| Abstract: | The metabolism of the potent antiarrythmic drug amiodarone (AMI; 1 ) has yet not been fully investigated. Recently, in vitro experiments revealed that in rabbit‐liver microsomes, AMI ( 1 ) and its main metabolite MDEA ( 2 ) were biotransformed to the hydroxylated derivatives 3′‐OH‐AMI ( 3 ) and 3′‐OH‐MDEA ( 4 ), respectively. To establish the chemical structure of 3 and 4 , we developed a total synthesis of these two metabolites of AMI ( 1 ). 1H‐ and 13C‐NMR Signal assignment from HSQC and HMBC 2D NMR data of synthesized 4 showed that the proposed structure of metabolite 4 is correct. Even the structure of 3 was found to be correct by comparing its HPLC/MS‐MS/MS with the data described earlier. |
