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1 Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 12, Ill.
Diatropines, whether synthesized by quaternization through the nitrogen atoms or by connecting the tropic acid hydroxyl groups by an aliphatic chain, have a markedly increased curare-like potency which approaches that of d-tubocurarine. Compounds with slight atropine-like activity become curare-like when two molecules are connected by an alkyl chain of suitable length. When the oxygen prosthetic groups are joined a chain of 9 A length should be used while a chain of 15 A length is probably optimal for joining the nitrogen atoms.
Submitted on October 18, 1948
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