WO2012054366A2 - Substituted amino-triazolyl pde10 inhibitors - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is directed to substituted amino-triazolyl compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.

Description

SUBSTITUTED AMINO-TRIAZOLYL PDE10 INHIBITORS

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates generally to compounds which act as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase (PDE) 10 enzyme, compositions and therapeutic uses thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Schizophrenia is debilitating disorder affecting the psychic and motor functions of the brain. It is typically diagnosed in individuals in their early to mid-twenties and symptoms include hallucinations and delusions or at the other extreme, anhedonia or social withdrawal. Across the spectrum, the symptoms are indicative of cognitive impairment and functional disabilities. Notwithstanding improvements in antipsychotic treatments, current therapies, including typical (haloperidol) and atypical (clozapine or olanzapine) antipsychotics, have been less than acceptable and result in an extremely high rate of noncompliance or discontinuation of medication. Dissatisfaction with therapy is attributed to lack of efficacy or intolerable and unacceptable side affects. The side effects have been associated with significant metabolic, extrapyramidal, prolactic and cardiac adverse events. See, Lieberman et al., N. Engl. J. Med. (2005) 353:1209-1223.

While multiple pathways are believed to be involved with the pathogenesis of schizophrenia leading to psychosis and cognition deficits, much attention has focused on the role of glutamate/NMD A dysfunction associated with cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels and the dopaminergic D2 receptor associated with cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). These ubiquitous second messengers are responsible for altering the function of many intracellular proteins. Cyclic AMP is thought to regulate the activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), which in turns phosphorylates and regulates many types of proteins including ion channels, enzymes and transcription factors. Similarly, cGMP is also responsible for

downstream regulation of kinases and ion channels.

One pathway for affecting the levels of cyclic nucleotides, such as cAMP and cGMP, is to alter or regulate the enzymes that degrade these enzymes, known as 3', 5'-cyclic nucleotide specific phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The PDE superfamily includes twenty one genes that encode for eleven families of PDEs. These families are further subdivided based on catalytic domain homology and substrate specificity and include the 1) cAMP specific, PDE4A-D, 7A and 7B, and 8A and 8B, 2) cGMP specific, PDE 5 A, 6A-C, and 9A, and 3) those that are dual substrate, PDE 1A-C, 2A, 3 A and 3B, 10A, and 1 1A. The homology between the families, ranging from 20% to 45% suggests that it may be possible to develop selective inhibitors for each of these subtypes.

The identification of PDE10 was reported by three groups independently and it was distinguished from other PDEs on the basis of its amino acid sequence, functional properties, and tissue distribution (Fujishige et al., J. Biol. Chem. (1999) 274:18438-18445; Loughney et al., Gene (1999) 234: 109-1 17; Soderling et al., PNAS, USA (1999) 96: 7071- 7076). The PDE10 subtype at present consists of a sole member, PDEIOA, having alternative splice variants at both the N-terminus (three variants) and C-terminus (two variants), but that does not affect the GAF domain in the N-terminus or the catalytic site in C-terminus. The N- terminus splice variants, PDE10A1 and PDE10A2, differ in that the A2 variant has a PKA phosphorylation site that upon activation, i.e. PKA phosphorylation in response to elevated cAMP levels, results in intracellular changes to the localization of the enzyme. PDEIOA is unique relative to other PDE families also having the conserved GAF domain in that its ligand is cAMP, while for the other GAF-domain PDEs the ligand is cGMP (Kehler et al., Expert Opin. Ther. Patents (2007) 17(2): 147-158). PDEIOA has limited but high expression in the brain and testes. The high expression in the brain and, in particular, the neurons of the striatum, unique to PDE10, suggests that inhibitors thereto may be well suited for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders and conditions.

Inhibition of PDE10 is believed to be useful in the treatment of schizophrenia and a wide variety of conditions or disorders that would benefit from increasing levels of cAMP and/or cGMP within neurons, including a variety of neurological, psychotic, anxiety and/or movement disorders. Accordingly, agents that inhibit PDE10 and especially PDEIOA would be desirable as therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to substituted amino-triazolyl compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present Invention is directed to compounds of the formula I:

I

wherein:

A is selected from the group consisting of Ci-^alkyl, Cg-io aryl, and C5 0 heterocyclyl, said alkyl, aryl and heterocyclyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a; R is selected from the group consisting of H, and Ci-galkyl;

Rl is selected from the groups consisting of hydrogen, (CH2)nC6-10 zxj i-.6alkyL (CH2)nC5- 10 heterocycle, (CH2)n 3-10^cy^cl° lkyL said alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycle, and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a;

R2 is selected from the groups consisting of -NH(CH2)nOR, -NH(CH2) 6-10^aryl_> ~

NH(CH2)_nC3-l0cycIoalkyl, -NH(CH2)rA-6alkyl, -NRlR, -NHC(0)Ci-6alkyl, -N(Ci_ 6alk l)(CH2)nC6-10aiyl, -NHS02Ci_6alkyl, said alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a;

R^a is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) halogen,

(2) hydroxyl,

(3) Ci -galkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^, 4) -O-Ci-galkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^,

(5) (CH2)nC6„ioar l, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of ϊ ,

(6) -O-(CH2)nC5-10 heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb, (7) -(CH2)nC5-10 heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb,

(8) -O-(CH2)nC6-10^ar l₅ which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb

(9) -(CH2)n 6-10^ary which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb

(10) -O-(CH2)nC3-10 cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups ofRb,

(1 1) -(CH2)nC3-10 cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb

(12) -NH-Ci-6alkyl, or -N(Ci_6alkyl)(Ci_6alkyl), which is unsubstituted or

substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb,

(13) -O-(CH2)nSO2C6-10^aryl_> which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups ofRb

(14) -(CH₂)_nC0₂R,

(15) -CN,

(16) -N0₂;

(17) -(O)0-lCl-5 haloalkyl;

(18) C2-6^al ynylC5_io heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R ;

(19) C2-6alkenyl; and

(20) C(0)R;

selected from the group consisting of:

(1) halogen,

(2) hydroxyl,

(3) Ci-6alkyl,

(4) -0-Ci -6alkyl,

(5) (CH2)nC6-ioaryl,

(6) (CH2)nC5-10 heterocycle,

(7) Ci-5 haloalkyl; and n represents 0-4; or a pharmaceuticaliy acceptable salt thereof.

An embodiment of the present invention includes compounds wherein A is selected from the group consisting of methyl, phenyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrimidinon-yl, and pyridyl, said groups optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, and all other variables are as originally described. Another embodiment of this invention is realized when A is phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, and all other variables are as originally described. Another embodiment of this invention is realized when A is pyrimidinyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of a, and all other variables are as originally described. Still another embodiment of this invention is realized when A is pyrimidinon-yl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, and all other variables are as originally described. Yet another embodiment of this invention is realized when A is pyridyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, and all other variables are as originally described.

Another embodiment of the present invention includes compounds where Rl is (CH2)n 6-10^aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, and all other variables are as originally described. Another embodiment of the present invention includes compounds where Rl is (CH2)nC5-10heterocyle optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a ₅ and all other variables are as originally described. Still another embodiment of the present invention includes compounds where Rl is (CH2)nC3-10cycloalkyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R and all other variables are as originally described. Yet another embodiment of the present invention includes compounds where Rl is Ci-6alkyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a and all other variables are as originally described. Still another embodiment of the present invention includes compounds wherein the aryl, alkyl, heterocycle and cycloalkyl of l is optionally substituted phenyl, cyclohexyl, thiophenyl, Ci-6alkyl, oxazolyl, or cyclopropyl.

Still another embodiment of the present invention includes compounds where R2 is NH(CH2)_nC6- 1 oaiyl, H(CH2)_nC3- 1 ocycloalkyl, -NH(CH2)_nC 1 -6^aikyl, NRlR, said alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a; and all other viariables are as originally described. Another embodiment of this invention is realized when R2 is NR R, preferably N¾ and all other variables are as originally described. Another embodiment of this invention is realized when R2 is -NR(CH2)n 6-10^ary wherein said aryl is optionally substituted phenyl and all other variables are as originally described. Another embodiment of this invention is realized when R2 N (CB2)n 3 0^cy^cl°^alkyl_J wherein said cycloalkyl is selected from the group consisting of cyclopropyl and cyclohexyl, said cyclopropyl and cyclohexyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R and all other variables are as originally described. Yet another sub-embodiment of this invention is realized when R2 is NRCj.galkyl, said alkyl optionally substituted and all other variables are as originally described.

Still another embodiment of the present invention of formula I is represented by structural formula II:

II

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrimidinon-yl, and pyridyl, said groups optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Ra n is 0-2, and 2 is NH(CH2)_nC6-10aryl, NH(CH2)_nC3-10cycloaIkyl, - NH(CH2)nCi-6alkyl, NRlR, said alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Ra.

A sub-embodiment of the invention of formula II is realized when A is phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, n is 0-1, and R is selected from the group consisting of NH2, N(CH2)ncyclopropyl, N(CH2)n^cy^cloh.^exy N(CH2)nphenyl, and

NH(CH2)nCl-6^alky preferably NH2, said alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a; and at least one R^a is present on the B ring and is selected from methoxy, methyl, and halo, preferably there are at least two R^a on the B ring both of which are methoxy.

Another sub-embodiment of the invention of formula II is realized when A is pyrimidinyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, n is 0-1, and R is selected from the group consisting of Ν¾, N(CH2)n^cy^cl° ^r°py N(CH2)n^cvcl°h^exy N(CH2)nphenyl, and

NH(CH2)nCl-6 i yl, preferably NJ¾, said alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a; and at least one R is present on the B ring and is selected from methoxy, methyl, and halo, preferably there are at least two R^a on the B ring both of which are methoxy.

Another sub-embodiment of the invention of formula II is realized when A is pyrimidinon-yl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, n is 0-1, and R is selected from the group consisting of NH2_> N(CH2)ncyclopropyl, N(CH2)ncyclohexyl, N(CH2)nphenyl, and NH(CH2)n l-6alkyl, preferably Ν¾, said alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a; and at least one R^a is present on the B ring and is selected from methoxy, methyl, and halo, preferably there are at least two R^a on the B ring both of which are methoxy,

Another sub-embodiment of the invention of formula II is realized when A is pyridyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, n is 0-1, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of NH2, N(CH2)ncyclopropyl, N(CH2)ncyclohexyl, N(CH2)nphenyl, and

NH(CH2)n l-6^aikyl_> preferably Nl¾, said alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl optionally substituted with

1 to 3 groups of R^a; and at least one R^a is present on the B ring and is selected from methoxy, methyl, and halo, preferably there are at least two R^a on the B ring both of which are methoxy.

Examples of compounds of this invention include those in Table 1 :

Table 1

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2 ,6--8 dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N-methyl- 1 H- 355.2

1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

N-(5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2_;6--9 dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H-1 ,2,4- 419.2 triazol- 3 -yl)methanesulfonamide

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4--10 methoxybenzyl)- 1 -phenyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- 431.2 triazol-3 -amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4--1 1 methoxybenzyl)-l -methyl-l H-1 ,2,4- 369.2 triazol-3-amine

l-(3₅4-dichlorophenyl)-5-(3,4--16 XX ? _ci dimethoxybenzyi)- 1 H-1 ,2,4-triazol-3- 379.55 amine

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(3 ,5--17 dimethylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2₅4-triazol-3 - 339.67 amine

5 -(2-cyclohexylethyl)- 1 ~(2 ,6--18 dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- 301.06 triazol-3-amine

1 -(2 ,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5 -(2--19 (thiophen-2~yl)ethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 300.97

3 -amine

l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5--20 295.35 phenethyl- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine 1 -(2_i6-dimethyipyrimidm-4-yl)-5-(3 -(4--21 methoxyphenyl)-5-methylisoxazol-4- 378.00 yl)~l H-l ,2,4~triazol~3-amine

( )- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5 --22 κ'₍ — NH₂ (2,2,2-tiifluoro- 1 -methoxy- 1 - 379.00 phenylethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine

(S)-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5--23 (2,2,2-trifluoro- 1 -methoxy- 1 - 378.95 phenylethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine

1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(l -(4--24 methoxyphenyl)cyclopropyl)-lH-l,2,4- 337.27 triazo 1-3 -amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2--33 (trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin- 487.1

4-yl)-l H-l ,2,4-triazol-3~amine

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2--34 (thiophen-2-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 439.1

1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

v 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2--35 methoxybenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 449.2

1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimetlioxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(4--36 methoxybenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 449.2

1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6- (imidazo [1 _s2-a]pyridin-2--41 459.1 ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- o

triazol-3-amme

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(4--42 (pyridin-4-yl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4- 496.1 yl)-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2--43 (tbiophen-2-yl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4- 501.1

0 yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((2--67 phenylcyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin- 458.98

4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6--68 (quinolin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 469.92

1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine

6-(3-amino~5~(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)--69 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3- 370.99 isopropylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one

6-(3 -amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)--70 lH-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)-3- 397.00

(cyclobutylmethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one

5 -(3 ,4-di methoxybenzyl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-metihyl-6--80 540.24

(pyrid -2-yloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)~ 1 H- ί Ί ^{H 0} 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

5- (3 ,4-dimetb.oxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl--81 6- (pyridin-2-yloxy)pyriraidm-4-yl)- 1 H- 420.18

1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-3 -(4- me thoxybenzylamino)- 1 -(2-methyl-6--82 592.27

(quinolin-2-yloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH- 1 ,2₅4-triazole-2,4-duum

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6--87 473.23 vinylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3- amine

Q 5-(3 _?4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(2--88 601.29

(quinolin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)- lH-1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine

1 ~(6~((1 ,5-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethynyl)-2- methylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 5 -(3 ,4--89 dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4- 599.29 methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 - amine

5- (3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl--90 6- (2-(quinolin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4- 482.23 yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2_}4-triazol-3 -amine

P l-(6-(2-(l,5-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2-

Q methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5 -(3 ,4--91 dimethoxybenzyI)-N-(4- 605.30 methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol- 3 -

CK amine

6-(3-amino-5-(3_?4-dimethoxybenzyl)--116 lH~l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)-2- 343.1 methylpyrimidin-4-ol

v 5-(3 _f 4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((2,4- dimethylthiazol~5~yl)methoxy)-2--117 468.2 methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol- 3-amine

5 -(3, 4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6- (isoquinolin- 1 -ylmethoxy)-2--1 18 484.2 methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-lH~l,2,4-triazol- 3 -amine

N-(5-(3 ,4~dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2- methyl-6-((4-methylquinolin-2--1 19 540.2 yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4- triazol-3 -yl)acetamide

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Specific embodiments of the present invention include a compound which is selected from the group consisting of the subject compounds of the Examples herein and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and individual enantiomers and diastereomers thereof.

When any variable (e.g. aryl, heterocycle, , etc.) occurs more than one time in any constituent, its definition on each occurrence is independent at every other occurrence. Also, combinations of substituents/or variables are permissible only if such combinations result in stable compounds.

As used herein, "alkyl" encompasses groups having the prefix "alk" such as, for example, alkoxy, alkanoyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl and means carbon chains which may be linear or branched or combinations thereof. Examples of alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, sec- and tert-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, and heptyl. "Alkenyl" refers to a hydrocarbon radical straight, branched or cyclic containing from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and at least one carbon to carbon double bond. Preferred alkenyl groups include ethenyl, propenyl, butenyl and cyclohexenyl. Preferably, alkenyl is C2-Cg alkenyl. Preferred alkynyls are C2~Cg alkynyl.

"Alkenyl," "alkynyl" and other like terms include carbon chains containing at least one unsaturated C-C bond.

As used herein, "haloalkyl" refers to an alkyl substituent as described herein containing at least one halogen substituent.

The term "cycloalkyl" refers to a saturated hydrocarbon containing one ring having a specified number of carbon atoms. Examples of cycloalkyl include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, and cyclohexyl.

The term "Ci_6" includes alkyls containing 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 carbon atoms

The term "alkoxy" or "0-alkyl"as used herein, alone or in combination, includes an alkyl group connected to the oxy connecting atom. The term "alkoxy" also includes alkyl ether groups, where the term 'alkyl' is defined above, and 'ether' means two alkyl groups with an oxygen atom between them. Examples of suitable alkoxy groups include methoxy, ethoxy, n- propoxy, i-propoxy, n-butoxy, s-butoxy, t-butoxy, methoxymethane (also referred to as 'dimethyl ether'), and methoxyethane (also referred to as 'ethyl methyl ether').

As used herein, "aryl" is intended to mean any stable monocyclic or bicyclic carbon ring of up to 7 members in each ring, wherein at least one ring is aromatic. Examples of such aryl elements include phenyl, napthyl, tetrahydronapthyl, indanyl, or biphenyl.

The term heterocycle, heterocyclyl, or heterocyclic, as used herein, represents a stable 5- to 7-membered monocyclic or stable 8- to 1 1-membered bicyclic heterocyclic ring which is either saturated or unsaturated, and which consists of carbon atoms and from one to four heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S, and including any bicyclic group in which any of the above-defined heterocyclic rings is fused to a benzene ring. The heterocyclic ring may be attached at any heteroatom or carbon atom which results in the creation of a stable structure. The term heterocycle or heterocyclic includes heteroaryl moieties. Examples of such heterocyclic elements include, but are not limited to, azepinyl, benzimidazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzofurazanyl, benzopyranyl, benzothiopyranyl, benzofuryl, benzothiazolyl, benzothienyl, benzoxazolyl, chromanyl, cinnolinyl, dihydrobe zofiiryl, dihydrobenzothienyl,

dihydrobenzothiopyranyl, dihydrobenzothiopyranyl sulfone, 1,3-dioxolanyl, furyl,

imidazolidinyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolyl, indolinyl, indolyl, isochromanyl, isoindolinyl, isoquinolinyl, isothiazolidinyl, isothiazolyl, isothiazolidinyl, morpholinyl, naphthyridinyl, oxadiazolyl, 2-oxoazepinyl, oxazolyl, 2-oxopiperazinyl, 2-oxopiperdinyl, 2-oxopyrrolidinyl, piperidyl, piperazinyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrazolidinyl, pyrazolyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolyl, quinazolinyl, quinolinyl, quinoxalinyl, tetrahydrofuryl,

tetrahydroisoquinolinyl, tetrahydroquinolinyl, thiamorpholinyl, thiamorpholinyl sulfoxide, thiazolyl, thiazolinyl, thienofuryl, thienothienyl, thienyl and triazolyl.

The term "heteroaryl", as used herein except where noted, represents a stable 5- to 7-membered monocyclic- or stable 9- to 10-membered fused bicyclic heterocyclic ring system which contains an aromatic ring, any ring of which may be saturated, such as piperidinyl, partially saturated, or unsaturated, such as pyridinyl, and which consists of carbon atoms and from one to four heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S, and wherein the nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms may optionally be oxidized, and the nitrogen heteroatom may optionally be quaternized, and including any bicyclic group in which any of the above-defined heterocyclic rings is fused to a benzene ring. The heterocyclic ring may be attached at any heteroatom or carbon atom which results in the creation of a stable structure. Examples of such heteroaryl groups include, but are not limited to, benzimidazole, benzisothiazole, benzisoxazole, benzofuran, benzothiazole, benzothiophene, benzotriazole, benzoxazole, carboline, cinnolme, furan, furazan, imidazole, indazole, indole, indolizine, isoquinoline, isothiazole, isoxazole, naphthyridine, oxadiazole, oxazole, phthalazine, pteridine, purine, pyran, pyrazme, pyrazole, pyridazine, pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrrole, quinazoline, quinoline, quinoxaline, tetrazole, thiadiazole, thiazole, thiophene, triazine, triazole, and N-oxides thereof.

The term "heteroatom" means O, S or N, selected on an independent basis.

A moiety that is substituted is one in which one or more hydrogens have been independently replaced with another chemical substituent. As a non-limiting example, substituted phenyls include 2-flurophenyl, 3,4-dichiorophenyl, 3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl, 2,4fluor-3-propylphenyl. As another non-limiting example, substituted n-octyls include 2,4 dimethyl-5-ethyl-octyl and 3-cyclopentyloctyl. Included within this definition are methylenes (- CH₂-) substituted with oxygen to form carbonyl (-CO-).

Unless otherwise stated, as employed herein, when a moiety (e.g., cycloalkyl, hydrocarbyl, aryl, alkyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, urea, etc.) is described as "optionally substituted" it is meant that the group optionally has from one to four, preferably from one to three, more preferably one or two, non-hydrogen substituents. Suitable substituents include, without limitation, halo, hydroxy, oxo (e.g., an annular -CH- substituted with oxo is -C(O)-), nitro, halohydrocarbyl, hydrocarbyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, acylamino, alkylcarbamoyl, arylcarbamoyl, aminoalkyl, acyl, carboxy, hydroxyalkyl, , alkanesulfonyl, arenesulfonyl, alkanesulfonamido, arenesulfonamido, aralkylsulfonamido, alkylcarbonyl, acyioxy, cyano, and ureido groups. Preferred substituents, which are themselves not further substituted (unless expressly stated otherwise) are:

(a) halo, cyano, oxo, carboxy, formyl, nitro, amino, amidino, guanidino, and

(b) Ci-Cg alkyl or alkenyl or arylalkyl imino, carbamoyl, azido, carboxamido, mercapto, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, C\-Cg alkyl, SO2CF3, CF3,

S02Me, C1-C8 alkenyl, C1 -C8 alkoxy, C1-C8 alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, C2-Cg acyl, C2-C8 acylamino, C\-C$ alkylthio, arylalkylthio, arylthio, Cj-Cgalkylsulfinyl, arylalkylsulfhyl, arylsulfnyl, Cl-Cg alkylsulfonyl, arylalkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, Co-Cg

N-alkylcarbamoyl, C2-C15 N,N dialkylcarbamoyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, aroyl, aryloxy, arylalkyl ether, aiyl, aryl fused to a cycloalkyl or heterocycle or another aryl ring, C3-C7 heterocycle, or any of these rings fused or spiro-fused to a cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, or aryl, wherein each of the foregoing is further optionally substituted with one more moieties listed in (a), above.

"Halogen" and "halo" refer to fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.

The term "mammal" "mammalian" or "mammals" includes humans, as well as animals, such as dogs, cats, horses, pigs and cattle.

All patents, patent applications and publications cited herein, whether supra or infra, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and are deemed representative of the prevailing state of the art.

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an" and "the" include plural references unless the content clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to "a primer" includes two or more such primers, reference to "an amino acid" includes more than one such amino acid, and the like.

Compounds described herein may contain one or more double bonds and may thus give rise to cis/trans isomers as well as other conformational isomers. The present invention includes all such possible isomers as well as mixtures of such isomers unless specifically stated otherwise.

The independent syntheses of the enantiomerically or diastereomerically enriched compounds, or their chromatographic separations, may be achieved as known in the art by appropriate modification of the methodology disclosed herein. Their absolute stereochemistry may be determined by the x-ray crystallography of crystalline products or crystalline

intennediates that are derivatized, if necessary, with a reagent containing an asymmetric center of known absolute configuration.

If desired, racemic mixtures of the compounds may be separated so that the individual enantiomers or diastereomers are isolated. The separation can be carried out by methods well known in the art, such as the coupling of a racemic mixture of compounds to an enantiomerically pure compound to form a diastereomeric mixture, followed by separation of the individual diastereomers by standard methods, such as fractional crystallization or

chromatography. The coupling reaction is often the formation of salts using an enantiomerically pure acid or base. The diastereomeric derivatives may then be converted to the pure enantiomers by cleavage of the added chiral residue. The racemic mixture of the compounds can also be separated directly by chromatographic methods using chiral stationary phases, which methods are well known in the art.

Alternatively, any enantiomer or diastereomer of a compound may be obtained by stereoselective synthesis using optically pure starting materials or reagents of known

configuration by methods well known in the art.

In the compounds of generic Formula I, the atoms may exhibit their natural isotopic abundances, or one or more of the atoms may be artificially enriched in a particular isotope having the same atomic number, but an atomic mass or mass number different from the atomic mass or mass number predominantly found in nature. The present invention is meant to include all suitable isotopic variations of the compounds of generic Formula I. For example, different isotopic forms of hydrogen (H) include protium (lH) and deuterium (¾), Protium is the predominant hydrogen isotope found in nature. Enriching for deuterium may afford certain therapeutic advantages, such as increasing in vivo half-life or reducing dosage requirements, or may provide a compound useful as a standard for characterization of biological samples.

Isotopically-enriched compounds within generic Formula I can be prepared without undue experimentation by conventional techniques well known to those skilled in the art or by processes analogous to those described in the Schemes and Examples herein using appropriate isotopically-enriched reagents and/or intermediates.

It will be understood that, as used herein, references to the compounds of present invention are meant to also include the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and also salts that are not pharmaceutically acceptable when they are used as precursors to the free compounds or in other synthetic manipulations. The compounds of the present invention may be administered in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The term "pharmaceutically acceptable salts" refers to salts prepared from pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic bases or acids. When the compound of the present invention is acidic, its corresponding salt can be conveniently prepared from pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic bases, including inorganic bases and organic bases. Salts derived from such inorganic bases include aluminum, ammonium, calcium, cupric, cuprous, ferric, ferrous, lithium, magnesium, manganic, manganous, potassium, sodium, zinc and the like salts. Particular embodiments include the ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium salts. Salts in the solid form may exist in more than one crystal structure, and may also be in the form of hydrates. Salts derived from pharmaceutically acceptable organic nontoxic bases include salts of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines, and basic ion exchange resins, such as arginine, betaine, caffeine, choline, N,N'-diberizylethylene-diamine, diethylamine, 2- diethylaminoethanol, 2-dimethylamino-ethanol, ethanolamine, ethylenediamine, N-ethyl- morpholine, N-ethylpiperidine, glucamine, glucosamine, histidine, hydrabamine, isopropylamine, lysine, methylgiucamine, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, polyamine resins, procaine, purines, theobromine, triethylamine, trimethylamine, tripropylamine, tromethamine, and the like. When the compound of the present invention is basic, salts may be prepared from pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic acids, including inorganic and organic acids. Such acids include acetic, benzenesulfonic, benzoic, camphorsulfonic, citric, ethanesulfonic, fumaric, gluconic, glutamic, hydrobromic, hydrochloric, isefhionic, lactic, maleic, malic, mandelic, methanesulfonic, mucic, nitric, pamoic, pantothenic, phosphoric, succinic, sulfuric, tartaric, p-toluenesulfonic acid, and the like. Particular embodiments citric, hydrobromic, hydrochloric, maleic, phosphoric, sulfuric, fumaric, and tartaric acids. It will be understood that, as used herein, references to the compounds of the present invention are meant to also include the pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Exemplifying the invention are the specific compounds disclosed in the Examples and herein. The subject compounds are useful in a method of treating a neurological or psychiatric disorder associated with PDE10 dysfunction in a patient such as a mammal in need of such inhibition comprising the administration of an effective amount of the compound. In addition to primates,, especially humans, a variety of other mammals can be treated according to the method of the present invention. The subject compounds are useful in a method of inhibiting PDE10 activity in a patient such as a mammal in need of such inhibition comprising the administration of an effective amount of the compound. The subject compounds are also useful for treating a neurological or psychiatric disorder associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction in a mammalian patient in need thereof. In addition to primates, especially humans, a variety of other mammals can be treated according to the method of the present invention.

The present invention is directed to a compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in medicine. The present invention is further directed to a use of a compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for treating a neurological or psychiatric disorder associated with PDE10 dysfunction in a mammalian patient in need thereof. The present invention is further directed to a use of a compound of the present invention or a

pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for treating a neurological or psychiatric disorder associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction in a mammalian patient in need thereof.

"Treating" or "treatment of a disease state includes: 1) preventing the disease state, i.e. causing the clinical symptoms of the disease state not to develop in a subject that may be exposed to or predisposed to the disease state, but does not yet experience or display symptoms of the disease state; 2) inhibiting the disease state, i.e., arresting the development of the disease state or its clinical symptoms; 3) or relieving the disease state, i.e., causing temporary or permanent regression of the disease state or its clinical symptoms.

The subject treated in the present methods is generally a mammal, in particular, a human being, male or female, in whom therapy is desired. The term "therapeutically effective amount" means the amount of the subject compound that will elicit the biological or medical response of a tissue, system, animal or human that is being sought by the researcher, veterinarian, medical doctor or other clinician. It is recognized that one skilled in the art may affect the neurological and psychiatric disorders by treating a patient presently afflicted with the disorders or by prophylactically treating a patient afflicted with such disorders with an effective amount of the compound of the present invention. As used herein, the terms "treatment" and "treating" refer to all processes wherein there may be a slowing, interrupting, arresting, controlling, or stopping of the progression of the neurological and psychiatric disorders described herein, but does not necessarily indicate a total elimination of all disorder symptoms, as well as the prophylactic therapy to retard the progression or reduce the risk of the noted conditions, particularly in a patient who is predisposed to such disease or disorder.

Applicants propose that inhibitors of PDE10 and, in particular inhibitors of

PDE10A, will provide therapeutic benefit to those individuals suffering from psychiatric and cognitive disorders. The unique and exclusive distribution of PDE10A in the medium spiny projection neurons of the striatum, which form the principle site for cortical and dopaminergic input within basal ganglia, suggests that it may be possible and desirable to identify inhibitors of PDE10 to ameliorate or eliminate unwanted cellular signaling within this site. Without wishing to be bound by any theory, Applicants believe that inhibition of PDE10 A in the striatum will result in increased cA P/cGMP signaling and striatal output, which has the potential to restore behavioral inhibition that is impaired in cognitive disease such as schizophrenia. Regulation and integration of glutamatergic and dopaminergic inputs will enhance cognitive behavior, while suppressing or reducing unwanted behavior. Thus, in one embodiment, compounds of the invention provide a method for treating or ameliorating diseases or conditions in which striatal hypoftmction is a prominent feature or ones in which basal ganglia dysfunction plays a role, such as, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorders, addiction and psychosis. Other conditions for which the inhibitors described herein may have a desirable and useful effect include those requiring a reduction in activity and reduced response to psychomotor stimulants or where it would be desirable to reduce conditional avoidance responses, which is often predictive of clinical antipsychotic activity.

As used herein, the term '"selective PDE10 inhibitor" refers to an organic molecule that effectively inhibits an enzyme from the PDE10 family to a greater extent than enzymes from the PDE 1-9 or PDE11 families. In one embodiment, a selective PDE10 inhibitor is an organic molecule having a Ki for inhibition of PDE10 that is less than or about one-tenth that for a substance that is an inhibitor for another PDE enzyme. In other words, the organic molecule inhibits PDE10 activity to the same degree at a concentration of about one-tenth or less than the concentration required for any other PDE enzyme. Preferably, a selective PDE10 inhibitor is an organic molecule, having a Ki for inhibition of PDE 10 that is less than or about one-hundredth that for a substance that is an inhibitor for another PDE enzyme. In other words, the organic molecule inhibits PDE 10 activity to the same degree at a concentration of about one- hundredth or less than the concentration required for any other PDE enzyme. A "selective

PDE 10 inhibitor" can be identified, for example, by comparing the ability of an organic molecule to inhibit PDEl 0 activity to its ability to inhibit PDE enzymes from the other PDE families. For example, an organic molecule may be assayed for its ability to inhibit PDE10 activity, as well as PDEl A, PDE1B, PDE1C, PDE2A, PDE3A, PDE3B, PDE4A, PDE4B, PDE4C, PDE4D, PDE5A, PDE6A, PDE6B, PDE6C, PDE7A, PDE7B, PDE8A, PDE8B, PDE9A, and/or PDEl 1 A.

Phosphodiesterase enzymes including PDE10 have been implicated in a wide range of biological functions. This has suggested a potential role for these enzymes in a variety of disease processes in humans or other species. The compounds of the present invention have utility in treating a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

In a specific embodiment, compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating schizophrenia or psychosis comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) (2000, American Psychiatric Association, Washington DC) provides a diagnostic tool that includes paranoid, disorganized, catatonic or undifferentiated schizophrenia and substance-induced psychotic disorders. As used herein, the term

"schizophrenia or psychosis" includes the diagnosis and classification of these mental disorders as described in DSM-IV-TR and the term is intended to include similar disorders described in other sources. Disorders and conditions encompassed herein include, but are not limited to, conditions or diseases such as schizophrenia or psychosis, including schizophrenia (paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, or residual type), schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, for example of the delusional type or the depressive type, delusional disorder, psychotic disorder, brief psychotic disorder, shared psychotic disorder, psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition and substance-induced or drug-induced (for example psychosis induced by alcohol, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, phencyclidine, ketamine and other dissociative anaesthetics, and other psychostimulants), psychosispsychotic disorder, psychosis associated with affective disorders, brief reactive psychosis, schizoaffective psychosis, "schizophrenia-spectrum" disorders such as schizoid or schizotypal personality disorders, personality disorder of the paranoid type, personality disorder of the schizoid type, illness associated with psychosis (such as major depression, manic depressive (bipolar) disorder, Alzheimer's disease and post-traumatic stress syndrome), including both the positive and the negative symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychoses.

In another specific embodiment, the compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating cognitive disorders comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. The DSM-IV-TR also provides a diagnostic tool that includes cognitive disorders including dementia, delirium, amnestic disorders and age-related cognitive decline. As used herein, the term "cognitive disorders" includes the diagnosis and classification of these disorders as described in DSM-IV-TR and the term is intended to include similar disorders described in other sources. Disorders and conditions encompassed herein include, but are not limited to, disorders that comprise as a symptom a deficiency in attention and/or cognition, such as dementia (associated with Alzheimer's disease, ischemia, multi-infarct dementia, trauma, intracranial tumors, cerebral trauma, vascular problems or stroke, alcoholic dementia or other drug-related dementia, AIDS, HIV disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Pick's disease, Creutzfeldt Jacob disease, perinatal hypoxia, other general medical conditions or substance abuse), Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia, AIDS -related dementia, and Fronto temperal dementia, delirium, amnestic disorders or age related cognitive decline.

In another specific embodiment, compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating anxiety disorders comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. The DSM-IV-TR also provides a diagnostic tool that includes anxiety disorders as generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive- compulsive disorder and panic attack. As used herein, the term "anxiety disorders" includes the diagnosis and classification of these mental disorders as described in DSM-IV-TR and the term is intended to include similar disorders described in other sources. Disorders and conditions encompassed herein include, but are not limited to, anxiety disorders such as, acute stress disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attack, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, substance-induced anxiety disorder and anxiety due to a general medical condition.

In another specific embodiment, compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating substance-related disorders and addictive behaviors comprising

administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. The DSM-IV-TR also provides a diagnostic tool that includes persisting dementia, persisting amnestic disorder, psychotic disorder or anxiety disorder induced by substance abuse, and tolerance of, dependence on or withdrawal from substances of abuse. As used herein, the term "substance-related disorders and addictive behaviors" includes the diagnosis and classification of these mental disorders as described in DSM-IV-TR and the term is intended to include similar disorders described in other sources. Disorders and conditions encompassed herein include, but are not limited to, substance-related disorders and addictive behaviors, such as substance-induced delirium, persisting dementia, persisting amnestic disorder, psychotic disorder or anxiety disorder, drug addiction, tolerance, and dependence or withdrawal from substances including alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, nicotine, opioids, phencyclidine, sedatives, hypnotics or anxiolytics.

In another specific embodiment, compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating obesity or eating disorders associated with excessive food intake, and complications associated therewith, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. At present, obesity is included in the tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD- 10) (1992 World Health Organization) as a general medical condition. The DSM-IV-TR also provides a diagnostic tool that includes obesity in the presence of psychological factors affecting medical condition. As used herein, the term "obesity or eating disorders associated with excessive food intake" includes the diagnosis and classification of these medical conditions and disorders described in ICD-10 and DSM-IV-TR and the term is intended to include similar disorders described in other sources. Disorders and conditions encompassed herein include, but are not limited to, obesity, bulimia nervosa and compulsive eating disorders.

In another specific embodiment, compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating mood and depressive disorders comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. As used herein, the term "mood and depressive disorders" includes the diagnosis and classification of these medical conditions and disorders described in the DSM-IV-TR and the term is intended to include similar disorders described in other sources. Disorders and conditions encompassed herein include, but are not limited to, bipolar disorders, mood disorders including depressive disorders, major depressive episode of the mild, moderate or severe type, a manic or mixed mood episode, a hypomanic mood episode, a depressive episode with atypical features, a depressive episode with melancholic features, a depressive episode with catatonic features, a mood episode with postpartum onset, post-stroke depression; major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, minor depressive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, post-psychotic depressive disorder of schizophrenia, a major depressive disorder superimposed on a psychotic disorder such as delusional disorder or schizophrenia, a bipolar disorder, for example, bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, cyclothymic disorder, depression including unipolar depression, seasonal depression and post-partum depression, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PDD), mood disorders due to a general medical condition, and substance-induced mood disorders.

In another specific embodiment, compounds of the present invention provide a method for treating pain comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the present invention. Particular pain embodiments are bone and joint pain (osteoarthritis), repetitive motion pain, dental pain, cancer pain, myofascial pain (muscular injury, fibromyalgia), perioperative pain (general surgery, gynecological), chronic pain and neuropathic pain.

In other specific embodiments, compounds of the invention provide methods for treating other types of cognitive, learning and mental related disorders including, but not limited to, learning disorders, such as a reading disorder, a mathematics disorder, or a disorder of written expression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, age-related cognitive decline, pervasive developmental disorder including autistic disorder, attention disorders such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder; an NMDA receptor-related disorder, such as autism, depression, benign forgetfulness, childhood learning disorders and closed head injury; a neurodegenerative disorder or condition, such as neurodegeneration associated with cerebral trauma, stroke, cerebral infarct, epileptic seizure, neurotoxin poisoning, or hypoglycemia-induced neurodegeneration; multi- system atrophy; movement disorders, such as akinesias and akinetic- rigid syndromes (including, Parkinson's disease, drug-induced parkinsonism, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal

degeneration, parkinsonism- ALS dementia complex and basal ganglia calcification), medication- induced parkinsonism (such as, neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia, neuroleptic-induced acute akathisia, neuroleptic- induced tardive dyskinesia and medication-induced postural tremor), Huntington's disease, dyskinesia associated with dopamine agonist therapy, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, epilepsy, muscular spasms and disorders associated with muscular spasticity or weakness including tremors; dyskinesias, including tremor (such as, rest tremor, postural tremor, intention tremor and essential tremor), restless leg syndrome, chorea (such as Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease, benign hereditary chorea, neuroacanthocytosis, symptomatic chorea, drug-induced chorea and hemiballism), myoclonus (including, generalised myoclonus and focal myoclonus), tics (including, simple tics, complex tics and symptomatic tics), dystonia (including, generalised, iodiopathic, drug-induced, symptomatic, paroxymal, and focal (such as blepharospasm, oromandibular, spasmodic, spasmodic torticollis, axial dystonia, hemiplegic and dystonic writer's cramp)); urinary incontinence; neuronal damage (including ocular damage, retinopathy or macular degeneration of the eye, tinnitus, hearing impairment and loss, and brain edema); emesis; and sleep disorders, including insomnia and narcolepsy.

Of the disorders above, the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, including unipolar depression, seasonal depression and post-partum depression, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (FDD), learning disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, including autistic disorder, attention disorders including Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, autism, tic disorders including Tourette's disorder, anxiety disorders including phobia and post traumatic stress disorder, cognitive disorders associated with dementia, AIDS dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's disease, spasticity, myoclonus, muscle spasm, tinnitus and hearing impairment and loss are of particular importance.

The activity of the compounds in accordance with the present invention as PDE10 inhibitors may be readily determined without undue experimentation using a fluorescence polarization (FP) methodology that is well known in the art (Huang, W._s et al., J. Biomol Screen. 2002, 7: 215). In particular, the compounds of the following examples had activity in reference assays by exhibiting the ability to inhibit the hydrolysis of the phosphosphate ester bond of a cyclic nucleotide. Any compound exhibiting a Ki (inhibitory constant) below 1 μΜ would be considered a PDE10 inhibitor as defined herein.

In a typical experiment the PDE 10 inhibitory activity of the compounds of the present invention was determined in accordance with the following experimental method.

PDE10A2 was amplified from human fetal brain cDNA (Clontech, Mountain View, CA) using a forward primer corresponding to nucleotides 56-77 of human PDE10A2 (Accession No.

AF 127480, Genbank Identifier 4894716), containing a Kozak consensus sequence, and a reverse primer corresponding to nucleotides 2406-2413 of human PDE10A2 (Accession No. AF127480, Genbank Identifier 4894716). Amplification with Easy-A polymerase (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) was 95 °C for 2 minutes followed by thirty three cycles of 95°C for 40 seconds, 55°C for 30 seconds, and 72°C for 2 minutes 48 seconds. Final extension was 72°C for 7 minutes. The PC product was TA cloned into pcDNA3.2-TOPO (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) according to standard protocol. AD293 cells with 70-80% conOuency were transiently transfected with human

PDE10A2/pcDNA3.2-TOPO using Lipofectamine 2000 according to manufacturer specifications (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). Cells were harvested 48 hours post-transfection and lysed by sonication (setting 3, 10 X 5 sec pulses) in a buffer containing 20 raM HEPES, 1 mM EDTA and protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche). Lysate was collected by centrifugation at 75,000 xg for 20 minutes. Supernatant containing the cytoplasmic fraction was used for evaluation of PDE10A2 activity. The fluorescence polarization assay for cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases was performed using an AP® FP kit supplied by Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA (product # R8139). ΓΜΑΡ® technology has been applied previously to phosphodiesterase assays (Huang, W., et al., J. Biomol Screen, 2002, 7: 215). Assays were performed at room temperature in 384- well microtiter plates with an incubation volume of 20.2 μL· Solutions of test compounds were prepared in DMSO and serially diluted with DMSO to yield 8 L of each of 10 solutions differing by 3 -fold in concentration, at 32 serial dilutions per plate. 100% inhibition is determined using a known PDE 10 inhibitor, which can be any compound that is present at 5,000 times its Ki value in the assay described as follows, such as papaverine (see Siuciak, et al.

Neuropharmacology (2006) 51 :386-396; Becker, et al. Behav Brain Res C2008) 186(2): 155-60; Threlfell, et al., J Pharmacol Exp Ther (2009) 328(3):785-795), 2-{4-[pyridin-4-yl-l-(2_s2,2- trifluoroethyl)-lH-pyrazol~3~yl]phenoxymethyl}quinoline succinic acid or 2-[4-(l-methyl-4- pyridin-4-yl-lH-pyrazol-3-yl)-phenoxymethyl]quinoline succinic acid (see Schmidt, et al. J

Pharmacol Exp Ther Γ2008) 325:681-690; Threlfell, et al, J Pharmacol Exp Ther (2009) 328(3): 785-795). 0% of inhibition is determined by using DMSO (1% final concentrations). A Labcyte Echo 555 (Labcyte, Sunnyvale, CA) is used to dispense 200 nL from each well of the titration plate to the 384 well assay plate. A solution of enzyme (1/7000 dilution from aliquots; sufficient to produce 20% substrate conversion) and a separate solution of FAM-labeled cAMP PDE from Molecular Devices (product # R7506), at a final concentration of 50 nM are made in the assay buffer (10 mM Tris HC1, pH 7.2, 10 mM MgCl2, 0.05% N 3 0.01% Tween-20, and 1 mM DTT). The enzyme is added to the assay plates by the addition of 10 μΕ of enzyme solution to each well, shaken to mix and incubated at room temperature for 60 minutes. The substrate is then added to the assay plates by the addition of 1 OuL of substrate solution to each well, shaken to mix, and incubated at room temperature for 60 minutes. A binding solution is then made from the kit components, comprised of 80% Solution A, 20% Solution B and binding reagent at a volume of 1/600 the total binding solution. The enzymatic reaction is stopped by addition of 60 μΕ of the binding solution to each well of the assay plates and the plates are sealed and shaken for 10 seconds. The plate was incubated at room temperature for at least one hour prior to determining the fluorescence polarization (FP). The parallel and perpendicular fluorescence of each well of the plate was measured using a Perkin Elmer En Vision™ plate reader (Waltham, MA). Fluorescence polarization (mP) was calculated from the parallel (S) and perpendicular (P) fluorescence of each sample well and the analogous values for the median control well, containing only substrate (So and Po), using the following equation:

Polarization (mP) = 1000*(S/So-P/Po)/(S/So+P/Po).

Dose-inhibition profiles for each compound were characterized by fitting the mP data to a four-parameter equation given below. The apparent inhibition constant (¾), the maximum inhibition at the low plateau relative to "100% Inhibition Control" (Imax; e.g. 1=> same as this control), the minimum inhibition at the high plateau relative to the "0% Inliibition Control" (Imin, e.g. 0^~> same as the no drug control) and the Hill slope (nH) are determined by a non-linear least squares fitting of the mP values as a function of dose of the compound using an in-house software based on the procedures described by Mosser et al.₅ JALA. 2003, 8: 54-63, using the following equation:

m_{P + m%mp + (0%mp} _ ₁₀₀o_{/owP)(1„ Imax)}

The median signal of the "0% inhibition controls" (0%mP) and the median signal of the "100% inliibition controls" (100%mP) are constants determined from the controls located in columns 1-2 and 23-24 of each assay plate. An apparent ( _m) for FAM-labeled cAMP of 150 nM was determined in separate experiments through simultaneous variation of substrate and selected drug concentrations.

Selectivity for PDE10, as compared to other PDE families, was assessed using the IMAP® technology. Rhesus PDE2A3 and Human PDE10A2 enzyme was prepared from cytosolic fractions of transiently transfected HEK cells. All other PDE's were GST Tag human enzyme expressed in insect cells and were obtained from BPS Bioscience (San Diego, CA): PDE1A (Caf# 60010), PDE3A (Cat# 60030), PDE4A1A (Cat# 60040), PDE5A1 (Cat# 60050), PDE6C (Cat# 60060), PDE7A (Cat# 60070), PDE8A1 (Cat# 60080), PDE9A2 (Cat# 60090), PDEl lA4 (Cat# 60110). Assays for PDE 1 through 11 were performed in parallel at room temperature in 384-well microliter plates with an incubation volume of 20.2 uL. Solutions of test compounds were prepared in DMSO and serially diluted with DMSO to yield 30 ΐ, of each of ten solutions differing by 3-fold in concentration, at 32 serial dilutions per plate. 100% inhibition was determined by adding buffer in place of the enzyme and 0% inhibition is determined by using DMSO (1% final concentrations). A Labcyte POD 810 (Labcyte, Sunnyvale, CA) was used to dispense 200 nL from each well of the titration plate to make eleven copies of the assay plate for each titration, one copy for each PDE en2yme. A solution of each enzyme (dilution from aliquots, sufficient to produce 20% substrate conversion) and a separate solution of FAM- labeled cAMP or FAM-labeled cGMP from Molecular Devices ( Sunnyvale, CA, product # R7506 or cGMP#R7508), at a final concentration of 50 nM were made in the assay buffer (10 mM Tris HC1, pH 7.2, 10 mM MgCl₂, 0.05% NaN₃ 0.01% Tween-20, and 1 mM DTT). Note that the substrate for PDE2 is 50 nM FAM cAMP containing 1000 nM of cGMP. The enzyme and the substrate were then added to the assay plates in two consecutive additions of 10 and then shaken to mix. The reaction was allowed to proceed at room temperature for 60 minutes. A binding solution was then made from the kit components, comprised of 80% Solution A, 20% Solution B and binding reagent at a volume of 1/600 the total binding solution. The enzymatic reaction was stopped by addition of 60 μΐ, of the binding solution to each well of the assay plate. The plates were sealed and shaken for 10 seconds. The plates were incubated at room

temperature for one hour. The parallel and perpendicular fluorescence of each well of the plate was measured using a Perkin Elmer EnVision™ plate reader (Waltham, MA). The apparent inhibition constants for the compounds against all 11 PDE's was determined from the parallel and perpendicular fluorescent readings as described for PDE10 FP assay using the following apparent KM values for each enzyme and substrate combination: PDE1 A (FAM cGMP) 70 nM, rhesus PD2A3 (FAM cAMP) 10,000 nM, PDE3A (FAM cAMP) 50 nM, PDE4A1 A (FAM cAMP) 1500 nM, PDE5A1 (FAM cGMP) 400 nM, PDE6C (FAM cGMP) 700 nM, PDE7A (FAM cAMP) 150 nM, PDE8A1 (FAM cAMP) 50 nM, PDE9A2 (FAM cGMP) 60 nM, PDE10A2 (FAM cAMP) 150nM, PDE1 1A4 (FAM cAMP) 1000 nM. The intrinsic PDE10 inhibitory activity of a compound which may be used in accordance with the present invention may be determined by these assays.

The compounds of the following examples had activity in inhibiting the human PDE10 enzyme in the aforementioned assays, generally with a Ki of less than about 1 μΜ. Many of compounds within the present invention had activity in inhibiting the human PDE10 enzyme in the aforementioned assays, generally with a Ki of less than about 0.1 μΜ. Additional data are provided in the following Examples. Such a result is indicative of the intrinsic activity of the compounds in use as inhibitors of the PDE10 enzyme. In general, one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate that a substance is considered to effectively inhibit PDE10 activity if it has a Ki of less than or about 1 μΜ, where more potent inhinbitors have a Ki of less than or about 0.1 μΜ. The present invention also includes compounds within the generic scope of the invention which possess activity as inhibitors of other phosphodiesterase enzymes.

The subject compounds are further useful in a method for the prevention, treatment, control, amelioration, or reduction of risk of the diseases, disorders and conditions noted herein. The subject compounds are further useful in a method for the prevention, treatment, control, amelioration, or reduction of risk of the aforementioned diseases, disorders and conditions in combination with other agents. The compounds of the present invention may be used in combination with one or more other drugs in the treatment, prevention, control, amelioration, or reduction of risk of diseases or conditions for which compounds of the present invention or the other drugs may have utility, where the combination of the drugs together are safer or more effective than either drug alone. Such other drug(s) may be administered, by a route and in an amount commonly used therefore, contemporaneously or sequentially with a compound of the present invention. When a compound of the present invention is used contemporaneously with one or more other drugs, a pharmaceutical composition in unit dosage form containing such other drugs and the compound of the present invention may be desirable. However, the combination therapy may also include therapies in which the compound of the present invention and one or more other drugs are administered on different overlapping schedules. It is also contemplated that when used in combination with one or more other active ingredients, the compounds of the present invention and the other active ingredients may be used in lower doses than when each is used singly. Accordingly, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention include those that contain one or more other active ingredients, in addition to a compound of the present invention. The above combinations include combinations of a compound of the present invention not only with one other active compound, but also with two or more other active compounds. Likewise, compounds of the present invention may be used in combination with other drugs that are used in the prevention, treatment, control, amelioration, or reduction of risk of the diseases or conditions for which compounds of the present invention are useful Such other drugs may be administered, by a route and in an amount commonly used therefore, contemporaneously or sequentially with a compound of the present invention.

Accordingly, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention include those that also contain one or more other active ingredients, in addition to a compound of the present invention. The weight ratio of the compound of the present invention to the second active ingredient may be varied and will depend upon the effective dose of each ingredient. Generally, an effective dose of each will be used. Thus, for example, when a compound of the present invention is combined with another agent, the weight ratio of the compound of the present invention to the other agent will generally range from about 1000: 1 to about 1 : 1000, such as about 200: 1 to about 1 :200. Combinations of a compound of the present invention and other active ingredients will generally also be within the aforementioned range, but in each case, an effective dose of each active ingredient should be used.

In such combinations the compound of the present invention and other active agents may be administered separately or in conjunction. In addition, the administration of one element may be prior to, concurrent to, or subsequent to the administration of other agent(s).

Accordingly, the subject compounds may be used alone or in combination with other agents which are Icnown to be beneficial in the subject indications or other drugs that affect receptors or enzymes that either increase the efficacy, safety, convenience, or reduce unwanted side effects or toxicity of the compounds of the present invention. The subject compound and the other agent may be co-administered, either in concomitant therapy or in a fixed combination.

In one embodiment, the subject compound may be employed in combination with anti-Alzheimer's agents, beta-secretase inhibitors, gamma-secretase inhibitors, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, NSAID's including ibuprofen, vitamin E, and anti-amyloid antibodies.

In another embodiment, the subject compound may be employed in combination with sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, antianxiety agents, cyclopyrrolones, imidazopyridines, pyrazolopyrimidines, minor tranquilizers, melatonin agonists and antagonists, meiatonergic agents, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, 5HT-2 antagonists, and the like, such as: adinazolam, allobarbital, alonimid, alprazolam, amisulpride, amitriptyline, amobarbital, amoxapine, aripiprazole, atypical antipsychotics, bentazepam, benzoctamine, brotizolam, bupropion, busprione, butabarbital, butalbital, capuride, carbocloral, chloral betaine, chloral hydrate, clomipramine, clonazepam, cloperidone, clorazepate, chlordiazepoxide, clorethate, chlorpromazine, clozapine, cyprazepam, desipramine, dexclamol, diazepam, dichloralphenazone, divalproex, diphenhydramine, doxepin, estazolam, ethchlorvynol, etomidate, fenobam, flunitrazepam, fiupentixol, fiuphenazine, flurazepam, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, fosazepam, glutethimide, halazepam, haloperidol, hydroxyzine, imipramine, lithium, lorazepam, iormetazepam, maprotiline, mecloqualone, melatonin, mephobarbital, meprobamate,

methaqualone, midaflur, midazolam, nefazodone, nisobamate, nitrazepam, nortriptyline, olanzapine, oxazepam, paraldehyde, paroxetine, pentobarbital, perlapine, peiphenazine, phenelzine, phenobarbital, prazepam, promethazine, propofol, protriptyline, quazepam, quetiapine, reclazepam, risperidone, roletamide, secobarbital, sertraline, suproclone, temazepam, thioridazine, thiothixene, tracazolate, tranylcypromaine, trazodone, triazolam, trepipam, tricetamide, triclofos, trifluoperazine, trimetozine, trimipramine, uldazepam, venlafaxine, zaleplon, ziprasidone, zolazepam, Zolpidem, and salts thereof, and combinations thereof, and the like, or the subject compound may be administered in conjunction with the use of physical methods such as with light therapy or electrical stimulation.

In another embodiment, the subject compound may be employed in combination with levodopa (with or without a selective extracerebral decarboxylase inhibitor such as carbidopa or benserazide), anticholinergics such as biperiden (optionally as its hydrochloride or lactate salt) and trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) hydrochloride, COMT inhibitors such as entacapone, MOA-B inhibitors, antioxidants, A2a adenosine receptor antagonists, cholinergic agonists, NM DA receptor antagonists, serotonin receptor antagonists and dopamine receptor agonists such as alentemol, bromocriptine, fenoldopam, lisuride, naxagolide, pergolide and pramipexole. It will be appreciated that the dopamine agonist may be in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, for example, alentemol hydrobromide, bromocriptine mesylate, fenoldopam mesylate, naxagolide hydrochloride and pergolide mesylate. Lisuride and pramipexol are commonly used in a non-salt form.

In another embodiment, the subject compound may be employed in combination with a compound from the phenothiazine, thioxanthene, heterocyclic dibenzazepine,

butyrophenone, diphenylbutylpiperidine and indolone classes of neuroleptic agent. Suitable examples of phenothiazines include chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, thioridazine, acetophenazine, fluphenazine, perphenazine and trifluoperazine. Suitable examples of thioxanthenes include chlorprothixene and thiothixene. An example of a dibenzazepine is clozapine. An example of a butyrophenone is haloperidol. An example of a diphenylbutylpiperidine is pimozide. An example of an indolone is molindolone. Other neuroleptic agents include loxapine, sulpiride and risperidone. It will be appreciated that the neuroleptic agents when used in combination with thesubject compound may be in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, for example, chlorpromazine hydrochloride, mesoridazine besylate, thioridazine hydrochloride, acetophenazine maleate, fiuphenazine hydrochloride, flurphenazine enathate, fluphenazine decanoate, trifluoperazine hydrochloride, thiothixene hydrochloride, haloperidol decanoate, loxapine succinate and molindone hydrochloride. Perphenazine, chlorprothixene, clozapine, haloperidol, pimozide and risperidone are commonly used in a non-salt form. Thus, the subject compound may be employed in combination with acetophenazine, alentemol, aripiprazole, amisulpride, benzhexol, bromocriptine, biperi den, chlorpromazine, chlorprothixene, clozapine, diazepam, fenoldopam, fluphenazine, haloperidol, levodopa, levodopa with benserazide, levodopa with carbidopa, lisuride, loxapine, mesoridazine, molindolone, naxagolide, olanzapine, pergolide, perphenazine, pimozide, pramipexole, quetiapine, risperidone, sulpiride,

tetrabenazine, trihexyphenidyl, thioridazine, thiothixene, trifluoperazine or ziprasidone.

In another embodiment, the subject compound may be employed in combination with an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety agent, including norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (including tertiary amine tricyclics and secondary amine tricyclics), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase (RIM As), serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) antagonists, a-adrenoreceptor antagonists, neurokinin- 1 receptor antagonists, atypical anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, 5-ΗΉ_Α agonists or antagonists, especially 5-HT_IA partial agonists, and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) antagonists. Specific agents include: amitriptyline, clomipramine, doxepin, imipramine and trimipramine; amoxapine, desipramine, maprotiline, nortriptyline and protriptyline; fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine and sertraline; isocarboxazid, phenelzine, tranylcypromine and selegiline; moclobemide: venlafaxine; duloxetine; aprepitant; bupropion, lithium, nefazodone, trazodone and viloxazine; alprazolam, chlordiazepoxide, clonazepam, chlorazepate, diazepam, halazepam, lorazepam, oxazepam and prazepam; buspirone, flesinoxan, gepirone and ipsapirone, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

The compounds of the present invention may be administered by oral, parenteral (e.g., intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intravenous, ICV, intracisternal injection or infusion, subcutaneous injection, or implant), by inhalation spray, nasal, vaginal, rectal, sublingual, or topical routes of administration and may be formulated, alone or together, in suitable dosage unit formulations containing conventional non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, adjuvants and vehicles appropriate for each route of administration. In addition to the treatment of warmblooded animals such as mice, rats, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, cats, monkeys, etc., the compounds of the invention are effective for use in humans. The terms "administration of and or "administering a" compound should be understood to mean providing a compound of the invention or a prodrug of a compound of the invention to the individual in need of treatment.

The term "composition" as used herein is intended to encompass a product comprising specified ingredients in predetermined amounts or proportions, as well as any product which results, directly or indirectly, from combination of the specified ingredients in the specified amounts. Such term in relation to pharmaceutical composition, is intended to encompass a product comprising the active ingredient(s), and the inert ingredient(s) that make up the carrier, as well as any product which results, directly or indirectly, from combination, complexation or aggregation of any two or more of the ingredients, or from dissociation of one or more of the ingredients, or from other types of reactions or interactions of one or more of the ingredients. In general, pharmaceutical compositions are prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing the active ingredient into association with a liquid carrier or a finely divided solid carrier or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product into the desired formulation. In the pharmaceutical composition the active object compound is included in an amount sufficient to produce the desired effect upon the process or condition of diseases. Accordingly, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention encompass any composition made by mixing a compound of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Pharmaceutical compositions intended for oral use may be prepared according to any method known to the art for the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions and such compositions may contain one or more agents selected from the group consisting of sweetening agents, flavoring agents, coloring agents and preserving agents in order to provide

pharmaceutically elegant and palatable preparations. Tablets contain the active ingredient in admixture with non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable excipients that are suitable for the manufacture of tablets. The tablets may be uncoated or they may be coated by known techniques to delay disintegration and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract and thereby provide a sustained action over a longer period. Compositions for oral use may also be presented as hard gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredients are mixed with an inert solid diluent, for example, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate or kaolin, or as soft gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with water or an oil medium, for example peanut oil, liquid paraffin, or olive oil. Aqueous suspensions, oily suspensions, dispersible powders or granules, oil-in-water emulsions, and sterile injectable aqueous or oleagenous suspension may be prepared by standard methods known in the art. By "pharmaceutically acceptable" it is meant the carrier, diluent or excipient must be compatible with the other ingredients of the formulation and not deleterious to the recipient thereof.

The subject compounds are further useful in a method for the prevention, treatment, control, amelioration, or reduction of risk of the diseases, disorders and conditions noted herein. The dosage of active ingredient in the compositions of this invention may be varied, however, it is necessary that the amount of the active ingredient be such that a suitable dosage form is obtained. The active ingredient may be administered to patients (animals and human) in need of such treatment in dosages that will provide optimal pharmaceutical efficacy. The selected dosage depends upon the desired therapeutic effect, on the route of administration, and on the duration of the treatment. The dose will vary from patient to patient depending upon the nature and severity of disease, the patient's weight, special diets then being followed by a patient, concurrent medication, and other factors which those skilled in the art will recognize. Generally, dosage levels of between 0.001 to 10 mg/kg. of body weight daily are administered to the patient, e.g., humans and elderly humans. The dosage range will generally be about 0.5 mg to 1.0 g. per patient per day which may be administered in single or multiple doses. In one embodiment, the dosage range will be about 0.5 mg to 500 mg per patient per day; in another embodiment about 0.5 mg to 200 mg per patient per day; and in yet another embodiment about 5 mg to 50 mg per patient per day. Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be provided in a solid dosage formulation such as comprising about 0.5 mg to 500 mg active ingredient, or comprising about 1 mg to 250 mg active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition may be provided in a solid dosage formulation comprising about 1 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg or 250 mg active ingredient. For oral administration, the compositions may be provided in the form of tablets containing 1.0 to 1000 milligrams of the active ingredient, such as 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 750, 800, 900, and 1000 milligrams of the active ingredient for the symptomatic adjustment of the dosage to the patient to be treated. The compounds may be administered on a regimen of 1 to 4 times per day, such as once or twice per day.

Several methods for preparing the compounds of this invention are illustrated in the following Schemes and Examples. Starting materials and the requisite intermediates are in some cases commercially available, or can be prepared according to literature procedures or as illustrated herein. The compounds of this invention may be prepared by employing reactions as shown in the following schemes, in addition to other standard manipulations that are known in the literature or exemplified in the experimental procedures. Substituent numbering as shown in the schemes does not necessarily correlate to that used in the claims and often, for clarity, a single substituent is shown attached to the compound where multiple substituents are allowed under the definitions hereinabove. Reactions used to generate the compounds of this invention are prepared by employing reactions as shown in the schemes and examples herein, in addition to other standard manipulations such as ester hydrolysis, cleavage of protecting groups, etc., as may be known in the literature or exemplified in the experimental procedures. Starting materials are made according to procedures known in the art or as illustrated herein. The following

abbreviations are used herein: Me: methyl; Et: ethyl; t-Bu: fert-butyl; Ar: aryl; Ph: phenyl; Bn: benzyl; Ac: acetyl; THF: tetrahydrofuran; Boc: tert-butyloxycarbonyl; DIPEA: N,N- diisopropylethylamine; DPPA: diphenylphosphorylazide; EDC: N-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-N'- ethylcarbodiimide; EtOAc: ethyl acetate; HOBt: hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate; TEA:

triethylamine; DMF: N.N-dimethylformamide; rt: room temperature; HPLC: high performance liquid chromatography; NMR: nuclear magnetic resonance; TLC: thin-layer chromatography.

In some cases the final product may be further modified, for example, by manipulation of substituents. These manipulations may include, but are not limited to, reduction, oxidation, alkylation, acylation, and hydrolysis reactions which are commonly known to those skilled in the art. In some cases the order of carrying out the foregoing reaction schemes may be varied to facilitate the reaction or to avoid unwanted reaction products. The following examples are provided so that the invention might be more fully understood. These examples are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the invention in any way.

Methods for Making the Compounds of Present Invention General Methods

Solvents, reagents, and intermediates that are commercially available were used as received. Reagents and intermediates that are not commercially available were prepared in the manner as described below. 1H NMR spectra were obtained on a Varian AS-400 (400 MHz) and are reported as ppm down field from Me4Si with number of protons, multiplicities, and coupling constants in Hz indicated parenthetically. Where LC/MS data are presented, analyses were performed using an Applied Biosystems API- 100 mass spectrometer and Shimadzu SCL-IOA LC column: Altech platinum CI 8, 3 micron, 33mm x 7mm ID; gradient flow: 0 min - 10% CH₃CN, 5 min - 95% CH₃CN, 7 min - 95% C¾CN, 7.5 min - 10% CH₃CN, 9 min - stop. MS data were obtained using Agilent Technologies LC MSD SL or 1 100 series LC MSD mass

spectrometer. Final compounds were purified by PrepLC using the column of Varian Pursuit XRs C18 10 u 250 x 21.2 mm and an eluent mixture of mobile phase A and B. The mobile phase A is composed of 0.1% TFA in ¾0 and the mobile phase B is composed of CH₃CN (95%) / H₂0 (5%) / TFA (0.1%). The mixture of mobile phase A and B was eluted through the column at a flow rate of 20 mL/min at room temperature. The purity of all the final discrete compounds was checked by LCMS using a Higgins Haisil HL CI 8 5 ul 50 x 4.6 mm column and an eluent mixture of mobile phase A and B, wherein mobile phase A is composed of 0.1% TFA in H₂0 and the mobile phase B is composed of CH₃CN (95%) / ¾0 (5%) / TFA (0.1%). The column was eluted at a flow rate of 3 mL/min at a temperature of 60 °C. Intermediate

compounds were characterized by LCMS using a Higgins Haisil HL CI 8 5u 50 x 4.6 mm column and an eluent mixture of mobile phase A and B, wherein mobile phase A is composed of 0.1% TFA in ¾0 and the mobile phase B is composed of CH₃CN (95%) / H₂0 (5%) / TFA (0.1%). The column was eluted at a flow rate of 3 mL/min at a column temperature of 60 °C. Prep 1 :

:

di(1 H-benzo[d][1 ,2,3}triazo - y!)methanimine

Benzotriazole (22.8g, 191 mmol) was dissolved in EtOH (500 ml) and cooled in an ice bath. Cyanogen bromide (10 g, 94 mmol) was dissolved in acetone (40 ml) and added to the previous mixture. Then, 10% aq. NaOH (40 ml) was added in one portion. After white precipitate occured. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min, the precipitate was collected and washed with water (twice) and cold ethanol (twice). The precipitate was dried in vacuo. Purity check by TLC: One spot in 100% EtOAc. Typical yield 50-60%. Synthesis on solid phase:

The reactions were run in 4 ml glass Bohdan tubes (at 0.05 mmol scale). To each tube the following were added: 0.05 mmol of PL-FMP resin 100-200 mesh (Aldrich StratoSpheres™ , the amine building block Rl (0.275 mmol) dissolved in 1 ml of DMF and 0.275 mmol of

triacetoxyborohydride (59 mg) solubilized in 1 ml of 2% AcOH in DMF. The blocks were shaken at room temperature for two days. MeOH (0.5 mL) was added to each tube and then drained. The resin was after washed with MeOH (3 x), DMF (3 x), IP A (3 x), DCM (3 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo for 3-4 hours.

For the second step, a solution of Di(benzotriazolyl)methanamine (0.175 mmol, 46 mg) in anhydrous THF (2 ml) was added to each tube and the block was shaken at room temperature overnight. The tubes were drained and the resin was after washed with THF (5 x), DCM (5 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo for 3-4 hours.

A solution of DIEA (1 mmol, 175 ul) or 2_s6-di-fert-butyl-4-methylpyridine (1 mmol, 205 mg) (Depending on building block) in DCM (1 ml) was after added to each tube, followed by a solution (or suspension) of acid chloride building block R2 in DCM (1 ml). The block was shaken at room temperature for 3 hours. The tubes were drained and the resin was after washed with DCM (3 x), IP A (3 x), DCM (3 x)_; ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo overnight. A solution of 2-tert-butyl-l_Jl,3₅3-tetramethylguanidine (Barton base) in DMA was added to the hydrazine building block R3 into a 4 ml vial. TMSOTf (90 ul) was then added and the resulting mixture was shaken or tumbled for at least 1 hour. The solution was after added to the resin. The blocks are shaken at 95 C overnight. After cooling, the tubes were drained and the resin was after washed with DMF (3 x), water (1 x), 1% AcOH in water (1 x), water (1 x), THF (3 x), IPA (3 x), DCM (3 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo for 1-2 hours.

The final product was obtained after cleavage of the resin. 95:5 TFA:H₂0 (2 ml) was then added to the resin and shaken for 90 min at room temperature. The solutions are filtered and the resins were washed with acetonitrile (1.5 ml). After thorough mixing of the two phases, the filtrate was evaporated under vacuo. The residue was after dissolved in acetonitrile (1 ml). Water (2 ml) was then added and the resulting mixture was shaken for 5 h. The compounds were then Iyophilized and purified by prep-HPLC to give the desired products. Prep 2:

Prep 2 is identical to Prep 1 with the exception of making the acid chlorides from the

corresponding carboxylic acids using the following procedure:

To the acid (0.33 mmol) in chloroform (1 mL) containing 10 uL of DMF, was added oxalyl chloride (0.5 mL) and the resulting mixture was shaken at 55 C for 3 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the solvent was removed in a Savant for 3-4 hours. The crude materials are used without further purification in the synthesis in place of the commercials acid chlorides.

Example 1

2,3-Dimethoxyphenethylamine supported on resin

0.05 mmol of PL-FMP resin 100-200 mesh (Aldrich StratoSpheres™ ) was added in a glass bohdan tube. The 2,3-Dimethoxyphenethylamine (0.275 mmol, 49.8 mg) was dissolved in 1 ml of DMF and added to the resin. 0.275 mmol of triacetoxyborohydride was finally soiubilized in 1 ml of 2% AcOH in DMF and added to the tube. The tube was shaken at room temperature for two days. MeOH (0.5 mL) was added to the tube and then drained. The resin was after washed with MeOH (3 x), DMF (3 x), IPA (3 x), DCM (3 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo for 3-4 hours.

2,3-Dimethoxyphenethyl)-lH-benzo[d][l,2,3]triazole-l-carboximidamide supported on resin

A solution of Di(benzotriazolyl)methanamine (0.175 mmol, 46 mg) in anhydrous THF (2 ml) was added to the tube and shaken at room temperature overnight. The tube was drained and the resin was after washed with THF (5 x), DCM (5 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo for 3- 4 hours.

N-(( 1 H-benzo [d] [ 1 ,2,3] triazol- 1 -y!)(2,3 -dimethoxyphenetb.ylamino)methylene)-3-fluoro-4- methylbenzamide supported on resin

A solution of DIEA (1 mmol, 175 ul) in DCM (1 ml) was after added to the tube, followed by a solution of 3-fluoro-4-methylbenzoyl chloride in DCM (0.175 mmol, 30 mg, 1 ml). The tube was shaken at room temperature for 3 hours. The tubes was after drained and the resin was after washed with DCM (3 x), 1PA (3 x), DCM (3 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo overnight.

6-(3 -(2,3 -dimethoxyphenethylamino)-5 -(3 -fluoro-4-methylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol- 1 - yl)pyrimidin-4-ol on resin

A solution of 2-tert-buty 1-1, 1,3 ,3 -tetramethylguanidine (Barton base, 0.175 mmol) in DMA was added to 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidol (0.175 mmol, 22 mg) into a 4 ml vial. TMSOTf (90 ul) was then added and the resulting mixture was shaken or tumbled for at least 1 hour. The solution was after added to the resin. The tube was shaken at 95 C overnight. After cooling, the tube was drained and the resin was after washed with DMF (3 x), water (1 x), 1% AcOH in water (1 x), water (1 x), THF (3 x), IP A (3 x), DCM (3 x), ethyl ether (2 x) and dried under vacuo for 1-2 hours.

6-(3-(2_s3-dimethoxyphenethylamino)-5-(3-fluoro-4-methylphenyl)-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-l - yl)pyrimidin-4-ol

A mixture of 95:5 TFA:H₂0 (2 ml) was added to the resin and shaken for 90 min at room temperature. The solution was filtered and the resins was washed with acetonitrile (1.5 ml). After thorough mixing of the two phases, the filtrate was evaporated under vacuo. The residue was after dissolved in acetonitrile (1 ml). Water (2 ml) was then added and the resulting mixture was shaken for 5 h. The compound was then lyophilized and purified by prep-HPLC to give the desired product.

Example 2

6- [3 - [(cyclopropylmethyl)amino] -5-tricy cio [3.3.1.1(3,7)] dec- 1-yl-lH-l ,2,4-tri azol- 1 -yl] -4- pyrimidinol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using Aminomethylcyclopropane, 1- Adamantanecarboxylic acid chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinol.

Exam le 3

6-(5 -(3-fluoro-4-methylphenyl)-3-(3-methoxypropylamino)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)pyrimidin~4~ol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 3-methoxy propylamine, 3-fluoro-4-methylbenzoyl chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinol.

Exam le 4

6-(3 -(3 ,4-dimethoxyphenethylamino)- 5 -(3 -fluoro-4-methylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 - yl)pyrimidin-4-ol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 3,4-Dimethoxyphenethyl fluoro-4-methylbenzoyl chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinol.

Exam le 5

6-(5-(3 -fluoro-4-methylphenyl)-3 -(2-methoxyethylamino)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol- 1 ~yl)pyrimidin-4-ol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 2-Methoxyethylamine, 3-fluoro-4-methylbenzoyl chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinol.

Example 6

6-(3-(cyclopropylmethylamm^ was synthesized according to Prep 1 using Aminomethylcyclopropane, 2,3-dichlorobenzoyl chloride and 6-hydrazino~4~pyrimidinoL

Example 7

6-(3-(cyclohexylmetliylamino)-5-(3-fliioro-4-methylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)pyrimidin-4-ol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using Cyclohexanemethylamine, 3-fluoro-4-methylbenzoyl chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinoL

Exam le 8

6-(5-(3 -fluoro-4-methylphenyl)-3 -( ropylamino)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)pyrimidin-4-ol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using n-Propyl Amine, 3-fluoro-4-rnethylbenzoyl chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinol .

Example 9

6-[3-[(cyclohexylmethyl)amino]-5-tricyclo[3.3.1.1 (3 ,7)] dec- 1 -yl-1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl]-4- pyrimidinol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using Cyclohexanemethylamine, 1- Adamantanecarboxylic acid chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidinol.

Exam le 10

l-(2_i6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(4-methoxybenzyl)-lH-l ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 4-methoxyphenylacetyl chloride and 4-hydrazino-2,6- dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 11

5 -(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrirnidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 1 using (3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and 4-hydrazino- 2,6-dimethylpyrimidine.

Exam le 12

2-(4-(5-(2,3-difluorophenyi)-3-(2₅3-dimethoxypte

yl)phenyl)acetic acid was syntliesized according to Prep 1 using 2,3-Dimethoxyphenethylamine, 2,3-difluorobenzoyI chloride and 4-hydrazinophenylacetic acid hydrochloride.

Example 13

5-berizyl-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 1 using benzyl chloride and 4-hydrazino-2,6-dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 14

1 -(3 ,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxyben2yl)- 1 H- 1₅2,4~triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and 3,4-dichlorophenylhydrazine hydrochloride.

Example 15

5 -(3₅4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(3 ,5 -dimethylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-tnazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 3₅4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and 3,5-dimethylphenylhydrazine hydrochloride. Example 16

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(3_i5-dimethylphenyl)-lH-l ,2,4-triazol-3~amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using 3-cyclohexylproprionic acid and 4-hydrazino-2₅6-dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 17

l-(2.6-dimethyipyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(2-(tW was synthesized according to Prep 2 using 3-(2-thienyl)proprionic acid and 4-hydrazino-2,6- dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 18

l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-phenethyl-lH-l₃2,4-triazoI-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using hydrocinnamic acid and 4-hydrazino-2_f6-dimethyipyrimidine.

Example 19

l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3-(4-^

triazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methyl-4- isoxazolecarbonyl chloride and 4-hydrazino~2₅6-dimethylpyrimidine.

(R)- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 5 -(2,2 ,2-trifluoro- 1 -methoxy- 1 -phenylethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using (R)-(-)-alpha-methoxy-alpha~ (trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic acid and 4-hydrazino-2,6-dimethylpyrimidine.

(S)- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin~4-yl)-5 -(2,2,2-trifluoro- 1 -methoxy- 1 -phenylethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2/ triazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using (S)-(+)-alpha-methoxy-alpha- (trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic acid and 4-hydrazino-2,6-dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 22

1 -(2_i6-dimetliylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(l -(4-methoxyphenyl)cycIopropyl)- 1 H- 1 _}2,4-triazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using l-(4-methoxyphenyI)-l-cyclopropanecarboxyIic acid and 4-hydrazino-2 , 6-dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 23

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)- 1 -(2 ,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-propionic acid and 4-hydrazino- 2_s6-dimethylpyrimidine.

Example 24

1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(4-methoxyphenethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 2 using 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propionic acid and 4-hydrazmo-2,6- dimethylpyrimidine . &niplc? 2S

6-(3 -amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)pyrimidin-4-ol was synthesized according to Prep 1 using 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and 6-hydrazino-4-pyrimidol. Prep 3:

The Bt reagent was prepared as described in Prep 1 ,

W-(4-methoxybenzyI)-1 H-benzo[d][1 ,2,3]triazole- 1-carboximidamide

?-Methoxybenzylamine (660 μL, 5.05 mmol) was added to a solution of di(lH- benzo[d][l,2_s3]triazol-l-yl)methanimine (1.33 g, 5.09 mmol) in THF (50 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 d, whereupon the solution was concentrated in vacuo. CH2CI2 (50 mL) was added. The solution was washed with sat NaHC0₃ (2 x 50 mL). The organic layer was dried (MgSQ*) and concentrated in vacuo to give 1.76 g of a white solid that was used without further purification.

W-benzo[d}[1 _l2,3]triazol-1-yl)(4- methoxy benzy lami no)me†hy lene)-2-(3 , 4- dimethoxyphenyi)acetamide

2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride (800 L, 4.64 mmol) was added to a solution of N-(4- methoxybenzyl)-lH-benzo[d][l,2₅3]triazole-l-carboximidamide (1.28 g, 4.55 mmol) in CHCI₃ (50 mL). TEA (650 uL, 0.466 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 h, whereupon the mixture was washed with ¾0 (2 x 50 mL). The organic layer was dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with a gradient of 0 to 30% EtOAc in hexanes, to give 1.24 g of a colorless oil that was used without further purification.

General procedure to prepare aminotriazoles 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21: Prep 3a

Example 26

5-(3,4-dirnethoxybenzyl)-1 -(2,6- d i methyl py rimid i n-4-y l)-A/-(4-methoxy benzy I )- 1 HA ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

A mixture of N-(( 1 H-benzo [d] [ 1 ,2,3 Jtriazol- 1 -yl)(4-ethoxybenzylamino)methylene)-2-(3 ,4- dimethoxyphenyl)acetamide (1.24 g, 2.70 mmol), 4-hydrazmyl-2,6-dimethylpyrimidine (1.15 g, 8.33 mmol), TEA (1.20 mL, 8.58 mmol) and toluene (60 mL) was heated at reflux for 2.5 h. The solution was concentrated. CH₂CI₂ (200 mL) was added and the solution was washed with water (2 x 100 mL). The organic layer was dried (MgS0 ) and concentrated in vacuo to give 1.05 g (64 % over 3 steps) of the title compound as yellow solid. 1H NMR (CDC1₃, 400 MHz) δ 7.42 (s, 1H), 7.29 (d, J= 6.6 Hz, 2H), 6.89-6.84 (m, 4H), 6.75 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.65 (s, 2H), 4.52 (t, J = 6.0 Hz, 1H), 4.41 (d, J= 6.0 Hz, 2H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.78 (s, 3H), 2.67 (s, 3H), 2.50 (s, 3H).

Example 27

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -phenyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 3a using -Methoxybenzylamine, 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and phenylhydrazine. Example 28

5-(3,4-dim thoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -methyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 3a using -Methoxybenzylamine, 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and methylhydrazine.

Example 29

5-(3 _;4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxyben2yl)- 1 - pyridin-2-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 3a using -Methoxybenzylamine_} 3,4-diniethoxyphenyl)acetyl chloride and 2-hydrazinopyridine.

General procedure for the conversion of PMB protected amines 1-18 and 1-21 to primary amines 1-20 and 1-22, respectively: Example 30

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-1-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1 ,2_t4-tnazoI-3-amine

TFA (3 mL) was added to 5-(3,4-dimemoxyben2yl)-N-(4-memoxybenzyl)-l-( yridin-2-yl)-lH- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine (217 mg, 0.502 mmol) and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. Water (20 mL) was added and the mixture neutralized with sat NaHC0₃. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2 x 40 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgSC>4) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by reverse phase HPLC, equipped with a Nova-Pak® C18 column 6 μιη; 25 x 100 mm and eluting with 0.1% HCOOH in C¾CN / 0.1% HCOOH in water (10% to 95% over 20 min). Fractions possessing the desired product were combined, neutralized with sat NaHC0₃, and extracted with EtOAc. The organic extract was dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo to give 3 mg (2%) of the title compound as a white solid. 1H NMR (CDC1₃, 400 MHz) δ 8.42 (ddd, J= 5.0, 2.0, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 7.77 (ddd, J- 8.6, 7.6, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.69 (app dt, J= 8.6, 0.8 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (ddd, J = 7.6, 5.0, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.89 (d, J= 2.0 Hz, 1H), 6.83 (dd, J= 8.0, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 6.74 (d, J= 8.0 Hz, 1H), 4.56 (s, 2H), 4.19 (br s, 2H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.79 (s, 3H).

Example 31

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-1-(2,6"dimethylpyrimidin-4-y!)-/V-(4- methoxybenzyl)-/V-methyl-1 H-1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine

NaH (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 15mg, 0.38 mmol) was added to a solution of 5-(3,4- dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2,6-dimemylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N~(4-methoxybeiizyl)-lH-l,2₅4-triazol-3-- amine (71 mg, 0.15 mmol) in DMF (5 mL). The resulting dark red mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 min, whereupon Mel (40 μΕ, 0.64 mmol) was added. The mixture was heated at 50 °C for 2.5 h, whereupon Mel (50 μί, 0.80 mmol) was added. The mixture was heated at 50 °C for 24 h. Water (10 mL) and sat NaHC0₃ (10 mL) were added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3 x 20 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with a solvent gradient of 0 to 60% EtOAc in hexanes, to give 11 mg (15%) of the title compound as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (CDC1₃, 400 MHz) δ 7.43 (s, 1H), 7.22 (d, J- 8.4 Hz, 2H), 6.95 (d, J- 1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.88 (dd, J= 8.6, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.84 (d_; J= 8.4 Hz, 2H), 6.75 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.71 (s, 2H), 4.63 (s, 2H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.79 (s, 3H), 2.96 (s, 3H), 2.68 (s, 3H), 2.49 (s, 3H).

Example 32

5-(3_>4-dimethoxybenzyl)-1-(2_l6-dimethy!pyrimidin~4-yl)"A/^»methyl-1H™1 ₎2,4- triazol-3-amine

A solution of 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-N- methyl-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine (5 mg, 0.01 mmol) and TFA (0.5 mL) was stirred for 1 h at room temperature. The solution was neutralized with sat NaHC0₃ and extracted with EtOAc (2 x 10 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo, to give 2 mg (50 %) of the title compound as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (CDC1₃, 400 MHz) δ 7.39 (s,

1H), 6.84 (d, J= 2.2 Hz, 1H), 6.80 (dd, J= 8.4 2.2 Hz, 1H), 6.70 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.60 (s,

2H), 4.20 (br s, 1H), 3.76 (s, 3H), 3.76 (s, 3H), 2.92 (br s, 3H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 2.45 (s, 3H).

/V-(5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyI)-1 -{2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-1 HA ,2,4-triazol-

3-yl)acetamide

TFA (2 mL) was added to 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine (81 mg, 0.18 mmol) and the resulting solution was stirred for 1.5 h at room temperature, whereupon water (20 mL) was added. The mixture was neutralized with sat NaHC0₃ and extracted with EtOAc (2 x 20 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgS0 ) and concentrated in vacuo. Acetonitrile (3 mL), AcCl (30 μΕ, 0.42 mmol), and TEA (50 μί, 0.36 mmol) were added. The resulting solution was stirred for 30 min at room temperature. Sat NaHC0₃ (30 mL) was added. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2 x 30 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo.

The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with a solvent gradient of 0 to 100% EtOAc in hexanes, to give 15 mg (22% over 2 steps) of the title compound as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (CD₃OD, 400 MHz) 6 7.62 (s 1H), 6.81 (s, 1H), 6.72-6.65 (m, 2H), 4.79 (s, 2H), 3.65 (d, J- 0.8 Hz, 1H), 3.64 (d, J= 0.8 Hz, 1H), 2.56 (s, 3H), 2.41 (s, 3H), 2.09 (br s, 3H).

Example 34

A/-(5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyi)-1-(2_!6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yi)-1H-1 ,2,4-triazoi- 3-yi)methanesuifonamide

was added to 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine (50 mg, 0.11 mmol) and the resulting solution was stirred for 4 h at room temperature, whereupon the solution was concentrated. CH2CI2 (3 mL), MsCl (20 Ε, 0.26 mmol), and TEA (60 μΐ,, 0.43 mmol) were added. The resulting solution was stirred for 1.5 h at room temperature. Water (20 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3 x 20 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with a solvent gradient of 0 to 100% EtOAc in hexanes. The residue was further purified by reverse phase HPLC, equipped with a Nova-Pak® CI 8 column 6 μυι; 25 x 100 mm and eluting with 0.1% HCOOH in CH₃CN / 0.1% HCOOH in water (10% to 95% over 20 min). Fractions possessing the desired product were combined, neutralized with sat NaHC0₃, and extracted with EtOAc. The organic extract was dried (MgS0₄) and concentrated in vacuo to give 2 mg (4% over 2 steps) of the title compound as a white solid. 1H NMR (CDC13, 400 MHz) δ 8.65 (br s 1H), 7.41 (s, 1H), 6.85 (d, J = 1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.77 (d, J = 8.2, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 6.69 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 1H), 4.72 (s, 2H), 3.76 (s , 3H), 3.75 (s, 3H)_f 3.33 (s, 3H)_f 2.66 (s, 3H), 2.49 (s, 3H).

General procedure to prepare aminotriazoles 1-36 to 1-54 and 1-68 to 1-76- : Prep 4 Example 35

To resin-bound 6-(5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-3-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylamino)- 1H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 - yl)pyrimidin-4-ol (1-35) (—0.15 mmol) in a 10 mL bohdan tube was added 2-(pyridin-2- yl)ethanol (10 equiv., 1.5 mmol, 184.7 mg), triphenylphosphine (10 equiv., 1.5 mmol, 394 mg), and diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (10 equiv., 1.5 mmol, 295 μΐ,) in THF (2.2 mL). The reaction was allowed to shake on a bohdan shaker overnight at RT. The reaction was then filtered, the resin was washed with DMF, DCM, MeOH, DCM, and diethyl ether (3x each), and then dried under vacuum for 3 h. The reaction was then double coupled, filtered and washed again using the method above, and then dried under vacuum.

A mixture of 95:5 TFA:H₂0 (2 ml) was added to the resin and shaken for 90 min at room temperature. The solution was filtered and the resin was washed with acetonitrile (1.5 ml). After thorough mixing of the two phases, the filtrate was evaporated under vacuo. The residue was after dissolved in acetonitrile (1 ml). Water (2 ml) was then added and the resulting mixture was shaken for 5 h. The compound was then lyophilized, separated and purified by prep-HPLC to give the desired product. Example 36

5-(3_f4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l -(6-(2-nlOφhoίinoethoxy) yΓimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4~triazol-3- was synthesized according to Prep 4 using 2-morpholinoethanol.

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(2-tosylethoxy)pyTimidin-^

synthesized according to Prep 4 using 2-tosylethanol.

Example 38

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3~ was synthesized according to Prep 4 using pyridin-2-ylmethanol.

Example 39

1 -(6-(benzo [d] [ 1 ,3 ]dioxol-5-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using benzo[d][l,3]dioxol-5-ylmethanol.

Example 40

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methanol.

Example 41

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using 2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethanol.

Example 42

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-methoxybenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (2-methoxyphenyl)methanol.

Example 43

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- l-(6-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l_!2,4-triazol-3- was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (4-methoxyphenyl)methanol.

Example 44

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using 2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethanol.

Example 45

5 -(3₅4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(naphthalen-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H-l,2,4-triazol-3- amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using naphthalen-2-ylmethanol.

Example 46

l-(6-(2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yloxy)pyrim^

3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using 2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-ol. Example 47

1 -(6-(( 1 H-benzo [d] imidazol-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4- triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (lH-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methanol.

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(imidazo[l,2-a]py

triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using imidazo[l,2-a]pyridin-2-ylmethanol.

Example 49

5~(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- Ϊ -(6-(4-(pyridin-4-yl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-l H- 1₅2_s4-triazol-3- amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (4-(pyridin-4-yl)phenyl)methanol.

Example 50

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(thi ophen-2-yl)ben2yloxy)pyrimi din-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 - amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (2-(thiophen-2-yl)phenyl)methanol.

Example 51

1 -(2-(6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazo 1- 1 -yl)pyrimidin-4- yloxy)ethyl)imidazolidin-2-one was synthesized according to Prep 4 using 1 -(2- hydroxyethyl)imidazolidin-2-one .

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 ~(6-((6-(piperazin- 1 -yl)pyrazin-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (6-(piperazin-l-yl)pyrazin-2- yl)methanol.

Example 53

1 -(6-((2 ,2-difluoro- 1 -phenyl cyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (2,2-difluoro-l- phenylcyclopropyl )methano 1. Example 54

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-isopropoxypyrimidin~4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using propan-2-oI.

Example 55

l-(6-(cyclohexyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4 riazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using cyclohexanol.

Example 56

l-(6-(cyclobutylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2_;4-triazol-3- synthesized according to Prep 4 using cyclobutylmethanol. Example 57

5-(3_s4-dimethoxybeixzyl)-l-(6-propoxypyr^ was synthesized according to Prep 4 using propan-l-ol.

Example 58

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(neopentyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 - synthesized according to Prep 4 using 2,2-dimethylpropan-l-ol.

Example 59

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethanol.

Example 60

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(( 1 -methyl- 1 H-benzo [d] imidazol-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- lH-l,2,4-triazol-3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (1 -methyl- 1H- benzo [d] imidazol -2-yl)methanol .

Example 61

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((2-phenylcyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 3 -amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using (2-phenylcyclopropyl)methanol. Example 62

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(qumolin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 _s2,4-triazol-3-amine was synthesized according to Prep 4 using quinolin-2-ylmethanol.

General procedure to prepare aminotriazoles 1-55 to 1-67 and 1-77 to 1-84 : Prep 5

A side product of the reaction using Prep 4 was also isolated and tested for this project. The procedure is identical, the prep-HPLC being the step were the compound is obtained

Example 63

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using 2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanol.

Example 64

6-(3 -amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(2-morpholinoethyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using 2-morpholmoethanol.

Example 65

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using pyridin-2-ylmethanol.

Example 66

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- l-yl)-3-(2- (trifluoromethyl)benzyl)pyrimidin~4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5

(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methanol. Example 67

6-(3 -amino- 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using 2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethanol.

Example 68

6-(3-amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(2-(4-methylthiazol-5- yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using 2-(4-methylthiazol-5- yl)ethanol.

6-(3-ainino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2_;4-triazol-l-yl)-3-(2₅3-dihydro-lH-inden-2- yl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using 2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-ol.

Example 70

3-((lH-bencso[d]imidazol-2-yl)methyl)-6-(3--m ino~5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl) 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 - yl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using (lH-benzo[d]imidazol-2- yl)methanol.

Example 71

6-(3-amino-5~(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(imidazo[ 1 ,2-a]pyridin-2- ylmethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using imidazo[l_}2-a]pyriclin- 2-ylmethanol.

Example 72

6-(3 -amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(4-(pyridin-4-yI)benzyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using (4-(pyridin-4~yl)phenyl)methanol.

Example 73

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl )- 3 -(2-(2-oxoimidazolidin- 1 - yl)ethyl)pyrirnidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using l-(2- hydroxyemyl)imidazolidin-2-one.

Example 74

6-(3 -amino- 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-tri azol- 1 -y l)-3 -((5-(piperazin- 1 -yl)pyrazin-2- yl)methyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using (6-(piperazin-l- yl)pyrazin-2 -yl)methanol ,

Example 75

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimemoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)-3-((2,2-difluoro-l- phenylcyclopropyl)methyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 difluoro- 1 -phenylcyclopropyl)methanol.

Example 76

6-(3-amino-5-(3_!4-dimethoxyberi^lH

synthesized according to Prep 5 using propan-2-οί.

Example 77

6-(3-amino~5-(3,4-dimethoxyberi2yl)-lH~l,2,4-tr^

was synthesized according to Prep 5 using cyclohexanol.

Exampie 78

6-(3-amino-5-(3_;4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH ₅2,4-triazol-l-yl)-3-(cyclobutylmethyl)pyri 4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using cyclobutylmethanol.

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -y l)-3 -propylpyrimidin-4(3 H)- synthesized according to Prep 5 using propan-l-ol.

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-neopenrylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using 2,2-dimethylpropan-l-ol.

Example 81

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4~dimethoxyberizy^

ylmethyl)p> imidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using benzo[d]thiazol-2- ylmethanol.

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimedioxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4 riazol-l-yl)-3-((l-methyl-lH-benzo[d]imida^^ 2-yl)raethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using (1 -methyl- 1H- benzo [d] imidazol-2-yl)methanol. Example 83

6-(3 -amino- 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybeiizyl)- 1 ^

4(3H)-one was synthesized according to Prep 5 using quinolin-2-ylmethanol.

Example 84

Step 1

To a solution of benzo[d]miazoI-2~ylraethanol (165 mg, 1 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was added NaH (24 mg 1 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 mins at rt, then was added 4,6-dichloro-2- methylpyrimidine (162 mg, 1 mmol) and stirred at rt for 3 h. The reaction mixture was added saturated NaHC03 solution (5 mL) and extracted by EtOAc (10 mL) 3 times. The organic layer was dried, filtered and concentrat

To a solution of 2-((6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)methyl)benzo[d]thiazole (291 mg, 1 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added hydrazine (320 mg, 10 mmol), then was microwaved at 80 °C for lh. The solvent and hydrazine was removed under vaccum. The crude product was used for next step without purification.

Step 2:

/>~Methoxybenzylamine (660 μΐ_^, 5.05 mmol) was added to a solution of di( !H-benzo[d][ 1,2,3 ]triazol-l- yl)met animine (1.33 g, 5,09 mmol) in THF (50 mL). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 24 h, whereupon the solution was concentrated in vacuo. CH2O2 (50 mL) was added. The solution was washed with sat NaHCC>3 (2 x 50 mL). The organic layer was dried (MgSO,}) and concentrated in vacuo to give 1,76 g of a white solid that was used without further purification.

A mixture of N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-lH-benzo[d] [1,2,3 ]triazole-l-carboximidamide (56 mg, 0.2 mmol), 3- (3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propanoic acid (42 mg, 0.2 mmol), HATU (76 mg, 0.2 mmol) and DLEA (78 mg, 0.6 mmol) in DMF (1 mL) was stirred at rt for 1 h. After an aqueous work-up, the organic layer was dried over Na2S04, then filtered and concentrated. The crude product was used without further purification.

A mixture of (E)-N-((lH-benzo[d] [1,2,3 ]triazol-l-yl )(4-methoxybenzylamino)methylene)-3 -(3,4- dimethoxyphenyl)propanamide (95 mg, 0.2 mmol) and 2-((6-hydrazinyl-2-methylpyrimidin-4- yloxy)methyl)benzo[d]thiazole (57 mg, 0.2 mmol) in THF (1 mL) was microwaved at 70 °C for 1 h. The solution was concentrated. The crude product was purified by HPLC.

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yImethoxy)-2-m

methoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine (9.36 mg, 0.015 mmol) in TFA (3 mL) was microwaved at 80 °C for Ih. The TFA was removed and the crude product was purified by HPLC.

1 -(6-chloro-2-methy lpyr imidin-4-yl)-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3~ amine (X-2) A slurry of (E)-N-(( 1 H-benzo[d] [ 1 ,2,3]triazol- -yl)(4-methoxybenzylamino)methylene)"2-(3 ,4- dimethoxyphenyl)acetamide (X-1, 6.72 g, 14.62 mmol, 1.0 eq), 4-chloro-6-hydrazinyl-2- methylpyrimidine (6.96 g, 43.9 mmol, 3.0 eq) and triethylamine (6.52 ml, 46.8 mmol, 3.2 eq) in toluene (60 ml) was heated at 110 °C for 2.5 hours. The resulting yellow solution was concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The yellow residue was dissolved in dichloromethane (500 mL) and washed with water (400 mL). The organic layer was separated, dried over sodium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated to dryness and the residue was diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL). The resulting precipitate was collected by filtration to afford l-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3_J4- dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amlne (X-2) as an off white solid. LRMS m/z (M+H) 481.4 found, 481.2 required

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(6-((4-methoxyphenyl)ethynyl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4~ yl)- IH-l ,2_s4-triazo]-3~amine (X-3)

A slurry of 1 ~(6~chloro-2-methylpyrimidin-4-y l)-5-(3 _f4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- l,2,4-triazol-3 -amine (X-2, 400 mg, 0.832 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetonitrile (3 ml) and triethylamirie (3 mL) was allowed to stir for 20 min. To the reaction mixture was added 2-ethynyl-5~methylpyridine (195 mg, 1.663 mmol, 2.00 eq), bis(triphenylphosphine)paliadium(n) dichloride (29.2 rag, 0.042 mmol, 0.05 eq) and copper(I) iodide (6.34 mg, 0.033 mmol, 0.04 eq). The reaction mixture was heated at 50 °C for 16 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (0-100% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to afford 5~(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((4-methoxyphenyl)ethynyl)-2-metliylpyrimidin-4-y])- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine (X- 3). ¾ NMR (500 MHz, CDC¾) δ 8.35 (d, 1H, J= 2.5 Hz), 7.87 (s, 1H), 7.61 (d, 1H, J= 8.6 Hz), 7.32 (d, 2H, J= 8.7 Hz), 7.20 (dd, 1.H, J= 8.7 Hz, 3.0 Hz ), 6.88 (m, 4H), 6.78 (d, 1H, J= 8.2 Hz), 4.66 (s, 2H), 4.58 (t, 1H, = 5.9), 4.49 (d, 2H, J = 6.0), 3.85 (m, 9H), 2.73 (s, 3H), 2.24 (s, 3H). . HRMS m/z (M+H) 562.2551 found, 562.2561 required 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6~(2-(5-methylpyridin-2-yl)ethyi)pyrimidin- 4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-tr iazol-3 -amine (X-4)

A solution of 5-(3,4-dimethoxyben2yl)-N"(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(6-((4-metlioxyphenyl)ethynyl)-2- methyipyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l_!2,4-triazol-3-amine (X-3, 200 mg, 0.356 mmol, 1.0 eq) in a mixture of EtOH (30 ml) and dichloromethane (5 ml) was treated with Pd/C (37.9 mg, 0.356 mmol, 1.0 eq) under a hydrogen balloon for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through c-lite to remove Pd/C. The filter cake was washed with DCM (100 mL). The filtrate was concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in dichloromethane (5 mL) and filtered to remove insolubles. The resulting filtrate was concentrated to afford 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-] -(2-methyl-6-(2-(5- methylpyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine (X-4) as a yellow oil. ¾ NMR (500 MHz, CDC1₃) δ 8.37 (s, 1H), 7.47 (s, 1H), 7.37 (d, 1H, J= 7.8 Hz), 7.3 (d, 2H, J= 8.6 Hz), 7.06 (d, 1H, J= 8.1 Hz), 6.89 (m, 4H), 6.78 (d, 1H, J= 8.1 Hz), 4.66 (s, 2H), 4.52 (m, 1H), 4.39 (d, 2H, J= 6.1), 3.82 (m, 10H), 3.18 (s, 3H), 2.69 (s, 3H), 2.28 (s, 3H) . HRMS m/z (M+H) 566.2873 found, 566.2874 required

5-(3,4~dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(2-(5-m^

3 -amine (X-5)

A solution of 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(2-(5-methylpyridin-2- yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine (X-4, 120 mg, 0.212 mmol, 1.0 eq) in trifluoroacetic acid (1 ml) was heated at 50 °C for 1 hour. The trifluoroacetic acid was removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by reverse phase liquid chromatography (H₂O/CH₃CN gradient w/ 0.1 % TFA present) to afford 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(2-(5-methylpyridin"2-y])ethyl)pyrimidin-4-yI)-lH-l ,2,4- triazol-3-amine (X-5) as a yellow oil. ^!H NMR (500 MHz, CDC1₃) 5 8.67 (s, 1H), 8.01 (d, 1H_> J- 1.5 Hz), 7.57 (m, 2H), 6.89 (m, 2H,), 6.78 (d, 1H, J- 8.2 Hz), 4.69 (s, 2H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 3.55 (t, 2H, J= 7.6 Hz ), 3.31 (t, 2H, J= 7.6), 2.72 (s, 3H), 2.50 (s, 3H). HRMS m/z (M+H) 446.2294 found, 446.2299 required.

TABLE 2

The following table shows representative data for the compounds of the Examples as PDE10 inhibitors as determined by the foregoing assays. In this table, the PDE10 Ki is a measure of the ability of the test compound to inhibit the action of the PDE10 enzyme.

304 -42 270-43 19_44 18-45 570-46 5.6-47 70-48 <3.8-49 <3.8-50 190-51 23-54 390-55 650-56 540-57 1 10-58 37-59 220-60 370-61 19-62 8.6-63 35-64 13-67 320-68 760-69 540-70 640-71 620-73 <3.8-75 64-76 <3.8-77 1000-79 130 1-80 490

1-83 47

1-84 19

While the invention has been described and illustrated with reference to certain particular embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations, changes, modifications, substitutions, deletions, or additions of procedures and protocols may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A compound of the formula I:

I

A is selected from the group consisting of Ci_6alkyl, C^-IO aryl_> and C5- 10 heterocyclyl, said alkyl, aryl and heterocyclyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R&;

R is selected from the group consisting of H, and Cl-galkyl;

R1 is selected from the groups consisting of hydrogen, (CH2)nC6-10 aryl_> Ci_6alkyl₅ (CH2)nC5- 10 heterocycle, (CH2)n 3 0^cy^cloalkyl₅ said alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycle, and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^A; 2 is selected from the groups consisting of -NH(CH2)nOR> -NH(CH2)nC -10aryl_s - NH(CH2)_nC3-10cycloalkyl, -NH(CH2)_nCl-6aIkyl, -NRlR, -NHC(0)Ci_6alk l, -N(Ci_ 6alkyl)(CH2)nC6-10ary -NHS02Ci_6alkyl, said alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^A; R^a is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) halogen,

(2) hydroxyl,

(3) Ci-<5alkyl_s which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb, (4) -0-Ci-6^alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb,

(5) (CH2)nC6-10^aryl_? which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb, (6) -0-(CH2) C5-io heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb,

(7) -(CH2)nC5_io heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3

groups of Rb, (8) -O-(CH2)n 6-10a^r l_» which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb

(9) -(CH2)nC6-10^aryl_> which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb

(10) -O-(CH2)nC3-10 cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of b,

(11) -(CH2)nC3-10 cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups ofRb

( 12) -NH-C i -6alkyl, or -N(C 1 _6alkyl)(C i .^alkyl), which is unsubstituted or

substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb,

(13) -0-(CH2)nS02C6_ioaryl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups ofRb

(14) -(CH₂)_nC0₂R,

(15) -CN,

(16) -N0₂;

(17) Ci-5 haloalkyl;

(18) C2-6alkynylC5-io heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 groups of Rb; and

(19) C2-6alkenyl;

selected from the group consisting of:

(1) halogen,

(2) hydroxyl,

(3) Ci-galkyl,

(4) -O-Ci-ealkyl,

(5) (CH2)nC6-10ar l

(6) (CH2)nC5-10 heterocycle,

(7) Ci-5 haloalkyl; and n represents 0-4; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2. The compound according to claim 1 wherein A is selected from the group consisting of methyl, phenyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrirnidinon-yl, and pyridyl, said groups optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

3. The compound according to claim 2 wherein A is optionally substituted pyrimidinyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4. The compound according to claim 2 wherein A is optionally substituted pyrimidinon-yl_} or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

5. The compound according to claim 1 wherein Rl is (CH2)n 6-10^ary^ (CH2)nC5-10keterocyle, (CH2)nC3-10^cycloalkyl, or Ci-galkyl said aryl, heterocycle, cycioalkyl and alkyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a> or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

6- The compound according to claim 5 wherein the aryl, alkyl, heterocycle and cycioalkyl of Rl is optionally substituted phenyl, cyclohexyl, thiophenyl, Ci_6alkyl, oxazolyl, or cyclopropyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

7. The compound according to claim 1 wherein R2 is NH(CH2)nC6-10^ary _>

NH(CH2)nC3-l0cycloalkyl, -NH(CH2)nC 1 -galkyl, or NR^R, said alkyl, cycioalkyl and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

8. The compound according to claim 7 wherein 2 is NRlR, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

9. The compound according to claim 8 wherein R2 is NH2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

10. The compound according to claim 7 wherein 2 is -N (CH2)n 6 Qs yl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

1 1. The compound according to claim 7 wherein 2 NR(CH2)n_.C3- l ocycloalkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

12. The compound according to claim 1 represented by structural formula II:

II

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrimidinon-yl, and pyridyl, said groups optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R and R2 is NH(CH2)nC6-10ar l, NH(CH2)_nC3-10cycloalkyl, -NH(CH2)_nCl- galkyl, NRlR, said alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R^a.

13. The compound according to claim 12 wherein n is 0-2, R2 is selected from the group consisting of NH2, N(CH2)ncyclopropyl, N(CH2)ncyclohexyl, N(CH2)nphenyl, and NH(CH2)n l-6^alk lj said alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of

Ra; and at least one R^a present on the B ring and is selected from methoxy, methyl, and halo, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

14. The compound according to claim 13 wherein there are two R^a groups on the B ring both of which are methoxy, and R2 is NH2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

15. A compound which is :

6-(3 -(3 ,4-dimethoxyphenethylamino)-5-(3 -fluoro-4-methylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazo 1- 1 - yl)pyrimidin-4-ol,

1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amme,

2-(4-(5-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-3-(2,3-dimethoxyphenethylamino)-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 - yl)phenyl)acetic acid,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2,6-dime1 lp

N-(5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2_s4-triazol-3-yl)acetamide, 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-N-methyl-lH- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxyben yl)- 1 -(2 _J6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-N-methyl- 1 H- 1„2 _?4-triazol-3-amine, N-(5-(3,4-dimethoxybenz;yl)- 1 -(2₅6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2_s4-triazol-3- yl)methanesulfonamide,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -phenyl- 1 H- 1₅2₅4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -methyl- 1 H- 1₅2₅4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -phenyl- 1 H- 1₅2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l -(pyridin-2-yl)-l H-l ,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenz l)- 1 -(pyridi n-2-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5 -benzyl- 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H-l ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

l-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(3 ,5-dimethylphenyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5-(2-cyclohexylethyl)~ 1 ~(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H~ 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl)-l H- 1 ,2_s4-triazol-3-amine, 1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-phenethyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

l-(2,6-dimemylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methyHsoxazol-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

(R)-l -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(2,2 ,2-trifluoro- 1 -methoxy- 1 -phenylethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

(S)- 1 -(2_s6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5~(2₅2,2-trifluoro- 1 -methoxy- 1 -phenylethyl)- 1 H-l ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-( 1 -(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclopropyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5- (3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)-l-(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2_J4-triazol-3-amine,

1 -(2,6-dimethylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(4-methoxyphenethyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

6- (3-amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)pyrimidin-4-ol,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(pyri din-2-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin~4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-tr iazol -3-amine, 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-moipholinoethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 3 -amine, 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(2-tosylethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 1 -(6-(benzo[d] [1 ,3]dioxol-5-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 3- amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-methoxybenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine, 5-(3,4~dimemoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(2-(4-memyltM

3-amine,

5-(3,4-dimemoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(naphthalen-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l ,2,4-triazol-3- amine,

1 -(6-(2,3-dihydro- 1 H-inden-2-yloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 3-amine,

1 -(6-((l H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l ,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(imidazo[l ,2-a]pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-l H-l ,2,4- triazo 1-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(4-(pyridin-4-yl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- amine, 5- (3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- amine,

1 -(2-(6-(3 -atnino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)pyrimidin-4- yloxy)ethyl)imidazolidin-2-one_s

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((6- piperazin- 1 -yl)pyrazin-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

1 -(6-((2,2-difluoro- 1 -phenylcyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

6- (3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4^

4(3H)-one,

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2_;4-tri^

4(3H)-one,

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybeiizyl)- 1 H- 1

4(3H)-one,

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)-3-(2- (trifliioromethyl)benzyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one,

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one,

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybeiizyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)-3-(2-(4-methylthiazol-5- yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one,

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- lH-1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(2,3-dihydro- 1 H-inden-2- yl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one,

3 -(( 1 H-benzo [d] imidazoI-2-yl)methyl)-6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H~ 1 ,2 ,4-triazol- 1 - yl)pyriraidin-4(3H)-one,

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -(imidazo [ 1 ,2-a] pyridin-2- ylmethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one,

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyI)-lH-l,2,4-triazoH

4(3H)-one,

6-(3 -amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl) -3 -(2-(2-oxoimidazo lidin- 1 - yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one ,

6-(3-amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -((5-(piperazin- 1 -yl)pyrazin-2- yl)methyl)pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-isopropoxypyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H-l ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

1 -(6-(cyclohexyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- lH-1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

1 -(6-(cyclobutylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-propoxypyrimidin-4-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(neopentyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine_} 1 -(6-(benzo[d]tihiazol-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l H- ,2,4-triazol- 3- amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(( 1 -methyl- 1 H-benzo [d]imidazol-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-100201-3 -amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- l-(6-((2-phenylcyclopropyl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH- 1,2 ,4-triazol- 3 -amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(quinolin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine, 6-(3 -amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -isopropylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one, 6-(3-amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -propylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one, 6-(3-amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -neopentylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one_f 6-(3-amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3 -(benzo [d] thiazol-2- ylmethyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one,

6-(3-aniino-5-(3,4-dimethQxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)-3-((l-methyI-lH-benz^

2- yl)methyl)pyrimid in-4(3 H)-one,

6-(3-amino-5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-3-(quinolin-2-ylmethyl)pyrimidin- 4(3H)-one,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzy 1)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(pyridin-2-yloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyI)-l^

1 ,2,4-triazoI-3-amine,

l-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrhnidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine_J

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-inethyl-6-(pyridin-3-yloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)~ 1™(2-methyl-6~(pyridin-2--yloxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1H-

1 ,2_f4-triazol-3-amine..

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(pyridin^^

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-3-(4-methoxybenzylamino)-l-(2~^

1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazole-2,4-diium,

3- amino-5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(quinoiin-2-yIoxy)pyrimidm-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazole- 2,4-diium,

5-(3 ,4-d imethoxybenzy l)-N-(4-methoxybenzy 1)- 1 -(2-methy l-6-(pyridin-2-y lethyny I)pyr imidin-4-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3_;4-dimethoxyben2yl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH ,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(quinolin-2-yIethynyl)pyrimidin-4-yI)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5~(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyI)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-vinylpyrirnidin-4~yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3- amine, 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(2-meth^

1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3 -amine,

l-(6-((l,5-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethynyl)-2-meth^

methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazoi-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzy 1 )- 1 -(2-methy l-6-(2-(quinolin-2-y l)ethyl)pyr im jdin-4-y I)- 1 H- _s2,4-triazol-3-amine, l-(6-(2-(l,5-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2-methyIpyrimidin-4-yi)-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4- methoxybenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

1 -(6-(2-( 1 ,5-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2-methyIpyri

3 - amine,

N-(5-( ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(2-(quinol in-2-yl)ethyl )pyrim idin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 - yl)acetamide,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-((5-methylpyridin-2-yl)ethynyl)pyrimidin-

4- yI)- 1H- 1 ,2,4-tr iazol-3-amine,

5- (3_!4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-memoxybenzyl)-l-(6-((5-methoxypyridin-2-yl)ethynyl)-2- methylpyrimidin~4-yl)~ 1 H~ 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzy l)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)^^

4- yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol~3-amine,

5- (3,4-dimetlioxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(2-(5-methoxypyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2- methylpyrimidm-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4~triazol-3 -amine,

5 ~(3,4-dime1¾Jxybenzyl)-l -(2-methy l~6~(2-(5~ra

3 - amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxyben2yI)-l~(2~methyl-6-((4-methylpyridin-2-yl)ethynyl)pyrimidin- 4~yl) H-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyI)-l-(6-(2~(4-methoxypyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2- methylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazoI-3 -amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(2~(4-methylpyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-

4- yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5 - (3 ,4-dimethoxybenzy l)-l-(6-(2-(4-methoxypyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)~l H~ 1,2,4- triazo 1-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methy l-6-(2-(4-methy lpyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl )- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-(2-(5-methoxypyridin-2-yl)ethyl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazo 1-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- l,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amme, 5 -(3 ,4-dimemoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(quinolin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methy l-6-(quinolin-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidiii-4-y I)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyi)- 1 -(2-metiiy I-6-(quinoH

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-methy l-4-(2-(pyridin-2-y I)ethyl)pyridin-2-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4-triazol-3~amine, 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(6-(isoquinolin~3-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2₅4-triazol-3- amine,

5 - (3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl )-l -(2-methy l-6-((6-(piperid^

l,2,4-triazol-3-amine.,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl )-l -(2-methy l~6-(pyrazolo[ 1 ,5 -a] pyridin-7-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH- 1,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methy l-6-((4-methy lquinolin-2-y l)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

6- ( 5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-3 -(4-methoxybenzylamino)-l H- 1 ,2,4-triazol- 1 -yl)-2-methy lpyrimidine-4- carbonitrile,

6-(3-amino-5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-lH-l_i2,4-triazol-l-yl)-2-methyIpyrimidiii-4-oi,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((2,4-dimethylthiazol-5-yl)methoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- -(6-(isoquinolin- 1 -ylmethoxy )-2-methy lpyrimidin-4-y I)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 - amine,

N-(5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methy l-6-((4-methylquinolin-2-yi)methoxy)pyrim idin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3 -yl)acetamide,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- -(2-methy l-6-((2-methy lmiazol-4-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

5~(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-((4-methylthiazol-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N,N-dimethyl-l-(2-methyl-6-((4-methylquinolin-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-((2-methyloxazol-4-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-tr iazol- 3 -amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)pyridin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 5-( ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-((5 -methylpyr idin-2-yl)methoxy)pyr imidin-4-y 1)- 1 H- 1 ,2 ,4- triazo 1-3 -amine,

5-(( 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrazol-4-y l)methyl)- 1 -(2-methy l-6-((5 -methy lpy ridin-2-y !)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-y 1)- lH-l ,2,4-triazol-3 -amine,

l-(6-chloro-2-methylpyrimidm-4-yl)-5-((l-m 5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(6-((5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)m

3 -amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-(( 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrazol-3 ~

yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2₎4-triazol-3-amine,

5-(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((5-methoxypyridin-2-yl)methoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin~4»yI)- 1 H~ 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(2-methyl-6-((5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin~4-yI)~ 1 H~ l,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl )- 1 -(2-methy l-6-(( 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrazol-3 -y l)methoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

5 -(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzyl)- 1 -(6-((8-methoxyquinol in-2-yl)methoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)- I^'H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

5-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-l-(2-methyl-6-((5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-l ,8-naphthyridin-2-yl)methoxy)pyrimidin-4- yl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-triazol-3-amine,

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-5-((2,5-dimethyIthiazol-4-yl)methyl)- IH-l ,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

l-(6-(benzo[d]tliiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yI)-5-((5-chlorobenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)methyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4-tr iazol-3 -amine,

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazoI-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yI)-5-((5-methyl-2-phenylthiazol-4-yl)methyi)- lH-l,2,4-tr iazol-3 -amine,

l-(6~(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylniethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-S-((2,5-diinethylthiazol-4-yl)methyl)-lH- 1 ,2,4~triazol-3~amme,

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-((3-methylbenzo[b]thiophen-2- yl)methyl)~ 1 H-l ,2,4~triazol~3~amine,

l~(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2~ylmethoxy)~2~methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-((2-methylthiazol-4-yl)methyl)-l H-l,2,4- triazol-3-araine,

5-(benzo[b]thiophen-3-yImethyl)-l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol~2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-lH-l,2,4- triazoI-3-amine,

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmemoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(4-isopropoxybenzyl)-lH-l,2,4-triazol-3- amine,

l-(6-(benzotd]thiazol-2-ylmetlioxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(3,4-dimethoxyphenetliyl)-lH-l,2,4- triazol-3-amine,

l-(4-((3-amino-l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)~lH-l,2,4-triazol-5- yl)methyl)thiophen-2-yl)ethanone,

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yJ)-5-(2-bromo-4-chlorobenzyl)-lH-l ,2,4- triazol-3-amine, 1 -(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yI 5-(4~bromo»2-fluorobenzyl)- 1 H- 1 ,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

l-(6-(benzo[d]miazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrM

triazol-3 -amine,

1 -(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)-5-(2-(trifluoromelJioxy)benzyl)- IH-l ,2,4- triazol-3 -amine,

l-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-2-xnem^

triazol-3 -amine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

16. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound of Claim 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

17. Use of a compound of Claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a disorder selected from psychotic disorders, delusional disorders and drug induced psychosis; anxiety disorders, movement disorders, mood disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders.

18. A method for treating a neurological or psychiatric disorder associated with

PDE10 dysfunction in a mammalian patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Claim 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

19. A method for treating bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, neurological or psychiatric disorder associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction in a mammalian patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Claim 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

20. A method for treating Huntington's disease in a mammalian patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Claim 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

21. A method for enhancing cognition in a mammalian patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Claim 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.