Piperazine

Piperazine
IUPAC name	piperazine
Other names	Hexahydropyrazine Piperazidine Diethylenediamine
Identifiers
CAS number	110-85-0
PubChem	4837
ATC code	P02CB01
SMILES	C1CNCCN1
Properties
Molecular formula	C4H10N2
Molar mass	86.14 g mol-1
Melting point	106°C
Boiling point	146°C
Acidity (pKa)	5.68, 9.82
Pharmacology
Protein binding	60-70%
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Overview

Piperazine is an organic compound that consists of a six-membered ring containing two opposing nitrogen atoms. Piperazine exists as small alkaline deliquescent crystals with a saline taste.

The piperazines are a broad class of chemical compounds, many with important pharmacological properties, which contain a core piperazine functional group.

Origin and naming

Piperazines were originally named because of their chemical similarity with piperidine, a constituent of piperine in the black pepper plant (Piper nigrum). Piperidine itself is found in fireant venom and is the cause of the burning sensations from the bites of these insects.

Chemistry

Piperazine is freely soluble in water and ethylene glycol, but insoluble in diethyl ether. It is a weak base with a pK_b of 4.19; the pH of a 10% aqueous solution is 10.8-11.8. Piperazine readily absorbs water and carbon dioxide from the air. Although many piperazine derivatives occur naturally, piperazine itself can be synthesized by reacting alcoholic ammonia with 1,2-dichloroethane; by the action of sodium and ethylene glycol on ethylene diamine hydrochloride; or by reduction of pyrazine with sodium in ethanol.

Piperazine Derivatives as Drugs

Piperazine was introduced to medicine as a solvent for uric acid. When taken into the body the drug is partly oxidized and partly eliminated unchanged. Outside the body, piperazine has a remarkable power to dissolve uric acid and producing a soluble urate, but in clinical experience it has not proved equally successful. Lycetol, lysidine and sidonal are compounds having similar action. Many piperazine derivatives are notable successful drugs, including:

• Piperazine citrate (antiparasitic)
• Fluphenazine (phenothiazine antipsychotic drug)
• Perphenazine (phenothiazine antipsychotic drug)
• Prochlorperazine (phenothiazine antipsychotic drug)
• Trifluoperazine (phenothiazine antipsychotic drug)
• Flupentixol (thioxanthene antipsychotic drug)
• Thiothixene (thioxanthene antipsychotic drug)
• Zuclopenthixol (thioxanthene antipsychotic drug)
• Clozapine (antipsychotic drug)
• Olanzapine (antipsychotic drug)
• Aripiprazole (antipsychotic drug)
• Ziprasidone (antipsychotic drug
• Sildenafil (impotence drug)
• Vardenafil (impotence drug)
• Imatinib (leukemia drug)
• Meclizine (motion sickness drug)
• Cyclizine (antiemetic antihistamine)
• Niaprazine (sedating antihistamine)
• Trazodone (sedating antidepressant)
• Nefazodone (analgesic antidepressant)
• Antrafenine (analgesic)
• Befuraline (stimulant antidepressant)
• Trelibet (stimulant antidepressant)
• Fipexide (nootropic)
• Trimetazidine (anti-angina drug)
• Ranolazine (anti-angina drug)
• BZP (recreational stimulant)
• TFMPP (hallucinogen)
• mCPP (stimulant)
• MeOPP (stimulant)
• pFPP (hallucinogen)
• Hydrocathitryptozine (synthetic stimulant/hallucinogen)

As an anthelmintic

Piperazine was first introduced as an anthelmintic in 1953. A large number of piperazine compounds have anthelmintic action. Their mode of action is generally by paralysing parasites, which allows the host body to easily remove or expel the invading organism. This action is mediated by its agonist effects upon the inhibitory GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) receptor. Its selectivity for helminths is because vertebrates only use GABA in the CNS and the helminths' GABA receptor is a different isoform to the vertebrate's one. Piperazine hydrate and piperazine citrate are the main anthelminthic piperazines. These drugs are often referred to simply as "piperazine" which may cause confusion between the specific anthelmintic drugs and the entire class of piperazine-containing compounds.

Other uses

Piperazines are also used in the manufacture of plastics, resins, pesticides, brake fluid and other industrial materials.

Piperazine ferulate tablets are used as a Chinese herb and in one patient resulted in elevated liver enzymes when taken during treatment for latent tuberculosis infection with isoniazid (INH). Stopping both Chinese herb and INH brought liver enzymes back to normal range within 1 month.

References

• Merck Index, 11th Edition, 7431.

See also

• Piperidine

External links

• Erowid piperazine vault
• Piperazine Reviews and Information

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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