Investigation of the quantitative metabolic fate and urinary excretion of 3-methyl-4-trifluoromethylaniline and 3-methyl-4-trifluoromethylacetanilide in the rat.

The urinary metabolites of 3-methyl-4-trifluoromethylaniline in the rat were characterized and quantified using a combination of (19)F NMR, HPLC-NMR ((1)H and (19)F), and HPLC-mass spectrometry techniques. The major routes of metabolism were amine N-acetylation and methyl group C-oxidation to the benzyl alcohol (with subsequent glucuronide conjugation) and further to the corresponding benzoic acid derivative. Quantitatively only a small proportion of the urinary metabolites contained the free amino group, and these were products of ortho-hydroxylation (2 and 6 position) with additional conjugation to form the ether sulfates and glucuronides. An N-glucuronide of the parent compound was also identified. 3-Methyl-4-trifluoromethylacetanilide ((13)C-labeled in the acetyl group) gave virtually the same overall metabolite profile as 3-methyl-4-trifluoromethylaniline; however, a significant level of futile N-deacetylation and reacetylation occurred as ca. 50% of the excreted N-acetylated major metabolites contained no (13)C-label at the acetyl, having been replaced by an endogenous (12)C-acetyl source. This level of futile deacetylation is the highest yet reported for a substituted aniline/acetanilide and indicates a high degree of electronic activation of the amino group toward the acetyltransferase enzymes in vivo.

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