are colorless crystalline substances, which at room temperature are moderately soluble in DMSO and DMF, slightly soluble in alcohols, and insoluble in water. Taking into account the structure of the studied compounds (the presence of benzothiazine bicycle, aryl ethylamide fragments, several methyl groups in different chemical environments, optical activity, etc.), we have used a standard set of analytical methods to confirm their structure: elemental analysis, 1H-and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization liquid chrtmato-masn spectrometry, and ptlarimetry. However, the most important and ieteresting features of the spatial structure of this group tf substances in the crystalline phase have °een detected us ing X-ray diffraction.

As ex°ested, 1H and 13C NIMR spectra of all samples in each of tise triads: (S)-enantiomer - (Rj-nnantiomes -s racem att ( for exomple, 3 a-4a-5a)were the same. /ill the signalstf °stitns and most tf the signals of the caebon atoms composing tliese spectsa wore easily interpreted by the characteristic shtmical shffts, intensity, and multijiKcity (see Section 2.2). In other words, NMR spectroscopy allows sellable confirmation oe the chemical strucfine on ehe studied substanceo, and even their purity to some extent (on the absenso of "irrelevant" pe aks in tho experimanta l spect ra) .

Stoffas mfosmafion ⅛ °stxided ky ekstros0!^ kmization liquiclshromato-mass s°ectromefiy, whisn, m totokn to stemka1 identite, makes it ^ssilile to establisli an anafytisdfy im°tstant mt1esu1as weight oa a substance. Additional information on the structure of thee sampk is .rovided bys tlr^ analysis of the mitial molecule fragmente formed upon registration of the mass spectrum. For example, it has been observed that, under the influnnce of elecirospray iomzation, N-(1-phenylethxl)-amides 3a, 4a, and 5a behave in the same manner and firsffy form protonnted molecular ions [M + H]+ (Scheme 2). Primary fragmentation of said substances occurs similarly to N-benzyl-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6/1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides as described in kur earlkr works [3p], i.e., with the benzyl bosd -CONH-CH(Me)Ph breaking (ß-decay [74]V. sThis produces plienethyl srtitn 7 and the unstable protonated catizn of 4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1fí-2)6,1benzothiazine-3-carboxamide Is, vcSiícS rapkffy loses ТШНэ molecule and becomes more atable, and thereeore typical for aili derivatives cf 4-methyl-2/2-dюxo-1fí-2A6,1-benzvthiazine-3-carboxnlic ac:id pcylium-calion 9 with m/z 222 (Sclieme 2). However, the mass spectrometric behavior of the phenethylamides 3a, 4a ard 5a were differed from ihan of thie benzylamdet mentioned tbovn. tn particular, one of the directions of primary destruction of jirotonated molecular ions in their spectra implying the breaking of the !erminal amide bond -CO-NHCH(Me)Ph which was usuaff for 4-methyl-c,2-dioxo-1 H-2A6,1-benzcthiazine-3-carbcxamides, was not observable.

When going to 4-methoxy-substituted analogs (enantiomers 3,4b and racemate 5b), a part of the regularities mentioned above remains. At the same time, the 4-methoxy group of the phenethyl fragment implies its peculiarity on the mass spectrometric behavior of the studied compounds. We have found that it promotes the appearance of a new and very unusual path of primary fragmentati on of protonated molecular ions for the studied class of compounds. During its implementation, the bond between the aryl substituent and the ethylcarbamide fragment breaks first (a-decay [34]), resulting in the peaks of 4-methoxyphenyl 10 and benzothiazine-3- carbonylaminoethyl 11 cations with m/z 108 and 265, respectively (Scheme 3).

Finally, anofher important analytical characteristic of the studied tN-(1-arylethyl)4-methyl-2,2-dio3o-1ŕí-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides 3 and 4, which requires a mandatory definition, are their specific rotation values. Our polarimetric studies confirmed tinat N-(1-arylethyl)-amidzs 3 and 4 are true optically actioe substancee. Moreover, the fact that enantiomer paizs 3a-4a and 3b-4b, obtained in independent ways uting different aoymmetric reagents had the same epecific rotation values (see Section 2.2), which were different only in sign, was a fairly reliable hallmark of optical high-purity [35] . Meanwhile, the tssue of the true configuration of the obtained chiral amicies Za,b and 4a,b may arise from the fact that they rotated the; plane of polaeization in the opposite direction than the original 1-arylethylamines. However, this fact, though curious, 4s noi principal, since the configuration of the substance and the direction of the dolarization plane rotatien Eire coma letely different charac teristics unre lated to each other. It is wed known that specific rotation values and their sign (+ or -) can vary gtaatly in ehe same substante depending on concentration, nature of solvent, temperature, etc. [35,36]. In addition, as will be shown below, neither zacemization nor the conversion of configuration occurred in the synthesis of N-(1-arylethyl)-'4-methyl-2,C-ciioxo-1H-2A6ie-lti;nzothiazine-3-carl:)o)Ci^mides 3 and 4. i.e., asymmetric carbon a toms in the finishe d pcoducis retained the configuration of the original chiral building blocks. 3.2.Evaluation of the Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity

A comparative analysis of the data obtained from the pharmacological tests of N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides (Tables 1 and 2) revealed a close relationship between their spatial structure and biological activity. Therefore, enantiomers 3a,b with chiral centers having (S)-configuration showed extremely weak inhibition of the pain reaction, whereas their mirror isomers having (R)-configuration 4a,b were very powerful analgesics, superior to lornoxicam and diclofenac, under the same conditions. Such a significant difference in the activity of optical antipodes indicates that their interaction with pain receptors includes at least three sites. With regards to the anti-inflammatory properties of the enantiomeric pairs 3a-4a and 3b-4b, the similar structural and biological patterns have been detected, although in a slightly less pronounced form. Stereospecificity of action was demonstrated here only by 4-methoxy derivatives 3b and 4b; meanwhile their unsubstituted analogs 3a and 4a exhibit an anti-exudative effect of similar strength regardless of the configuration of the chiral center (Table 2). However, the appearance of a direct relationship between the spatial structure of N-R-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine- 3-carboxamides and analgesic activity thereof in the absence of any anti-inflammatory activity has been noted in our earlier works [33].

The significant difference between the biological properties of enantiomers of N-(1-arylethyl)4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides 3 and 4 have been, of course, unknown without experimental testing, but it was quite predictable. Meanwhile, the pharmacological study of their true racemates 5 and racemic mixtures 6 presented some very interesting surprises. At the same time, nothing unusual was observed in the behavior of racemic N-(1-phenylethyl)-amide 5a; as one would expect, it showed extremely weak analgesic activity because it consists of one half of the "wrong" (S)-enantiomer 3a. It was not surprising that the racemic mixture 6a showed approximately the same result (Table 1). For the same reason, a weak analgesic effect of the racemic mixture 6b was quite predictable. Moreover, only racemic N-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]-amide 5b did not fit into this almost perfect picture and clearly stood out against the background of other samples due to surprisingly high activity. We tried to find an explanation for this phenomenon in a detailed study of the spatial structure of both the racemate 5b itself and analogs thereof presented in this work.

3.3.The Molecular and Crystal Structure Study

The basis for studying the molecular and crystalline structure of the synthesized N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides was the desire to solve several problems at one stroke, both analytical, structural, and biological. Although all the methods described above confirm the structure of the studied substances, they do it only indirectly. Additionally, the character of this work required accurate information on the conformation of chiral centers in optically active amides 3 and 4, as also on the actual structure of racemates 5a,b. Otherwise, all the revealed patterns of the "structure-activity" relationships, as well as the final conclusions, would be inaccurate. The only "absolute" method that allows unambiguous solving such problems is X-ray diffraction. Here it must be remembered that the basis for determining the absolute configuration of one or another chiral center of the molecule from X-ray diffraction data is the phenomenon of X-ray scattering [37]. Noticeably, this effect appears only on atoms of the third and subsequent periods. Therefore, a direct determination of the absolute configuration of substances that do not contain atoms "heavier" than oxygen is usually impossible (see, for example, the case of 2-carbonyl analogs of amides 3 and 4 [38]). For this purpose, the molecule must be subjected to the appropriate modification: salt formation, halogenation, etc. [39].

The appearance of the fairly "heavy" sulfur atom in the molecules of N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides 3-4 allows solving all the issues of the absolute conformation of chiral centers without any additional chemical transformations. Therefore, in particular, it was found that N-[(2S)-1-phenylethyl]-amide 3a crystallizes in the chiral space group P212i2i, which indicates the presence of only one enantiomer in the crystal. The (S)-configuration of the chiral center at the C(10) atom is unambiguously determined from experimental data using the Flack parameter (-0.06(12)).

The dihydrothiazine heterocycle in this compound (Figure 2) has conformation, which is intermediate between the twist-boat and chair conformations (folding parameters [40]: S = 1.71, 0 = 88.7°, Y = 8.9°). The deviations of the S(1) and C(8) atoms from the mean plane of the remaining atoms of this cycle were -0.67 Å and -0.09 Å, respectively. The cyclic nitrogen atom has a planar configuration, wherein the sum of the valence angles centered on it equals to 360°. Steric repulsion has been found between the atoms of the methyl substituent at C(7) and the aromatic cycle of C(1) ... C(6), as evidenced by the shortened intramolecular contacts Н(5) ... C(18) 2.55 Å, H(18a) ... C(5) 2.83 Å, H(18b) ... C(5) 2.80 Å with the van der Waals radii sum 2.87 Å [41]. The carbamide group in the substituent at the C(8) atom is noticeably rotated relative to the endocyclic double C(7)-C(8) bond (torsion angle C(7)-C(8)-C(9)-0(3) -71.9(4)°). The methyl group at the Cp0) atom is situated in the position intermediate between ac- and ap- relatively the C(9)-N(2) bond (torsion angle C(9)-N(2)-C(10)-C(17) 157.6(3)° ), and the phenyl substituent at the same atom is in the -sc- conformation relatively the C(9)-N(2) bond and is rotated relatively the bond N(2)-C(10) (torsion angles C(9)-N(2)-C(10)-C(11) -78.1(4)°, N(2)-C(10)-C(n)-C(12) -47.1(4)°).

In a crystal, the molecules of N-[(2S)-1-phenylethyl]-amide 3a are linked via intermolecular hydrogen bonds N(irH ... O(3) (1 - x, 0.5 + y, 1.5 - z) H ... O 1.99 Å, N-H ... O 161°; N(2)-H ... O(ľ)(1 - x, 0.5 + y, 1.5 - z) H ... O 2.06 Å, O-H ... O 154° forming chains along the crystallographic direction [010] (Figure 3). The formation of hydrogen bonds leads to the elongation of the C(9)-O(3) bond to 1.234(4) Å (average -value [42] 01.210 Å) and to the non-equivalence of S(1)-O(1) and S(1)-O(2) bonds (1.441(2) Å and 1.430(2) Å, respectively).

Based on X-ray diffraction dala, N-(1-phenylethyl)-amide 5a is a true racemate consisting of two mirror is omers 3a and 4a in a 1:1 ratio (Figu re 4). In ticis c aie, the conform ati ons of on e of the enantiomars ohereof and above-described At-[(ÎSM-phenylethyl]-amide 1a were rlmost the same. The nature of the packing of molecules in a crystal was also not changed. Unfottunately, it was not possible to study the structure of she second enantiomer, N-lYtlllM-phenyiethylJ-amide 4a on an individual basis. However, its structure is identical to thai of one of the components of racemate 5a. Therefore, in the case of the triad 3a-4a-5a we have a classic example with two optically p ure enantiomers and racemate formed thereof, respectively. Hence, the results shown by enantiomers 3a and 4a, as well as the biol ogical effects (especially analgesic) of the true racemate 5a and the mechanical racemic mixture 6a very similar in strength are quite expectable (see Tables 1 and 2).

When studying the structural features of the triad 3b-4b-5b, a slightly different picture was noted. Optically pure enantiomers 3b and 4b do not raise questions. As expected, they crystallize in the non-centrosymmetric space group Р21. The difference from the unsubstituted analogs 3a and 4a described above, perhaps, is only in the fact that in the independent part of the unit cell of each of these products, two molecules (A and B) were founded, which differ from each other in both the orientation of the methoxy group and the angle of rotation of the aryl substituent around the NHCH(Me)-C bond (Figure 5). However, these differences are quite insignificant, for example, the torsion angles N(2)-C(10)-C(11)-C(12) determining the nature of rotation in molecules A and B are 150.7(6)° and 134.0(5)°, respectively. The structural similarity of enantiomers 3a/4a and 3b/4b, respectively, attracts attention. The spatial arrangement of the methyl substituent in the methoxy group, as well as the appearance of this methoxy group in the molecule, are not principal for the manifestation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory action. As a result, we have a high total activity of the 4b-A/4b-B pair having the (R)-configuration of the chiral centers and low activity of their optical antipodes 3b-A/3b-B.

The crystal structures of the mirror isomers 3b and 4b have the same unit cell parameters (see Sections 2.8 and 2.9), which is usual for classical enantiomers. The appearance of the "heavy" sulfur atom in the studied molecules and the resulting violation of the Fridel law allows unambiguous determining the true configuration of their chiral centers using the calculated Flack parameter [37]. Therefore, i n the ami des 3b-A/3b-B, C(10) atoms have (S)-configuration (the Flack pa rameter is 0.05(10) ), whereas in the amides 4b-A/4b-B they have (R)-configuration (the Flack parameter is 0.05(11)).

Ini crystals, molecules A and B composing both enantiomers 3b and 4b form chains of both A-A-A-A and 15-15-15-15 types (Figuee 6) along the crystallographic direction [010]. These chains are simultannously interconnected by two intermolecular hydrogen bonds N(1)-H ... Op/) ind N(2)-H ... Opy (symmetry operations 1 - x, 0.5 + y, 1 - z in chain A-A an d -x, -0.5 + y, -z in chain B-B).

Similar to the triad of derivatives 3a-4a-5a with the unsubstituted aromatic core, it was logical to assume that the racemate 5b is the sum of the conformers composing the optically active amides 3b and 4b. However, in reality, everything was completely different. First of all, the non-centrosymmetric space group of racemate 5b (Pca2i) was surprising. In theory, this should indicate the appearance of only one enantiomer in a crystal. However, it was found that two molecules (A and B) are present in the independent part of the unit cell, which molecules have different configurations of their chiral centers: (S)-configuration for A and (R)-configuration for B, which was confirmed by the calculated value of the Flack parameter 0.03(12).

Additionally, unlike amide 5a, the methoxy-substituted analog 5b could not be considered a usual racemate, since constituent molecules thereof, 5b-A and 5b-B (Figure 5), did not mirror reflections of each other and were not linked by a center of symmetry. In addition, a symmetry plane appeared in the amide 5b crystal. Consequently, each of the molecules 5b-A and 5b-B had a pair of 5b-C and 5b-D symmetric to them in the crystal. In other words, the structure of amide 5b contained four conSormers о/ the studied compound (Figose 5), whish could be divided into two pairs, connected by a symmetry transformation relatively the plane. The unique character of amide 5b as a racemate also lies in the fact that structure of all the conformers 5b-A, 5b-B, 5b-C, and 5b-D composing said racemate was significantly different from that of the original enantiomers 3b and 4b. For this reason, it was not possible to determine, which of these conformers provided an unusually high level of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of amide 5b compared to the mechanical racemic mixture 6b, which mixture consisted by one half of the enantiomer 3b with obviously low activity.

Another factor that could additionally contribute to the biological properties of amide 5b was its crystalline package. As in the case of enantiomers 3b and 4b, molecules A and B also form chains of both A-A-A-A and B-B-B-B types in the crystal of racemate 5b. However, these chains are different. More specifically, in the zigzag A-A chains, molecules were linked only by one intermolecular hydrogen bond N(1)-H ... O(1), while the neighboring chains were not connected at all (Figure 7). The chains of molecules B were formed via the intermolecular hydrogen bonds N(2)-H ... O(i) and were linked by the hydrogen bond N(1)-H ... 0(3). In the crystal, the chains A-A and B-B formed alternating layers

Therefore, our study clearly showed that the anti-inflammatory, and especially analgesic properties of N-(l-arylethyl)-4-meahyl-2,2- dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxami des a re largely d etermined by molecular conformations thereof initially fixed in crystals, and also by the nature of the molecular package in the crystalline phase.

4.Conclusions

This article is devoted to obtaining new optically pure enantiomers of N-(1-arylethyl)-4methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides, their true racemates, and mechanical racemic mixtures, and also to a detailed study of the spatial structure and biological properties thereof. Elemental analysis, 1Hand 13C NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization liquid chromato-mass spectrometry, polarimetry, and X-ray diffraction have been used to confirm the structure of the synthesized compounds. Based on the data obtained from the pharmacological tests, chiral N-(1-arylethyl)-4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamides have shown apparent stereospecificity of biological properties. Therefore, against the background of low active (S)-enantiomers, mirror isomers thereof having (Rj-configuration of chiral centers have proven to be more powerful analgesics and antiphlogistics than lornoxicam and diclofenac. At the same time, an unusually high level of activity has been noted in racemic N-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]4-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1H-2A6,1-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide. It was shown that the unexpected pharmacological effects of this compound had been caused by a unique crystalline and molecular structure, which is quite unusual for racemates.

Author Contributions: The synthesis of the compounds presented in this work and analysis of their characteristics were performed by I.V.U. and G.M.H. The liquid chromato-mass-spectrometric and X-ray structural studies were performed by I.A.D., G.S., and S.V.S., A.A.B., respectively. The pharmacological studies were conducted by N.I.V. and O.V.M. The manuscript was written by I.V.U., G.M.H., and O.V.M.

Funding: This research received no external funding.

Acknowledgments: We are grateful to Candidate of Chemistry Evgene S. Gladkov (SSI "Institute for Single Crystal" National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine) for his help in registration of NMR spectra of the compounds synthesized.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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