From the' School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran,
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The acute intravenous toxicities of a selection of three potential
long-acting local anaesthetics belonging to the series of2- phenoxyethyldialkylamine
were determined in mice. Two of the compounds were tertiary
amines and the third a quaternary ammonium derivative.The I.V. median
lethal dose, (LDso) of one of the tertiary compounds, 21A [N, N- diethyl-2-
(2,6- diisopropyl) ethyl amine hydrochloride 1 was over 2.5 times that of
lignocaine, while the other, 30A [N, N- diethyl-2- (4-sec-butyl) ethyl amine
hydrochloride 1 had an LD50 of 1.5 times. On the other hand, the quaternary
ammonium derivative FA [ N- benzyl-N-N- dimethyl -2- (2- tert- butyl)
ethylamine chloride 1 was more toxic, with an LD50 value of one quarter of the
standard. The test compounds, particularly compound 21A, seem to have
good properties that would warrant further investigation as potential
long-acting local anaesthetic agents.