OA17933A

OA17933A - Hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate derivatives, their preparation and their therapeutic application

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Publication number: OA17933A
Application number: OA1201200507
Authority: OA
Inventors: Régine Bartsch; Dorothée Cheuret; Luc Even; Christian Hoornaert; Jean Jeunesse; Frank Marguet
Original assignee: Sanofi
Priority date: 2010-06-04
Filing date: 2011-06-06
Publication date: 2018-03-12

Abstract

The invention relates to hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate derivatives of general formula (I):

Description

The présent invention relates to hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate dérivatives, to their préparation and to their therapeutic application. These compounds hâve an inhibitory activity with regard to the enzyme MGL (monoacyl glycerol lipase).

WO 2009141238 and WO 2010009207 disclose GPR119 receptor agonists which can comprise a hexafluoroisopropyl carbamate.

« Characterization of the Tunable Piperidine and Piperazine Carbamates as Inhibitors of Endocannabinoid Hydrolases » (J.Z. Long, X Jin, A. Adibekian, W.Li et al.) describes inhibitors of the enzyme MGL exhibiting an N-piperidine ring carrying a carbamate.

WO 2009/052319 discloses other types of compounds which are inhibitors of the enzyme MGL

A subject-matter of the invention is the compounds of formula (I):

(') R-Zin which:

R représente an R¹ group optionally substituted by one or more R² and/or R³ groups;

R¹ représente an aryl or heteroaryl group;

R² represents a halogen atom or a cyano, nitro, oxo, (Ci-C6)alkyl, (Ci-C6)alkoxy, hydroxyl, (C1-C6)alkylthio, (CrC6)haloalkyl, (Ci-C6)haloalkoxy, (CrCe^aloalkylthio, NR⁴R⁵, NR⁴COR⁵, NR⁴SO2R⁵, COR⁴, CO2R⁴, CONR⁴R⁵, SO2R⁴, SO₂NR⁴R⁵, phenyloxy or benzyloxy group;

R³ represents a monocyclic aryl or heteroaryl group which can be substituted by one or more R² groups which are identical to or different from one another;

R⁴ and R⁵ represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or a (Ci-C₆)alkyl group or form, with the nitrogen atom or the N-CO or N-SO₂ fragment which

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carries them, a heterocycle optionally substituted by a (C-|-C₆)alkyl or benzyl group;

Z représente a bond, a (CrC₆)alkylene group, a (C₂-C₆)alkenylene group, a (C₂-C₆)alkynylene group, an O-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group or an N(R^A)-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group;

A représente a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an N(R^A) group, an N(R^A)(CrC6)alkylene group, a CON(R^A) group, a CON(R^A)-(CrC6)alkylene group, an SO₂N(R^A) group, an SO2N(R^A)-(C-|-C6)alkylene group, an OCON(R^A) group, an OCON(R^A)-(Cr C6)alkylene group, an N(R^B)CON(R^A) group, an N(R^B)CON(R^A)-(CrC6)alkylene group, an N(R^b)SO2N(R^a) group, an N(R^B)SO2N(R^A)-(CrC6)alkylene group, an O-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an N(R^B)CO2 group, an N(R^B)CO2-(C-i-C6)alkylene group, an S-(CrC6)alkylene group, an SO2 group, an SO2-(C1-C6)alkylene group, an N(R^B)SO2 group, an N(R^B)SO2(C-i-C6)alkylene group, a CO group, a CO-(C-i-C6)alkylene group, an N(R^B)CO group, an N(R^B)CO-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an SO₂N(R^B)CO group, an SO2N(R^B)CO(CrC6)alkylene group, an SO₂N(R^B)CON(R^A) group or an SO2N(R^B)CON(R^A)~ (C-i-C6)alkylene group;

R^a and R^b represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or a (Ci-C₆)alkyl group;

m and n represent, independently of one another, an integer equal to 0 or 1, in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

The compounds of formula (I) can comprise one or more asymmetric carbon atoms. They can thus exist in the form of enantiomers or diastereoisomers. These enantiomers, diastereoisomers and their mixtures, including racemic mixtures, corne within the invention.

The compounds of formula (I) can exist in the form of bases or of addition salts with acids. Such addition salts corne within the invention.

These salts can be prepared with pharmaceutically acceptable acids but the salts of other acids, for example of use in the purification or the isolation of the compounds of formula (I), also corne within the invention.

In the context of the présent invention:

- C_rC_z, where t and z can take their values from 1 to 7, is understood to mean a

Λ J carbon chain or ring which can hâve from t to z carbon atoms; for example, C1-C3 can characterize a carbon chain having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms;

- a halogen is understood to mean a fluorine, a chlorine, a bromine or an iodine;

- an alkyl group is understood to mean a saturated, linear, branched or cyclized, aliphatic group optionally substituted by a saturated, linear, branched or cyclized, alkyl group. Mention may be made, by way of examples, of the methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclopropyl and cyclopropylmethyl groups, and the like;

- an alkylene group is understood to mean a saturated, linear, branched or cyclized, divalent aliphatic group. By way of example, a (Ci-C₆)alkylene group représente a linear, branched or cyclized divalent carbon chain of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, such as a methylenyl (-CH₂-), an ethylenyl (-CH₂CH₂-), θ 1-methylethylenyl (-CH(CH₃)CH₂-), a propylenyl (-CH₂CH₂CH₂-), a cyclopropylenyl (-(c-prop)), and the like;

- an alkenyl group is understood to mean a mono- or polyunsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic group comprising, for example, one ortwo ethylenical unsaturations;

- an alkynyl group is understood to mean a mono- or polyunsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic group comprising, for example, one ortwo ethynylic unsaturations;

- an alkoxy group is understood to mean an -O-alkyl radical where the alkyl group is as defined above;

- an alkylthio group is understood to mean an -S-alkyl radical where the alkyl group is as defined above;

- a haloalkyl group is understood to mean an alkyl group, one or more hydrogen atoms of which hâve been replaced by one or more identical or different halogen atoms. Mention may be made, by way of examples, of the CF₃, CH₂CF₃, CHF₂ and CCI₃ groups;

- a halo(C-i-C₆)alkoxy is understood to mean an -O-alkyl radical where the alkyl group is as defined above and which is substituted by one or more identical or different halogen atoms. Mention may be made, by way of examples, of the -OCF₃, -OCHF₂ and -OCCI₃ groups;

- an aryl group is understood to mean an aromatic cyclic group comprising between 6 and 10 carbon atoms. Mention may be made, as examples of the aryl groups, of phenyl or naphthyl; this aryl group can also exist in the partially unsaturated form; mention may be made, as examples, of an indenyl, indanyl ortetralinyl group;

- a heteroaryl group is understood to mean a mono- or bicyclic group comprising from 5 to 10 atoms, including from 1 to 5 heteroatoms chosen from N, O and S, this group being aromatic, unsaturated or partially unsaturated or partially oxidized. Mention may be made, as examples of monocyclic heteroaryl groups, of: pyrrole, furan, thiophene, pyrazole, imidazoie, triazole, tetrazole, oxazole, isoxazole, oxadiazole, > } thiazole, isothiazole, thiadiazole, pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, pyridazine or triazine. Mention may be made, as examples of bicyclic heteroaryl groups, of furofuran, thienothiophene, pyrrolopyrrole, pyrroloimidazole, pyrrolopyrazole, pyrrolotriazole, imidazoimidazole, imidazopyrazole, furopyrrole, furoimidazole, furopyrazole, furotriazole, pyrrolooxazole, imidazooxazole, pyrazolooxazole, furooxazole, oxazolooxazole, oxazoloisoxazole, pyrroloisoxazole, imidazoisoxazole, pyrazoloisoxazole, isoxazoloisoxazole, furoisoxazole, isoxazolooxadiazole, pyrrolooxadiazole, furooxadiazole, isoxazolooxadiazole, thienopyrrole, thienoimidazole, thienopyrazole, thienotriazole, pyrrolothiazole, imidazothiazole, pyrazolothiazole, triazolothiazole, furothiazole, oxazolothiazole, oxazoloisothiazole, pyrroloisothiazole, imidazoisothiazole, pyrazoloisothiazole, isoxazoloisothiazole, furoisothiazole, pyrrolothiadiazole, imidazothiadiazole, furothiadiazole, isoxazolothiadiazole, oxazolothiadiazole, isothiazolothiadiazole, indole, isoindole, benzimidazole, indazole, indolizine, benzofuran, isobenzofuran, benzothiophene, pyrrolopyridine, imidazopyridine, pyrazolopyridine, triazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrrolopyridazine, tetrazolopyridine, pyrrolopyrazine, imidazopyridazine, pyrrolopyrimidine, imidazopyrazine, pyrazolopyridazine, imidazopyrimidine, pyrazolopyrazine, triazolopyridazine, pyrrolotriazine, furopyridine, furopyrimidine, furopyrazine, furopyridazine, furotriazine, oxazolopyridine, oxazolopyrimidine, oxazolopyrazine, oxazolopyridazine, isoxazolopyridine, isoxazolopyrimidine, isoxazolopyrazine, isoxazolopyridazine, oxadiazolopyridine, benzoxazole, benzisoxazole, benzoxadiazole, benzoxazine, benzodioxole, benzodioxine, benzodioxepine, thienopyridine, thienopyrimidine, thienopyrazine, thienopyridazine, thienotriazine, thiazolopyridine, thiazolopyrimidine, thiazolopyrazine, thiazolopyridazine, isothiazolopyridine, isothiazolopyrimidine, isothiazolopyrazine, isothiazolopyridazine, thiadiazolopyridine, thiadiazolopyrimidine, benzothiazole, benzisothiazole, benzothiadiazole, quinoline, isoquinoline, cinnoline, phthalazine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, naphthyridine, benzotriazine, pyridopyrimidine, pyridopyrazine, pyridopyridazine, pyridotriazine, pyrimidopyrimidine, pyrimidopyrazine, pyrimidopyridazine, pyrazinopyrazine, pyrazinopyridazine, pyrazinotriazine or pyridazinopyridazine.

These groups can exist in the unsaturated or partially unsaturated form; mention may be made, by way of examples, of: dihydrobenzofuran, dihydrobenzothiophene, tetrahydroquinoline, tetrahydroisoquinoline, indoline, dihydrobenzoxazine or dihydrobenzodioxane.

- a heterocycle group is understood to mean a saturated 3- to 7-membered cyclic group comprising from 1 to 4 heteroatoms chosen from N, O and S. Mention may be made, by way of examples, of the pyrrolidine, piperidine, morpholine, piperazine,

J. J aziridine, azetidine, azepine, thiomorpholine, N-methylpiperazine, homopiperazine, azetidin-2-one, 1,2-thiazetidine 1,1-dioxide, pyrrolidin-2-one, 1,2-isothiazolidine 1,1dioxide, piperidin-2-one, 1,2-thiazinane 1,1-dioxide, imidazolidin-2-one, oxazolidin-2-one, 1,2,5-thiadiazolidine 1,1-dioxide, 1,2,3-oxathiazolidine 2,2-dioxide, tetrahydropyrimidin-2one, 1,3-oxazinan-2-one, 1,2,6-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide, 1,2,3-oxathiazinane 2,2dioxide, piperazin-2-one, morpholin-3-one, 1,2,5-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide or 1,3,4oxathiazinane 3,3-dioxide groups.

In the context of the présent invention, the R, Z and A groups are read from left to right; the left part of the Z group is connected to the R group and the right part of Z is connected to the A group; likewise, the left part of the A group is connected to the Z group and the right part of A is connected to the ring System:

In the various groups as defined below, the A, Z, R, R^A, R^B, R¹, R² or R³ groups, when they are not defined, hâve the same définitions as those mentioned above.

Among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matters of the invention, a first group of compounds is composed of the compounds for which:

R¹ represents a phenyl, naphthyl, indanyl, benzoxazole, benzisoxazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, oxadiazole, indazole, isoxazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, thienyl, thiazole, benzothiophene, indole, dihydrobenzodioxane, benzothiadiazole, pyrazole, dihydrobenzoxazine or indoline group;

R² represents one or more groups chosen from a halogen atom or a methyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, oxo, CH₃NHCO, CH₃SO₂, NH₂CO, NH₂SO₂ or pyrrolidine-SO₂ group;

R³ represents a group chosen from a phenyl or an oxazole;

and also the compound 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[3-(2-methylpyrimidin-4yl)benzenesulphonylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate.

Among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matter of the invention, a second group of compounds is composed of the compounds of formula (l)for which:

Z represents a bond or a CH₂, (CH₂)₂, CH=CH, OC, OCH₂ orOC(CH₃)₂ group.

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Among the compouns of formula (I) which are subject-matter of the invention, a third group of compounds is composed of the compounds of formula (I) for which:

A represents a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an OCH2 group, an O(CH₂)₂ group, an NH, NHCH₂ or NH(CH₂)2 group, an SO₂or CO group, a CONH group, a CONHCH₂ or CONH(CH₂)₂ group, an SO₂NH group, an SO₂NHCH₂ or SO₂NH(CH₂)₂group, an SO₂NHCO, SO₂NHCONH or SO₂NHCONHCH₂ group, an OCONH group, an NHCONH group, an NHCONHCH₂ group, an N(CH₃)CONHCH₂, NHCONH(CH₂)₂ or N(CH₃)CONH(CH₂)₂ group or an SO₂N(CH₃)CH₂ group.

Among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matter of the invention, a fourth group of compounds is composed of the compounds of formula (I) for which:

m and n represent 1.

Among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matters of the invention, a fifth group of compounds is composed of the compounds of formula (I) for which:

m represents 1 and n represents 0.

Among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matters of the invention, a sixth group of compounds is composed of the compounds of formula (I) for which:

m and n represent 0.

Among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matters of the invention, a seventh group of compounds is composed of the compounds of formula (I) for which:

R³ represents a group chosen from a phenyl or an oxazole;

Z represents a bond or a CH₂, (CH₂)₂, CH=CH, CsC, OCH₂ or OC(CH₃)₂ group;

A represents a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an OCH₂ group, an O(CH₂)₂ group, an NH, NHCH₂ or NH(CH₂)₂ group, an SO₂or CO group, a CONH group, a CONHCH₂ or CONH(CH₂)₂ group, an SO₂NH group, an SO₂NHCH₂, SO₂NH(CH₂)₂ or SO₂NHC[CH₂]₂ group, an SO₂NHCO, SO₂NHCONH or SO₂NHCONHCH₂ group, an f 4L

OCONH group, an NHCONH group, an NHCONHCH₂ group, an N(CH₃)CONHCH₂, NHCONH(CH₂)₂ or N(CH₃)CONH(CH₂)₂ group or an SO₂N(CH₃)CH₂ group;

The conbinations of the groups one to seven as defined above also corne within the invention.

Mention may in particular be made, among the compounds of formula (I) which are subject-matters of the invention, of thefollowing compounds:

• 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorophenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rif I uoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(m-tolyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-cyanophenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-(methylcarbamoyl)phenyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(naphth-1-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(benzoxazol-2-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-fluorobenz[d]isoxazol-3-yl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-fluorobenz[d]isoxazol-3-yl)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(2-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzoimidazol-1-yl)piperid i ne-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-chloro-2-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzoimidazol-1- yl )pi peridine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)benzotriazol-1-yl)piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[5-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2yl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-fluoro-1 H-indazol-3-yl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(benzyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate *

• 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trif I u orometh y l)ethy 14-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)isoxazol-5ylmethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2_l2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorophenylethynyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(4'-fluorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)azetidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(3'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)azetidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl (S)-3-(4'-fluorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)pyrrolidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl (R)-3-(4'-fluorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)pyrrolidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl (S)-3-(3'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)pyrrolidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl (R)-3-(3'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)pyrrolidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-fluorophenoxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-carbamoylphenoxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3'-fluorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-fluorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3'-chlorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-chlorobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yloxy)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yloxy)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rif I uoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3^,-methoxybiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2_J2_J2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-methoxybiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chloronaphth-1 -yloxy)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(naphth-2-yloxy)piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-cyanonaphth-2-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-methoxynaphth-2-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(7-methoxynaphth-2-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(pyridin-4-yloxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[6-(3-cyanophenyl)pyridin-2-yloxy]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[5-(3-cyanophenyl)pyridin-3-yloxy]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[6-(3-cyanophenyl)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[6-(4-fluorophenyl)pyrazin-2-yloxy]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[6-(3-cyanophenyl)pyrazin-2-yloxy]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rif I uoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chloronaphth-1 -yloxymethyl)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3^,-cyanobiphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(naphth-2-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

Λ ί • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-methoxynaphth-2-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(7-methoxynaphth-2-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-cyanonaphth-2-yloxymethyl)piperidine-1 - carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(biphenyl-4-yloxy)ethyl]-piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4-chloronaphth-1 -yloxy)ethyl]piperidine-1 - carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(6-bromopyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-cyanopyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-carbamoylpyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-trifluoromethylpyrimidin-2-ylamino)piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(2-bromopyrimidin-4-ylamino)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[6-(4-fluorophenyl)pyridin-2-ylamino]piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[6-(3-cyanophenyl)pyridin-2-ylamino]piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(3-cyanophenyl)pyrimidin-4- ylamino]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(6-chloropyridin-2-ylamino)methyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(pyridin-4-ylsulphanyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(benzenesulphonyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorobenzoyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorobenzoylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate r » • 2,2,2-T rif luoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-methylbenzoylamino)piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3-chlorobenzo[b]thiophene-2carbonyl)amino]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)acetylamino]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2_J2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(E)-(3-phenylacryloyl)amino]azetidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(E)-(3-phenylacryloyl)amino]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-chlorobenzoylamino)methyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[(3-chlorobenzo[b]thiophene-2carbonyl)amino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[2-(4chlorophenoxy)acetylamino]methyl}piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2methylpropionylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{[(E)-(3- phenylacryloyl)amino]methyl}pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[(E)-(3-phenylacryloyl)amino]methyl}piperidine-

-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{[2-(4chlorophenoxy)acetylamino]methyl}pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(2-(phenylacetylamino)ethyl)azetidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{2-[2-(4chlorophenoxy)acetylamino]ethyl}azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{2-[(E)-(3-phenylacryloyl)amino]ethyl}azetidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(5-bromo-2methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(4-bromo-2- fluorobenzenesulphonylamino)azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(indane-5-sulphonylamino)azetidine-1carboxylate ; » • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(biphenyl-4-sulphonylamino)azetidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(4-methylnaphthalene-1sulphonylamino)azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(5-chlorothiophene-2-sulphonylamino)azetidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(5-bromothiophene-2sulphonylamino)azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(benzo[b]thiophene-2carbonyl)amino]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyi)ethyl 4-(3-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-bromo-2- methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(naphthalene-1-sulphonylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(naphthalene-2-sulphonylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(phenylmethanesulphonylamino)azetidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(phenylmethanesulphonylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(4- chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(3- chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(4- chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(naphthalene-1- sulphonylamino)methyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(naphthalene-2- sulphonylamino)methyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-((benzenesulphonylamino)methyl)piperidine-1carboxylate ι * • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4fluorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2- chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3- chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)-methyl]piperid i ne-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(toluene-2-sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(toluene-3-sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(toluene-4-sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4- (trifluoromethyl)benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3- {trifluoromethoxy}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4- {trifluoromethoxy}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-fluoro-2-{trifluoromethyl}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4cyanobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3-fluoro-4-methylbenzenesulphonyl- amino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3,4-difluorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl [(3,4-dichlorobenzenesulphonyl- amino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate

J » • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl amino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl

4-[(3-chloro-4-methylbenzenesulphonyl·

4-[(3-chloro-4-{trifluoromethoxy}benzene· sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidïne-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-((3,4dimethylbenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3-fluoro-4methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-fluoro-3-methylbenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3-chloro-4fluorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-fluoro-3methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-fluoro-3- {trifluoromethyl}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-chloro-3- {trifluoromethyl}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-((4{methanesulphonyl}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[4-(pyrrolidine-1 sulphonyl)benzenesulphonylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(biphenyl-4-sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(naphthalene-1sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(naphthalene-2- sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-((3,5-dimethylisoxazole-4- sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-{oxazol-5- yl}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-chlorophenylmethanesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(1-(4chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(2-(3- chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)ethyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(2-(4chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)ethyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[2-(naphthalene-1sulphonylamino)ethyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[2-(naphthalene-2- sulphonylamino)ethyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(phenoxycarbonylamino)piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-phenylureido)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(3-chlorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rif luoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1 - carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(3-cyanophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(4-cyanophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-(2,5-dichlorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)ureido]piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(3-carbamoylphenyl)ureido]piperidine-1 carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-benzylureido)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureidomethyl]azetidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[3-(3-chlorophenyl)ureidomethyl]pyrrolidine-1carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureidomethyl]pyrrolidine-1carboxylate r Μ.

• 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[3-(4-cyanophenyl)ureidomethyl]pyrrolidine-1carboxylate • 2_J2_J2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureidomethyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{3-[2-(4-{trifluoromethyl}phenyl)thiazol-4-yl]ureidomethyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(3-benzylureidomethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-benzylureidomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(3-methyl-3-phenylureidomethyl)pyrrolidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{2-[3-(3-chlorophenyl)ureido]ethyl}azetidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{2-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureido]ethyl}azetidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-{2-[3-(4-cyanophenyl)ureido]ethyl}azetidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[2-(3-methyl-3-phenylureido)ethyl]azetidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{2-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)ureido]ethyl}piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[2-(3-benzylureido)ethyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino- carbonyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-({[(4- chlorophenyl)sulphonyl]carbamoyl}amino)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[({[(4- chlorophenyl)sulphonyl]carbamoyl}amino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-carbamoylphenoxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-carbamoylphenoxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(indole-1 -carbonyl)amino]piperidine-1 - carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[(ind ole-1 -carbonyl)amino]methyl}piperidine-1 carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2fluorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2{trifluoromethyl}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3cyanobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(3-chloro-2fluorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(benzo[b]thiophene-3- sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[1-(4methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{2-[(1/7-indol-1ylcarbonyl)amino]ethyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-({[3(methylsulphonyl)phenyl]carbamoyl}amino)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[(1 H-benzimidazol-5ylcarbamoyl)amino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[(1H-indazol-6- ylcarbamoyl)amino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-carbamoylphenoxymethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(3-carbamoylphenoxy)ethyl]piperidine-1carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4-carbamoylphenoxy)ethyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4(methanesulphonyl)benzenesulphonylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(pyridine-3-sulphonylamino)piperidine-1- carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2{trifluoromethoxy}benzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2-methoxy-4methylbenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2,4dimethoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2,5dimethoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(5-fluoro-2methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(5-methanesulphonyl-2methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-chloro-2,5- dimethylbenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[3-(5-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2- yl)benzenesulphonylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxine-6sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2_J2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole-4- sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-methyl-3_J4-dihydro-2H-benz[1,4]oxazine-7sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[3-(2-methylpyrimidin-4- yl)benzenesulphonylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(5-chloro-1,3-dimethyl-1 H-pyrazole-4- sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(pyridine-3-sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(6-chloropyridine-3sulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[/V-4-(chlorobenzenesulphonyl)-/\/methylamino]methyl}pîperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4(methanesulphonyl)benzenesulphonylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(pyridine-3-sulphonylamino)ethyl]piperidine-

1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[1-(4chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[1-(5-methanesulphonyl-2- methoxybenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[1-(pyridine-3sulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(1-(4- {methanesulphonyl}benzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4- {methanesulphonyl}phenylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethy! 4-[(4-sulfamoylphenylamino)methyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rif I uoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2-carbamoylpyridin-4ylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-carbamoylpyridin-2- ylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(5-carbamoylpyridin-2- ylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(6-carbamoylpyridin-2ylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(5-carbamoylpyrazin-2ylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-carbamoylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(5-carbamoylpyridin-2- ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4-carbamoylpyrimidin-2ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(5-carbamoylpyrazin-2ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(6-carbamoylpyrazin-2ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(2,3-dihydrobenz[1,4]oxazine-4carbonyl)amino]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[(2,3-dihydrobenz[1,4]oxazine-4- carbonyl)amino]methyl}piperidine-1 -carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(3- {methanesulphonyl}benzoylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4- {methanesulphonyl}benzoylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate · 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(4-sulfamoylbenzoylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{2-[(2,3-dihydrobenz[1,4]oxazine-4carbonyl)amino]ethyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-(1 H-benzimidazol-5-yl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(1-methanesulphonyl-2,3-dihydro-1 H-indol-5yl)ureido]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3-(1 H-indazol-6-yl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(5-methanesulphonyl-2methoxyphenyl)ureidomethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{3-[2-methoxy-5-(pyrrolidine-1 sulphonyl)phenyl]ureidomethyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(1-methanesulphonyl-2,3-dihydro-1 H-indol-5yl)ureidomethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate

In that which follows, the term protective group Pg is understood to mean a group which makes it possible, on the one hand, to protect a reactive functional group, such as a hydroxyl or an amine, during a synthesis and, on the other hand, to regenerate the reactive functional group intact at the end of the synthesis. Examples of protective groups and of protecting and deprotecting methods are given in Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, Green et al., 2^nd Edition (John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York), 1991.

The term leaving group is understood to mean, in that which follows, a group which can be easily cleaved from a molécule by splitting a heterolytic bond, with departure of an électron pair. This group can thus be easily replaced by another group, for example during a substitution reaction.

In accordance with the invention, the compounds of general formula (I) can be prepared according to the process which follows:

A general method (scheme 1) for the préparation of the compounds according to the invention consists in reacting an amine of general formula (II), in the base or sait form, in which m, n, A, Z and R are as defined above, with a dérivative of general formula (III), in which X représente a leaving group, such as a chlorine atom, a 4-nitrophenoxy group, an imidazole group, a 1,2,4-triazole group or an N-oxysuccinimide group. The reaction is carried out in a solvent, such as dichloromethane, acetonitrile, N-methylpyrrolidinone, dimethyl sulphoxide, dimethylformamide or a mixture of these solvents, optionally in the presence of a base, such as pyridine or diisopropylethylamine, and of a catalyst, such as 4-dimethylaminopyridine, at a température of between 0 and 80°C.

(H) (HO (I)

Scheme 1

The compounds of general formula (II) are available commercially or are described in the literature or can be prepared according to methods which are described therein or which are known to a person skilled in the art, as illustrated in the examples which follow.

The compounds of general formula (III) are prepared by reaction of the alcohol 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol with triphosgene, 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate, carbonyldiimidazole, carbonyldi(1,2,4-triazole) or carbonyldi(N-oxysuccinimide), in a solvent, such as dichloromethane, acetonitrile or N-methylpyrrolidinone, optionally in the presence of a base, such as pyridine, and of a catalyst, such as 4-dimethylaminopyridine, at a température of between 0 and 80°C. The compounds (III) are generally prepared and used in situ. Some of the compounds of general formula (III) hâve already been reported in the literature (X = chlorine, Synthesis, 1993 (1), 103-106; X = imidazole, Tetrahedron Letters, 1982, 23 (20), 2113-2116; X = 1,2,4-triazole, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 1983, 31 (12), 4578-4581).

Alternatively, the compounds of general formula (la), in which A represents a CON(R^a), CON(R^A)-(Ci-C6)alkylene, SO2N(R^A), SO2N(R^A)-(Ci-C6)alkylene, N(R^b)CON(R^a), N(R^B)CON(R^A)-(CrC6)alkylene, OCON(R^A) or OCON(R^A)-(CrC6)alkylene group and R, Z, m and n are as defined above, can be prepared (Scheme 2) by reacting a dérivative of general formula (IV), in which W represents a carbonyl chloride (COCI), sulphonyl chloride (SO2CI), isocyanate (NCO), carbamoyl chloride (N(R^B)COCI) or chloroformate (OCOCI) functional group, with a dérivative of general formula (V), in which V represents an amine HN(R^A) or HN(R^A)-(CrC₆)alkylene functional group. This dérivative of formula (V) can be:

- a hexafluoroisopropyl piperidine-1-carboxylate dérivative, when m and n represent1 ;

- a hexafluoroisopropyl pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate dérivative, when m represents 1 and n represents 0;

- a hexafluoroisopropyl azetidine-1-carboxylate dérivative, when m and n represent 0.

(iv) (V) (la)

Scheme 2

The reaction is carried out in a solvent, such as dichloromethane, acetonitrile or N-methylpyrrolidinone, optionally in the presence of a base, such as pyridine or diisopropylethylamine, and of a catalyst such as 4-dimethylaminopyridine, at a température between 0 and 80°C.

The compounds of general formula (IV) are commercially available or are described in the literature or can be prepared according to methods which are described therein or which are known to a person skilled in the art.

The compounds of general formula (V), in the base or sait form, are novel and corne within the invention. They are of use as intermediates in the synthesis of the compounds of formula (la) and can be prepared as described in the examples which follow.

The examples which follow illustrate the préparation of a few compounds of the invention. These examples are not limiting and serve only to illustrate the invention. The microanalyses, the IR and NMR spectra and/or the LC/MS analyses confirm the structures and the purifies of the compounds obtained. The numbers of the compounds in the examples refer to those given in the table below, in which the chemical structures and the physical properties of a few compounds according to the invention are illustrated.

The proton nuclear magnetic résonance (¹H NMR) spectra were recorded at 200 MHz or 400 MHz (chemical shifts δ in ppm) in d₃-chloroform (CDCI₃), d₆-(dimethyl sulphoxide) (DMSO) or d₄-methanol (CD₃OD). The abbreviations used to characterize the signais are as follows: s = singlet, m = multiplet, d = doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, sept. = septet.

Examples of LC/MS analytical methods are described in detail below. The rétention times (Rt) are expressed in minutes.

Method A:

HPLC / Trap - 5 mM ammonium acetate / acetonitrile gradient

ΤΟ: 100%A- T13 to T16 min: 100%B - T16.5 to T20 min: 100%A

Route A: ammonium acetate + 3% acetonitrile; Route B: acetonitrile

Flow rate: 0.5 ml/min - T°=40°C

Column: Kromasil C18 (50*2.1 mm; 3.5 pm)

Method B:

HPLC / ZQ - water / acetonitrile /trifluoroacetic acid gradient

T0:100%A - T13 to T16 min: 100%B - T16.5 to T20 min: 100%A

Route A: water+0.05% trifluoroacetic acid+3% acetonitrile ; Route B: acetonitrile+0.035% trifluoroacetic acid

Flow rate: 0.5 ml/min - T°=40°C

Column: Kromasil C18 (50*2.1 mm; 3.5 pm)

Method C:

HPLC / ZQ - 5 mM ammonium acetate / acetonitrile gradient

T0:100%A - T5.5 to T7 min: 100%B - T7.1 to T10 min: 100%A

Route A: ammonium acetate + 3% acetonitrile ; Route B: acetonitrile

Flow rate: 0.8 ml/min - T°=40°C

Column: Kromasil C18 (50*2.1 mm; 3.5 pm)

Method D:

UPLC / TOF - water / acetonitrile / trifluoroacetic acid gradient

T0: 98%A - T1.6 to T2.1 min: 100%B - T2.5 to T3 min: 98%A

Route A: water + 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid; Route B: acetonitrile + 0.035% trifluoroacetic acid

Flow rate: 1.0 ml/min - T°=40°C

Column: Acquity BEH C18 (50*2.1 mm; 1.7 pm)

Method E:

HPLC / TOF - water / acetonitrile / trifluoroacetic acid gradient

T0: 95%A - T2.5 min: 95%B

Route A: water + 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid; Route B: acetonitrile + 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid

Flow rate: 1.3 ml/min - ambient température

Column: YMC-Pack Jsphere H80 (33*2.1 mm; 4 pm)

Example 1 (compound No. 5)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-cyanophenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of 0.604 g (3.6 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol, 0.32 ml (3.96 mmol) of pyridine and 0.014 g (0.12 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 9 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 0.356 g (1.2 mmol) of triphosgene in 8 ml of dichloromethane. Stirring is continued at ambient température for 6 hours. 0.670 g (3.6 mmol) of 4-(piperidin-4-yl)benzonitrile and 1.31 ml (7.92 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are subsequently added. The mixture is left stirring overnight. 23 ml of dichloromethane are added. The organic phase is washed 3 times with 40 ml of ice-cold water, dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 15:85 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane. Crystallization is carried out from n-hexane in order to obtain 0.32 g (0.84 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 54-56

LC/MS (method A): Rt 9.7 min, m/z 398 (MNH₄+)

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 2226,1743 ¹H NMR (CDCI₃, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.65 (d, 2H), 7.35 (d, 2H), 5.8 (sept., 1H), 4.35 (m, 2H), 3.05 (m, 2H), 2.8 (m, 1H), 1.95 (m, 2H), 1.8 (m, 2H).

Example 2 (compound No. 10)

2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl

4-(6-fluorobenz[d]isoxazol-3-yl)piperidine-1carboxylate

A solution of 0.342 g (1.7 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in 6 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 0.571 g (3.4 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanoi, 0.28 ml (3.4 mmol) of pyridine and 0.011 g (0.1 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 5 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. 0.374 g (1.7 mmol) of 6-fluoro-3-(piperidin-4-yl)benz[d]isoxazole and then 0.74 ml (4.25 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are subsequently added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 5 hours. 4 g of silica are added and the mixture is evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 10:90 mixture and then a 15:85 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane. Crystallization is carried out in n-hexane in order to obtain 0.45 g (1.09 mmol) of product in the form of white crystals.

Melting point (°C): 91-93

LC/MS (method B): Rt 10.6 min, m/z 415 (MH+)

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 1741 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.0 (d.d, 1H), 7.7 (d.d, 1H), 7.3 (d.t, 1H), 6.55 (sept., 1 H), 4.05 (m, 2H), 3.5 (m, 1 H), 3.2 (m, 2H), 2.1 (m, 2H), 1.75 (m, 2H).

Example 3 (compound No. 12)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-chloro-2-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzimidazol-1y I )pi perid ine-1 -carboxylate ci

0.328 g (2 mmol) of carbonyldi(1,2,4-triazole) is added to a solution of 0.6725 g (4 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-trifluoro-2-propanol and 0.012 g (0.1 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 10 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight and then 0.503 g (2 mmol) of 5-chloro-1-piperidin-4-yl-1,3-dihydrobenzimidazol-2-one is added. Stirring is continued at ambient température for 3 hours and the dichloromethane is evaporated under vacuum. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 50 ml of ethyl acetate and 20 ml of 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid. The organic phase is separated by settling and is then washed with 2 times 20 ml of water and then with 20 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated under vacuum. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 30:70, then 40:60 and 50:50 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane. Recrystallization is subsequently carried out under hot conditions for a mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane in order to obtain 0.28 g (0.62 mmol) of product in the form of a white crystalline powder.

Melting point (°C): 231-233

LC/MS (method B): Rt 9.3 min, m/z 446 (MH+)

IR(KBr, cm'¹): 1751,1697 ¹H NMR (CDCIa, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.6 (s, 1H), 7.15-6.95 (m, 3H), 5.85 (sept., 1H), 4.64.3 (m, 3H), 3.1 (m, 2H), 2.4 (m, 2H), 1.95 (m, 2H).

Example 4 (compound No. 75)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-chlorobenzoyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

O CF,

CI

0.512 g (2 mmol) of carbonyldi(N-oxysuccinimide) and 0.012 g (0.1 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine are added to a solution of 0.504 g (3 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3trifluoro-2-propanol in 7 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 4 hours. It is cooled to 0°C and 0.520 g (2 mmol) of (4-chlorophenyl)(piperidin-4-yl)methanone hydrochloride and then 1.04 ml (6 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. 20 ml of ice-cold water and 50 ml of ice-cold dichloromethane are added. The organic phase is separated by settling. It is washed twice with ice-cold water and then with 20 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 5:95 and then 10:90 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane, in order to obtain 0.175 g (0.42 mmol) of product in the form of a colourless oil.

LC/MS (method A): Rt 10.9 min, m/z 418 (MH+)

IR (film, cm’¹): 1739,1684 ¹H NMR (CDCI₃, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.8 (d, 2H), 7.4 (d, 2H), 5.7 (sept., 1H), 4.1 (d, 2H), 3.5 (m, 1H), 3.1 (m, 2H), 1.9-1.6 (m, 4H).

Example 5 (compound No. 33)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-l -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3’-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1- carboxylate

5.1. terf-Butyl 4-(3’-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of 1.210 g (5.99 mmol) of diisopropyl azodicarboxylate is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 0.974 g (4.99 mmol) of 3’-hydroxybiphenyl-3-carbonitrile, 1.205 g (5.99 mmol) of fe/ï-butyl 4-hydroxypiperidine-1carboxylate and 1.570 g (5.99 mmol) of triphenylphosphine in 12 ml of tetrahydrofuran. The mixture is subsequently stirred at ambient température overnight. 15 g of silica are added and the mixture is evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 10:90 and then 15:85 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane, in order to obtain 1.538 g (4.06 mmol) of product in the form of a colourless oil.

5.2. 3’-(Piperidin-4-yloxy)biphenyl-3-carbonitrile

1.508 g (3.98 mmol) of tert-butyl 4-(3’-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate obtained in stage 5.1. are dissolved in 13 ml of dichloromethane. 3.07 ml (39.84 mmol) of trifluoroacetic acid are added and the mixture is stirred at ambient température for 4 hours. It is evaporated to dryness and then coevaporated twice with 12 ml of 1,2dichloroethane. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 18 ml of dichloromethane and 9 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The organic phase is separated by settling and the aqueous phase is extracted with 12 ml of dichloromethane. The organic phases are washed with 18 ml of water and then 18 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. They are dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness in order to provide 1.026 g (3.68 mmol) of product in the form of an orange oil.

5.3. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(3’-cyanobiphenyl-3-yloxy)piperidine-1carboxylate

A solution of 0.504 g (3 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 0.27 ml (3 mmol) of pyridine and 0.012 g (0.1 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 6 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 0.296 g (1 mmol) of triphosgene in 7 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 5 hours. A solution of 0.835 g (3 mmol) of 3’-(piperidin-4-yloxy)biphenyl3-carbonitrile obtained in stage 5.2. in 4.9 ml of dichloromethane and then 1.09 ml (6.6 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are subsequently added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. 11 ml of dichloromethane are added and the organic phase is washed with 3 times 25 ml of ice-cold water. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 10:90 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane. Crystallization is subsequently carried out from n-hexane in order to obtain 0.635 g (1.34 mmol) of product in the form of a white solid.

Melting point (°C): 80-82

LC/MS (method A): Rt 11.8 min, m/z 473 (MH+)

IR(KBr, cm’¹): 2235, 1730 ¹H NMR (CDCIs, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.85 (m, 2H), 7.7-7.5 (m, 2H), 7.4 (t, 1H), 7.15 (m,

2H), 7.0 (d.d, 1H), 5.8 (sept., 1H), 4.65 (m, 1H), 3.85-3.55 (m, 4H), 2.0 (m, 4H).

Example 6 (compound No. 65)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate hydrochloride (1:1)

CF.

H

6.1. fert-Butyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate

A mixture of 0.678 g (3 mmol) of 2-bromo-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine, 0.901 g (4.5 mmol) of terf-butyl 4-aminopiperidine-1-carboxylate and 0.829 g (6 mmol) of potassium carbonate in 5 ml of dimethyl sulphoxide is heated at 100°C for 20 hours. The mixture is cooled to ambient température and then 50 ml of ethyl acetate and 15 ml of water are added. The organic phase is separated by settling and washed twice with 15 ml of water and then with 15 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated under vacuum. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 20:80 and then 30:70 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane in order to obtain 0.864 g (2.5 mmol) of product in the form of a white solid.

Melting point (°C): 152

6.2. (Piperidin-4-yl)(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)amine

0.860 g (2.49 mmol) of fe/ï-butyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)(pyridin-2-ylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate obtained in stage 6.1. is dissolved in 8.5 ml of dichloromethane. 1.91 ml of trifluoroacetic acid are added and the mixture is stirred at ambient température for 4 hours. The dichloromethane is evaporated and then the residue is coevaporated twice with 10 ml of 1,2-dichloroethane. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 50 ml of ethyl acetate, 10 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 5 ml of a 33% aqueous ammonia solution. The organic phase is separated by settling. It is washed with 2 times 10 ml of water and then with 10 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness to produce 0.572 g (2.33 mmol) of product in the form of an off-white solid.

Melting point (°C): 128

6.3. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)(pyridin-2- ylamino)piperidine-1 -carboxylate

A solution of 0.467 g (2.32 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in 3 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 0.781 g (4.64 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 0.38 ml (4.64 mmol) of pyridine and 0.014 g (0.11 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 1.5 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is left at ambient température overnight and then 0.569 g (2.32 mmol) of (piperidin-4-yl)(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)amine obtained in stage 6.2. and 1.22 ml (6.96 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine in 5 ml of dichloromethane are added. The mixture is stirred for 5 hours and then evaporated. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 10 ml of ethyl acetate, 50 ml of diethyl ether and 20 ml of water. The organic phase is separated by settling and then washed with 3 times 20 ml of a 1M aqueous potassium carbonate solution. The aqueous phases are reextracted with 20 ml of diethyl ether. The organic phases are washed with 20 ml of water and then 20 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. They are dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 15:85 and then 20:80 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane, in order to obtain 0.766 g (1.74 mmol) of product in the form of a white solid.

¹H NMR (CDCIs, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.3 (s, 1H), 7.55 (d.d, 1H), 6.25 (d, 1H), 5.75 (sept., 1H), 4.7 (d, 1H), 4.1 (m, 3H), 3.15 (m, 2H), 2.15 (m, 2H), 1.45 (m, 2H).

6.4. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)(pyridin-2- ylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate hydrochloride (1:1)

0.75 g (1.71 mmol) of 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2ylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate, obtained in stage 6.3, is dissolved in 15 ml of diisopropyl ether. 0.68 ml of a 5N solution of hydrochloric acid in isopropanol is added. The mixture is evaporated to dryness. The residue is recrystallized under hot conditions from a mixture of acetone and diisopropyl ether in order to obtain 0.616 g (1.30 mmol) of product in the form of white crystals.

Melting point (°C): 225-235 (décomposition) LC/MS (method B): Rt 9 min, m/z 440 (MH+) IR (KBr, cm’¹): 1740,1673, 1624 ¹H NMR (CD₃OD, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 8.25 (s, 1H), 8.05 (d.d, 1H), 7.15 (d, 1H), 6.15 (sept., 1 H), 4.2 (m, 2H), 4.0 (m, 1 H), 3.2 (m, 2H), 2.1 (m, 2H), 1.6 (m, 2H).

Example 7 (compound No. 120)

2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl

4-[(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]17933 piperidine-1 -carboxylate

O O

7.1. tert-Butyl 4-[(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of 0.844 g (4 mmol) of 4-chlorobenzenesulphonyl chloride in 5 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution of 0.857 g (4 mmol) of tert-butyl 4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, 0.99 ml (6 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine and 0.024 g (0.2 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 9 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. The organic phase is washed with 10 ml of water and then 4 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, 2 times 14 ml of water, 2 times 14 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 3 times 14 ml of water and 14 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 1.371 g (3.52 mmol) of product in the form of an orange paste used as is in the following stage.

7.2. 4-Chloro-A/-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)benzenesulphonamide

1.364 g (3.51 mmol), terf-butyl 4-[(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1carboxylate, obtained in stage 7.1., are dissolved in 11 ml of dichloromethane. 2.7 ml (35 mmol) of trifluoroacetic acid are added. The mixture is stirred for 4 hours and then evaporated to dryness. The residue is taken up in 11 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution. The aqueous phase is washed with 3 times 11 ml of diethyl ether and then 1.6 ml of a 33% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution are added. Extraction is carried out with 3 times 11 ml of dichloromethane and then with 3 times 15 ml of chloroform. The organic phases are dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 0.847 g (2.93 mmol) of product in the form of a white solid.

7.3. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)methyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate

A solution of 0.59 g (2.93 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in 6 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 0.984 g (5.86 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 0.48 ml (5.86 mmol) of pyridine and 0.015 g (0.17 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 6 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is left at ambient température overnight and then a mixture of 0.846 g (2.93 mmol) of 4-chloro-/V-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)benzenesulphonamide obtained in stage 7.2. and 1.21 ml (7.33 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine in 9 ml of * «>

dichloromethane is added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 5 hours and then evaporated to dryness. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 16 ml of ethyl acetate and 56 ml of diethyl ether. The organic phase is washed with 4 times 50 ml of water and then 70 ml of a 1M aqueous sodium carbonate solution, 70 ml of water and 70 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 25:75 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane. Crystaliization is carried out from n-hexane in order to obtain 0.849 g (1.75 mmol) of product in the form of a white solid.

Melting point (°C): 136-138

LC/MS (method C): Rt 6.4 min, m/z 483 (MH+)

IR(KBr, cm’¹): 3272,1726 ¹H NMR (CDCIg, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 7.85 (d, 2H), 7.55 (d, 2H), 5.75 (sept., 1H), 4.50 (m, 1 H), 4.20 (m, 2H), 2.90 (m, 4H), 1.75 (m, 3H), 1.15 (m, 2H).

Example 8 (compound No.166)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(3-chlorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1- carboxylate

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Cl

8.1. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)piperidine-1carboxylate

A solution of 3.02 g (15 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate is added dropwise to a solution, cooled to 0°C, under an argon atmosphère, of 3.15 ml (30 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3hexafluoro-2-propanol, 2.42 ml (30 mmol) of pyridine and 0.091 g (0.75 mmol) of 4dimethylaminopyridine in 10 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is left to react at ambient température overnight. It is cooled to 0°C and 3.00 g (15 mmol) of tert-butyl (piperidin-4yl)carbamate are added portionwise and then 6.55 ml (37.5 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are added dropwise. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 5 hours and evaporated. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 20 ml of ethyl acetate, 30 ml of water and 60 ml of diethyl ether. The organic phase is separated by settling. It is washed with 30 ml of water and then with 4 times 30 ml of a 1M aqueous sodium carbonate solution, 2 times 30 ml of water and 30 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 5.18 g (13.1 mmol) of product in the form of an off-white solid.

Melting point (°C): 104-106

IR (KBr, cm-¹): 1731, 1678 ¹H NMR (CDCIs, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 5.65 (sept., 1 H), 4.3 (m, 1 H), 4.0 (m, 2H), 3.6 (m, 1 H),

2.95 (m, 2H), 1.95 (m, 2H), 1.4-1.2 (m+s, 11 H).

8.2. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-aminopiperidine-1-carboxylate hydrochloride

5.10 g (12.93 mmol) of 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(tertbutoxycarbonylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate obtained in stage 8.1. are dissolved in 18 ml of dichloromethane, and 5.2 ml of a 5N solution of hydrochloric acid in isopropanol 10 are added with stirring. After 3 hours, a further 2.6 ml of the hydrochloric acid solution are added. Stirring is continued at ambient température overnight. The mixture is evaporated to dryness. 50 ml of diisopropyl ether are added. Stirring is continued for 3 hours. The solid is filtered off and then dried under vacuum in the presence of phosphorus pentoxide in order to obtain 4.27 g (12.9 mmol) of product in the form of an off-white powder.

Melting point (°C): 204-206

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 1731 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.2 (m, 3H), 6.6 (sept., 1H), 4.0 (m, 2H), 3.4-2.9 (m, 3H), 2.0 (m,2H), 1.45 (m, 2H).

8.3. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[3-(3-chlorophenyl)ureido]piperidine-1carboxylate

0.30 ml (1.72 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine and then 0.230 g (1.5 mmol) of 3chlorophenyl isocyanate in solution in 3 ml of dichloromethane are added to a suspension of 0.545 g (1.65 mmol) of of 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-aminopiperidine-125 carboxylate hydrochloride, obtained in stage 8.2., in 3 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. It is evaporated to dryness. The residue is taken up in a mixture of 40 ml of ethyl acetate and 10 ml of water. The organic phase is separated by settling. It is washed with 10 ml of water and then 10 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, 10 ml of water and 10 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium 30 chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purifled by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 30:70 and then 40:60 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane. Recrystallization is carried out under hot conditions from a mixture of ethyl acetate and n-hexane in order to obtain 0.51 g (1.14 mmol) of product in the form of a white crystalline powder.

Melting point (°C): 204-206

LC/MS (method D): Rt 1.27 min, m/z448 (MH+)

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 1725, 1683 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 8.55 (s, 1H), 7.65 (s, 1H), 7.25 (m, 2H), 6.95 (d.d, 1H), 6.55 (sept., 1H), 6.35 (d, 1H), 3.9 (m, 2H), 3.75 (m, 1H), 3.2 (m, 2H), 1.9 (m, 2H), 1.35 (m,2H).

Example 9 (compound No. 87)

2,2,2-T rifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl

4-{[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionylamino]methyl}piperidine-1 -carboxylate

9.1. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate hydrochloride

As described in the preceding Examples 2, 6.3. and 7.3., a mixture of 0.41 ml (3.91 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 0.32 ml (3.91 mmol) of pyridine, 0.023 g (0.19 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 0.75 g (3.72 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in solution in 13 ml of dichloromethane is left to react at ambient température overnight. 0.84 g (3.90 mmol) of terf-butyl (piperidin-4-yl)methylcarbamate and 2.1 ml (11.7 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 4 hours. The organic phase is washed with 5 times 25 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and then with 2 times 25 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution. It is dried over magnésium sulphate in order to obtain 1.6 g of product in the form of an oil.

The product is taken up in 9.7 ml (39 mmol) of a 4N solution of hydrochloric acid in dioxane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight and then evaporated to dryness. The residue is taken up in diethyl ether and the product is filtered off and dried under vacuum in order to obtain 0.91 g (2.64 mmol) of product in the form of an off-white powder.

Melting point (°C): 177-178

IR (KBr, cm'¹): 1716 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.95 (m, 3H), 6.55 (sept., 1H), 4.0 (m, 2H), 3.0 (m, 2H), 2.75 (m, 2H), 1.85 (m, 3H), 1.15 (m, 2H).

9.2. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate

0.10 g (0.29 mmol) of 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(aminomethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate hydrochloride, obtained in stage 9.1., and 0.071 g (0.29 mmol) of 2-(4J chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionyl chloride are dissolved in 1.5 ml of dichloromethane. 0.13 ml (0.73 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine is added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. 1.5 ml of dichloromethane are added. The organic phase is washed with 2 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, then filtered through a hydrophobie cartridge and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a gradient of 10:90 to 40:60 of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane, in 15 min, in order to obtain 0.089 g (0.176 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 77-78

LC/MS (method D): Rt 1.44 min, m/z 505 (MH+)

IR(KBr, cm’¹): 1749, 1655 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 8.2 (t, 1H), 7.35 (d, 2H), 6.9 (d, 2H), 6.55 (sept., 1H),

3.9 (m, 2H), 3.0-2.85 (m, 4H), 1.7 (m, 1H), 1.55 (d, 2H), 1.45 (s, 6H), 1.0 (m, 2H).

Example 10 (compound No. 191)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[2-(3-methyl-3-phenylureido)ethyl]azetidine-1carboxylate

10.1. 2,2,2-T rifl uoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(2-aminoethyl)azetidine-1 -carboxylate hydrochloride

As described in the preceding Example 9.1., a mixture of 1.65 ml (15.63 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 1.27 ml (15.63 mmol) of pyridine, 0.090 g (0.74 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine and 3.0 g (14.88 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in solution in 50 ml of dichloromethane is left to react at ambient température overnight.

Half the solution is withdrawn. 1.853 g (7.83 mmol) of fert-butyl (2-(azetidin-3yl)ethyl)carbamate, 4.19 ml (23.49 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine and 20 ml of dichloromethane are added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. The organic phase is subsequently washed with 3 times 50 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and then with 50 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution. It is dried over magnésium sulphate and evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 3.00 g of product.

The product is taken up in 19 ml (76 mmol) of a 4N solution of hydrochloric acid in dioxane. A further 20 ml of dioxane are added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 5 hours. It is evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 2.50 g (7.56 mmol) » » of product in the form of an oil which solidifies.

Melting point (°C): 116-117

IR(KBr, cm’¹): 1731 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.0 (m, 3H), 6.5 (sept., 1H), 4.15 (m, 2H), 3.75 (m, 2H), 2.75 (m, 3H), 1.9 (m, 2H).

10.2. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[2-(3-methyl-3-phenylureido)ethyl]azetidine1-carboxylate

0.112 g (0.34 mmol) of 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(2-aminoethyl)azetidine-1carboxylate hydrochloride, obtained in stage 10.1., is dissolved in 2 ml of dichloromethane. 0.054 g (0.32 mmol) of N-methyl-N-phenylcarbamoyl chloride and 0.15 ml (0.85 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. The organic phase is washed with 3 times 2 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and then with 2 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution. It is dried by filtration through a hydrophobie cartridge and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a gradient of 15:85 to 45:55 ethyl acetate and cyclohexane, in 15 minutes, in order to obtain 0.06 g (0.14 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 101-102

LC/MS (method D): Rt 1.2 min, m/z 428 (MH+)

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 3353, 1738, 1643 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 7.4 (m, 2H), 7.25 (m, 3H), 6.45 (sept., 1H), 6.0 (t, 1H), 4.1 (m, 2H), 3.75 (m, 2H), 3.15 (s, 3H), 3.0 (m, 2H), 2.65 (m, 1H), 1.7 (m, 2H).

Example 11 (compound No. 113)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(naphthalene-1-sulphonylamino)methyl]- pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

11.1. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(aminomethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate hydrochloride

The procedure is the same as described in Example 10.1. using 1.56 g (7.83 mmol) of tert-butyl (pyrrolidin-3-ylmethyl)carbamate (in place of tert-butyl (2-(azetidin-3yl)ethyl)carbamate), in order to obtain 1.51 g (4.56 mmol) of product in the form of an oil, used as is in the following stage. A solid sample is obtained by triturating from ethyl acetate.

Melting point (°C): 190°C (décomposition)

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 1732 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.90 (m, 3H), 6.55 (sept., 1H), 3.65 (m, 1H), 3.55 (m,

1H), 3.40 (m, 1H), 3.15 (m, 1H), 2.95 (m, 2H), 2.50 (m, 1H), 2.10 (m, 1H), 1.75 (m, 1H).

11.2. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[(naphthalene-1 -sulphonylamino)methyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

The procedure is the same as described in Example 10.2. using 0.10 g (0.30 mmol) of

2,2,2-trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-(aminomethyl)pyrrolidine-1 -carboxylate hydrochloride obtained in stage 11.2., 0.066 g (0.29 mmol) of naphthalene-1-sulphonyl chloride and 0.13 ml (0.76 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine, in order to obtain, after purification by chromatography on silica gel, 0.096 g (0.20 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 135-136

LC/MS (method C): Rt 4.88 min, m/z 485 (MH+)

IR (KBr, cm’¹): 1732 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 8.65 (d, 1H), 8.25 (d, 1H), 8.15 (m, 3H), 7.75-7.60 (m, 3H), 6.45 (sept., 1H), 3.45-3.20 (m, 3H), 3.05 (m, 1H), 2.85 (m, 2H), 2.30 (m, 1H), 1.85 (m, 1H), 1.55 (m, 1H).

Example 12 (compound No. 220)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[1-(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]- azetidine-1 -carboxylate

12.1. ferf-Butyl 3-(1-aminocyclopropyl)azetidine-1-carboxylate

10.5 ml (35 mmol) of titanium tetraisopropoxide (Ti(OiPr)₄) and then, dropwise, 21 ml (63 mmol) of a 3M solution of ethylmagnesium bromide in diethyl ether are added, under a nitrogen atmosphère, to a solution of 4.8 g (26.34 mmol) of terf-butyl 4-cyanoazetidine1-carboxylate in 150 ml of diethyl ether. The mixture is stirred for 40 minutes and then 9 ml (71 mmol) of the boron trifluoride etherate complex (BF₃.Et₂O) are added dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred for 5 hours. 100 ml of a 2M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 150 ml of dichloromethane are added. The mixture is filtered through celite. The organic phase is separated by settling. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 90:10 mixture of dichloromethane and methanol, in order to obtain 1.91 g (9.0 mmol) of product in the form of a colourless oil which slowly solidifies. ¹H NMR (CDCIa, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 3.65 (t, 2H), 3.35 (m, 2H), 2.30-2.20 (m, 1H), 1.45 (s, 2H), 1.15 (s, 9H), 0.35 (m, 2H), 0.20 (m, 2H).

12.2. tert-Butyl 3-[1-(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate 0.35 g (1.65 mmol) of terf-butyl 3-(1-aminocyclopropyl)azetidine-1 -carboxylate, obtained in stage 12.1., 0.6 ml (3.44 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine and 0.34 g (1.61 mmol) of 4-chlorobenzenesulphonyl chloride are dissolved in 4 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is stirred at ambient température for 20 hours. 20 ml of dichloromethane are added and washing is carried out with 10 ml of a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, then 10 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 10 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. The organic phase is filtered through a hydrophobie cartridge and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 95:5 mixture of dichloromethane and methanol, in order to obtain 0.30 g (0.77 mmol) of product in the form of a white solid.

¹H NMR (CDCI_3j δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.85 (m, 2H), 7.55 (m, 2H), 5.55 (s, 1H), 3.90 (t, 2H), 3.50 (m, 2H), 3.15-3.00 (m, 1H), 1.50 (s, 9H), 0.80 (s, 4H).

12.3. N-(1 -(Azetidin-3-yl)cyclopropyl)-4-chlorobenzenesulphonamide hydrochloride

0.30 g (0.78 mmol) of terf-butyl 3-[1-(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate, obtained in stage 12.2., is dissolved in 10 ml of methanol. 0,2 ml (1.58 mmol) of trimethylsilyl chloride is added. The mixture is stirred at ambient température overnight. A further 0.2 ml of trimethylsilyl chloride is added and stirring is continued for 4 hours. The mixture is concentrated under vacuum and then the residue is taken up in ethyl acetate and evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 0.28 g of product in the form of a white solid used as is.

12.4. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 3-[1 -(4-chlorobenzenesulphonylamino)cyclopropyl]azetidine-1 -carboxylate

A solution of 2.0 g (9.9 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in 10 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution of 2.50 g (14.9 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2propanol and 1.90 ml (23.5 mmol) of pyridine in 40 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is left to react at ambient température overnight.

ml of this solution are withdrawn and 0.28 g (0.87 mmol) of N-(1-azetidin-3-ylcyclopropyl)-4-chlorobenzenesulphonamide hydrochloride, obtained in stage 12.3., and 1.3 ml (7.46 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine are added. The mixture is stirred for 8 hours. Washing is carried out with 2 times 10 ml of a 0.5N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution and then 3 times 10 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium carbonate solution. The organic phase is filtered through a hydrophobie cartridge and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 95:5 mixture of dichloromethane and methanol, in order to obtain 0.32 g (0.66 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 108-109

LC/MS (method C): Rt 4.97 min, m/z 481 (MH+)

IR(KBr, cm’¹): 1761,1736 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 8.55 (s, 1H), 7.80 (d, 2H), 7.70 (d, 2H), 6.45 (septet, 1H), 3.90 (m, 2H), 3.70 (m, 2H), 2.85 (m, 1H), 0.65 (m, 2H), 0.60 (m, 2H).

Example 13 (compound No. 231)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-carbamoylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)piperidine-1carboxylate h₂n

13.1. tert-Butyl 4-(4-carbamoylpyrazol-1 -ylmethyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate

2.15 g (10 mmol) of terf-butyl 4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate, 2.11 ml (15 mmol) of triethylamine and 0.06 g (0.5 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine are dissolved in 15 ml of dichloromethane under an argon atmosphère. The solution is cooled with an ice bath and a solution of 1.60 g (14 mmol) of methanesulphonyl chloride in 5 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise. The mixture is stirred at the température of the ice bath for one hour and then at ambient température for 2 hours. 20 ml of water and 20 ml of dichloromethane are added. The organic phase is separated by settling and washed with 20 ml of a 0.5N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, then twice with 20 ml of water and 20 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness in order to obtain 2.96 g (10 mmol) of mesylate in the form of an orange oil.

1.76 g (6 mmol) of this product are redissolved in 6 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide. 0.76 g (6.9 mmol) of 1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide and 1.24 g (9 mmol) of potassium carbonate are added with stirring and the mixture is heated at 70°C overnight. 30 ml of ethyl acetate are added and the solid is filtered off and washed with 6 ml of a 1:5 mixture of N,Ndimethylformamide and ethyl acetate and then 6 ml of ethyl acetate. The filtrâtes are evaporated to dryness. The residue is taken up in 50 ml of a 95:5 mixture of chloroform and methanol. The insoluble material is filtered off and washed twice with a 95:5 mixture of chloroform and methanol. The filtrâtes are evaporated to dryness and the residue is recrystallized under hot conditions from ethyl acetate in order to obtain 0.98 g (3.17 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 190-192 ¹H NMR (CDCIa, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 7.80 (s, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 5.55 (m, 2H), 4.05 (broad d,

2H), 3.95 (d, 2H), 2.60 (t, 2H), 2.00 (m, 1H), 1.45 (broad d, 2H), 1.80 (s, 9H), 1.20-1.00 (m, 2H).

13.2.1-(Piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1 H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide hydrochloride

A suspension of 0.96 g (3.11 mmol) of tert-butyl 4-(4-carbamoylpyrazol-110 ylmethyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate, obtained in stage 13.1., in 25 ml of a 5N solution of hydrochloric acid (124 mmol) in isopropanol is stirred overnight. It is evaporated to dryness and then coevaporated twice with 25 ml of ethyl acetate. The product is resuspended in 25 ml of ethyl acetate. It is filtered, washed twice with 10 ml of ethyl acetate and dried under vacuum in order to obtain 0.91 g (3.23 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

¹H NMR (DMSO+D₂O, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.15 (s, 1H), 7.85 (s, 1H), 4.05 (d, 2H), 3.25 (broad d, 2H), 2,80 (broad t, 2H), 2.10 (m, 1H), 1.60 (broad d, 2H), 1.45-1.25 (m, 2H).

13.3. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-(4-carbamoylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)piperidine20 1-carboxylate

A solution of 0.605 g (3 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in 5 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution of 1.00 g (6 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 0.49 ml (6 mmol) of pyridine and 0.036 g (0.3 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 5 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is left to react at ambient température overnight.

This solution is added dropwise, under an argon atmosphère, to a solution, cooled with an ice bath, of 0.84 g (3 mmol) of 1-(piperidin-4-ylmethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide hydrochloride, obtained in stage 13.2., and 2.2 ml (13 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine in a mixture of 15 ml of Ν,Ν-dimethylformamide and 7 ml of dimethyl sulphoxide. The reaction mixture is subsequently stirred at ambient température for 2 hours and evaporated under vacuum. The residue is taken up in 50 ml of ethyl acetate and 2.8 g (20 mmol) of potassium carbonate are added thereto. The mixture is stirred vigorously for 2 hours. The solid is filtered off and washed twice with 25 ml of ethyl acetate. The filtrate is subsequently washed twice with 10 ml of a semisaturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then twice with 10 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. The filtrate is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 97:3, then 95:5 and 92:8 mixture of dichloromethane and methanol, in order to obtain 1.0 g of product in the form of a white solid, contaminated by approximately 3 mol% of 4-nitro-phenyl 4-(4carbamoylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate.

0.80 g of this product is redissolved in 15 ml of ethyl acetate. 0.2 g of 10% palladium-oncharcoal is added thereto and the mixture is stirred under a hydrogen atmosphère of 2 bar for 3 hours. It is subsequently filtered through celite. Rinsing is carried out 4 times with 10 ml of ethyl acetate and the filtrate is evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 97:3, then 95:5 and then 92:8 mixture of dichloromethane and methanol, in order to obtain 0.75 g of product in the form of a white solid. Recrystallization is carried out under hot conditions from a mixture of ethyl acetate and diisopropyl ether in order to obtain 0.68 g (1.69 mmol) of product in the form of a white powder.

Melting point (°C): 98-118

LC/MS (method D): Rt 0.97 min, m/z 403 (MH+)

IR(KBr, cm·¹): 1722,1656 ¹H NMR (CDCIs, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 7.90 (s, 1H), 7.80 (s, 1H), 5.75 (septet 1H), 5.55 (m, 2H), 4.20 (broad t, 2H), 4.05 (d, 2H), 2.90 (m, 2H), 2.20 (m, 1H), 1.65 (m, 2H), 1.25 (m, 2H).

Example 14 (compound No. 234)

2,2,2-Trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(5-carbamoylpyrazin-2-ylamino)ethyl]piperidine1 -carboxylate

H

14.1. tert-Butyl 4-[2-(5-carbamoylpyrazin-2-ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1 -carboxylate

A mixture of 1.12 g (7.15 mmol) of 5-chloropyrazine-2-carboxamide, 1.95 g (8.58 mmol) of tert-butyl 4-(2-aminoethyl)piperidine-1 -carboxylate and 1.18 g (8.58 mmol) of potassium carbonate in 1.4 ml of dimethyl sulphoxide is heated during 5 hours at 100°C under an argon atmosphère and with stirring. After cooling to ambient température, 25 ml of ethyl acetate and 25 ml of water are added. The organic phase is separated by settling and washed 3 times with 25 ml of water and then 25 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. It is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 97:3, then 95:5 and 93:7 mixture of dichloromethane and methanol, in order to obtain 1.99 g (5.69 mmol) of product in the form of a light-yellow paste.

¹H NMR (CDCIs, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.65 (s, 1H), 8.10 (s, 1H), 7.55 (m, 1H), 5.75 (m, 1H),

4.85 (m, 1H), 4.15 (m, 2H), 3.45 (m, 2H), 2.75 (t, 2H), 1.80-1.60 (m, 5H), 1.50 (s, 9H), 1.35-1.10 (m, 2H).

14.2. 5-(2-(Piperidin-4-yl)ethylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide dihydrochloride

1,98 g (5.68 mmol) of terf-butyl 4-[2-(5-carbamoylpyrazin-2-ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1carboxylate, obtained in stage 14.1., are dissolved in 20 ml of dichloromethane. 13 ml of a 5N solution of hydrochloric acid in isopropanol are added and the mixture is stirred overnight. It is evaporated to dryness and then coevaporated twice with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. The residue is taken up in 17 ml of ethyl acetate and stirred for one hour. The 10 solid is filtered off, washed with 2 times 5 ml of ethyl acetate and dried under vacuum in order to obtain 1.78 g (5.54 mmol) of product in the form of a yellow solid.

¹H NMR (DMSO+D₂O, δ ppm, 200 MHz): 8.20 (s, 1H), 8.10 (s, 1H), 3.40 (t, 2H), 3.25 (broad d, 2H), 2.80 (t, 2H), 1.90 (broad d, 2H), 1.70-1.15 (m, 5H).

14.3. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1 -(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-[2-(5-carbamoylpyrazin-2ylamino)ethyl]piperidine-1-carboxylate

A solution of 1.01 g (5 mmol) of 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate in 8.5 ml of dichloromethane is added dropwise to a solution, cooled under argon with an ice bath, of 1.69 g (10 mmol) of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol, 0.82 ml (10 mmol) of pyridine and 0.030 g 20 (0.25 mmol) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in 8.5 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture is left to react at ambient température overnight.

This solution is added dropwise, under an argon atmosphère and with stirring, to a mixture, cooled with a bath of cold water, of 1.62 g (5.04 mmol) of 5-(2-(piperidin-4yl)ethylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide dihydrochloride, obtained in stage 14.2., and 3.75 25 ml (22 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine in 11 ml of dimethyl sulphoxide. The reaction mixture is subsequently stirred at ambient température for 4 hours and evaporated under vacuum. The residue is taken up in 110 ml of ethyl acetate and 4.7 g (34 mmol) of potassium carbonate are added thereto. The mixture is stirred vigorously for 4 hours. The solid is filtered off and washed twice with 30 ml of ethyl acetate. The filtrate is 30 subsequently washed 3 times with 16 ml of a semisaturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then 3 times with 16 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. The filtrate is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The product is purified by chromatography on silica gel, elution being carried out with a 90:10 mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane and then with ethyl acetate, in order to obtain 1.6 g of 35 product. It is redissolved in 90 ml of ethyl acetate and washed 3 times with 7.5 ml of a 1M aqueous potassium carbonate solution and then twice with 7.5 ml of water. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated in order to obtain 1.57 g of product.

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Recrystallization is carried out under hot conditions from a mixture of ethyl acetate and diisopropyl ether, in order to obtain 1.31 g (2.95 mmol) of product in the form of a lightyellow powder.

Melting point (°C): 156-158

LC/MS (method D): Rt 1.16 min, m/z 444 (MH+)

IR (KBr, cm'¹): 1725, 1675 ¹H NMR (DMSO, δ ppm, 400 MHz): 8.65 (s, 1H), 8.10 (s, 1H), 7.45 (broad s, 1H), 5.75 (septet, 1H), 5.55 (broad s, 1H), 4,70 (broad s, 1H), 4.15 (broad t, 2H), 3.50 (broad s, 2H), 2.90 (m, 2H), 1.80-1.20 (m, 7H).

The chemical structures and the physical properties of a few examples of compounds according to the invention are illustrated in thefollowing Table 1. In this table:

M.p. (°C) represents the melting point of the compound in degrees Celsius;

- (m/z) represents the molecular ion observed in mass spectrometry (LC/MS); (MH+) represents a molecular ion with protonation;

((M-H)-) represents a molecular ion with loss of a proton;

- (M+) represents a molecular ion with loss of an électron;

- (MH+ACN) represents a molecular ion in the form of an adduct with acetonitrile;

(MNH₄+) represents a molecular ion in the form of an adduct with ammonia;

- (MACO₂-) represents a molecular ion in the form of an adduct with the acetate ion;

- in the Z and A columns, means that Z and/or A are absent;

in the Sait column, represents a compound in the form of the free base and HCl represents a compound in the hydrochlorideform;

NC represents a cyano group;

- -(c-prop) represents a cyclopropylenyl group;

- -NHC-(c-prop)- represents a group:

The compounds described in Table 1 were prepared according to the methods described above.

The rétention times (Rt) of several compounds of Table 1, measured by LC/MS analysis according to one of the methods A, B, C, D or E described above, are illustrated in Table 2.

The optical rotations ([a]_D) obtained for the enantiomeric compounds 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Table 1 and the conditions for measuring [a]_D are given in Table 3.

Table 1

No.	R	Z	A	m	n	Sait	M.p. (°C)	LC/MS (m/z)
1.	4-CI-phenyl	-	-	1	1	-	60-62	390 (MH+)
2.	3-CH3-phenyl	-	-	1	1	oil	-	411 (MH+ACN)
3.	2-CF3-phenyl	-	-	1	1	oil	-	465 (MH+ACN)
4.	2-CH3Û-phenyl	-	-	1	1	oil	-	427 (MH+ACN)
5.	4-NC-phenyl	-	-	1	1	-	54-56	398 (MNH4+)
6.	4-CH3NHCO-phenyl	-	-	1	1	oil		413 (MH+)
7.	naphth-1-yl	-		1	1	oii	-	447 (MH+ACN)
8.	benzoxazol-2-yl	-	-	1	1	-	71-73	397 (MH+)
9.	5-F-benz[d]isoxazol-3-yl	-	-	1	1	-	127-129	415 (MH+)
10.	6-F-benz[d]isoxazol-3-yl	-	-	1	1	-	91-93	415 (MH+)
11.	2-oxobenzimidazol-1-yl	-		1	1	-	196-198	412 (MH+)
12.	5-CI-2-oxobenzimidazol-1-yl	-	-	1	1	-	231-233	446 (MH+)
13.	5-CF3-benzotriazol-1 -yl		-	1	1	-	127-129	465 (MH+)
14.	5-(4-F-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl	-	-	1	1	-	113-115	442 (MH+)
15.	6-F-indazol-3-yl	-	-	1	1	-	137-141	414 (MH+)
16.	phenyl	CH_Z	-	1	1	oil	-	411 (MH+ACN)
17.	3-(4-Cl-phenyl)isoxazol-5-yl	ch₂		1	1	-	91-93	471 (MH+)
18.	4-CI-phenyl	(CH_z)2	-	1	1	oil	-	435 (MNH4+)
19.	4-CI-phenyl	c^c	-	1	1	oil	-	414 (MH+)
20.	3-(4-F-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	0	0	-	68-69	438 (MH+)
21.	3-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	0	0	oil	-	444 (M+)
22.	3-(4-F-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	0	1	-	72-73	452 (MH+)
23.	3-(4-F-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	0	1	-	72-73	452 (MH+)
24.	3-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	0	1	oil	-	476 (MNH4+)
25.	3-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	0	1	oil	-	476 (MNH4+)
26.	4-F-phenyl	-	O	1	1	oil	-	389 ((M-H)-)
27.	3-H2NCO-phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	121-123	415 (MH+)
28.	4-H2NCO-phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	153-155	415 (MH+)
29.	3-(3-F-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	oil	-	466 (MH+)
30.	3-(4~F-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	78-80	466 (MH+)

31.	3-(3-CI-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	70-72	482 (MH+)
32.	3-(4-CI-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	98-100	482 (MH+)
33.	3-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl		O	1	1	-	80-82	473 (MH+)
34.	3-(4-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	73-77	473 (MH+)
35.	4-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	-	87-89	473 (MH+)
36.	4-(4-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1		141-143	473 (MH+)
37.	3-(3-CH₃O-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	oil	-	478 (MH+)
38.	3-(4-CH₃O-phenyl)phenyl	-	O	1	1	oil	-	478 (MH+)
39.	4-CI-naphth-1-yl	-	O	1	1	-	88-90	514 (MACO2-)
40.	naphth-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	113-115	422 (MH+)
41.	6-NC-naphth-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	127-129	447 (MH+)
42.	6-CH₃O-naphth-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	120-122	452 (MH+)
43.	7-CH₃O-naphth-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	98-100	452 (MH+)
44.	pyridin-4-yl	-	O	1	1	oil	-	373 (MH+)
45.	6-(3-NC-phenyl)pyridin-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	124-126	474 (MH+)
46.	5-(3-NC-phenyl)pyridin-3-yl	-	O	1	1	-	138-140	474 (MH+)
47.	6-(3-NC-phenyl)pyrimidin-4-yl	-	O	1	1	-	129-133	475 (MH+)
48.	6-(4-F-phenyl)pyrazin-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	107-109	468 (MH+)
49.	6-(3-NC-phenyl)pyrazin-2-yl	-	O	1	1	-	122-124	475 (MH+)
50.	3-H2NCO-phenyl	-	OCH₂	1	1	-	109-111	429 (MH+)
51.	4-CI-naphth-1-yl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	141-143	470 (MH+)
52.	3-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	83-85	487 (MH+)
53.	3-(4-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	109-111	487 (MH+)
54.	4-(3-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	109-111	487 (MH+)
55.	4-(4-NC-phenyl)phenyl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	133-135	487 (MH+)
56.	naphth-2-yl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	71-73	436 (MH+)
57.	6-CH₃O-naphth-2-yl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	107-109	466 (MH+)
58.	7-CH₃O-naphth-2-yl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	120-122	466 (MH+)
59.	6-NC-naphth-2-yl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	106-108	461 (MH+)
60.	4-phenyl-phenyl	-	O(CH₂)₂	1	1	-	97-99	476 (MH+)
61.	4-C!-naphth-1-yl	-	O(CH₂)2	1	1	-	86-88	483 (M+)
62.	6-Br-pyridin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1	HCl	163-167	450 (MH+)
63.	5-NC-pyridin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1	-	138-140	397 (MH+)
64.	5-H2NCO-pyridin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1	-	193-195	415 (MH+)
65.	5-CF₃-pyridin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1	HCl	225-235	440 (MH+)
66.	4-CF₃-pyrimidin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1	-	111-115	441 (MH+)
67.	2-Br-pyrimidin-4-yl		NH	1	1	-	147-149	451 (MH+)
68.	6-(4-F-phenyl)pyridin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1	-	91-93	466 (MH+)
69.	6-(3-NC-phenyl)pyridin-2-yl	-	NH	1	1		113-115	473 (MH+)
70.	2-(3-NC-phenyl)pyrimidin-4-yl	-	NH	1	1	-	151-153	474 (MH+)
71.	6-CI-pyridin-2-yl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	57-59	420 ((M-H)-)
72.	pyridin-4-yl	-	S	1	1	oil	-	389 (MH+)
73.	phenyl	-	SO₂	1	1	oil	-	437 (MNH4+)
74.	4-F-phenyl	-	CO	1	1	oil	-	402 (MH+)

75.	4-CI-phenyI	-	CO	1	1	oil	-	418 (MH+)
76.	4-CI-phenyl	-	CONH	1	1	-	156-157	431 ((M-H)-)
77.	4-CH3-phenyl	-	CONH	1	1	-	194-195	413 (MH+)
78.	indol-1-yl	-	CONH	1	1	-	158-160	436 ((M-H)-)
79.	3-CI-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl	-	CONH	1	1	-	146-147	487 ((M-H)-)
80.	4-CI-phenyl	och₂	CONH	1	1	-	115-116	461 ((M-H)-)
81.	phenyl	(E)-CH=CH	CONH	0	0	-	134-135	397 (MH+)
82.	phenyl	(E)-CH=CH	CONH	1	1	-	143-145	425 (MH+)
83.	4-CI-phenyl	-	conhch₂	1	1	-	149-151	447 (MH+)
84.	indol-1-yl	-	conhch₂	1	1	-	145-147	452 (MH+)
85.	3-CI-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl	-	conhch₂	1	1	-	126-127	503 (MH+)
86.	4-CI-phenyl	OCH₂	conhch₂	1	1	-	81-82	477 (MH+)
87.	4-CI-phenyl	OC(CH₃)₂	conhch₂	1	1	-	77-78	505 (MH+)
88.	phenyl	(£)-CH=CH	conhch₂	0	1	-	125-126	425 (MH+)
89.	phenyl	(E)-CH=CH	conhch₂	1	1	-	137-138	439 (MH+)
90.	4-Cl-phenyl	och₂	conhch₂	0	1	oil	-	463 (MH+)
91.	indol-1-yl	-	CONH(CH₂)₂	1	1	-	113-115	466 (MH+)
92.	phenyl	ch₂	CONH(CH₂)₂	0	0	-	78-79	413 (MH+)
93.	4-CI-phenyl	och₂	CONH(CH₂)₂	0	0	oil	-	463 (MH+)
94.	phenyl	(E)-CH=CH	CONH(CH₂)₂	0	0	-	119-120	425 (MH+)
95.	2-CH3O-5-Br-phenyl	-	so₂nh	0	0	-	61	515 (MH+)
96.	2-F-4-Br-phenyl		so₂nh	0	0	-	96-97	502 ((M-H)-)
97.	indan-5-yl		so₂nh	0	0	-	88-89	445 ((M-H)-)
98.	4-phenyl-phenyl	-	so₂nh	0	0	-	146-147	481 ((M-H)-)
99.	4-CH₃-naphth-1-yl	-	so₂nh	0	0	-	163-164	471 (MH+)
100.	5-CI-thien-2-yl	-	so₂nh	0	0	-	151-152	445 ((M-H)-)
101.	5-Br-thien-2-yl	-	so₂nh	0	0	-	125-126	489 ((M-H)-)
102.	benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl	-	so₂nh	0	0	-	189-190	427 (MH+)
103.	3-CI-phenyl	-	so₂nh	1	1	-	115-116	467 ((M-H)-)
104.	4-CI-phenyl	-	so₂nh	1	1	-	153-155	469 (MH+)
105.	2-CH3O-5-Br-phenyl	-	so₂nh	1	1	-	149-150	541 ((M-H)-)
106.	naphth-1-yl	-	so₂nh	1	1	-	117-118	483 ((M-H)-)
107.	naphth-2-yI		so₂nh	1	1	-	157-158	483 ((M-H)-)
108.	phenyl	ch₂	so₂nh	0	0	-	118-119	419 ((M-H)-)
109.	phenyl	ch₂	so₂nh	1	1	-	143-145	449 (MH+)
110.	4-CI-phenyl	-	so₂nhch₂	0	0	-	98-99	455 (MH+)
111.	3-CI-phenyl	-	so₂nhch₂	0	1	-	61-62	469 (MH+)
112.	4-CI-phenyl	-	so₂nhch₂	0	1	-	117-118	469 (MH+)
113.	naphth-1-yl	-	so₂nhch₂	0	1	-	135-136	485 (MH+)
114.	naphth-2-yl	-	so₂nhch₂	0	1	-	134-135	485 (MH+)
115.	phenyl	-	so₂nhch₂	1	1	-	82-84	449 (MH+)
116.	2-F-phenyl		so₂nhch₂	1	1	-	108-110	467 (MH+)
117.	4-F-phenyl	-	so₂nhch₂	1	1	-	103-105	467 (MH+)
118.	2-CI-phenyl	-	so₂nhch₂	1	1	-	98-100	483 (MH+)

119.	3-CI-phenyl		SO₂NHCH₂	1	1	-	59-60	481 ((M-H)-)
120.	4-CI-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	136-138	483 (MH+)
121.	2-CH3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	81-83	463 (MH+)
122.	3-CH3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1		96-98	463 (MH+)
123.	4-CH3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1		115-117	463 (MH+)
124.	2-CF3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	83-85	517 (MH+)
125.	3-CF3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	103-105	515 ((M-H)-)
126.	4-CF3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	115-117	517 (MH+)
127.	2-CH3O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	86-88	479 (MH+)
128.	3-CH₃O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	98-100	477 ((M-H)-)
129.	4-CH3O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	131-133	479 (MH+)
130.	3-CFsO-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	oil	-	533 (MH+)
131.	4-CF3O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	109-110	533 (MH+)
132.	3-NC-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	118-120	474 (MH+)
133.	4-NC-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	148-150	472 ((M-H)-)
134.	2-F-3-CI-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	98-100	501 (MH+)
135.	2-CI-3-CI-phenyI		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	88-90	517 (MH+)
136.	2-CF3-4-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	110-111	533 ((M-H)-)
137.	3-F-4-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	118-119	483 ((M-H)-)
138.	3-F-4-CH3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	94-96	479 ((M-H)-)
139.	3-CI-4-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	144-146	499 (MH+)
140.	3-CI-4-CI-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	105-106	515 ((M-H)-)
141.	3-CI-4-CH3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	99-100	495 ((M-H)-)
142.	3-CI-4-CF₃O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	101-103	565 ((M-H)-)
143.	3-CH3-4-CH3-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	134-136	475 ((M-H)-)
144.	3-F-4-CH₃O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	115-116	497 (MH+)
145.	3-CH₃-4-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	117-119	479 ((M-H)-)
146.	3-CH3O-4-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	131-132	497 (MH+)
147.	3-CF₃-4-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	112-113	533 ((M-H)-)
148.	3-CF₃-4-CI-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	108-109	549 ((M-H)-)
149.	4-CH3SO2-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	180-181	527 (MH+)
150.	4-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-SO2-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	198-199	582 (MH+)
151.	4-phenylphenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	137-138	525 (MH+)
152.	naphth-1-yl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	155-156	499 (MH+)
153.	naphth-2-yl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	113-114	499 (MH+)
154.	benzo[ô]thiophen-3-yl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	128-130	505 (MH+)
155.	3-CH3-5-CH₃-isoxazol-4-yl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	oii	101-103	466 ((M-H)-)
156.	4-(oxazol-5-yl)phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	121-122	514 ((M-H)-)
157.	4-CI-phenyl	ch₂	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	100-102	495 ((M-H)-)
158.	4-CI-phenyl		S0₂NHC-(c-prop)	1	1	-	150-152	509 (MH+)
159.	4-CH3O-phenyl		SO2NHC-(c-prop)	1	1	-	142-144	505 (MH+)
160.	3-Cl-phenyl		SO₂NH(CH₂)2	0	0	-	71-72	469 (MH+)
161.	4-CI-phenyl		SO₂NH(CH2)₂	0	0	-	112-113	469 (MH+)
162.	naphth-1-yl		SO₂NH(CH2)₂	0	0	-	124-125	485 (MH+)

163.	naphth-2-yl	-	SO₂NH(CH₂)2	0	0	-	130-131	485 (MH+)
164.	phenyl	-	OCONH	1	1	-	146-148	413 ((M-H)-)
165.	phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	203-205	414 (MH+)
166.	3-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	204-206	448 (MH+)
167.	4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	182-184	448 (MH+)
168.	3-NC-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	173-175	439 (MH+)
169.	4-NC-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1		108-112	439 (MH+)
170.	2-F-4-F-phenyl		NHCONH	1	1	-	158-160	450 (MH+)
171.	2-CI~4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	183-185	482 (MH+)
172.	2-CI-5-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	179-181	482 (MH+)
173.	2-CH3O-5-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	172-174	478 (MH+)
174.	3-CH3SC>2-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	170-174	492 (MH+)
175.	3-H2NCO-phenyl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	202-204	457 (MH+)
176.	phenyl	ch₂	NHCONH	1	1	-	163-165	428 (MH+)
177.	4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	0	0	-	150-151	434 (MH+)
178.	3-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	0	1	-	130-131	448 (MH+)
179.	4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	0	1	-	183-184	448 (MH+)
180.	4-NC-phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	0	1	oïl	-	439 (MH+)
181.	4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	155-157	462 (MH+)
182.	benzimidazol-5-yl	-	NHCONHCH2	1	1		143-145	468 (MH+)
183.	indazol-6-yl	-	NHCONHCH2	1	1		83-85	468 (MH+)
184.	2-(4-CF₃-phenyl)thiazol-4-yl		NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	183-184	579 (MH+)
185.	phenyl	ch₂	NHCONHCH2	0	1	-	86-87	428 (MH+)
186.	phenyl	ch₂	NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	162-164	442 (MH+)
187.	phenyl	-	N(CH₃)CONHCH₂	0	1	-	101-102	428 (MH+)
188.	3-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH(CH_z)2	0	0	-	116-117	448 (MH+)
189.	4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH(CH₂)2	0	0	-	119-120	448 (MH+)
190.	4-NC-phenyl	-	NHCONH(CH₂)2	0	0	oïl	-	439 (MH+)
191.	phenyl	-	N(CH₃)CONH(CH2)2	0	0	-	101-102	428 (MH+)
192.	4-CI-phenyl	-	NHCONH(CH₂)2	1	1	-	159-161	476 (MH+)
193.	phenyl	ch₂	NHCONH(CH₂)2	0	0	-	105-106	428 (MH+)
194.	4-CI-phenyl	-	SO2NHCO	1	1	-	166-167	495 ((M-H)-)
195.	4-CI-phenyl	-	SO2NHCONH	1	1	-	173-174	510 ((M-H)-)
196.	4-CI-phenyl	-	SO2NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	156-157	524 ((M-H)-)
197.	4-H2NCO-phenyl	-	OCH2	1	1	-	169-171	429 (MH+)
198.	3-H2NCO-phenyl	-	O(CH₂)2	1	1	-	102-106	443 (MH+)
199.	4-H2NCO-phenyl		O(CH₂)₂	1	1	-	125-127	443 (MH+)
200.	4-CH3SÛ2-phenyl	-	SO2NH	1	1	-	173-175	511 ((M-H)-)
201.	pyridin-3-yl	-	SO2NH	1	1	-	162-164	436 (MH+)
202.	2-CF₃O-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	72-74	533 (MH+)
203.	2-CH₃O-4-CH₃-phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	122-124	493 (MH+)
204.	2,4-(OCH₃)2 -phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	123-125	509 (MH+)
205.	2-CH₃O-5-CH₃O-phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	81-83	509 (MH+)
206.	2-CH3O-5-F-phenyl		SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	138-140	497 (MH+)

207.	2-CH3O-5-CH3SOz-phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	82-84	557 (MH+)
208.	2,5-(CH3)z-4-CI-phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	122-124	509 ((M-H)-)
209.	3-(5-CH3-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)-phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	138-140	531 (MH+)
210.	2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxan-6-yl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	122-124	507 (MH+)
211.	benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1		146-148	507 (MH+)
212.	4-CH₃-3,4-dihydro-2H- benz[1,4]oxazin-7-yl		SO2NHCH2	1	1		118-120	520 (MH+)
213.	3-(2-CH3-pyrimidin-4-yl)phenyl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1		135-137	541 (MH+)
214.	1,3-(CH₃)2-5-CI-pyrazol-4-yl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	86-88	501 (MH+)
215.	pyridin-3-yl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	92-94	450 (MH+)
216.	6-CI-pyridin-3-yl	-	SO2NHCH2	1	1	-	144-146	482 ((M-H)-)
217.	4-CI-phenyl	-	SO₂N(CH₃)CH2	1	1	oii	-	497 (MH+)
218.	4-CH3SO2-phenyl	-	SO₂NH(CH₂)2	1	1	-	113-115	541 (MH+)
219.	pyridin-3-yl	-	SO₂NH(CH2)2	1	1	-	103-105	464 (MH+)
220.	4-Cl-phenyl	-	SO₂NHC-(c-prop)	0	0	-	108-109	481 (MH+)
221.	2-CH₃O-5-CH₃SOz-phenyl	-	SO₂NHC-(c-prop)	0	0	-	98-100	572 (MNH4+)
222.	pyridin-3-yl	-	SC>2NHC-(c-prop)	0	0	-	122-124	448 (MH+)
223.	4-CH3SC>2-phenyl	-	SO2NHC-(c-prop)	0	0	-	198-200	525 (MH+)
224.	4-CH3SO2-phenyl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	107-109	504 (MH+ACN)
225.	4-H2NSO₂-phenyl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	184-186	464 (MH+)
226.	2-H2NCO-pyridin-4-yl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	160-163	429 (MH+)
227.	4-H2NCO-pyridin-2-yl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	143-145	429 (MH+)
228.	5-H2NCO-pyridin-2-yl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	146-148	429 (MH+)
229.	6-H2NCO-pyridin-2-yl	-	NHCH_Z	1	1	-	50-60	429 (MH+)
230.	5-H2NCO-pyrazin-2-yl	-	NHCH₂	1	1	-	187-189	430 ((M-H)-)
231.	4-H2NCO-pyrazol-1 -yl	ch₂	-	1	1	-	98-118	403 (MH+)
232.	5-H2NCO-pyridin-2-yl	-	NH(CH₂)2	1	1	-	148-150	443 (MH+)
233.	4-H2NCO-pyrimidin-2-yi	-	NH(CH₂)₂	1	1	-	145-147	444 (MH+)
234.	5-H2NCO-pyrazin-2-yl	-	NH(CH₂)2	1	1	-	156-158	444 (MH+)
235.	6-H2NCO-pyrazin-2-yl	-	NH(CH₂)₂	1	1	-	156-158	444 (MH+)
236.	2,3-dihydrobenz[1,4]oxazin-4-yl	-	CONH	1	1	-	123-125	456 (MH+)
237.	2,3-dihydrobenz[1,4]oxazin-4-yl	-	CONHCH2	1	1	-	35-37	470 (MH+)
238.	3-CH3SO2-phenyl	-	CONH(CH₂)2	1	1	-	115-117	505 (MH+)
239.	4-CH3SC>2-phenyl		CONH(CH₂)₂	1	1	-	112-114	505 (MH+)
240.	4-H2NSO2-phenyl	-	CONH(CH₂)2	1	1	-	176-178	506 (MH+)
241.	2,3-dihydrobenz[1,4]oxazin-4-yl	-	CONH(CH₂)₂	1	1	oïl	-	484 (MH+)
242.	benzimidazol-5-yl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	172-174	454 (MH+)
243.	1-CH₃SO2-indolin-5-yl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	103-105	533 (MH+)
244.	indazol-6-yl	-	NHCONH	1	1	-	118-120	454 (MH+)
245.	2-CH3O-5-CH₃SO2-phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	106-108	536 (MH+)
246.	2-CH3O-5-(pyrrolidin-1-yl-SO2)phenyl	-	NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	96-98	591 (MH+)
247.	1-CH3SO2-indolin-5-yl		NHCONHCH2	1	1	-	88-90	547 (MH+)

Table 2

No.	Rt (min)	Method
2	2.37	E
3	2.39	E
4	2.29	E
6	1.77	E
7	2.42	E
16	2.37	E
18	11.8	B
19	11.4	B
21	1.47	D
26	10.2	B
29	12.4	B
37	12.2	B
38	12.3	B
44	1.26	E
72	1.32	E
73	1.88	E
74	2.10	E
75	10.0	B
90	1.28	D
93	1.29	D
130	1.40	D
217	5.38	C
241	1.35	D

Table 3

No.	Enantiomer	[a]_D	Conditions
22	(S)	+20°	DMSO, conc. 0.159 g/100 ml, 20°C
23	(R)	-15°	DMSO, conc. 0.145 g/100 ml, 20°C
24	(S)	+29°	MeOH, conc. 0.310 g/100 ml, 20°C
25	(R)	-30°	MeOH, conc. 0.484 g/100 ml, 20°C

The compounds according to the invention surprisingly exhibit an inhibitory effect with regard to the enzyme MGL (monoacyl glycerol lipase). The enzyme MGL catalyses the hydrolysis of endogenous dérivatives of monoglyceride esters of various fatty acids (FEBS Letters, 1998, 429, 152-156) and in particular the hydrolysis of

2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and of 1(3)-arachidonoylglycerol (1(3)-AG) (J. Biol. Chem.,

1987, 272 (48), 27218-27223; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2002, 99 (16), 10819-10824; Biochem. Pharmacol., 2004, 67, 1381-1387; Mol. Pharmacol., 2004, 66 (5), 1260-1264). The 2-AG and 1(3)-AG dérivatives in particular interact with cannabinoid receptors (J. Biol. Chem., 1999, 274 (5), 2794-2801; J. Biol. Chem., 2000, 275 (1), 605-612; British J. Pharmacol., 2001, 134, 664-672).

The compounds of the invention block this décomposition pathway and increase the tissue levels of these dérivatives, in particular of 2-AG and/or 1(3)-AG. They can therefore be used in the prévention and treatment of pathologies in which 2-AG and/or 1(3)-AG, in particular, and/or any other substrate metabolized with the enzyme MGL are implicated (Progress in Lipid Research, 2006, 45, 405-446; Nature Reviews Drug

Discovery, 2008, 7, 438-455).

The compounds according to the invention hâve formed the subject of pharmacological tests which make it possible to détermine their inhibitory effect on the enzyme MGL.

Tests hâve consisted in measuring the in vitro activity of the compounds of the invention with regard to the enzyme MGL.

The inhibitory activity with respect to MGL is given by the concentration which inhibits 50% of the activity of MGL.

The inhibitory activity was measured in a radioenzymatic assay based on measuring the product of hydrolysis of 2-oleoylglycerol ([³H]2-OG) by the enzyme MGL. The products of hydrolysis of [³H]2-OG, labelled on the glycerol, are oleic acid and [³H]glycerol. The source of enzyme MGL is a homogenate of mouse brain from which the 30 cerebellum and the medulla oblongata hâve been removed. The mouse brains are removed and stored at -80°C until they are used or homogenized immediately for 2 times 5 seconds using a Precellys device (Bertin) at 5000 rpm in a 10 mM Tris-HCI pH 8, 150 mM NaCI, 1 mM EDTA buffer at 4°C. The concentration of the homogenates is subsequently adjusted to 3.75 pg/pl.

The dilution sériés of the compounds is prepared from stock solutions at 20 mM in

100% DMSO. The first dilution of this sériés is prepared in 100% DMSO and then the second is prepared in the enzymatic reaction buffer (50 mM phosphate, 0.1% BSA), resulting in the préparation of a 10-times concentrated concentration range. The test compounds are preincubated at the chosen concentration for 20 minutes with the mouse brain homogenate préparation. The final concentration of DMSO in the enzymatic reaction does not exceed 0.1%.

Assaying of the MGL activity is carried out at ambient température in a 96-well microplate in a final reaction volume of 50 pl. Briefly, 37.5 pg of proteins are diluted in 50 mM of phosphate buffer comprising 0.1% of BSA. After 20 minutes of preincubation with the test compounds, the proteins are incubated for 20 minutes in the presence of 50 μΜ of 2-OG comprising an amount of [³H]2-OG of 0.027 pCi per well (spécifie activity 10 of 20 Ci/mmol). The reaction is stopped by the addition of 50 pl per well of a charcoal suspension (6% of Sigma activated charcoal, référencé C4386, in suspension in a 0.5M HCl, 1.5M NaCI solution). After stirring for 10 minutes, the [³H]glycerol, not retained by the charcoal, is collected by filtration in a microplate comprising 100 pl of scintillant (OptiPhase Supermix, Perkin-Elmer) per well. The radioactivity présent in each well is 15 counted for 5 minutes by liquid scintillation (Wallac 1450 MicroBeta).

Under these conditions, the most active compounds of the invention exhibit an IC₅o (concentration which inhibits the control enzymatic activity of the MGL by 50%) of between 0.0001 and 0.1 μΜ.

For example, compounds Nos. 13, 33, 70, 120, 161, 188 and 211 showed an IC₅o of 0.006, 0.0006, 0.005, 0.004, 0.0014, 0.0011 and 0.007 μΜ respectively.

It is thus apparent that the compounds according to the invention hâve an inhibitory 25 activity with respect to MGL.

The compounds according to the invention can thus be used in the préparation of médicaments, in particular of médicaments which are inhibitors of the enzyme MGL.

Thus, according to another of its aspects, a subject-matter of the invention is médicaments which comprise a compound of formula (I) or an addition sait of the latter with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or also a hydrate or a solvaté of the compound of formula (I).

These médicaments are employed therapeutically, in particular in the treatment and the prévention of:

pain, in particular acute or chronic pain of neurogenic type: migraine, neuropathie ·»>

pain, including forms associated with the herpes virus and with diabètes;

acute or chronic pain associated with inflammatory diseases: arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, spondylitis, goût, vasculitis, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome;

acute or chronic peripheral pain;

dizziness, vomiting, nausea, in particular that resulting from chemotherapy; eating disorders, in particular anorexia and cachexia of various natures;

metabolic syndrome and its manifestations, including obesity;

dyslipidaemia and its manifestations, including atherosclerosis and coronary diseases;

neurological and psychiatrie pathologies: tremors, dyskinesias, dystonias, spasticity, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, Tourette’s syndrome, ali forms of dépréssion and of anxiety of any nature and origin, mood disorders, psychoses;

acute or chronic neurodegenerative diseases: Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, senile dementia, Huntington’s chorea, lésions related to cérébral ischaemia and to cranial and medullary trauma, amyotrophie latéral sclerosis;

epilepsy;

sleep disorders, including sleep apnoea;

cardiovascular diseases, in particular hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, arteriosclerosis, heart attack, cardiac ischaemia;

rénal ischaemia;

cancers: benign skin tumours, brain tumours and papillomas, prostate tumours, cérébral tumours (glioblastomas, medulloepitheliomas, medulloblastomas, neuroblastomas, tumours of embryonic origin, astrocytomas, astroblastomas, ependymomas, oligodendrogliomas, plexus tumour, neuroepitheliomas, epiphyseal tumour, ependymoblastomas, malignant meningiomas, sarcomatosis, malignant melanomas, schwannomas);

disorders of the immune system, in particular autoimmune diseases: psoriasis, lupus erythematosus, diseases of the connective tissue or collagen diseases, Sjogren’s syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis, undifferentiated spondylitis, Behcet’s disease, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophie latéral sclerosis, amyloidosis, graft rejection, diseases affecting the plasmocytic line;

allergie diseases: immédiate or delayed hypersensitivity, allergie rhinitis or conjunctivitis, contact dermatitis;

parasitic, viral or bacterial infectious diseases: AIDS, meningitis;

inflammatory diseases, in particular joint diseases: arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, spondylitis, goût, vasculitis, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome;

·») osteoporosis;

eye conditions: ocular hypertension, glaucoma, degeneration and apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells and neuroretinal cells;

pulmonary conditions: diseases of the respiratory tract, bronchospasm, coughing, asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstruction of the respiratory tract, emphysema;

gastrointestinal diseases: irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory intestinal disorders, ulcers, diarrhoea;

urinary incontinence and bladder inflammation.

According to another of its aspects, the présent invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising, as active principle, a compound according to the invention. These pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective dose of at least one compound according to the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable sait or a hydrate or a solvaté of the said compound, and also at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

The said excipients are chosen, depending on the pharmaceutical form and the method of administration desired, from the usual excipients which are known to a person skilled in the art.

In the pharmaceutical compositions of the présent invention for oral, sublingual, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, topical, local, intratracheal, intranasal, transdermal or rectal administration, the active principle of formula (I) above or its optional sait, solvaté or hydrate can be administered in a unit administration form, as a mixture with conventional pharmaceutical excipients, to animais and to man for the prophylaxis or the treatment of the above disorders or diseases.

Appropriate unit administration forms comprise oral forms, such as tablets, soft or hard gelatin capsules, powders, granules and oral solutions or suspensions, forms for sublingual, buccal, intratracheal, intraocular or intranasal administration or for administration by inhalation, forms for topical, transdermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intravenous administration, forms for rectal administration and implants. For topical application, the compounds according to the invention can be used in creams, gels, ointments or lotions.

By way of example, a unit administration form of a compound according to the invention in the form of a tablet can comprise the following components:

Compound according to the invention	50.0 mg
Mannitol	223.75 mg
Croscarmellose sodium	6.0 mg
Maize starch	15.0 mg
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose	2.25 mg
Magnésium stéarate	3.0 mg

According to another of its aspects, the présent invention also relates to a method for the treatment of the pathologies indicated above which comprises the 10 administration, to a patient, of an effective dose of a compound according to the invention or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or its hydrates or its solvatés.

Claims

1. Compound corresponding to the formula (I):

(O in which:

R¹ représente an aryl or heteroaryl group;

R² represents a halogen atom or a cyano, nitro, oxo, (C-i-C6)alkyl, (CrC6)alkoxy, hydroxyl, (CrC6)alkylthio, (CrC6)haloalkyl, (Ci-Ce)haloalkoxy, (CrC6)haloalkylthio, NR⁴R⁵, NR⁴COR⁵, NR⁴SO2R⁵, COR⁴, CO2R⁴, CONR⁴R^s, SO2R⁴, SO₂NR⁴R⁵, phenyloxy or benzyloxy group;

R⁴ and R⁵ represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or a (C-rC₆)alkyl group or form, with the nitrogen atom or the N-CO or N-SO₂ fragment which carries them, a heterocycle optionally substituted by a (Ci-C₆)alkyl or benzyl group;

Z represents a bond, a (CrC6)alkylene group, a (C₂-C₆)alkenylene group, a (C₂-C₆)alkynylene group, an O-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group or an N(R^A)-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group;

A represents a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an N(R^A) group, an N(R^A)(Ci-C6)alkylene group, a CON(R^A) group, a CON(R^A)-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an SO₂N(R^A) group, an SO2N(R^A)-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an OCON(R^A) group, an OCON(R^A)-(C1C₆)alkylene group, an N(R^B)CON(R^A) group, an N(R^B)CON(R^A)-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an N(R^b)SO2N(R^a) group, an N(R^B)SO2N(R^A)-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an O-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group, an N(R^B)CO2 group, an N(R^B)CO2-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group, an S-(Ci-C₆)alkylene group, an SO₂ group, an SO₂-(CrC₆)alkylene group, an N(R^B)SO2 group, an N(R^B)SO2(C-i-C₆)alkylene group, a CO group, a CO-(CrC₆)alkylene group, an N(R^B)CO group, an N(R^B)CO-(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an SO2N(R^B)CO group, an SO2N(R^B)CO(Ci-C6)alkylene group, an SO2N(R^B)CON(R^A) group or an SO2N(R^B)CON(R^A)(CrC₆)alkylene group;

R^a and R^b represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or a (C_rC₆)alkyl group;

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2. Compound of formula (I) according to Claim 1, characterized in that:

5 R¹ represents a phenyl, naphthyl, indanyl, benzoxazole, benzisoxazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, oxadiazole, indazole, isoxazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, thienyl, thiazole, benzothiophene, indole, dihydrobenzodioxane, benzothiadiazole, pyrazole, dihydrobenzoxazine or indoline group;

R² represents one or more groups chosen from a halogen atom or a methyl,

10 trifluoromethyl, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, oxo, CH3NHCO, CH₃SO₂, NH₂CO, NH₂SO₂ or pyrrolidine-SO₂ group;

R³ represents a group chosen from a phenyl or an oxazole;

and also the compound 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl 4-{[3-(2-methylpyrimidin-4yl)benzenesulphonylamino]methyl}piperidine-1-carboxylate,

15 in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

3. Compound of formula (I) according to either of Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that:

Z represents a bond or a CH₂, (CH₂)₂, CH=CH, CsC, OCH₂ or OC(CH₃)₂ group,

20 in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

4. Compound of formula (l) according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that:

A represents a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an OCH₂ group, an

25 O(CH₂)₂ group, an NH, NHCH₂ or NH(CH₂)₂ group, an SO₂or CO group, a CONH group, a CONHCH₂ or CONH(CH₂)₂ group, an SO₂NH group, an SO₂NHCH₂ or SO₂NH(CH₂)₂group, an SO₂NHCO, SO₂NHCONH or SO₂NHCONHCH₂ group, an OCONH group, an NHCONH group, an NHCONHCH₂ group, an N(CH₃)CONHCH₂, NHCONH(CH₂)₂ or N(CH₃)CONH(CH₂)₂ group or an SO₂N(CH₃)CH₂ group,

30 in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

5. Compound of formula (I) according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that m and n represent 1, in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

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6. Compound of formula (I) according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that m represents 1 and n represents 0, in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

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7. Compound of formula (I) according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that m and n represent 0, in the form of the base or of an addition sait with an acid.

8. Compound of formula (I) according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that:

R² représente one or more groups chosen from a halogen atom or a methyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy, cyano, oxo, CH₃NHCO, CH3SO2, NH₂CO, NH₂SO₂ or pyrrolidine-SO₂ group;

R³ représente a group chosen from a phenyl or an oxazole;

Z represents a bond or a CH₂, (CH₂)₂, CH=CH, C=C, OCH₂ or OC(CH3)2 group;

A represents a bond, an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an OCH₂ group, an O(CH₂)₂ group, an NH, NHCH₂ or NH(CH₂)2 group, an SO₂ or CO group, a CONH group, a CONHCH2 or CONH(CH₂)₂ group, an SO₂NH group, an SO₂NHCH₂ or SO₂NH(CH₂)2 group, an SO₂NHCO, SO₂NHCONH or SO2NHCONHCH2 group, an OCONH group, an NHCONH group, an NHCONHCH₂ group, an N(CH₃)CONHCH₂, NHCONH(CH₂)₂ or N(CH₃)CONH(CH2)2 group or an SO₂N(CH₃)CH2 group;

9. Process for the préparation of a compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a compound of formula (II):

(H) in which A, Z, R, m and n are as defined in the general formula (I) according to

Claim 1, is reacted with a compound of the formula (III):

in which X représente a leaving group, such as a chlorine atom, a 4-nitrophenoxy group, an imidazole group, a 1,2,4-triazole group or an N-oxysuccinimide group.

10. Process for the préparation of a compound of formula (I) according to Claim 1, in which A represents a CON(R^A), CON(R^A)-(CrC6)alkylene, SO2N(R^A), SO2N(R^A)(Ci-C6)alkylene, N(R^B)CON(R^A), N(R^B)CON(R^A)-(CrC₆)alkylene, OCON(R^A) or OCON(R^A)-(CrC₆)alkylene group, characterized in that a compound of formula (IV):

R-Z-W _()v) in which R and Z are as defined in the general formula (I) according to Claim 1 and W represents a COCI, SO₂CI, NCO, OCOCI or N(R^B)COCI functional group, R^A and R^b being as defined in the formula (I) of Claim 1, is reacted with a compound of

formula (V): o CF, 1 Γ [lm N^/XO^/XCF₃ V L]n

(V) in which m and n are as defined in the general formula (I) according to Claim 1 and V represents an amine HN(R^A) or HN(R^A)-(C-rC₆)alkylene functional group.

11. Compound of formula (V):

in which m and n are as defined in the general formula (I) according to Claim 1 and V represents an amine HN(R^A) or HN(R^A)-(C-rC₆)alkylene functional group, R^A being as defined in the formula (I) of Claim 1.

12. Médicament, characterized in that it comprises a compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8 or an addition sait of this compound with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid.

13. Pharmaceutical composition, characterized in that it comprises a compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8 or a pharmaceutically acceptable sait and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

14. Use of a compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8 in the préparation of a médicament intended for the treatment and for the prévention of a pathology in which endogenous 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and endogenous 1 (3)-arachidonoylglycerol and/or any other substrate metabolized by the enzyme MGL are implicated.

15. Use of a compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8, in the form of the base or of a pharmaceutically acceptable sait, in the préparation of a médicament intended to prevent or treat acute or chronic pain, dizziness, vomiting, nausea, eating disorders, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidaemia, neurological and psychiatrie pathologies, acute or chronic neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, sleep disorders, cardiovascular diseases, rénal ischaemia, cancers, disorders of the immune System, allergie diseases, parasitic, viral or bacterial infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, eye conditions, pulmonary conditions, gastrointestinal diseases, urinary incontinence or bladder inflammation.

16. Compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8 for the préparation of a médicament intended for the treatment and for the prévention of a pathology in which endogenous 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) and endogenous 1 (3)-arachidonoylglycerol and/or any other substrate metabolized by the enzyme MGL are implicated.

17. Compound of formula (I) according to any one of Claims 1 to 8, in the form of the base or of a pharmaceutically acceptable sait, for the préparation of a médicament intended to prevent or treat acute or chronic pain, dizziness, vomiting, nausea, eating disorders, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidaemia, neurological and psychiatrie pathologies, acute or chronic neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, sleep disorders, cardiovascular diseases, rénal ischaemia, cancers, disorders of the immune System, allergie diseases, parasitic, viral or bacterial infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, eye conditions, pulmonary conditions, gastrointestinal diseases, urinary incontinence or bladder inflammation.