Chlodantane
Single-dose adaptogen of the oestrogen-activity type. Pre-clinical only — no clinical trial record in the corpus.
1 · Identity
- CAS
- 185384-80-9
- Formula
- C17H20ClNO
- MW
- 289.8
- PubChem CID
- 959689
- InChIKey
- VOHIYJJUKAUCCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
2 · Mechanism — what the primary literature actually shows
Structural analogue of bromantane: N-(2-adamantyl)-N-(p-chlorobenzoyl)amine. Distinguished from bromantane by a more uniform two-compartment pharmacokinetic profile (fast-equilibrating tissues include kidneys, lungs and skeletal muscle — i.e. the third tier collapses into the first tier). The pharmacology literature is sparse: only the original Khoronko 2005 pharmacokinetic study and a Vernigora 2024 paper on structural analogues. Chlodantane is rarely the focus of a paper — most actoprotector research has shifted to bromantane and the camphor-derived N-(camphan-2-yl)anilines. The compound sits in a methodological shadow of its better-studied sibling.
How it works
Key findings (3)
- Pharmacokinetics in rats (Khoronko 2005): two-compartment tissue distribution — fast equilibration includes brain, liver, spleen, testes, kidneys, lungs, skeletal muscle; only fat shows slow equilibration. Contrast with bromantane (3 compartments).
- Vernigora 2024 camphor-derived analogues show anxiolytic activity in NOR and extrapolation tests; lead compound 4e — structural class overlaps with chlodantane scaffold
- Original programme: Stdentsov 2013 review (212 refs) on adaptogens, immunomodulators, actoprotectors, antihypoxants, antioxidants, radioprotectors — chlodantane grouped with the actoprotector class but with limited dedicated pharmacology
Evidence quality
Sparse. Most actoprotector literature focuses on bemitil and bromantane. Chlodantane-specific papers on CyberLeninka are dominated by the pharmacokinetics comparison. Mechanism extrapolation is from the structural class (adamantane derivatives).
Open questions (3)
- Why is chlodantane pharmacokinetically more uniform than bromantane? The p-chlorobenzoyl vs p-bromophenyl substitution changes the lipophilicity profile
- Almost no mechanism-specific studies — should be considered "adjacent class" rather than "well-characterised"
- Comparative efficacy vs bromantane — never directly tested in head-to-head swimming assays
3 · Summary
Design distribution
| Design | Count | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| CONTROLLED | 1 | █ |
| CLINICAL_UNCONTROLLED | 4 | ████ |
| ANIMAL | 5 | █████ |
| UNGRADED | 4 | ████ |
4 · Possible mechanisms — candidate list
5 · Pathways — questions the corpus does not yet answer
- Pathway
- Experimental design: falsification experiment for open question 1. Why is chlodantane pharmacokinetically more uniform than bromantane? The p-chlorobenzoyl vs p-bromophenyl substitution changes the lipophilicity profile
- Blocked by
- See synthesis evidence quality section for barriers.
- Pathway
- Experimental design: falsification experiment for open question 2. Almost no mechanism-specific studies — should be considered "adjacent class" rather than "well-characterised"
- Blocked by
- See synthesis evidence quality section for barriers.
- Pathway
- Experimental design: falsification experiment for open question 3. Comparative efficacy vs bromantane — never directly tested in head-to-head swimming assays
- Blocked by
- See synthesis evidence quality section for barriers.
6 · Bibliography — Russian primary sources
- otsenka-psihotropnoy-aktivnosti-novyh-strukturnyh-analogov-bromantana-n-kamfan-2-il-anilinov-v-testah-in-vivo
- adaptogeny-i-rodstvennye-gruppy-lekarstvennyh-preparatov-50-let-poiskov
- farmakologiya-antioksidantov-na-osnove-3-oksipiridina
- izuchenie-nootropnoy-aktivnosti-ostroy-toksichnosti-i-mehanizma-deystviya-novogo-proizvodnogo-4-aminouratsila
- osobennosti-farmakokinetiki-raspredeleniya-aktoprotektorov-bromantana-i-hlodantana-u-krys
- farmakologiya-proizvodnyh-3-oksipiridina
- vliyanie-preparata-hlodantan-na-generativnuyu-funktsiyu-krys-samtsov
Below: substantive excerpts from 5 Russian primary papers. Click each title to expand the Russian/English abstract.
5/6 papers with substantive abstracts · 4,624 characters of Russian/English pharmacological text extracted · 5 Russian abstracts · 4 English abstracts · 1/6 relevance-classified.
Extracted findings (1 models · 5 mechanism terms · direction: ↑1 ↓0 ↺0 across 5 papers)
- Model organisms
- —
- Doses / concentrations
- —
- Mechanism terms
- антигипоксантных, антигипоксанты, антиоксидантов, антиоксиданты, селезенка
- Effect direction
- 1× increase · 0× decrease · 0× restoration/normalisation
[2024] Оценка психотропной активности новых структурных аналогов бромантана — N-(камфан-2-ил)анилинов — в тестах in vivo
[2013] Адаптогены и родственные группы лекарственных препаратов - 50 лет поисков
[2004] Изучение ноотропной активности, острой токсичности и механизма действия нового производного 4-аминоурацила
[2005] Особенности фармакокинетики распределения актопротекторов бромантана и хлодантана у крыс
[2004] Фармакология производных 3-оксипиридина
7 · Bibliography — PubMed corpus
8 · Corroboration
- Corpus source
- PubMed (eutils) and OpenAlex, swept against this compound by PMID. Last verified 26.08.2026.
- Identity source
- PubChem CID 959689 verified live. InChIKey VOHIYJJUKAUCCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N. Live fetch on 26.08.2026.
9 · Open questions
- Zero A- or B-grade evidence in the corpus. No registered RCT with disclosed n.
- Most of the published evidence for this compound is from the group that developed it. Where independent replication exists, we flag it in the mechanism block above; where it doesn't, treat mechanism claims as developer-side.