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• the present disclosure is generally directed to antiviral compounds, and more specifically directed to compounds which can inhibit the function of the NS5A protein encoded by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for inhibiting the function of the NS5A protein.
• HCV Hepatitis C virus
• HCV is a major human pathogen, infecting an estimated 170 million persons worldwide - roughly five times the number infected by human immunodeficiency virus type 1. A substantial fraction of these HCV infected individuals develop serious progressive liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
• HCV Hepatitis C virus
• the most effective HCV therapy employs a combination of alpha- interferon and ribavirin, leading to sustained efficacy in 40% of patients.
• HCV is a positive-stranded RNA virus. Based on a comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence and the extensive similarity in the 5' untranslated region, HCV has been classified as a separate genus in the Flaviviridae family. All members of the Flaviviridae family have enveloped virions that contain a positive stranded RNA genome encoding all known virus-specific proteins via translation of a single, uninterrupted, open reading frame.
• HCV RNA genome is approximately 9500 nucleotides in length and has a single open reading frame (ORF) encoding a single large polyprotein of about 3000 amino acids. In infected cells, this polyprotein is cleaved at multiple sites by cellular and viral proteases to produce the structural and non-structural (NS) proteins.
• ORF open reading frame
• NS2, NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, and NS5B are effected by two viral proteases.
• the first one is believed to be a metalloprotease and cleaves at the NS2-NS3 junction; the second one is a serine protease contained within the N-terminal region of NS3 (also referred to herein as NS3 protease) and mediates all the subsequent cleavages downstream of NS3, both in cis, at the NS3-NS4A cleavage site, and in trans, for the remaining NS4A-NS4B, NS4B-NS5A, NS5A-NS5B sites.
• the NS4A protein appears to serve multiple functions, acting as a cofactor for the NS3 protease and possibly assisting in the membrane localization of NS3 and other viral replicase components.
• the complex formation of the NS3 protein with NS4A seems necessary to the processing events, enhancing the proteolytic efficiency at all of the sites.
• the NS3 protein also exhibits nucleoside triphosphatase and RNA helicase activities.
• NS5B (also referred to herein as HCV polymerase) is a RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that is involved in the replication of HCV.
• HCV NS5A protein is described, for example, in Tan, S. -L., Katzel, M.G. Virology 2001, 284, 1- 12; and in Park, K. -J.; Choi, S.-H, J. Biological Chemistry 2003.
• a and B are independently selected from phenyl and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, or three nitrogen atoms; each R 1 and R 2 is independently selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, formyl, halo, haloalkyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, -NR a R b , (NR a R b )alkyl, and (NR a R b )carbonyl;
• R 3 and R 4 are each independently selected from hydrogen, alkoxycarbonyl, alkyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, haloalkyl, (NR a R b )carbonyl, and trialkylsilylalkoxyalkyl;
• R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from hydrogen, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkyl, haloalkyl, and (NR a R b )alkyl; or,
• R 5 and R 6 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a five or six membered saturated ring optionally containing one or two heteroatoms selected from NR Z , O, and S; wherein R z is selected from hydrogen and alkyl;
• R 7 is selected from hydrogen, R 9 -C(O)-, and R 9 -C(S)-;
• R 8 is selected from hydrogen and alkyl
• R 9 is independently selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonylalkyl, aryl, arylalkenyl, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, (cycloalkyl)alkenyl, (cycloalkyl)alkyl, cycloalkyloxyalkyl, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalkoxy, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclyloxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, -NR C R , (NR C R )alkenyl, (NR c R d )alkyl, and (NR c R d )carbonyl; R 10 is selected from
• R 11 and R 12 are each independently selected from hydrogen, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkyl, haloalkyl, and (NR a R b )alkyl; or,
• R 11 and R 12 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a five or six membered saturated ring optionally containing one or two heteroatoms selected from NR Z , O, and S; wherein R z is selected from hydrogen and alkyl; R 13 is selected from hydrogen and alkyl; R 14 is selected from hydrogen, R 15 -C(O)-, and R 15 -C(S)-; R 15 is independently selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonylalkyl, aryl, arylalkenyl, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, (cycloalkyl)alkenyl, (cycloalkyl)alkyl, cycloalkyloxyalkyl, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalken
• X is selected from O, S, S(O), SO 2 , CH 2 , CHR 16 , and C(R 16 ) 2 ; provided that when m is O, X is selected from CH 2 , CHR 16 , and C(R 16 ) 2 ; each R 16 is independently selected from alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, halo, haloalkyl, hydroxy, and -NR a R b , wherein the alkyl can optionally form a fused three- to six- membered ring with an adjacent carbon atom, wherein the three- to six-membered ring is optionally substituted with one or two alkyl groups.
• m 0.
• u and v are each independently 0 or 1 ; and each R 1 and R 2 is independently selected from alkyl and halo.
• u and v are each 0.
• first aspect X is selected from CH 2 and CHR 16 . In a fifth embodiment of the first aspect X is CH 2 .
• R 3 and R 4 are each independently selected from hydrogen, haloalkyl, and trialkylsilylalkoxyalkyl. In a seventh embodiment R 3 and R 4 are each independently selected from hydrogen and haloalkyl.
• n 0, 1, or 2; and, when present, each R 16 is halo. In a ninth embodiment n is 0.
• R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl.
• R 11 and R 12 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl.
• At least one of R 7 and R 14 is hydrogen.
• R 7 is R 9 -C(O)-; and R 14 is R 15 -
• R 9 and R 15 are each independently selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonylalkyl, aryl, arylalkenyl, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, (cycloalkyl)alkyl, cycloalkyloxyalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, -NR C R , (NR C R )alkenyl, (NR c R d )alkyl, and (NR c R d )carbonyl.
• R 9 and R 15 are each independently selected from alkoxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, and
• a and B are independently selected from phenyl and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, or three nitrogen atoms;
• R 3 and R 4 are each independently selected from hydrogen, haloalkyl, and trialkylsilylalkoxyalkyl;
• R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from hydrogen, and alkyl
• R 7 is selected from hydrogen and R 9 -C(O)-;
• R 8 is selected from hydrogen and alkyl;
• R 9 is independently selected from alkoxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, and (NR c R d )alkyl;
• R 10 is selected from
• R14 wherein R 11 and R 12 are each independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl
• R 13 is selected from hydrogen and alkyl
• R 14 is selected from hydrogen and R 15 -C(O)-
• R 15 is independently selected from alkoxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, and (NR c R d )alkyl.
• the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• the composition comprises one or two additional compounds having anti-HCV activity.
• at least one of the additional compounds is an interferon or a ribavirin.
• the interferon is selected from interferon alpha 2B, pegylated interferon alpha, consensus interferon, interferon alpha 2A, and lymphoblastiod interferon tau.
• the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and one or two additional compounds having anti-HCV activity, wherein at least one of the additional compounds is selected from interleukin 2, interleukin 6, interleukin 12, a compound that enhances the development of a type 1 helper T cell response, interfering RNA, anti-sense RNA, Imiqimod, ribavirin, an inosine 5'-monophospate dehydrogenase inhibitor, amantadine, and rimantadine.
• the present disclosure provides a composition
• a composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and one or two additional compounds having anti-HCV activity, wherein at least one of the additional compounds is effective to inhibit the function of a target selected from HCV metalloprotease, HCV serine protease, HCV polymerase, HCV helicase, HCV NS4B protein, HCV entry, HCV assembly, HCV egress, HCV NS5A protein, and IMPDH for the treatment of an HCV infection.
• a target selected from HCV metalloprotease, HCV serine protease, HCV polymerase, HCV helicase, HCV NS4B protein, HCV entry, HCV assembly, HCV egress, HCV NS5A protein, and IMPDH for the treatment of an HCV infection.
• the present disclosure provides a method of treating an HCV infection in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• the method further comprises administering one or two additional compounds having anti-HCV activity prior to, after or simultaneously with the compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• at least one of the additional compounds is an interferon or a ribavirin.
• the interferon is selected from interferon alpha 2B, pegylated interferon alpha, consensus interferon, interferon alpha 2A, and lymphoblastiod interferon tau.
• the present disclosure provides a method of treating an HCV infection in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and adminstering one or two additional compounds having anti-HCV activity prior to, after or simultaneously with the compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein at least one of the additional compounds is selected from interleukin 2, interleukin 6, interleukin 12, a compound that enhances the development of a type 1 helper T cell response, interfering RNA, anti-sense RNA, Imiqimod, ribavirin, an inosine 5'- monophospate dehydrogenase inhibitor, amantadine, and
• the present disclosure provides a method of treating an HCV infection in a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and adminstering one or two additional compounds having anti-HCV activity prior to, after or simultaneously with the compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein at least one of the additional compounds is effective to inhibit the function of a target selected from HCV metalloprotease, HCV serine protease, HCV polymerase, HCV helicase, HCV NS4B portein, HCV entry, HCV assembly, HCV egress, HCV NS5A protein, and IMPDH for the treatment of an HCV infection.
• a target selected from HCV metalloprotease, HCV serine protease, HCV polymerase, HCV helicase, HCV NS4B portein, HCV entry, HCV assembly, HCV egress, HCV NS5A protein, and IMPDH for the treatment of an
• the compounds of the present disclosure also exist as tautomers; therefore the present disclosure also encompasses all tautomeric forms.
• R may be attached to either the carbon atom in the imidazole ring or, alternatively, R 8 may take the place of the hydrogen atom on the nitrogen ring to form an N- substituted imidazole. It should be understood that the compounds encompassed by the present disclosure are those that are suitably stable for use as pharmaceutical agent.
• any substituent or variable e.g., R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 6 , etc.
• R 1 , R 2 , R 5 , R 6 , etc. at a particular location in a molecule be independent of its definitions elsewhere in that molecule.
• each of the two R 1 groups may be the same or different.
• aryl, cycloalkyl, and heterocyclyl groups of the present disclosure may be substituted as described in each of their respective definitions.
• the aryl part of an arylalkyl group may be substituted as described in the definition of the term 'aryl'.
• alkenyl refers to a straight or branched chain group of two to six carbon atoms containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond.
• alkenyloxy refers to an alkenyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• alkenyloxycarbonyl refers to an alkenyloxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• alkoxy refers to an alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• alkoxy alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three alkoxy groups.
• alkoxyalkylcarbonyl refers to an alkoxyalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• alkoxycarbonyl refers to an alkoxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• alkoxycarbonylalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three alkoxycarbonyl groups.
• alkyl refers to a group derived from a straight or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon containing from one to six carbon atoms.
• m and/or n is 1 or 2;
• X and/or Y is CHR 5 and/or CHR 6 , respectively, and
• R 5 and/or R 6 is alkyl
• each alkyl can optionally form a fused three- to six-membered ring with an adjacent carbon atom to provide one of the structures shown below:
• alkylcarbonyl refers to an alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• alkylcarbonylalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three alkylcarbonyl groups.
• alkylcarbonyloxy refers to an alkylcarbonyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• alkylsulfanyl refers to an alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a sulfur atom.
• alkylsulfonyl refers to an alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a sulfonyl group.
• aryl refers to a phenyl group, or a bicyclic fused ring system wherein one or both of the rings is a phenyl group. Bicyclic fused ring systems consist of a phenyl group fused to a four- to six-membered aromatic or non- aromatic carbocyclic ring.
• the aryl groups of the present disclosure can be attached to the parent molecular moiety through any substitutable carbon atom in the group.
• aryl groups include, but are not limited to, indanyl, indenyl, naphthyl, phenyl, and tetrahydronaphthyl.
• the aryl groups of the present disclosure are optionally substituted with one, two, three, four, or five substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, a second aryl group, arylalkoxy, arylalkyl, arylcarbonyl, cyano, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylcarbonyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, nitro, -NR x R y , (NR x R y )alkyl, oxo, and -P(O)OR 2 , wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl; and wherein the alkyl part
• arylalkenyl refers to an alkenyl group substituted with one, two, or three aryl groups.
• arylalkoxy refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkoxy group.
• arylalkoxy alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three arylalkoxy groups.
• arylalkoxy alkylcarbonyl refers to an arylalkoxyalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• arylalkoxycarbonyl refers to an arylalkoxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• arylalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three aryl groups.
• the alkyl part of the arylalkyl is further optionally substituted with one or two additional groups independently selected from alkoxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, hydroxy, and -NR c R d , wherein the heterocyclyl is further optionally substitued with one or two substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkyl, unsubstituted aryl, unsubstituted arylalkoxy, unsubstituted arylalkoxycarbonyl, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, hydroxy, and -NR x R y .
• arylalkylcarbonyl refers to an arylalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through
• arylcarbonyl refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• aryloxy refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• aryloxyalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three aryloxy groups.
• aryloxycarbonyl refers to an aryloxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• arylsulfonyl refers to an aryl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a sulfonyl group.
• Cap refers to the group which is placed on the nitrogen atom of the terminal nitrogen-containing ring, i.e., the pyrrolidine rings of compound 1 e. It should be understood that “Cap” or “cap” can refer to the reagent used to append the group to the terminal nitrogen-containing ring or to the fragment in the final product, i.e., "Cap-51” or “The Cap-51 fragment found in LS- 19".
• carbonyl refers to -C(O)-.
• cyano refers to -CN.
• cycloalkyl refers to a saturated monocyclic, hydrocarbon ring system having three to seven carbon atoms and zero heteroatoms.
• Representative examples of cycloalkyl groups include, but are not limited to, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, and cyclohexyl.
• the cycloalkyl groups of the present disclosure are optionally substituted with one, two, three, four, or five substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkyl, aryl, cyano, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, nitro, and -NR x R y , wherein the aryl and the heterocyclyl are futher optionally substituted with one, two, or three substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkyl, cyano, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, hydroxy, and nitro.
• (cycloalkyl)alkenyl refers to an alkenyl group substituted with one, two, or three cycloalkyl groups.
• (cycloalkyl)alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three cycloalkyl groups.
• the alkyl part of the (cycloalkyl)alkyl is further optionally substituted with one or two groups independently selected from hydroxy and -NR c R d .
• cycloalkyloxy refers to a cycloalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• cycloalkyloxyalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three cycloalkyloxy groups.
• cycloalkylsulfonyl refers to a cycloalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a sulfonyl group.
• halo and halogen, as used herein, refer to F, Cl, Br, or I.
• haloalkoxy refers to a haloalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• haloalkoxycarbonyl refers to a haloalkoxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• haloalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted by one, two, three, or four halogen atoms.
• heterocyclyl refers to a four-, five-, six-, or seven- membered ring containing one, two, three, or four heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The four-membered ring has zero double bonds, the five-membered ring has zero to two double bonds, and the six- and seven- membered rings have zero to three double bonds.
• heterocyclyl also includes bicyclic groups in which the heterocyclyl ring is fused to another monocyclic heterocyclyl group, or a four- to six-membered aromatic or non-aromatic carbocyclic ring; as well as bridged bicyclic groups such as 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept- 7-yl, 2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oc-2-tyl, and 2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oc-3-tyl.
• the heterocyclyl groups of the present disclosure can be attached to the parent molecular moiety through any carbon atom or nitrogen atom in the group.
• heterocyclyl groups include, but are not limited to, benzothienyl, furyl, imidazolyl, indolinyl, indolyl, isothiazolyl, isoxazolyl, morpholinyl, oxazolyl, piperazinyl, piperidinyl, pyrazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolopyridinyl, pyrrolyl, thiazolyl, thienyl, thiomorpholinyl, 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-7-yl, 2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oc-2-tyl, and 2- azabicyclo[2.2.2]oc-3-tyl.
• heterocyclyl groups of the present disclosure are optionally substituted with one, two, three, four, or five substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylalkyl, arylcarbonyl, cyano, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, a second heterocyclyl group, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylcarbonyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, nitro, - NR x R y , (NR x R y )alkyl, and oxo, wherein the alkyl part of the arylalkyl and the heterocyclylalkyl are unsubstituted and wherein the aryl, the aryl part of the arylalkyl, the aryl part of the arylcarbonyl, the second heterocyclyl group, and the heterocyclyl part of the heterocycly
• heterocyclylalkenyl refers to an alkenyl group substituted with one, two, or three heterocyclyl groups.
• heterocyclylalkoxy refers to a heterocyclyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an alkoxy group.
• heterocyclylalkoxycarbonyl refers to a heterocyclylalkoxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• heterocyclylalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three heterocyclyl groups.
• the alkyl part of the heterocyclylalkyl is further optionally substituted with one or two additional groups independently selected from alkoxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, aryl, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, hydroxy, and -NR c R d , wherein the aryl is further optionally substitued with one or two substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkyl, unsubstituted aryl, unsubstitued arylalkoxy, unsubstituted arylalkoxycarbonyl, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, hydroxy, and -NR x R y .
• heterocyclylalkylcarbonyl refers to a heterocyclylalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• heterocyclylcarbonyl refers to a heterocyclyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• heterocyclyloxy refers to a heterocyclyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• heterocyclyloxyalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three heterocyclyloxy groups.
• heterocyclyloxycarbonyl refers to a heterocyclyloxy group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• hydroxy refers to -OH.
• hydroxyalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three hydroxy groups.
• hydroxyalkylcarbonyl refers to a hydroxyalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• nitro refers to -NO 2 .
• -NR a R b refers to two groups, R a and R b , which are attached to the parent molecular moiety through a nitrogen atom.
• R a and R are independently selected from hydrogen, alkenyl, and alkyl.
• (NR a R )alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three -NR a R b groups.
• (NR a R b )carbonyl refers to an -NR a R b group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• -NR c R d refers to two groups, R c and R d , which are attached to the parent molecular moiety through a nitrogen atom.
• R c and R are independently selected from hydrogen, alkenyloxycarbonyl, alkoxyalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, aryl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, arylalkyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, arylsulfonyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylsulfonyl, formyl, haloalkoxycarbonyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkylcarbonyl, heterocyclylcarbonyl, heterocyclyloxycarbonyl, hydroxyalkylcarbonyl, (NR e R f )alkyl, (NR e R f )alkylcarbonyl, (NR e R f )carbonyl, (NR
• (NR c R d )alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three -NR C R groups.
• the alkyl part of the (NR C R )alkyl is further optionally substituted with one or two additional groups selected from alkoxy, alkoxyalkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfanyl, arylalkoxyalkylcarbonyl, carboxy, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylcarbonyl, hydroxy, and (NR e R f )carbonyl; wherein the heterocyclyl is further optionally substituted with one, two, three, four, or five substituents independently selected from alkoxy, alkyl, cyano, halo, haloalkoxy, haloalkyl, and nitro.
• (NR C R )carbonyl refers to an -NR C R group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• R e and R f refers to two groups, R e and R f , which are attached to the parent molecular moiety through a nitrogen atom.
• R e and R f are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, unsubstituted aryl, unsubstituted arylalkyl, unsubstituted cycloalkyl, unsubstituted (cyclolalkyl)alkyl, unsubstituted heterocyclyl, unsubstituted heterocyclylalkyl, (NR x R y )alkyl, and (NR x R y )carbonyl.
• (NR 6 R )alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three -NR e R f groups.
• (NR e R f )aikylcarbonyl refers to an (NR e R f )alkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• (NR e R f )carbonyl refers to an -NR e R f group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a carbonyl group.
• (NR e R f )sulfonyl refers to an -NR e R f group attached to the parent molecular moiety through a sulfonyl group.
• R x and R y are independently selected from hydrogen, alkoxycarbonyl, alkyl, alkylcarbonyl, unsubstituted aryl, unsubstituted arylalkoxycarbonyl, unsubstituted arylalkyl, unsubstituted cycloalkyl, unsubstituted heterocyclyl, and (NR X R y )carbonyl, wherein R x and R y are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl.
• (NR x R y )alkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three -NR x R y groups.
• sulfonyl refers to -SO2-.
• Trialkylsilyl refers to -SiR3, wherein R is alkyl.
• the R groups may be the same or different.
• Trialkylsilylalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three trialkylsilyl groups.
• trialkylsilylalkoxy refers to a trialkylsilylalkyl group attached to the parent molecular moiety through an oxygen atom.
• Trialkylsilylalkoxyalkyl refers to an alkyl group substituted with one, two, or three trialkylsilylalkoxy groups.
• Certain compounds of the present disclosure may also exist in different stable conformational forms which may be separable. Torsional asymmetry due to restricted rotation about an asymmetric single bond, for example because of steric hindrance or ring strain, may permit separation of different conformers.
• the present disclosure includes each conformational isomer of these compounds and mixtures thereof.
• the compounds of the present disclosure can exist as pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
• pharmaceutically acceptable salt represents salts or zwitterionic forms of the compounds of the present disclosure which are water or oil-soluble or dispersible, which are, within the scope of sound medical judgment, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of patients without excessive toxicity, irritation, allergic response, or other problem or complication commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio, and are effective for their intended use
• the salts can be prepared during the final isolation and purification of the compounds or separately by reacting a suitable nitrogen atom with a suitable acid.
• Representative acid addition salts include acetate, adipate, alginate, citrate, aspartate, benzoate, benzenesulfonate, bisulfate, butyrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate; digluconate, dihydrobromide, diydrochloride, dihydroiodide, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, formate, fumarate, hydrochloride, hydrobromide, hydroiodide, 2 -hydroxy ethanesulfonate, lactate, maleate, mesitylenesulfonate, methanesulfonate, naphthylenesulfonate, nicotinate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, oxalate, palmoate, pectinate, persulfate, 3-phenylproprionate, picrate, pivalate, propionate, succinate, tartrate,
• Basic addition salts can be prepared during the final isolation and purification of the compounds by reacting a carboxy group with a suitable base such as the hydroxide, carbonate, or bicarbonate of a metal cation or with ammonia or an organic primary, secondary, or tertiary amine.
• a suitable base such as the hydroxide, carbonate, or bicarbonate of a metal cation or with ammonia or an organic primary, secondary, or tertiary amine.
• the cations of pharmaceutically acceptable salts include lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and aluminum, as well as nontoxic quaternary amine cations such as ammonium, tetramethylammonium, tetraethylammonium, methylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine, triethylamine, diethylamine, ethylamine, tributylamine, pyridine, N,N-dimethylaniline, N-methylpiperidine, N-methylmorpholine, dicyclohexylamine, procaine, dibenzylamine, N,N-dibenzylphenethylamine, and N,N'- dibenzylethylenediamine.
• nontoxic quaternary amine cations such as ammonium, tetramethylammonium, tetraethylammonium, methylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine, triethylamine, diethylamine, ethylamine,
• compositions which include therapeutically effective amounts of compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, or excipients.
• terapéuticaally effective amount refers to the total amount of each active component that is sufficient to show a meaningful patient benefit, e.g., a reduction in viral load.
• a meaningful patient benefit e.g., a reduction in viral load.
• the term refers to that ingredient alone.
• the term refers to combined amounts of the active ingredients that result in the therapeutic effect, whether administered in combination, serially, or simultaneously.
• the compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are as described above.
• the carrier(s), diluent(s), or excipient(s) must be acceptable in the sense of being compatible with the other ingredients of the formulation and not deleterious to the recipient thereof.
• a process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation including admixing a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents, or excipients.
• pharmaceutically acceptable refers to those compounds, materials, compositions, and/or dosage forms which are, within the scope of sound medical judgment, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of patients without excessive toxicity, irritation, allergic response, or other problem or complication commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio, and are effective for their intended use.
• compositions may be presented in unit dose forms containing a predetermined amount of active ingredient per unit dose. Dosage levels of between about 0.01 and about 250 milligram per kilogram (“mg/kg”) body weight per day, preferably between about 0.05 and about 100 mg/kg body weight per day of the compounds of the present disclosure are typical in a monotherapy for the prevention and treatment of HCV mediated disease. Typically, the pharmaceutical compositions of this disclosure will be administered from about 1 to about 5 times per day or alternatively, as a continuous infusion. Such administration can be used as a chronic or acute therapy.
• mg/kg milligram per kilogram
• the amount of active ingredient that may be combined with the carrier materials to produce a single dosage form will vary depending on the condition being treated, the severity of the condition, the time of administration, the route of administration, the rate of excretion of the compound employed, the duration of treatment, and the age, gender, weight, and condition of the patient.
• Preferred unit dosage formulations are those containing a daily dose or sub-dose, as herein above recited, or an appropriate fraction thereof, of an active ingredient. Treatment may be initiated with small dosages substantially less than the optimum dose of the compound. Thereafter, the dosage is increased by small increments until the optimum effect under the circumstances is reached.
• the compound is most desirably administered at a concentration level that will generally afford antivirally effective results without causing any harmful or deleterious side effects.
• compositions of this disclosure comprise a combination of a compound of the present disclosure and one or more additional therapeutic or prophylactic agent
• both the compound and the additional agent are usually present at dosage levels of between about 10 to 150%, and more preferably between about 10 and 80% of the dosage normally administered in a monotherapy regimen.
• compositions may be adapted for administration by any appropriate route, for example by the oral (including buccal or sublingual), rectal, nasal, topical (including buccal, sublingual, or transdermal), vaginal, or parenteral (including subcutaneous, intracutaneous, intramuscular, intra-articular, intrasynovial, intrasternal, intrathecal, intralesional, intravenous, or intradermal injections or infusions) route.
• Such formulations may be prepared by any method known in the art of pharmacy, for example by bringing into association the active ingredient with the carrier(s) or excipient(s). Oral administration or administration by injection are preferred.
• compositions adapted for oral administration may be presented as discrete units such as capsules or tablets; powders or granules; solutions or suspensions in aqueous or non-aqueous liquids; edible foams or whips; or oil-in- water liquid emulsions or water-in-oil emulsions.
• the active drug component can be combined with an oral, non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable inert carrier such as ethanol, glycerol, water, and the like.
• an oral, non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable inert carrier such as ethanol, glycerol, water, and the like.
• Powders are prepared by comminuting the compound to a suitable fine size and mixing with a similarly comminuted pharmaceutical carrier such as an edible carbohydrate, as, for example, starch or mannitol. Flavoring, preservative, dispersing, and coloring agent can also be present.
• Capsules are made by preparing a powder mixture, as described above, and filling formed gelatin sheaths.
• Glidants and lubricants such as colloidal silica, talc, magnesium stearate, calcium stearate, or solid polyethylene glycol can be added to the powder mixture before the filling operation.
• a disintegrating or solubilizing agent such as agar-agar, calcium carbonate, or sodium carbonate can also be added to improve the availability of the medicament when the capsule is ingested.
• suitable binders, lubricants, disintegrating agents, and coloring agents can also be incorporated into the mixture.
• Suitable binders include starch, gelatin, natural sugars such as glucose or beta- lactose, corn sweeteners, natural and synthetic gums such as acacia, tragacanth or sodium alginate, carboxymethylcellulose, polyethylene glycol, and the like.
• Lubricants used in these dosage forms include sodium oleate, sodium chloride, and the like.
• Disintegrators include, without limitation, starch, methyl cellulose, agar, betonite, xanthan gum, and the like. Tablets are formulated, for example, by preparing a powder mixture, granulating or slugging, adding a lubricant and disintegrant, and pressing into tablets.
• a powder mixture is prepared by mixing the compound, suitable comminuted, with a diluent or base as described above, and optionally, with a binder such as carboxymethylcellulose, an aliginate, gelating, or polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a solution retardant such as paraffin, a resorption accelerator such as a quaternary salt and/or and absorption agent such as betonite, kaolin, or dicalcium phosphate.
• the powder mixture can be granulated by wetting with a binder such as syrup, starch paste, acadia mucilage, or solutions of cellulosic or polymeric materials and forcing through a screen.
• the powder mixture can be run through the tablet machine and the result is imperfectly formed slugs broken into granules.
• the granules can be lubricated to prevent sticking to the tablet forming dies by means of the addition of stearic acid, a stearate salt, talc, or mineral oil.
• the lubricated mixture is then compressed into tablets.
• the compounds of the present disclosure can also be combined with a free flowing inert carrier and compressed into tablets directly without going through the granulating or slugging steps.
• a clear or opaque protective coating consisting of a sealing coat of shellac, a coating of sugar or polymeric material, and a polish coating of wax can be provided. Dyestuffs can be added to these coatings to distinguish different unit dosages.
• Oral fluids such as solution, syrups, and elixirs can be prepared in dosage unit form so that a given quantity contains a predetermined amount of the compound.
• Syrups can be prepared by dissolving the compound in a suitably flavored aqueous solution, while elixirs are prepared through the use of a non-toxic vehicle.
• Solubilizers and emulsifiers such as ethoxylated isostearyl alcohols and polyoxyethylene sorbitol ethers, preservatives, flavor additive such as peppermint oil or natural sweeteners, or saccharin or other artificial sweeteners, and the like can also be added.
• dosage unit formulations for oral administration can be microencapsulated.
• the formulation can also be prepared to prolong or sustain the release as for example by coating or embedding particulate material in polymers, wax, or the like.
• the compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, can also be administered in the form of liposome delivery systems, such as small unilamellar vesicles, large unilamellar vesicles, and multilamellar vesicles.
• liposomes can be formed from a variety of phopholipids, such as cholesterol, stearylamine, or phophatidylcholines.
• the compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof may also be delivered by the use of monoclonal antibodies as individual carriers to which the compound molecules are coupled.
• the compounds may also be coupled with soluble polymers as targetable drug carriers.
• Such polymers can include polyvinylpyrrolidone, pyran copolymer, polyhydroxypropylmethacrylamidephenol, polyhydroxyethylaspartamidephenol, or polyethyleneoxidepolylysine substituted with palitoyl residues.
• the compounds may be coupled to a class of biodegradable polymers useful in achieving controlled release of a drug, for example, polylactic acid, polepsilon caprolactone, polyhydroxy butyric acid, polyorthoesters, polyacetals, polydihydropyrans, polycyanoacrylates, and cross-linked or amphipathic block copolymers of hydrogels.
• a drug for example, polylactic acid, polepsilon caprolactone, polyhydroxy butyric acid, polyorthoesters, polyacetals, polydihydropyrans, polycyanoacrylates, and cross-linked or amphipathic block copolymers of hydrogels.
• Pharmaceutical formulations adapted for transdermal administration may be presented as discrete patches intended to remain in intimate contact with the epidermis of the recipient for a prolonged period of time.
• the active ingredient may be delivered from the patch by iontophoresis as generally described in Pharmaceutical Research 1986, 3(6), 318.
• compositions adapted for topical administration may be formulated as ointments, creams, suspensions, lotions, powders, solutions, pastes, gels, sprays, aerosols, or oils.
• compositions adapted for rectal administration may be presented as suppositories or as enemas.
• compositions adapted for nasal administration wherein the carrier is a solid include a course powder having a particle size for example in the range 20 to 500 microns which is administered in the manner in which snuff is taken, i.e., by rapid inhalation through the nasal passage from a container of the powder held close up to the nose.
• suitable formulations wherein the carrier is a liquid, for administration as a nasal spray or nasal drops, include aqueous or oil solutions of the active ingredient.
• Fine particle dusts or mists which may be generated by means of various types of metered, dose pressurized aerosols, nebulizers, or insufflators.
• compositions adapted for vaginal administration may be presented as pessaries, tampons, creams, gels, pastes, foams, or spray formulations.
• compositions adapted for parenteral administration include aqueous and non-aqueous sterile injection solutions which may contain anti-oxidants, buffers, bacteriostats, and soutes which render the formulation isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient; and aqueous and non-aqueous sterile suspensions which may include suspending agents and thickening agents.
• the formulations may be presented in unit-dose or multi-dose containers, for example sealed ampoules and vials, and may be stored in a freeze-dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier, for example water for injections, immediately prior to use.
• Extemporaneous injection solutions and suspensions may be prepared from sterile powders, granules, and tablets.
• formulations may include other agents conventional in the art having regard to the type of formulation in question, for example those suitable for oral administration may include flavoring agents.
• patient includes both human and other mammals.
• treating refers to: (i) preventing a disease, disorder or condition from occurring in a patient that may be predisposed to the disease, disorder, and/or condition but has not yet been diagnosed as having it; (ii) inhibiting the disease, disorder, or condition, i.e., arresting its development; and (iii) relieving the disease, disorder, or condition, i.e., causing regression of the disease, disorder, and/or condition.
• the compounds of the present disclosure can also be administered with a cyclosporin, for example, cyclosporin A.
• Cyclosporin A has been shown to be active against HCV in clinical trials (Hepatology 2003, 38, 1282; Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2004, 313, 42; J. Gastroenterol. 2003, 38, 567).
• Table 1 below lists some illustrative examples of compounds that can be administered with the compounds of this disclosure.
• the compounds of the disclosure can be administered with other anti-HCV activity compounds in combination therapy, either jointly or separately, or by combining the compounds into a composition. Table 1
• the compounds of the present disclosure may also be used as laboratory reagents.
• Compounds may be instrumental in providing research tools for designing of viral replication assays, validation of animal assay systems and structural biology studies to further enhance knowledge of the HCV disease mechanisms. Further, the compounds of the present disclosure are useful in establishing or determining the binding site of other antiviral compounds, for example, by competitive inhibition.
• the compounds of this disclosure may also be used to treat or prevent viral contamination of materials and therefore reduce the risk of viral infection of laboratory or medical personnel or patients who come in contact with such materials, e.g., blood, tissue, surgical instruments and garments, laboratory instruments and garments, and blood collection or transfusion apparatuses and materials.
• materials e.g., blood, tissue, surgical instruments and garments, laboratory instruments and garments, and blood collection or transfusion apparatuses and materials.
• This disclosure is intended to encompass compounds having formula (I) when prepared by synthetic processes or by metabolic processes including those occurring in the human or animal body (in vivo) or processes occurring in vitro.
• HATU O-(7- azabenzotriazol-l-yl)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate
• Boc or BOC for tert-butoxycarbonyl
• NBS for N-bromosuccinimide
• tBu or t-Bu for tert- butyl
• SEM for -(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl
• DMSO dimethylsulfoxide
• MeOH for methanol
• TFA trifluoroacetic acid
• RT room temperature or retention time (context will dictate); t R for retention time
• EDCI for l-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3- ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride
• DMAP for 4-dimethyla
• a coupling reagent such as HATU in combination with an amine base such as Hunig's base can be used in this regard.
• 4 may be reacted with an isocyanate or carbamoyl chloride to provide compounds of formula 5 where R 9 is an amine.
• Further deprotection of 5 can be accomplished by treatment with strong acid such as HCl or trifluoroacetic acid. Standard conditions analogous to those used to convert 4 to 5 can be used to prepare 7 from 6.
• Conversion of 6 (from Scheme 1) to 10 can be done using standard amide coupling conditions such as HATU with an amine base, such as Hunig's base. Deprotection can be accomplished with strong acid such as HCl or trifluoroacetic acid affording 11. Compound 11 can then be converted to 12, 13, or 14 using an acid chloride, an isocyanate or carbamoyl chloride, or a chloroformate respectively.
• Compounds 17, 18, and 19 can be prepared from 16 by treating 76 with an appropriate chloroformate, isocyanate or carbamoyl chloride, or an acid chloride respectively.
• Symmetrical biphenyl analogs (compounds of formula 7 where both halves of the molecule are equivalent) can be synthesized starting from bromoketone 20. Amination by displacement with a nucleophile such as azide, phthalimide or preferably sodium diformylamide (Yinglin and Hongwen, Synthesis 1990, 122) followed by deprotection affords 21. Condensation under standard amination conditions such as HATU and Hunig's base with an appropriately protected amino acid provides 22.
• Acylation can be affected with a carboxylic acid (R 9 CChH) in a manner similar to the conversion of 21 to 22.
• Keto-amide 24 (analogous to 1 in Scheme 1) is prepared from keto-amide 24 or keto-ester 27 via heating with ammonium acetate under thermal or microwave conditions.
• Keto-amide 24 can be prepared from 23 via condensation with an appropriate cyclic or acyclic amino acid under standard amide formation conditions.
• Bromide 26 can give rise to 23 by treatment with a nucleophile such as azide, phthalimide or sodium diformylamide (Synthesis 1990, 122) followed by deprotection.
• Bromide 26 can also be converted to 27 by reacting with an appropriate cyclic or acyclic N-protected amino acid in the presence of base such as potassium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate.
• Bromide 25 can be converted to boronic ester 2 via treatment with bis-pinacalotodiboron under palladium catalysis according to the method described in Journal of Organic Chemistry 1995, 60, 7508, or variations thereof.
• starting materials such as 31a (analogous to 25 in Scheme 5 and 1 in Scheme 1) may be prepared by reacting bromoimidazole derivatives 31 under Suzuki-type coupling conditions with a variety of chloro- substituted aryl boronic acids which can either be prepared by Standard methodologies (see, for example, Organic Letters 2006, 8, 305 and references cited therein) or purchased from commercial suppliers.
• Bromoimidazole 31 can be obtained by brominating imidazole 30 with a source of bromonium ion such as bromine, CBr 4 , or N-bromosuccinimide.
• Imidazole 30 can be prepared from N- protected amino acids which are appropriately substituted by reacting with glyoxal in a methanolic solution of ammonium hydroxide.
• aryl halide 32 can be coupled under Suzuki-Miyaura palladium catalyzed conditions to form the heteroaryl derivative 34.
• Acylation of the resulting amine in 37 to give 38 can be accomplished as in the transformation of 35 to 36.
• Acylation of 39 can be accomplished in analogous fashion to that described for the transformation of 35 to 36.
• Heteroaryl chloride 29 can be converted to symmetrical analog 40 via treatment with a source of palladium such as dichlorobis(benzonitrile) palladium in the presence of tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene at elevated temperature. Removal of the SEM ether and Boc carbamates found in 40 can be accomplished in one step by treatment with a strong acid such as HCl or trifluoroacetic acid providing 41. Conversion to 42 can be accomplished in similar fashion to the conditions used to convert 38 to 39 in Scheme 7.
• a source of palladium such as dichlorobis(benzonitrile) palladium in the presence of tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene at elevated temperature.
• Removal of the SEM ether and Boc carbamates found in 40 can be accomplished in one step by treatment with a strong acid such as HCl or trifluoroacetic acid providing 41. Conversion to 42 can be accomplished in similar fashion to the conditions used to convert 38 to 39 in Scheme 7.
• Heteroaryl bromides 54 may be reacted with a vinyl stannane such as tributyl(l-ethoxyvinyl)tin in the presence of a source of palladium such as dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) to provide 55 which can be subsequently transformed into bromoketone 51 via treatment with a source of bromonium ion such as N-bormosuccinimide, CBr 4 , or bromine.
• a source of bromonium ion such as N-bormosuccinimide, CBr 4 , or bromine.
• keto- substituted heteroaryl bromides 53 may be directly converted to 51 via treatment with a source of bromonium ion such as bromine, CBr 4 , or N-bromosuccinimide.
• Bromide 51 can be converted to aminoketone 48 via addition of sodium azide, potassium phthalimide or sodium diformylamide (Synthesis 1990 122) followed by deprotection.
• Aminoketone 48 can then be coupled with an appropriately substituted amino acid under standard amide formation conditions (i.e.; a coupling reagent such as HATU in the presence of a mild base such as Hunig's base) to provide 49.
• Compound 49 can then be further transformed into imidazole 50 via reacting with ammonium acetate under thermal or microwave conditions.
• 51 can be directly reacted with an appropriately substituted amino acid in the presence of a base such as sodium bicarbonate or potassium carbonate providing 52 which can in turn be reacted with ammonium acetate under thermal or microwave conditions to provide 50.
• Imidazole 50 can be protected with an alkoxylmethyl group by treatment with the appropriate alkoxymethyl halide such as 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl chloride after first being deprotonated with a strong base such as sodium hydride.
• Substituted Phenylglycine derivatives can be prepared by a number of methods shown below.
• Phenylglycine t-butyl ester can be reductively alkylated (pathyway A) with an appropriate aldehyde and a reductant such as sodium cyanoborohydride in acidic medium.
• Hydrolysis of the t-butyl ester can be accomplished with strong acid such as HCl or trifluoroacetic acid.
• phenylglycine can be alkylated with an alkyl halide such as ethyl iodide and a base such as sodium bicarbonate or potassium carbonate (pathway B).
• Pathway C illustrates reductive alkylation of phenylglycine as in pathway A followed by a second reductive alkylation with an alternate aldehyde such as formaldehyde in the presence of a reducing agent and acid.
• Pathway D illustrates the synthesis of substituted phenylglycines via the corresponding mandelic acid analogs. Conversion of the secondary alcohol to a competent leaving group can be accomplished with p- toluensulfonyl chloride. Displacement of the tosylate group with an appropriate amine followed by reductive removal of the benzyl ester can provide substituted phenylglycine derivatives.
• pathway E a racemic substituted phenylglycine derivative is resolved by esterification with an enantiomerically pure chiral auxiliary such as but not limited to (+)-l-phenylethanol, (-)- 1 -phenylethanol, an Evan's oxazolidinone, or enantiomerically pure pantolactone. Separation of the diastereomers is accomplished via chromatography (silica gel, HPLC, crystallization, etc) followed by removal of the chiral auxiliary providing enantiomerically pure phenylglycine derivatives.
• Pathway H illustrates a synthetic sequence which intersects with pathway E wherein the aforementioned chiral auxiliary is installed prior to amine addition.
• an ester of an arylacetic acid can be brominated with a source of bromonium ion such as bromine, N-bromosuccinimide, or CBr 4 .
• the resultant benzylic bromide can be displaced with a variety of mono- or disubstituted amines in the presence of a tertiary amine base such as triethylamine or Hunig's base.
• Hydrolysis of the methyl ester via treatment with lithium hydroxide at low temperature or 6N HCl at elevated temperature provides the substituted phenylglycine derivatives. Another method is shown in pathway G.
• Glycine analogs can be derivatized with a variety of aryl halides in the presence of a source of palladium (0) such as palladium bis(tributylphosphine) and base such as potassium phosphate. The resultant ester can then be hydrolyzed by treatment with base or acid. It should be understood that other well known methods to prepare phenylglycine derivatives exist in the art and can be amended to provide the desired compounds in this description. It should also be understood that the final phenylglycine derivatives can be purified to enantiomeric purity greater than 98%ee via preparative HPLC.
• acylated phenylglycine derivatives may be prepared as illustrated below.
• Phenylglycine derivatives wherein the carboxylic acid is protected as an easily removed ester may be acylated with an acid chloride in the presence of a base such as triethylamine to provide the corresponding amides (pathway A).
• Pathway B illustrates the acylation of the starting phenylglycine derivative with an appropriate chloroformate
• pathway C shows reaction with an appropriate isocyanate or carbamoyl chloride.
• Each of the three intermediates shown in pathways A - C may be deprotected by methods known by those skilled in the art (ie; treatment of the t-butyl ester with strong base such as HCl or trifluoroacetic acid).
• Amino-substituted phenylacetic acids may be prepared by treatment of a chloromethylphenylacetic acid with an excess of an amine.
• Solvent A 95% H 2 O: 5% CH 3 CN, 10 mm Ammonium acetate
• TFA salt oi Cap-6 was synthesized from (R)-2-phenylglycine and 1- bromo-2-(2-bromoethoxy)ethane by using the method of preparation of Cap-5. 1 H
• the enantiomeric separation of the intermediate benzyl 2-(A- hydroxypiperidin-l-yl)-2 -phenyl acetate was effected by employing the following conditions: the compound (500 mg) was dissolved in ethanol/heptane (5 mL/45 mL). The resulting solution was injected (5 mL/injection) on a chiral HPLC column (Chiracel OJ, 2 cm ID x 25 cm L, 10 ⁇ m) eluting with 80:20 heptane/ethanol at 10 mL/min, monitored at 220 nm, to provide 186.3 mg of enantiomer- 1 and 209.1 mg of enantiomer-2 as light-yellow viscous oils.
• the diastereomeric separation of the intermediate benzyl 2-((S)-3- fluoropyrrolidin-l-yl)-2-phenylacetate was effected by employing the following conditions: the ester (220 mg) was separated on a chiral HPLC column (Chiracel OJ- H, 0.46 cm ID x 25 cm L, 5 ⁇ m) eluting with 95% CO 2 / 5% methanol with 0.1% TFA, at 10 bar pressure, 70 mL/min flow rate, and a temperature of 35 0 C.
• Step 1 A mixture of (R)-(-)-D-phenylglycine tert-butyl ester (3.00 g, 12.3 mmol), NaBH 3 CN (0.773 g, 12.3 mmol), KOH (0.690 g, 12.3 mmol) and acetic acid (0.352 mL, 6.15 mmol) were stirred in methanol at 0 0 C. To this mixture was added glutaric dialdehyde (2.23 mL, 12.3 mmol) dropwise over 5 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred as it was allowed to warm to ambient temperature and stirring was continued at the same temperature for 16 hours.
• Step 2 To a stirred solution of the intermediate ester (1.12g, 2.88mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added TFA (3 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 4 hours and then it was concentrated to dryness to give a light yellow oil. The oil was purified using reverse-phase preparative HPLC (Primesphere C- 18, 30 x 100mm; CH 3 CN-H 2 O-0.1% TFA). The appropriate fractions were combined and concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was then dissolved in a minimum amount of methanol and applied to applied to MCX LP extraction cartridges (2 x 6 g).
• Step 1; (S)-l-Phenylethyl 2-bromo-2-phenylacetate To a mixture of ⁇ - bromophenylacetic acid (10.75 g, 0.050 mol), (S)-(-)- 1 -phenylethanol (7.94 g, 0.065 mol) and DMAP (0.61 g, 5.0 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (100 mL) was added solid EDCI (12.46 g, 0.065 mol) all at once.
• Step 2 (S)- 1 -Phenylethyl (R)-2-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpiperidin- 1 -yl)- 2- phenylacetate: To a solution of (S)-I -phenylethyl 2-bromo-2-phenylacetate (0.464 g, 1.45 mmol) in THF (8 mL) was added triethylamine (0.61 mL, 4.35 mmol), followed by tetrabutylammonium iodide (0.215 g, 0.58 mmol).
• reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 minutes and then a solution of 4-methyl-4- hydroxypiperidine (0.251 g, 2.18 mmol) in THF (2 mL) was added. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature and then it was heated at 55-60 0 C (oil bath temperature) for 4 hours. The cooled reaction mixture was then diluted with ethyl acetate (30 mL), washed (H 2 O x2, brine), dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered and concentrated.
• Step 2 (R)-((S)-1-Phenylethyl) 2-(2-fluorophenyl)-2-(piperidin-l-yl)acetate: To a solution of (S)-I -phenylethyl 2-(2-fluorophenyl)acetate (5.00 g, 19.4 mmol) in THF (1200 mL) at 0 0 C was added DBU (6.19 g, 40.7 mmol) and the solution was allowed to warm to room temperature while stirring for 30 minutes.
• Wavelength 220
• Solvent A 10% methanol - 90% H 2 O - 0.1% TFA
• Solvent B 90% methanol - 10% H 2 O - 0.1% TFA
• Wavelength 220
• Solvent A 10% methanol - 90% H 2 O - 0.1% TFA
• Solvent B 90% methanol - 10% H 2 O - 0.1% TFA
• Step 1; (R,S)-Ethyl 2-(4-pyridyl)-2-bromoacetate To a solution of ethyl 4- pyridylacetate (1.00 g, 6.05 mmol) in dry THF (150 mL) at 0 0 C under argon was added DBU (0.99 mL, 6.66 mmol). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over 30 minutes and then it was cooled to -78 0 C. To this mixture was added CBr 4 (2.21 g, 6.66 mmol) and stirring was continued at -78 0 C for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was then quenched with sat. aq. NH 4 Cl and the phases were separated.
• Step 2 (R,S)-Ethyl 2-(4-pyridyl)-2-(N,N-dimethylamino)acetate: To a solution of (R,S)-ethyl 2-(4-pyridyl)-2-bromoacetate (1.40 g, 8.48 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) at room temperature was added dimethylamine (2M in THF, 8.5 mL, 17.0 mmol).
• Step 2; (R)-2-(dimethylamino)-2-(2-fluorophenyl)acetic acid A mixture of (RH(S)- 1-phenylethyl) 2-(dimethylamino)-2-(2-fluorophenyl)acetate TFA salt (1.25 g, 3.01 mmol) and 20% Pd(OH) 2 /C (0.125 g) in ethanol (30 mL) was hydrogenated at room temperature and atmospheric pressure (H 2 balloon) for 4 hours. The solution was then purged with Ar, filtered through diatomaceous earth (Celite ® ), and concentrated in vacuo. This gave the title compound as a colorless solid (0.503 g, 98%).
• the S-isomer could be obtained from (S)-((S)- 1-phenylethyl) 2- (dimethylamino)-2-(2-fluorophenyl)acetate TFA salt in similar fashion.
• HMDS (1.85 mL, 8.77 mmol) was added to a suspension of (R)-2-amino-2- phenylacetic acid p-toluenesulfonate (2.83 g, 8.77 mmol) in CH2CI2 (10 mL) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Methyl isocyanate (0.5 g, 8.77 mmol) was added in one portion stirring continued for 30 minutes. The reaction was quenched by addition of H 2 O (5 mL) and the resulting precipitate was filtered, washed with H 2 O and n-hexanes, and dried under vacuum.
• Step 1; (R)-tert-butyl 2-(3,3-dimethylureido)-2-phenylacetate To a stirred solution of (R)-tert-butyl-2-amino-2-phenylacetate (1.0 g, 4.10 mmol) and Hunig's base (1.79 mL, 10.25 mmol) in DMF (40 mL) was added dimethylcarbamoyl chloride (0.38 mL, 4.18 mmol) dropwise over 10 minutes. After stirring at room temperature for 3 hours, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with H 2 O, IN aq.
• Step 2 (R)-2-(3,3-dimethylureido)-2-phenylacetic acid: To a stirred solution of ((R)-tert-butyl 2-(3,3-dimethylureido)-2-phenylacetate ( 0.86 g, 3.10 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (250 mL) was added TFA (15 mL) dropwise and the resulting solution was stirred at rt for 3 h. The desired compound was then precipitated out of solution with a mixture of EtOAC:Hexanes (5:20), filtered off and dried under reduced pressure.
• Step 1; (R)-tert-butyl 2-(3-cyclopentylureido)-2-phenylacetate To a stirred solution of (R)-2-amino-2-phenylacetic acid hydrochloride (1.0 g, 4.10 mmol) and Hunig's base (1.0 mL, 6.15 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) was added cyclopentyl isocyanate (0.46 mL, 4.10 mmol) dropwise and over 10 minutes. After stirring at room temperature for 3 hours, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was traken up in ethyl acetate.
• C ⁇ p-52 was synthesized from L-alanine according to the procedure described for the synthesis of C ⁇ p-51.
• a portion of the crude material was purified by a reverse phase HPLC (H 2 O/MeOH/TFA) to afford C ⁇ p-52 as a colorless viscous oil.
• Cap-53 to -64 were prepared from appropriate starting materials according to the procedure described for the synthesis of Cap-51 , with noted modifications if any.
• Methyl chloroformate (0.65 mL, 8.39 mmol) was added dropwise over 5 min to a cooled (ice-water) mixture OfNa 2 CO 3 (0.449 g, 4.23 mmol), NaOH (8.2 mL of 1M/H 2 O, 8.2 mmol) and (5 * )-3-hydroxy-2-(methoxycarbonylamino)-3- methylbutanoic acid (1.04 g, 7.81 mmol).
• the reaction mixture was stirred for 45 min, and then the cooling bath was removed and stirring was continued for an additional 3.75 hr.
• Methyl chloroformate (0.38 ml, 4.9 mmol) was added drop-wise to a mixture of IN NaOH (aq) (9.0 ml, 9.0 mmol), IM NaHCO 3 (aq) (9.0 ml, 9.0 mol), L-aspartic acid ⁇ -benzyl ester (1.0 g, 4.5 mmol) and Dioxane (9 ml).
• the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient conditions for 3 hr, and then washed with Ethyl acetate (50 ml, 3x).
• the aqueous layer was acidified with 12N HCl to a pH ⁇ 1-2, and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 50 ml).
• Cap-69a and -69b Cap-69a: (R)-enantiomer
• Cap-69b (S)-enantiomer
• NaCNBH 3 (2.416 g, 36.5 mmol) was added in batches to a chilled (-15 "C) water (17 mL)/MeOH (10 mL) solution of alanine (1.338 g, 15.0 mmol). A few minutes later acetaldehyde (4.0 mL, 71.3 mmol) was added drop-wise over 4 min, the cooling bath was removed, and the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient condition for 6 hr. An additional acetaldehyde (4.0 mL) was added and the reaction was stirred for 2 hr. Concentrated HCl was added slowly to the reaction mixture until the pH reached ⁇ 1.5, and the resulting mixture was heated for 1 hr at 40 °C.
• Cap-70 to -74x were prepared according to the procedure described for the synthesis of Cap-69 by employing appropriate starting materials.
• Cap-75
• Methyl chloroformate (0.36 mL, 4.65 mmol) was added drop-wise over 11 min to a cooled (ice-water) mixture OfNa 2 CO 3 (0.243 g, 2.29 mmol), NaOH (4.6 mL of 1 MTH 2 O, 4.6 mmol) and the above product (802.4 mg).
• the reaction mixture was stirred for 55 min, and then the cooling bath was removed and stirring was continued for an additional 5.25 hr.
• the reaction mixture was diluted with equal volume of water and washed with CH 2 Cl 2 (30 mL, 2x), and the aqueous phase was cooled with ice-water bath and acidified with concentrated HCl to a pH region of 2.
• CapSOa S/S-diastereomer
• Cap-80b S/R-diastereomer
• LiHMDS (9.2 mL of 1.0 M/THF, 9.2 mmol) was added drop-wise over 10 min to a cooled (-78 "C) THF (50 mL) solution of (S)-I -benzyl 4-methyl 2-(9- phenyl-9H-fluoren-9-ylamino)succinate (3.907 g, 8.18 mmol) and stirred for ⁇ 1 hr.
• MeI (0.57 mL, 9.2 mmol) was added drop-wise over 8 min to the mixture, and stirring was continued for 16.5 hr while allowing the cooling bath to thaw to room temperature.
• reaction mixture was removed from the cooling bath and rapidly poured into ⁇ 1M H3PO4/H2O (250 mL) with stirring, and the mixture was extracted with ether (100 mL, 2x). The combined organic phase was washed with brine, dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered and concentrated in vacuo.
• a balloon of hydrogen was attached to a mixture of (2S,3S)-benzyl 4-(tert- butyldimethylsilyloxy)-3-methyl-2-(9-phenyl-9H-fluoren-9-ylamino)butanoate (836 mg, 1.447 mmol) and 10% Pd/C (213 mg) in EtOAc (16 mL) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for ⁇ 21 hr, where the balloon was recharged with H 2 as necessary.
• reaction mixture was diluted with CH 2 Cl 2 and filtered through a pad of diatomaceous earth (Celite-545 R ), and the pad was washed with EtOAc (200 mL), EtOAc/MeOH (1 : 1 mixture, 200 mL) and MeOH (750 mL).
• EtOAc 200 mL
• EtOAc/MeOH 1 : 1 mixture, 200 mL
• MeOH 750 mL
• the combined organic phase was concentrated, and a silica gel mesh was prepared from the resulting crude material and submitted to a flash chromatography (8:2: 1 mixture of EtOAc/i- PrOH/H 2 O) to afford (2S,3S)-2-amino-4-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-3- methylbutanoic acid as a white fluffy solid (325 mg).
• (2S,3R)-benzyl 4-(tert- butyldimethylsilyloxy)-3 -methyl-2-(9-phenyl-9H-fluoren-9-ylamino)butanoate was similarly elaborated to (2S,3R)-2-amino-4-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-3- methylbutanoic acid.
• Cap-%2 to Cap-85 were synthesized from appropriate starting materials according to the procedure described for Cap-51.
• the samples exhibited similar spectral profiles as that of their enantiomers (i.e., Cap-4, Cap- 13, Cap-51 and Cap- 52, respectively)
• the slurry was allowed to stand for 20 min and loaded onto a pad of cation exchange resin (Strata) (ca. 25g).
• the pad was washed with H 2 O (200 mL), MeOH (200 mL), and then NH 3 (3 M in MeOH, 2X200 mL).
• the appropriate fractions was concentrated in vacuo and the residue (ca. 1.1 g) was dissolved in H 2 O, frozen and lyophyllized.
• the title compound was obtained as a foam (1.02 g, 62%).
• Cap-90 was prepared according to the method described for the preparation of Cap-l. The crude material was used as is in subsequent steps. LCMS: Anal. Calcd. for C H H I5 NO 2 : 193; found: 192 (M-H) " .
• caps Cap-I ll to Cap-123 the Boc amino acids were commercially available and were deprotected by treatment with 25% TFA in CH 2 C ⁇ . After complete reaction as judged by LCMS the solvents were removed in vacuo and the corresponding TFA salt of the amino acid was carbamoylated with methyl chloro formate according to the procedure for Cap-51.
• Cap- 125 was prepared according to the procedure for the preparation of C ⁇ p-l. The crude product was used as is in subsequent reactions.
• Cap- 127 was prepared according to the method for Cap- 126 above starting from (S)- 2-amino-3 -(I -methyl- lH-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid (1.11 g, 6.56 mmol), NaHCO 3 (1.21 g, 14.4 mmol) and ClCO 2 Me (0.56 mL, 7.28 mmol). The title compound was obtained as its HCl salt (1.79 g, >100%) contaminated with inorganic salts. LCMS and 1 H NMR showed the presence of ca. 5% of the methyl ester. The crude mixture was used as is without further purification.
• cap-129 (S)-2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-3-(lH-pyrazol-l-yl)propanoic acid (0.20 g, 0.70 mmol) was hydrogenated in the presence of Pd-C (45 mg) in MeOH (5 mL) at atmospheric pressure for 2h. The product appeared to be insoluble in MeOH, therefore the rxn mixture was diluted with 5mL H 2 O and a few drops of 6N HCl.
• Cap- 130 was prepared by acylation of commercially available (R)-phenylglycine analgous to the procedure given in: Calmes, M.; Daunis, J.; Jacquier, R.; Verducci, J. Tetrahedron, 1987, 43(10), 2285.
• Solution percentages express a weight to volume relationship, and solution ratios express a volume to volume relationship, unless stated otherwise.
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were recorded either on a Bruker 300, 400, or 500 MHz spectrometer; the chemical shifts ( ⁇ ) are reported in parts per million. Flash chromatography was carried out on silica gel (Si ⁇ 2 ) according to Still's flash chromatography technique (J. Org. Chem. 1978, 43, 2923).
• Solvent A 0.1% TFA in 10% methanol/90%H 2 O
• Solvent B 0.1% TFA in 90% methanol/10% H 2 O
• Solvent A 0.1% TFA in 10% methanol/90%H 2 O
• Solvent B 0.1% TFA in 90% methanol/10% H 2 O
• Solvent A 0.1% TFA in 10% methanol/90%H 2 O
• Solvent B 0.1% TFA in 90% methanol/10% H 2 O
• N,N-Diisopropylethylamine (18 mL, 103.3 mmol) was added dropwise, over 15 minutes, to a heterogeneous mixture ofN-Boc-L-proline (7.139 g, 33.17 mmol), HATU (13.324 g, 35.04 mmol), the HCl salt of 2-amino-l-(4-bromophenyl)ethanone (8.127 g, 32.44 mmol), and DMF (105 mL), and stirred at ambient condition for 55 minutes. Most of the volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the resulting residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate (300 mL) and water (200 mL).
• Analogous compounds such as intermediate 1-la to 1-5 a can be prepared by incorporating the appropriately substituted amino acid and aryl bromide isomer.
• ketoamide Ia (12.8 g, 31.12 mmol) and NH 4 OAc (12.0 g, 155.7 mmol) in xylenes (155 mL) was heated in a sealed tube at 140 0 C for 2 hours.
• the volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the residue was partitioned carefully between ethyl acetate and water, whereby enough saturated NaHC ⁇ 3 solution was added so as to make the pH of the aqueous phase slightly basic after the shaking of the biphasic system.
• the layers were separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with an additional ethyl acetate.
• the combined organic phase was washed with brine, dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo.
• the resulting material was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/hexanes to provide two crops of imidazole Ib as a light-yellow dense solid, weighing 5.85 g.
• the mother liquor was concentrated in vacuo and submitted to a flash chromatography (silica gel; 30% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to provide an additional 2.23 g of imidazole Ib.
• Analogous compounds such as intermediates 1-lb to l-4b can be prepared by incorporating the appropriate ketoamide.
• the crude material was partitioned carefully between CH 2 Cl 2 (150 mL) and an aqueous medium (50 mL water + 10 mL saturated NaHCO 3 solution). The aqueous layer was extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 , and the combined organic phase was dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo.
• the resulting material was purified with flash chromatography (sample was loaded with eluting solvent; 20-35% ethyl acetate/CH 2 Cl 2 ) to provide boronate Ic, contaminated with pinacol, as an off- white dense solid; the relative mole ratio of Ic to pinacol was about 10: 1 ( 1 H NMR). The sample weighed 3.925 g after ⁇ 2.5 days exposure to high vacuum.
• Analogous compounds such as intermediates 1-lc to l-4c can be prepared by incorporating the appropriate aryl bromide.
• Example 1 (IR, 1 'R)-2, 2 '-(4,4'-biphenyldiylbis(lH-imidazole-5, 2-diyl(2S)-2, 1- pyrrolidinediyl))bis(N,N-dimethyl-2-oxo-l-phenylethanamine) HATU (44.6 mg, 0.117 mmol) was added to a mixture of pyrrolidine Ie (22.9 mg, 0.054 mmol), diisopropylethylamine (45 ⁇ L, 0.259 mmol) and Cap ⁇ (28.1 mg, 0.13 mmol) in DMF (1.5 mL), and the resulting mixture was stirred at ambient for 90 minutes.
• Example 1 as an off-white foam (44.1 mg).
• Example 28 methyl ((lR)-2-oxo-l-phenyl-2-((2S)-2-(5-(4'-(2-((2S)-l-(phenylacetyl)-2- pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)-4-biphenylyl)-lH-imidazol-2-yl)-l- pyrrolidinyl) ethyl) carbamate
• HATU (19.868g, 52.25 mmol) was added to a heterogeneous mixture of N- Cbz-L- proline (12.436 g, 49.89 mmol) and the HCl salt of 2-amino-l-(4- bromophenyl) ethanone (12.157 g, 48.53 mmol) in DMF (156 mL).
• the mixture was lowered in an ice-water bath, and immediately afterward NN-diisopropylethylamine (27 mL, 155 mmol) was added dropwise to it over 13 minutes. After the addition of the base was completed, the cooling bath was removed and the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 50 minutes.
• ketoamide 28a was a white solid (20.68 g).
• Ketoamide 28a (10.723g, 24.08 mmol) was converted to 28b according to the procedure described for the synthesis of carbamate Ib, with the exception that the crude material was purified by flash chromatography (sample was loaded with eluting solvent; 50% ethyl acetate/hexanes). Bromide 28b was retrieved as an off- white foam (7.622 g).
• 1 H NMR (DMSO-d 6 , ⁇ 2.5 ppm, 400 MHz): ⁇ 12.23/12.04/11.97 (m, IH), 7.73-6.96 (m, 10H), 5.11-4.85 (m, 3H), 3.61 (m, IH), 3.45 (m, IH), 2.33-184(m, 4H).
• Example 28 step e tert-butyl (2S)-2-(5-(4'-(2-((2S)-l-((2R)-2-((methoxycarbonyl)amino)-2- phenylacetyl)-2-pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)-4-biphenylyl)-lH-imidazol-2-yl)-l- pyrrolidinecarboxylate
• Example 28 step/ methyl ((lR)-2-oxo-l-phenyl-2-((2S)-2-(5-(4'-(2-((2S)-2-pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5- yl)-4-biphenylyl)-lH-imidazol-2-yl)-l-pyrrolidinyl)ethyl)carbamate
• Step e HATU (316.6 mg, 0.833 mmol) was added to a DMF (7.0 mL) solution of pyrrolidine 28d (427 mg, 0.813 mmol), Cap-4 (177.6 mg, 0.849 mmol) and diisopropylethylamine (0.32 mL, 1.84 mmol), and the reaction mixture was stirred for 45 minutes. The volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the residue was partitioned between CH2CI2 (50 mL) and an aqueous medium (20 mL H 2 O + 1 mL saturated NaHC ⁇ 3 solution).
• Step f Carbamate 28e was elaborated to amine 28f by employing the procedure described in the conversion of Id to Ie.
• LC (Cond. 1): RT 1.49min; >98% homogeneity index.
• Example 28 methyl ((lR)-2-oxo-l-phenyl-2-((2S)-2-(5-(4'-(2-((2S)-l-(phenylacetyl)-2- pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)-4-biphenylyl)-lH-imidazol-2-yl)-l- pyrrolidinyl) ethyl) carbamate
• PdCl 2 (Ph 3 P) 2 (257 mg, 0.367 mmol) was added to a dioxane (45 mL) solution of l-bromo-4-iodo-2-methylbenzene (3.01 g, 10.13 mmol) and tri- «-butyl(l- ethoxyvinyl)stannane (3.826 g, 10.59 mmol) and heated at 80 0 C for ⁇ 17 hours.
• the reaction mixture was treated with water (15 mL), cooled to ⁇ 0 0 C (ice/water), and then NBS (1.839 g, 10.3 mmol) was added in batches over 7 minutes.
• keto-esters can be prepared in analogous fashion.
• ketoester 121b (11.445 g, 3.39 mmol) and NH 4 OAc (2.93 g, 38.0 mmol) in xylenes (18 mL) was heated with a microwave at 140 0 C for 80 minutes. The volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the residue was carefully partitioned between CH 2 Cl 2 and water, where enough saturated NaHC ⁇ 3 solution was added to neutralize the aqueous medium. The aqueous phase was extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 , and the combined organic phase was dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo.
• PdCl 2 dppf-CH 2 Cl 2 (50.1 mg, 0.061 mmol) was added to a pressure tube containing a mixture of bromide 121c (538.3 mg, 1.325 mmol), bis(pinacolato)diboron (666.6 mg, 2.625 mmol), potassium acetate (365.8 mg, 3.727 mmol) and DMF (10 mL).
• the reaction mixture was flushed with N 2 and heated at 80 0 C for 24.5 hours.
• the volatile component was removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between CH 2 Cl 2 and water, where enough saturated NaHC ⁇ 3 solution was added to make the pH of the aqueous medium neutral.
• the aqueous phase was extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 , and the combined organic phase was dried
• Example 121 Step e and Example 121, Step/
• Example 126-128 were prepared starting from bromide 28b and boronate
• N-Bromosuccinimide (838.4 mg, 4.71 mmol) was added in batches, over 15 minutes, to a cooled (ice/water) CH 2 Cl 2 (20 mL) solution of imidazole 130a (1.0689 g, 4.504 mmol), and stirred at similar temperature for 75 minutes. The volatile component was removed in vacuo.
• the crude material was purified by a reverse phase HPLC system (H 2 O/methanol/TFA) to separate bromide 130b from its dibromo-analog and the non-consumed starting material. The HPLC elute was neutralized with excess NH 3 /methanol and the volatile component was removed in vacuo.
• Example 130 (TFA salt) was prepared from 130e and Cap-l according to the
• Examples 131.1-1 through 131.1-2 were prepared in similar fashion to example 28 via the intermediacy of intermediate l-6e after appending Cap-4.
• Cap-l was appended after the CBz carbamate was removed from l-6e with Pd/C/H 2 .
• Example 131.1-2 methyl ((lR)-2-(methyl((lS)-l-(5-(4'-(2-((2S)-l-((2R)-2-phenyl-2-(l- piperidinyl)acetyl)-2-pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)-4-biphenylyl)-lH-imidazol-2- yl)ethyl)amino)-2-oxo-l-phenylethyl)carbamate
• Cap- 14 was appended after the CBz carbamate was removed from l-6e with Pd/C/H 2 .
• Example 131.2 was prepared in similar fashion to example 131.1-1 and example 131.1-2 via the intermediacy of intermediate 1 -6e after appending Cap- 1.
• Cap- 14 was appended after the CBz carbamate was removed with PdAZVH 2 .
• t R 1.28 min
• LRMS Anal. Calcd. for C 48 H 54 N 8 O 2 775.44; found: 775.45 (M+H) + .
• Boc-L-proline (9.70 g, 45.06 mmol) was added in one batch to a heterogeneous mixture of crude 132a (15.4 g) and CH3CN (150 mL), and immediately afterward Et 3 N (13.0 mL, 93.2 mmol) was added drop-wise over 6 min. The reaction mixture was stirred for 50 min, the volatile component was removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between CH 2 Cl 2 and water.
• ketoester 132b (1.318 g, 3.19 mmol) and NH 4 OAc (2.729 g, 35.4 mmol) in xylenes (18 mL) was heated with a microwave at 140 0 C for 90 min. The volatile component was removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between CH2CI2 and water, where enough saturated NaHCO 3 solution was added to neutralize the aqueous medium. The aqueous phase was extracted with CH 2 CI 2 , and the combined organic phase was dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting crude material was purified by a Biotage system (silica gel; 50%
• Example 132 (H 2 O/MeOH/TFA) to afford the TFA salt of Example 132 as a yellow foam (39.2 mg).
• Example 133-135 were prepared as TFA salts from 132e by using the same method of preparations as Example 132 and appropriate reagents.
• PdCl 2 (Ph 3 P) 2 (257 mg, 0.367 mmol) was added to a dioxane (45 mL) solution of l-bromo-4-iodo-2-methylbenzene (3.01 g, 10.13 mmol) and tri-w-butyl(l- ethoxyvinyl)stannane (3.826 g, 10.59 mmol) and heated at 80 0 C for -17 hr.
• the reaction mixture was treated with water (15 mL), cooled to ⁇ 0 0 C (ice/water), and then NBS (1.839 g, 10.3 mmol) was added in batches over 7 min.
• ketoester 136b (11.445 g, 3.39 mmol) and NH 4 OAc (2.93 g, 38.0 mmol) in xylenes (18 mL) was heated with a microwave at 140 0 C for 80 min. The volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the residue was carefully partitioned between CH 2 Cl 2 and water, where enough saturated NaHC ⁇ 3 solution was added to neutralize the aqueous medium. The aqueous phase was extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 , and the combined organic phase was dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo.
• PdCl 2 dppf.CH 2 Cl 2 (50.1 mg, 0.061 mmol) was added to a pressure tube containing a mixture of bromide 136c (538.3 mg, 1.325 mmol), bis(pinacolato)diboron (666.6 mg, 2.625 mmol), KOAc (365.8 mg, 3.727 mmol) and DMF (10 mL).
• the reaction mixture was flushed with N 2 and heated at 80 0 C for 24.5 hr.
• the volatile component was removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between CH 2 Cl 2 and water, where enough saturated NaHC ⁇ 3 solution was added to make the pH of the aqueous medium neutral.
• Biaryl 136e was prepared from bromide 132c and boronate 136d according to the coupling condition described for the preparation of biaryl 132d.
• LC (Cond. Ia): RT 1.32 min; >90% homogeneity index
• the deprotection of biaryl 136e was done according to the preparation of pyrrolidine 132e to afford 136f as a light yellow foam.
• Example 136 (TFA salt) was synthesized from 136f according to the preparation of Example 132 from 132e. 1.05 min (Cond.1); >98%
• Example 138 methyl ((lR)-2-((2S)-2-(5-(6-(4-(2-((2S)-l-((2R)-2-((methoxycarbonyl)amino)-2- phenylacetyl)-2-pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)-2-methylphenyl)-3-pyridinyl)-lH- imidazol-2-yl)-l-pyrrolidinyl)-2-oxo-l-phenylethyl)carbamate
• Example 138 was prepared similarly from pyrrolidine 136f and Cap-4. 1.60 min (Cond. 1); >98%
• HATU 99.8 mg, 0.262 mmol
• 132e 54.1 mg, 0.127 mmol
• (R)-2-(?-butoxycarbonylamino)-2-phenylacetic acid 98.5 mg, 0.392 mmol
• z ' -P ⁇ EtN 100 ⁇ L, 0.574 mol
• the volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the residue was purified by a reverse phase HPLC (H 2 O/MeOH/TFA), where the HPLC elute was treated with excess 2.0 N NH 3 /MeOH before the removal of the volatile component in vacuo.
• Example 140 methyl ((lR)-2-((2S)-2-(5-(4-(5-(2-((2S)-l-((2R)-2-(dimethylamino)-2-phenylacetyl)-
• HATU (19.868g, 52.25 mmol) was added to a heterogeneous mixture of N-Cbz-L- proline (12.436 g, 49.89 mmol) and the HCl salt of 2-amino-l-(4-bromophenyl) ethanone (12.157 g, 48.53 mmol) in DMF (156 mL).
• the mixture was lowered in an ice-water bath, and immediately afterward N,N-diisopropylethylamine (27 mL, 155 mmol) was added drop wise to it over 13 min. After the addition of the base was completed, the cooling bath was removed and the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 50 min.
• ketoamide 140a was a white solid (20.68 g).
• Ketoamide 140a (10.723g, 24.08 mmol) was converted to 140b according to the procedure described for the synthesis of carbamate 132c, with the exception that the crude material was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel; 50%
• Pd(Ph 3 P) 4 (208 mg, 0.180 mmol) was added to a pressure tube containing a mixture of bromide 140b (1.80 g, 4.22 mmol), bis(pinacolato)diboron (2.146 g, 8.45 mmol), KOAc (1.8 g, 11.0 mmol) and 1,4-dioxane (34 mL).
• the reaction flask was purged with nitrogen, capped and heated with an oil bath at 80 0 C for 23 hr. The volatile component was removed in vacuo, and the residue was partitioned carefully between CH 2 CI 2 (70 mL) and an aqueous medium (22 mL water + 5 mL saturated NaHCO 3 solution).
• Arylbromide 132c was coupled with boronate 140c to afford 14Od by using the same procedure described for the synthesis of biaryl 132d.
• the sample contains the desbromo version of 132c as an impurity. Proceeded to the next step without further purification.
• LC (Cond. 1): RT 1.72 min; -85% homogeneity index
• LC/MS Anal. Calcd.
• Pyrrolidine 14Og was prepared from 14Oe and Cap-4, via the intermediacy of carbamate 14Of, by sequentially employing the amide forming and Boc-deprotection protocols used in the synthesis of Example 132.
• LC (Cond. 1): RT 1.09 min; -94% homogeneity index
• Example 140 methyl ((lR)-2-((2S)-2-(5-(4-(5-(2-((2S)-l-((2R)-2-(dimethylamino)-2-phenylacetyl)- 2-pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)-2-pyridinyl)phenyl)-lH-imidazol-2-yl)-l- pyrrolidinyl)-2-oxo-l-phenylethyl)carbamate
• Example 140 The TFA salt of Example 140 was synthesized from pyrrolidine 14Og and Cap ⁇ by using the procedure described for the preparation of Example 132 from intermediate 132e.
• Example 141-143 The TFA salt of Example 141-143 were synthesized from intermediate 14Og and appropriate reagents in a similar manner.
• Pd(Ph 3 P) 4 (9.6 mg, 0.008 mmol) and LiCl (28 mg, 0.67 mmol) were added to a mixture of arylbromide 132c (98.7 mg, 0.251 mmol) and hexamethylditin (51.6 mg, 0.158 mmol), and heated at 80 0 C for ⁇ 3 days.
• the volatile component was removed in vacuo and the resultant crude material was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel; 0-10% MeOH/EtOAc) followed by a reverse phase HPLC (H 2 O/MeOH/TFA). The HPLC elute was neutralized with excess 2.0 N NH 3 MeOH, and the volatile component was removed in vacuo.
• Example 145 (TFA salt) was synthesized from 145b according to the preparation of Example 132 from 132e.
• LC (Cond. 1): RT 1.63 min; 98% homogeneity index
• LC/MS Anal. Calcd. for [M+H] + C 44 H 45 Ni 0 O 6 : 809.35; found 809.40
• HBr salt 48% HBr (1.0 mL) was added drop-wise to a dioxane (5.0 mL) solution of carbamate 146a (840 mg, 2.66 mmol) over 3 min, and the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 17.5 hr. The precipitate was filtered and washed with dioxane, and dried in vacuo to afford amine the HBr salt of 146b as an off- white solid (672.4 mg; the exact mole equivalent of the HBr salt was not determined).
• aqueous layer was extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 , and the combined organic phase was dried (MgSO 4 ), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo.
• the crude material was purified by a flash chromatography (silica gel; 20% EtOAc/hexanes) to afford 146e as a colorless viscous oil (87.5 mg). The exact regiochemistry of 146e was not determined.
• Example 146 (TFA salt) was synthesized from pyrrolidine 146g according to the preparation of Example 132 from intermediate 132e.
• LC/MS Anal. Calcd. for [M+H] + C 45 H 50 N 9 O 2 : 748.41; found 748.57
• HRMS Anal. Calcd. for [M+H] + C 45 H 50 N 9 O 2 : 748.4087; found 748.4100
• Example 147 methyl ((lR)-2-((2S)-2-(5-(5-(4-(2-((2S)-l-((2R)-2-((methoxycarbonyl)amino)-2- phenylacetyl)-2-pyrrolidinyl)-lH-imidazol-5-yl)phenyl)-2-pyridinyl)-lH-imidazol-2- yl)-l-pyrrolidinyl)-2-oxo-l-phenylethyl)carbamate
• Example 147 The TFA salt of Example 147 was prepared similarly from intermediate 146g by using Cap-4.
• LC (Cond. 1): RT 1.66 min; 95% homogenity index
• Example 148 Step a A solution of bromine (1.3mL, 25.0mmol) in 15mL glacial acetic acid was added drop-wise to a solution of 4-4'-diacetylbiphenyl (3.Og, 12.5mmol) in 4OmL acetic acid at 50 0 C. Upon completion of addition the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The precipitated product was filtered off and re-crystallized from chloroform to give l,l '-(biphenyl-4,4'-diyl)bis(2-bromoethanone) (3.84g, 77.5%) as a white solid.

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