Cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-O-amino acid esters and salts thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of medicine, and relates to cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-O-amino acid ester, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine has a liver protection effect on autoimmune liver injury caused by canavalin A (Con A), and the action mechanism is as follows:
1. enhancing the free radical scavenging ability of liver tissues and inhibiting lipid peroxidation damage of liver cells;
2. attenuation of cytotoxic effects due to over-expression of NO;
3. reducing the accumulation of inflammatory cells in areas of inflammation and tissue damage;
4. inhibiting the release of inflammatory cytokines;
5. inhibiting hepatocyte apoptosis.
Because of the large polarity and poor membrane permeability of the small intestine of the cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine molecule, which results in low bioavailability (about 15%), a route to increase the membrane permeability of cyclo-trans-4-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine, and thus its oral bioavailability, is needed. In recent years, specific transporters present on biological membranes of many tissues play a crucial role in mediating drug transport across membranes, and intestinal oligopeptide transporter (PEPT1) is studied more deeply as a target. The human oligopeptide transporter has two subtypes, PepT1 and PepT2, wherein PepT1 contains 708 amino acid residues and twelve transmembrane polypeptide chains, is mainly distributed in the brush border membrane of small intestine epithelial cells, and has increasing expression level in the direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the small intestine. According to the literature report, the drugs for improving the small intestinal membrane permeability based on the PepT1 target spot and further improving the oral bioavailability of the drugs are mainly concentrated on nucleosides, such as cytarabine, gemcitabine, fluorouracil and the like. There is no report in the prior art relating to the preparation of a prodrug from cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to provide a cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-O-amino acid ester and a salt thereof, particularly to cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2-O-amino acid ester prodrugs and ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-7-O-amino acid ester prodrugs and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and the use of said prodrugs for increasing the intestinal membrane permeability and bioavailability of ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine.
The invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
a ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-O-amino acid ester prodrug having the structure:
wherein R is1And R2Is an amino acid residue;
the amino acid residues are selected from: l-alanyl, L-valyl, L-isoleucyl, L-phenylalanyl, L-glycyl, L-leucyl, L-tryptophyl, L-tyrosyl, L-histidyl, L-seryl, L-lysyl, L-arginyl, L-threonyl.
Wherein R is1Preferably L-valyl, L-isoleucyl, L-phenylalanyl, R2Preferably L-valyl is used as the starting material,
Cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-O-amino acid ester prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof include cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2-O-amino acid ester prodrug (I) or ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-7-O-amino acid ester prodrug (II) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
The ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2The general synthetic route for the-O-amino acid esters and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof is as follows:
wherein R is1Is an amino acid residue;
a: basic substances (sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium bicarbonate, ammonia water), reaction solvents (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide);
b: basic substances (diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, ammonia water), reaction solvents (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide);
c: EDCI, HOBT, reaction solvent (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide);
d, basic substances (diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate and ammonia water) and reaction solvents (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethyl hexanamide);
e: dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC), 4-Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP), reaction solvent (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide); f: acids (hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, maleic acid, lactic acid, carbonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, phosphoric acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid)
The first step is as follows: dissolving a compound I, a compound II and an alkaline substance in a reaction solvent, filling nitrogen, reacting for 1-10 h, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound III, wherein the alkaline substance comprises sodium carbonate, diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate and ammonia water, the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, the reaction temperature is 0-boiling point of the solvent, and the molar ratio of the compound I to the compound II is 0.1-10.
The second step is that: dissolving the compound III in a reaction reagent containing an alkaline substance, and reacting at room temperature for 1-10 h to obtain a compound IV; wherein the alkaline substance comprises diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate and ammonia water, the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, and the reaction temperature is 0 ℃ to the boiling point of the solvent.
The third step: dissolving a compound IV, a compound V, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in a reaction solvent, introducing nitrogen, reacting for 1-10 h, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound VI, wherein the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, the reaction temperature is 0-the boiling point of the solvent, and the molar ratio of the compound IV to the compound V is 0.1-10.
The fourth step: dissolving the compound VI in a reaction reagent containing an alkaline substance, and reacting at room temperature for 1-10 h to obtain a compound VII; wherein the alkaline substance comprises diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate and ammonia water, the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, and the reaction temperature is 0 ℃ to the boiling point of the solvent.
The fifth step: dissolving a compound VII, N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-amino acid, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbonyldiimine hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in a reaction solvent, filling nitrogen, reacting for 1-10 h, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound IX, wherein the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, the reaction temperature is 0-the boiling point of the solvent, and the molar ratio of the compound VII to the N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-amino acid is 0.1-10.
And a sixth step: dissolving compound IX in different acids to obtain compound X, wherein the acids include hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, maleic acid, lactic acid, carbonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, phosphoric acid, and p-toluenesulfonic acid.
Wherein the N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-amino acid in the fifth step is N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-valine, N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-isoleucine or N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanine, respectively.
The synthetic route for the cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-7-O-valine ester and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof is as follows:
wherein R is2Is an amino acid residue;
a: 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbonyldiimine hydrochloride (EDCI), 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT), reaction solvents (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide);
b: basic substances (diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, ammonia water), reaction solvents (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide);
c: EDCI, HOBT, reaction solvent (dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, N-dimethylhexanamide);
d: acid: hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, maleic acid, lactic acid, carbonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, phosphoric acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid
The first step is as follows: dissolving a compound I, a compound II and 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in a reaction solvent, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature, and carrying out rotary evaporation to obtain a compound III, wherein the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, the reaction temperature is 0 ℃ to the boiling point of the reaction solvent, and the molar ratio of the compound I to the compound II is 0.1-10.
The second step is that: dissolving the compound III in a reaction solvent containing an alkaline substance, and reacting at room temperature for 2h to obtain a compound IV; wherein the alkaline substance comprises diethylamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate and ammonia water, the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, and the reaction temperature is 0 ℃ to the boiling point of the reaction solvent.
The third step: dissolving a compound IV, a compound V, EDCI and HOBT in a reaction solvent, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 12h, and carrying out rotary evaporation to obtain a compound VI, wherein the reaction solvent comprises dichloromethane, N-dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane and N, N-dimethylhexanamide, the reaction temperature is 0 ℃ to the boiling point of the reaction solvent, and the molar ratio of the compound IV to the compound V is 0.1-10.
The fourth step: dissolving compound VI in different acids to obtain compound VII, wherein the acids include hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, maleic acid, lactic acid, carbonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, phosphoric acid, and p-toluenesulfonic acid.
In the present invention, the structure of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine has two hydroxyl groups, i.e., a hydroxyl group at the 3-position methyl group and a hydroxyl group at the 7-position. Different amino acid types and steric hindrance near ester bonds have different influences on PEPT1 mediated transport, and the invention respectively connects the hydroxyl on the 3-methyl of the cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine with different amino acids through ester bonds or connects the hydroxyl on the 7-position with valine to form a peptide-like prodrug, thereby obviously improving the membrane permeability of the cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine and further improving the oral bioavailability.
The invention has the advantages that: the invention synthesizes the cyclic-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH for the first time2-O-amino acid ester and ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-7-O-amino acid ester prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which significantly improve the small intestinal membrane permeability of ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine, wherein ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2The membrane permeability of the-O-valine ester is highest. When administered orally, cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2After the-O-valine ester, the absolute bioavailability of the ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine in rats is improved from 11.71 percent to 48.2 percent.
Description of the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a scheme showing cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2Plasma concentration-time profile of (E) -O-valine ester and cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine (n ═ 5)
a.
Oral compounds cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH
2-O-valine ester (12mg/kg as ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine)
b.
Oral administration of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine (12mg/kg)
c.
Intravenous injection of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine (6mg/kg)
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
according to the formula cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2Synthesis routes for the-O-amino acid esters and the ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-7-O-valine esters, respectively, the following compounds are prepared.
Example 1:
the first step is as follows: and dissolving the compound I, the compound II and sodium carbonate in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2 hours, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound III.
The second step is that: dissolving the compound III in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, reacting for 2h at room temperature, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, diluting the residue with dichloromethane, sequentially washing with 5% phosphoric acid aqueous solution, aqueous solution and saturated salt solution, suction filtering, mixing the filtrate with silica gel, performing silica gel column chromatography, performing gradient elution with dichloromethane and methanol (100:1-1:100), collecting the column chromatography, and concentrating to obtain the compound IV.
The third step: dissolving the compound IV, the compound V, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2h, and evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure to obtain a compound VI.
The fourth step: dissolving the compound VI in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, reacting for 2h at room temperature, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, diluting the residue with dichloromethane, washing with a 5% phosphoric acid aqueous solution, an aqueous solution, a saturated sodium carbonate aqueous solution and a saturated salt solution in sequence, performing suction filtration, mixing the filtrate with silica gel, performing silica gel column chromatography, performing gradient elution on dichloromethane and methanol (100:1-1:100), collecting the column chromatography, and concentrating to obtain a compound VII.
The fifth step: dissolving a compound VII, N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-valine, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbonyldiimine hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2 hours, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound IX.
And a sixth step: dissolving compound IX in small amount of ethanol, introducing hydrogen chloride gas for 5 hr under cooling in ice water bath, slowly dripping ethanol solution into glacial ethyl ether solution to precipitate white solid, vacuum filtering, and purifying with chloroformWashing with glacial ethyl ether, and oven drying to obtain cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2-O-valine ester.
Example 2:
the first step is as follows: and dissolving the compound I, the compound II and sodium carbonate in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2 hours, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound III.
The second step is that: dissolving the compound III in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, reacting for 2h at room temperature, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, diluting the residue with dichloromethane, sequentially washing with a 5% phosphoric acid aqueous solution, an aqueous solution and saturated salt water, performing suction filtration, mixing the filtrate with silica gel, performing silica gel column chromatography, performing gradient elution with dichloromethane and methanol (100:1-1:100), collecting the column chromatography, and concentrating to obtain the compound IV.
The third step: dissolving the compound IV, the compound V and 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, reacting for 2h at room temperature, and evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure to obtain a compound VI.
The fourth step: dissolving the compound VI in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, reacting for 2h at room temperature, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, diluting the residue with dichloromethane, sequentially washing with a 5% phosphoric acid aqueous solution, an aqueous solution, a saturated sodium carbonate aqueous solution and a saturated salt solution, performing suction filtration, mixing the filtrate with silica gel, performing silica gel column chromatography, performing gradient elution with dichloromethane and methanol (100:1-1:100), collecting the column chromatography, and concentrating to obtain the compound VII.
The fifth step: dissolving a compound VII, N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-isoleucine, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2h, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound IX.
And a sixth step: dissolving compound IX in small amount of ethanol, introducing hydrogen chloride gas for 5 hr under cooling in ice water bath, slowly dripping ethanol solution into glacial ethyl ether solution to precipitate white solid, vacuum filtering, washing with glacial ethyl ether, and oven drying to obtain cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2-O-isoleucine ester.
Example 3:
the first step is as follows: and dissolving the compound I, the compound II and sodium carbonate in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2 hours, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound III.
The second step is that: dissolving the compound III in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, reacting for 2h at room temperature, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, diluting the residue with dichloromethane, sequentially washing with a 5% phosphoric acid aqueous solution, an aqueous solution and saturated salt water, performing suction filtration, mixing the filtrate with silica gel, performing silica gel column chromatography, performing gradient elution with dichloromethane and methanol (100:1-1:100), collecting the column chromatography, and concentrating to obtain the compound IV.
The third step: dissolving the compound IV, the compound V, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2h, and evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure to obtain a compound VI.
The fourth step: dissolving the compound VI in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, reacting for 2h at room temperature, evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, diluting the residue with dichloromethane, sequentially washing with a 5% phosphoric acid aqueous solution, an aqueous solution, a saturated sodium carbonate aqueous solution and a saturated salt solution, performing suction filtration, mixing the filtrate with silica gel, performing silica gel column chromatography, performing gradient elution with dichloromethane and methanol (100:1-1:100), collecting the column chromatography, and concentrating to obtain the compound VII.
The fifth step: dissolving a compound VII, N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanine, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 2h, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound IX.
And a sixth step: dissolving compound IX in small amount of ethanol, introducing hydrogen chloride gas for 5 hr under cooling in ice water bath, slowly dripping ethanol solution into glacial ethyl ether solution to precipitate white solid, vacuum filtering, washing with glacial ethyl ether, and oven drying to obtain cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-3-CH2-O-phenylalanine ester.
Example 4
The first step is as follows: dissolving a compound I, a compound II, 1-ethyl- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound III;
the second step is that: dissolving the compound III in a tetrahydrofuran solution containing diethylamine, and reacting for 2h at room temperature to obtain a compound IV;
the third step: dissolving a compound IV, N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-valine, EDCI and HOBT in dichloromethane, introducing nitrogen, reacting at room temperature for 12h, and performing rotary evaporation to obtain a compound VI;
the fourth step: dissolving the compound IX in a small amount of ethanol, introducing hydrogen chloride gas for 5 hours under the cooling of ice water bath, slowly dripping the ethanol solution into the glacial ethyl ether solution to precipitate white solid, carrying out suction filtration, washing with the glacial ethyl ether, and drying the obtained white powder to obtain the cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-7-O-valine ester.
The information identifying the ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine and the compounds of examples 1 to 4 is shown in Table 1:
TABLE 1 information on cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine and prodrugs thereof
Example 5: rat in vivo intestinal perfusion studies of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine-O-amino acid ester
By using rat in vivo and small intestine perfusion technology, 10cm rat jejunum is selected, two ends of the rat jejunum are inserted with tubes, the cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine and the compounds in examples 1 to 4 are respectively dissolved in Kreb-Ringers nutrient solution (pH 5.5) with the concentration of 0.5mM, and the drug-containing perfusion solution is passed through the rat jejunum at the flow rate of 0.2mL/min to obtain the membrane permeation rate of the cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine and the compounds in examples 1 to 4 in the jejunum.
TABLE 2 Membrane permeation rates for Ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine and prodrugs thereof
Example 6: pharmacokinetic study in rats
From example 5, it can be seen that the compound of example 1 has the highest membrane permeability among the compounds of examples 1 to 4, and therefore the compound of example 1 and cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine were subjected to in vivo pharmacokinetic studies.
Sprague-Dawley rats of the experimental group and the control group were gavaged with the compound of example 1 and an aqueous solution of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine (each 12mg/kg as cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine) while intravenously injecting an aqueous solution of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine (6mg/kg), respectively, and the plasma concentration of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine was measured, and the results thereof are shown in Table 3 and FIG. 1.
TABLE 3 pharmacokinetic parameters of Ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine in rats after oral administration of Ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine and the Compound of example 1 (12mg/kg in Ring-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine)
P <0.05 verses cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine (p.o) as control
As can be seen from Table 3 and FIG. 1, the peak time after gavage of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine and the compound of example 1 was 1.4h and 0.56h, respectively, indicating that the absorption of the compound of example 1 was significantly accelerated and the area under the drug-time curve (AUC) of the compound of example 10-t) Significantly higher than cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolyl-L-serine; the oral bioavailability of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine and its prodrug, calculated from the data for intravenous injection of cyclo-trans-4-L-hydroxyprolinyl-L-serine, was 11.71% and 48.2%, respectively, and the oral bioavailability of the compound of example 1 was significantly improved to achieve the intended purpose.