A novel series of N-substituted tropane derivatives was characterized as potent muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists (mAChRs). Kinetic washout studies showed that the N-endosubstituted analog 24 displayed much slower reversibility at mAChRs than the methyl-substituted parent molecule darotropium. In addition, it was shown that this characteristic appeared to translate into enhanced which duration of action in a mouse model of bronchonstriction.
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