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Definitions

• the invention relates to 1,2,3-triazole derivatives and the use of these compounds for the treatment of various diseases and conditions.
• Glutamate is one of the major excitatory neurotransmitters that is widely spread in the brain.
• First indication of its role as an excitatory messenger was in the 1950’s when it was observed that intravenous administration of glutamate induces convulsions.
• the detection of the whole glutamatergic neurotransmitter system with its various receptors did not take place before the 1970’s and 1980’s when numerous antagonists were developed or, as in the case of PCP and ketamine, were identified as antagonists.
• molecular biology provided the tools for the classification of the glutamatergic receptors.
• Glutamate is a main excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are a subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors that mediate excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain.
• NMDA receptors are ubiquitously distributed thoroughout the brain and play a key role in synaptic plasticity, synaptogenesis, excitotoxicity, memory acquisition and learning.
• NMDA receptors are distinct from other major subtypes of ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPA and kainate receptors) in that they are blocked by Mg 2+ at resting membrane potentials, are highly Ca 2+ permeable, and require co-activation by two distinct neurotransmitters: glutamate and glycine (or D-serine) (Traynelis SF et al., Pharmacol Rev. 2010; 62(3):405-96).
• AMPA and kainate receptors ionotropic glutamate receptors
• NMDA receptors The influx of Ca 2+ through NMDA receptors triggers signaling cascades and regulates gene expression that is critical for different forms of synaptic plasticity including both long-term potentiation of synapse efficacy (LTP) (Berberich S et al., Neuropharmacology 2007; 52(1):77-86) and long-term depression (LTD) (Massey, PV et al., J Neurosci. 20048;24(36):7821- 8).
• LTP long-term potentiation of synapse efficacy
• LTD long-term depression
• the vast majority of the mammalian NMDA receptors form a heterotetramer made of two obligatory GluN1 units and two variable GluN2 receptor subunits encoded by the GRIN1 gene and one of four GRIN2 genes, respectively.
• GluN2 subunits can be potentially replaced by a GluN3A or a GluN3B subunit.
• the GRIN1 gene product has 8 splice variants while there are 4 different GRIN2 genes (GRIN2A-D) encoding four distinct GluN2 subunits.
• the glycine binding site is present on the GluN1 subunit and the glutamate binding site is present on the GluN2 subunit.
• GluNR2 subunits play a dominant role in determining the functional and pharmacological properties of the NMDA receptor assembly and exhibit distinct distribution in different areas of the brain.
• GluN2B subunits are expressed primarily in the forebrain in the adult mammalian brain (Paoletti P et al., Nat Rev Neurosci. 2013; 14(6):383-400; Watanabe M et al., J Comp Neurol. 1993; 338(3):377-90) and are implicated in learning, memory processing, mood, attention, emotion and pain perception (Cull-Candy S et al., Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2001; 11(3):327- 35).
• Compounds that modulate GluN2B-containing NMDA receptor function can be useful in treatment of many neurological and psychiatric disorders including but not limited to bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (Miller OH et al., eLife. 2014; 3:e03581; Li N et al., Biol Psychiatry. 2011; 69(8):754-61), treatment-resistant depression (Preskorn SH et al. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008; 28(6):631-7) and other mood disorders (e.g., postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder and the like), Alzheimer’s disease (Hanson JE et al., Neurobiol Dis.
• the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a
• a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or N-oxide thereof for use in medicine, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• the pharmaceutical composition may be used in human or veterinary medicine.
• the present invention further provides a method of treating disorders associated with NMDA hyperactivity, most preferably with NR2B hyperactivity, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or N-oxide thereof.
• the present invention also provides a method of treating a central nervous system disorder in a patient in need thereof comprising, administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or N-oxide thereof.
• the present invention also provides a compound for use in any of the methods described herein.
• the present invention further provides use of a compound for the preparation of a medicament for use in any of the methods described herein.
• Het represents one of the following heterocyclic ring structures:
• one of A and B represents C-R 4 , R 1 and R 2 in each case independently represent,
• - C 1-6 alkyl straight or branched, optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents, selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 3 -6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• C 3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents, selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1-3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• C 1-6 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 3 -6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• - -O-C 3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1 -3 alkoxy, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms
• a 5 to 7 member carbocycle optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1 -3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, or
• o C 3 -6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• C 3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1-3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and
• - O-C 3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1 -3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• o C 3 -6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, - C 1-5 alkoxy, straight or branched, optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents, selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 3 -6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• C 3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1-3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and
• - O-C 3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1 -3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms.
• substituent e.g. 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy, halogen, C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, and C 1 -3 alkoxy optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms.
• R 1 and R 2 does not represent hydrogen, or both of R 1 and R 2 do not represent hydrogen.
• R 1 and R 2 are preferably located at a meta- or at the para-position of the phenyl ring for example, the phenyl ring may contain substituents R 1 and/or R 2 different from H at position 3, 4, 3 and 4, or 3 and 5, and the substituents at all other positions are H.
• R 1 and R 2 independently from each other represent:
• - C 1-4 alkyl straight or branched, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, e.g. methyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, 1,1-difluoroethyl, - C 3-6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, e.g. cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl,
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, e.g. methoxy, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, 1,1-difluoroethoxy,
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, e.g. 2-methoxyethyl
• - C 3-6 cycloalkyl-C 1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, e.g cyclopropylmethyl, and - C 3-6 cycloalkyl-C 1 -3 alkoxy, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, e.g. cyclopropylmethoxy.
• Het may represent: wherein A represents N or C-R 4 ; B
• R 4 and R 5 in each case independently represent
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, hydroxy, and/or C 1-3 alkoxy, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms
• R 4 and R 5 are each independently selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, tert-butyl, trifluoromethyl, 2-fluoroethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, and hydroxymethyl.
• Het may represent:
• R 3 represents
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms
• R 4 and R 5 independently from each other represent
• - C 1-3 alkyl straight or branched, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms, hydroxy, and/or C 1-3 alkoxy, optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms,
• halogen atom e.g. with 1, 2 or 3 halogen atoms
• R 3 , R 4 and/or R 5 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n- propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, tert-butyl, trifluoromethyl, 2-fluoroethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, and cyclopentyl.
• the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a
• a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or N-oxide thereof for use in medicine, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• the pharmaceutical composition may be used in human or veterinary medicine.
• alkyl refers to a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the chain.
• an alkyl group is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group.
• an alkyl group is a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group.
• alkyl groups include methyl (Me) ethyl (Et), n-propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl (tBu), pentyl, isopentyl, tert-pentyl, hexyl, isohexyl, and groups that in light of the ordinary skill in the art and the teachings provided herein would be considered equivalent to any one of the foregoing examples.
• alkyl refers to straight or branched chain hydrocarbon groups.
• haloalkyl refers to a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms in the chain and having at least one of the hydrogens replaced with a halogen.
• a haloalkyl group is a C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl group.
• a haloalkyl group is a C 1 -C 4 haloalkyl group.
• substitutent is fluoro.
• Preferred substituted alkyl groups of the invention include trihalogenated alkyl groups such as trifluoromethyl groups.
• Haloalkyl includes and is not limited to CF 3 , CH 2 F, -CHF 2 , -CH 2 Cl, -CH 2 -CF 3 , and the like.
• the term (halo)alkyl refers to alkyl substituted by at least one halogen atom. Examples of these embodiments include fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, 2- fluoroethyl.
• Cycloalkyl refers to monocyclic, non-aromatic hydrocarbon groups having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms.
• Examples of cycloalkyl groups include, for example, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, and the like.
• cyclic group includes fully saturated, partially unsaturated and aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings, including aromatic (“aryl” or“heteroaryl”) or nonaromatic cyclic groups, for example, 5 to 7 membered monocyclic ring systems, which may have at least one heteroatom in at least one carbon atom-containing ring.
• a heterocyclic group containing a heteroatom may have 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms and/or sulfur atoms, where the nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms may optionally be oxidized and the nitrogen heteroatoms may optionally be quaternized.
• the heterocyclic group may be attached at any heteroatom or carbon atom of the ring or ring system.
• one or more carbon atoms of the heterocyclic ring are oxidized to form a carbonyl group.
• the cyclic group may be unsubstituted or carry one or more substituents, e.g. halogen, C 1-6 (halo)alkyl, C 1-6 (halo)alkoxy, OH, etc.
• alkoxy includes a straight chain or branched alkyl group with a terminal oxygen linking the alkyl group to the rest of the molecule.
• an alkoxy group is a C1- C6 alkoxy group.
• an alkoxy group is a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group.
• Alkoxy includes methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, t-butoxy, pentoxy and so on.
• the term alkoxy, employed alone or in combination with other terms refers to a group of formula -O-alkyl.
• Example alkoxy groups in these embodiments include methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy (e.g.
• haloalkoxy refers to alkoxy substituted by at least one halogen atom.
• examples of (halo)alkoxy groups include fluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, and trifluoromethoxy.
• heterocycle represents” a mono- or bi-cyclic hydrocarbon ring structure optionally containing heteroatoms selected from O, S, and N. Heterocyclyl rings can have 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the ring.
• halogen represents chlorine, fluorine, bromine, or iodine.
• halo represents chloro, fluoro, bromo, or iodo.
• halo refers to fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, particularly to fluorine, chlorine and bromine, more particularly to fluorine and chlorine.
• GluN2B receptors refers to NMDA receptors containing the GluN2B or NR2B subunit.
• “Pharmaceutically acceptable” means approved or approvable by a regulatory agency of the Federal or a state government or the corresponding agency in countries other than the United States, or that is listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia or other generally recognized pharmacopoeia for use in animals, and more particularly, in humans.
• “pharmaceutically acceptable” refers to those compounds, materials, compositions, and/or dosage forms which are, within the scope of sound medical judgment, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of human beings and animals without excessive toxicity, irritation, allergic response, or other problem or complication, commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio.
• the compounds of Formula (I) may form salts which are also within the scope of this invention.
• Reference to a compound of the Formula (I) herein is understood to include reference to salts thereof, unless otherwise indicated.
• the term“salt(s)”, as employed herein denotes acidic and/or basic salts formed with inorganic and/or organic acids and bases.
• Zwitterions are included within the term“salt(s)” as used herein (and may be formed, for example, where the R substituents comprise an acid moiety such as a carboxyl group).
• quaternary ammonium salts such as
• Salts of the compounds of the Formula (I) may be formed, for example, by reacting a compound I with an amount of acid or base, such as an equivalent amount, in a medium such as one in which the salt precipitates or in an aqueous medium followed by lyophilisation.
• Exemplary acid addition salts include acetates (such as those formed with acetic acid or trihaloacetic acid, for example, trifluoroacetic acid), adipates, aliginates, ascorbates, aspartates, benzoates, benzenesulfonates, bisulfates, borates, butyrates, citrates, camphorates,
• camphorsulfonates cyclopentanepropionates, digluconates, dodecylsulfates, ethanesulfonates, fumarates, glucoheptanoates, glycerophosphates, hemisulfates, heptanoates, hexanoates, hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, hydroiodides, 2-hydroxyethanesulfonates, lactates, maleates, methanesulfonates, 2-naphthalenesulfonates, nicotinates, nitrates, oxalates, pectinates, persulfates, 3-phenylpropionates, phosphates, picrates, pivalates, propionates, salicylates, succinates, sulfates (such as those formed with sulfuric acid), sulfonates (such as those mentioned herein), tartrates, thiocyanates, toluenes
• Exemplary basic salts include ammonium salts, alkali metal salts such as sodium, lithium, and potassium salts, alkaline earth metal salts such as calcium and magnesium salts, salts with organic bases (for example, organic amines) such as benzathines, dicyclohexylamines, hydrabamines, N-methyl-D-glucamines, N-methyl-D-glucamides, t-butyl amines, and salts with amino acids such as arginine, lysine and the like.
• organic bases for example, organic amines
• organic bases for example, organic amines
• benzathines dicyclohexylamines, hydrabamines, N-methyl-D-glucamines, N-methyl-D-glucamides, t-butyl amines
• salts with amino acids such as arginine, lysine and the like.
• the basic nitrogen-containing groups may be quaternized with agents such as lower alkyl halides (e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, and butyl chlorides, bromides and iodides), dialkyl sulfates (e.g. dimethyl, diethyl, dibutyl, and diamyl sulfates), long chain halides (e.g. decyl, lauryl, myristyl and stearyl chlorides, bromides and iodides), aralkyl halides (e.g. benzyl and phenethyl bromides), and others.
• lower alkyl halides e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, and butyl chlorides, bromides and iodides
• dialkyl sulfates e.g. dimethyl, diethyl, dibutyl, and diamyl sulfates
• “Pharmaceutically acceptable salt” refers to a salt of a compound of the invention that is pharmaceutically acceptable and that possesses the desired pharmacological activity of the parent compound.
• such salts are non-toxic may be inorganic or organic acid addition salts and base addition salts.
• such salts include: (1) acid addition salts, formed with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and the like; or formed with organic acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid, hexanoic acid, cyclopentanepropionic acid, glycolic acid, pyruvic acid, lactic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, 3-(4- hydroxybenzoyl)benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, mandelic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, 1,2-ethane-disulfonic acid, 2-hydroxyethanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, 4- chlorobenzenesulfonic acid, 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid, 4-toluenesulfonic acid
• Salts further include, by way of example only, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, tetraalkylammonium, and the like; and when the compound contains a basic functionality, salts of non toxic organic or inorganic acids, such as hydrochloride, hydrobromide, tartrate, mesylate, acetate, maleate, oxalate and the like.
• non toxic organic or inorganic acids such as hydrochloride, hydrobromide, tartrate, mesylate, acetate, maleate, oxalate and the like.
• “pharmaceutically acceptable salts” refers to derivatives of the disclosed compounds wherein the parent compound is modified by converting an existing acid or base moiety to its salt form.
• pharmaceutically acceptable salts include, but are not limited to, mineral or organic acid salts of basic residues such as amines; alkali or organic salts of acidic residues such as carboxylic acids; and the like.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the present invention include the conventional non-toxic salts of the parent compound formed, for example, from non-toxic inorganic or organic acids.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the present invention can be synthesized from the parent compound which contains a basic or acidic moiety by conventional chemical methods.
• such salts can be prepared by reacting the free acid or base forms of these compounds with a stoichiometric amount of the appropriate base or acid in water or in an organic solvent, or in a mixture of the two; generally, nonaqueous media like ether, ethyl acetate, ethanol, isopropanol, or acetonitrile are preferred. Lists of suitable salts are found in Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences, 17 th ed., Mack Publishing Company, Easton, Pa., 1985, p. 1418 and Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 66, 2 (1977), each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
• “Pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle” refers to a diluent, adjuvant, excipient or carrier with which a compound of the invention is administered.
• A“pharmaceutically acceptable excipient” refers to a substance that is non-toxic, biologically tolerable, and otherwise biologically suitable for administration to a subject, such as an inert substance, added to a pharmacological composition or otherwise used as a vehicle, carrier, or diluent to facilitate administration of an agent and that is compatible therewith.
• excipients include calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, various sugars and types of starch, cellulose derivatives, gelatin, vegetable oils, and polyethylene glycols.
• “Subject” includes humans.
• the terms“human,”“patient,” and“subject” are used interchangeably herein.
• “Treating” or“treatment” of any disease or disorder refers, in one embodiment, to ameliorating the disease or disorder (i.e., arresting or reducing the development of the disease or at least one of the clinical symptoms thereof). In another embodiment“treating” or“treatment” refers to ameliorating at least one physical parameter, which may not be discernible by the subject. In yet another embodiment,“treating” or“treatment” refers to modulating the disease or disorder, either physically, (e.g., stabilization of a discernible symptom), physiologically, (e.g., stabilization of a physical parameter), or both. In yet another embodiment,“treating” or“treatment” refers to delaying the onset of the disease or disorder.
• a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical agent according to the invention is administered to a subject suffering from or diagnosed as having such a disease, disorder, or condition.
• A“therapeutically effective amount” means an amount or dose sufficient to generally bring about the desired therapeutic or prophylactic benefit in patients in need of such treatment for the designated disease, disorder, or condition.
• Effective amounts or doses of the compounds of the present invention may be ascertained by routine methods such as modeling, dose escalation studies or clinical trials, and by taking into consideration routine factors, e.g., the mode or route of administration or drug delivery, the pharmacokinetics of the compound, the severity and course of the disease, disorder, or condition, the subject's previous or ongoing therapy, the subject’s health status and response to drugs, and the judgment of the treating physician.
• An example of a dose is in the range of from about 0.001 to about 200 mg of compound per kg of subject’s body weight per day, preferably about 0.05 to 100 mg/kg/day, or about 1 to 35 mg/kg/day, in single or divided dosage units (e.g., BID, TID, QID).
• an illustrative range for a suitable dosage amount is from about 0.05 to about 7 g/day, or about 0.2 to about 2.5 g/day.
• the invention relates to the D form, the L form and D, L mixtures and also, where more than one asymmetric carbon atom is present, to the diastereomeric forms.
• Those compounds of the invention which contain asymmetric carbon atoms, and which as a rule accrue as racemates, can be separated into the optically active isomers in a known manner, for example using an optically active acid.
• Tautomeric forms result from the swapping of a single bond with an adjacent double bond together with the concomitant migration of a proton.
• Tautomeric forms include prototropic tautomers which are isomeric protonation states having the same empirical formula and total charge.
• Exemplary prototropic tautomers include ketone– enol pairs, amide - imidic acid pairs, lactam– lactim pairs, amide - imidic acid pairs, enamine– imine pairs, and annular forms where a proton can occupy two or more positions of a heterocyclic system, for example, 1H- and 3H-imidazole, 1H-, 2H- and 4H- 1,2,4-triazole, 1H- and 2H- isoindole, and 1H- and 2H-pyrazole.
• Tautomeric forms can be in equilibrium or sterically locked into one form by appropriate substitution.
• Compounds of the invention can also include all isotopes of atoms occurring in the intermediates or final compounds.
• Isotopes include those atoms having the same atomic number but different mass numbers.
• isotopes of hydrogen include tritium and deuterium.
• an“isotopic variant” refers to a compound that contains unnatural proportions of isotopes at one or more of the atoms that constitute such compound.
• an“isotopic variant” of a compound can be radiolabeled, that is, contain one or more non- radioactive or radioactive isotopes, such as for example, deuterium ( 2 H or D), carbon-13 ( 13 C), nitrogen-15 ( 15 N), or the like.
• the following atoms, where present, may vary, so that for example, any hydrogen may be 2 H/D, any carbon may be 13 C, or any nitrogen may be 15 N, and that the presence and placement of such atoms may be determined within the skill of the art.
• the invention may include the preparation of isotopic variants with radioisotopes, in the instance for example, where the resulting compounds may be used for drug and/or substrate tissue distribution studies.
• Radiolabeled compounds of the invention can be used in diagnostic methods such as single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
• SPECT single-photon emission computed tomography
• the radioactive isotopes tritium, i.e. 3 H, and carbon-14, i.e. 14 C, are particularly useful for their ease of incorporation and ready means of detection.
• compounds may be prepared that are substituted with positron emitting isotopes, such as 11 C, 18 F, 15 O and 13 N, and would be useful in positron emission topography (PET) studies for examining substrate receptor occupancy.
• positron emitting isotopes such as 11 C, 18 F, 15 O and 13 N
• Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of one another are termed“diastereomers” and those that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other are termed“enantiomers.”
• a compound has an asymmetric center, for example, it is bonded to four different groups, a pair of enantiomers is possible.
• An enantiomer can be characterized by the absolute configuration of its asymmetric center and is described by the R-and S-sequencing rules of Cahn and Prelog, or by the manner in which the molecule rotates the plane of polarized light and designated as dextrorotatory or levorotatory (i.e., as (+) or (-)-isomers respectively).
• a chiral compound can exist as either individual enantiomer or as a mixture thereof. A mixture containing equal proportions of the enantiomers is called a“racemic mixture.”
• “Tautomers” refer to compounds that are interchangeable forms of a particular compound structure, and that vary in the displacement of hydrogen atoms and electrons. Thus, two structures may be in equilibrium through the movement of ⁇ electrons and an atom (usually H). For example, enols and ketones are tautomers because they are rapidly interconverted by treatment with either acid or base. Another example of tautomerism is the aci-and nitro-forms of phenyl nitromethane, that are likewise formed by treatment with acid or base.
• Tautomeric forms may be relevant to the attainment of the optimal chemical reactivity and biological activity of a compound of interest.
• Compounds of the invention may also exist as“rotamers,” that is, conformational isomers that occur when the rotation leading to different conformations is hindered, resulting in a rotational energy barrier to be overcome to convert from one conformational isomer to another.
• the compounds of this invention may possess one or more asymmetric centers; such compounds can therefore be produced as individual (R)-or (S)-stereoisomers or as mixtures thereof.
• the compound can be provided as a prodrug.
• prodrug denotes a compound which, upon administration to a subject, undergoes chemical conversion by metabolic or chemical processes to yield a compound of the Formula (I), or a salt and/or solvate thereof.
• the compounds of the invention, and salts thereof are substantially isolated.
• substantially isolated is meant that the compound is at least partially or substantially separated from the environment in which it was formed or detected.
• Partial separation can include, for example, a composition enriched in the compound of the invention.
• Substantial separation can include compositions containing at least about 50%, at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 97%, or at least about 99% by weight of the compound of the invention, or salt thereof
• the phrase“optionally substituted” means unsubstituted or substituted.
• the term“substituted” means that a hydrogen atom is removed and replaced by a substituent. It is understood that substitution at a given atom is limited by valency.
• the compounds according to the invention have been found to have pharmacologically important properties which can be used therapeutically.
• the compounds of the invention can be used alone, in combination with each other or in combination with other active compounds.
• Compounds of Formula (I) may be inhibitors of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate)-receptors, more particularly subtype specific inhibitors of NMDA NR2B receptors. It is therefore a part of the subject-matter of this invention that the compounds of the invention and their salts and also pharmaceutical preparations which comprise these compounds or their salts, can be used for treating or preventing disorders associated with, accompanied by and/or covered by NR2B receptor hyperactivity and/or disorders in which inhibiting NR2B receptors is of value.
• the compounds of the invention are inhibitors of the NR2B receptor with IC 50 values ⁇ 10 ⁇ M, preferably ⁇ 1 ⁇ M and more preferably ⁇ 100 nM.
• the compounds of the invention including their salts, solvates and hydrates, can be used for the treatment of central nervous system disorders of mammals including a human.
• the invention relates to the treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to: (1) mood disorders and mood affective disorders; (2) neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders including anxiety disorders; (3) disorders of psychological development; (4) behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; (5) extrapyramidal and movement disorders; (6) episodic and paroxysmal disorders, epilepsy; (7) pain; (8) forms of neurodegeneration; (9) cerebrovascular diseases, acute and chronic; and any sequelae of cerebrovascular diseases.
• neurologic and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited to: (1) mood disorders and mood affective disorders; (2) neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders including anxiety disorders; (3) disorders of psychological development; (4) behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; (5) extrapyramidal and movement disorders; (6) episodic and paroxysmal disorders, epilepsy; (7) pain; (8) forms of neurodegeneration; (9) cerebrovascular diseases, acute and chronic; and any sequelae of cerebrovascular diseases.
• Examples of mood disorders and mood affective disorders that can be treated according to the present invention include, but are not limited to, bipolar disorder I depressed, hypomanic, manic and mixed form; bipolar disorder II; depressive disorders, such as single depressive episode or recurrent major depressive disorder, minor depressive disorder, depressive disorder with postpartum onset, depressive disorders with psychotic symptoms; persistent mood disorders, such as cyclothymia, dysthymia, euthymia; and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
• disorders belonging to the neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders include, but are not limited to, anxiety disorders, general anxiety disorder, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, specific phobia, social phobia, chronic anxiety disorders; obsessive compulsive disorder; reaction to sever stress and adjustment disorders, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); other neurotic disorders such as depersonalisation-derealisation syndrome.
• disorders of psychological development include, but are not limited to pervasive developmental disorders, including but not limited to Asperger’s syndrome and Rett’s syndrome, autistic disorders, childhood autism and overactive disorder associated with mental retardation and stereotyped movements, specific developmental disorder of motor function, specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills.
• Examples of behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors include, but are not limited to mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, including but not limited to postnatal and postpartum depression; eating disorders, including but not limited to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
• extrapyramidal and movement disorders examples include, but are not limited to Parkinson’s disease; second Parkinsonism, such as postencephalitic Parkinsonism; Parkinsonism comprised in other disorders; Lewis body disease; degenerative diseases of the basal ganglia; other extrapyramidal and movement disorders including but not limited to tremor, essential tremor and drug-induced tremor, myoclonus, chorea and drug-induced chorea, drug-induced tics and tics of organic origin, drug- induced acute dystonia, drug-induced tardive dyskinesia, L-dopa-induced dyskinesia;
• neuroleptic-induced movement disorders including but not limited to neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), neuroleptic induced parkinsonism, neuroleptic-induced early onset or acute dyskinesia, neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia, neuroleptic-induced acute akathisia, neuroleptic- induced tardive dyskinesia, neuroleptic-induced tremor; restless leg syndrome, Stiff-man syndrome.
• NMS neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• neuroleptic induced parkinsonism neuroleptic-induced early onset or acute dyskinesia
• neuroleptic-induced acute dystonia neuroleptic-induced acute akathisia
• neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia neuroleptic-induced tremor
• restless leg syndrome Stiff-man syndrome.
• Further examples of movement disorders with malfunction and/or degeneration of basal ganglia that can be treated according to the present invention include, but are not limited to dystonia including but not limited to focal dystonia, multiple-focal or segmental dystonia, torsion dystonia, hemispheric, generalised and tardive dystonia (induced by
• Focal dystonia include cervical dystonia (torticolli),
• blepharospasm cramp of the eyelid
• appendicular dystonia cramp in the extremities, like the writer’s cramp
• oromandibular dystonia and spasmodic dysphonia cramp of the vocal cord
• Examples for episodic and paroxysmal disorders include, but are not limited to epilepsy, including localization-related (focal)(partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures, localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes including but not limited to myoclonic epilepsy in infancy, neonatal convulsions (familial), childhood absence epilepsy (pyknolepsy), epilepsy with grand mal seizures on awakening, absence epilepsy, myoclonic epilepsy (impulsive petit mal) and nonspecific atonic, clonic, myoclonic, tonic, tonic- clonic epileptic seizures.
• epilepsy including localization-related (focal)(partial) id
• epilepsy that can be treated according to the present invention include, but are not limited to epilepsy with myoclonic absences, myoclonic-astatic seizures, infantile spasms, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Salaam attacks, symptomatic early myoclonic
• pain examples include, but are not limited to pain disorders related to psychological factors, such as persistent somatoform disorders; acute, chronic and chronic intractable pain, headache; acute and chronic pain related to physiological processes and physical disorders including but not limited to back pain, tooth pain, abdominal pain, low back pain, pain in joints; acute and chronic pain that is related to diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue including, but not limited to rheumatism, myalgia, neuralgia and fibromyalgia; acute and chronic pain that is related to nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders, such as trigeminal pain, postzoster neuralgia, phantom limb syndrome with pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, lesion of sciatic nerve, diabetic mononeuropathy; acute and chronic pain that is related to
• polyneuropathies and other disorders of the peripheral nervous system such as hereditary and idiopathic neuropathy, inflammatory polyneuropathy, polyneuropathy induced by drugs, alcohol or toxic agents, polyneuropathy in neoplastic disease, diabetic polyneuropathy.
• diseases that include forms of neurodegeneration include, but are not limited to, acute neurodegeneration, such as intracranial brain injuries, such as stroke, diffuse and local brain injuries, epidural, subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage, and chronic neurodegeneration
• neurodegeneration such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and ALS.
• cerebrovascular diseases include, but are not limited to, subarachnoid haemorrhage, intracerebral haemorrhage and other nontraumatic intracranial haemorrhage, cerebral infarction, stroke, occlusion and stenosis or precerebral and cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction, dissection of cerebral arteries, cerebral aneurysm, cerebral atherosclerosis, progressive vascular leukoencephalopathy, hypertensive encephalopathy, nonpyogenic thrombosis of intracranial venous system, cerebral arteritis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and sequelae of cerebrovascular diseases.
• compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or N-oxide thereof, for use in medicine, e.g. in human or veterinary medicine.
• the composition further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• An effective dose of the compounds according to the invention, or their salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof is used, in addition to physiologically acceptable carriers, diluents and/or adjuvants for producing a pharmaceutical composition.
• the dose of the active compounds can vary depending on the route of administration, the age and weight of the patient, the nature and severity of the diseases to be treated, and similar factors.
• the daily dose can be given as a single dose, which is to be administered once, or be subdivided into two or more daily doses, and is as a rule 0.001-5000 mg. Particular preference is given to administering daily doses of 0.1- 3000 mg, e.g. 1-2000 mg.
• Suitable administration forms are oral, parenteral, intravenous, transdermal, topical, inhalative, intranasal and sublingual preparations. Particular preference is given to using oral, parenteral, e.g. intravenous or intramuscular, intranasal preparations, e.g. dry powder or sublingual, of the compounds according to the invention.
• the customary galenic preparation forms such as tablets, sugar-coated tablets, capsules, dispersible powders, granulates, aqueous solutions, alcohol-containing aqueous solutions, aqueous or oily suspensions, syrups, juices or drops, can be used.
• Solid medicinal forms can comprise inert components and carrier substances, such as calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactose, starch, mannitol, alginates, gelatine, guar gum, magnesium stearate, aluminium stearate, methyl cellulose, talc, highly dispersed silicic acids, silicone oil, higher molecular weight fatty acids, (such as stearic acid), gelatine, agar agar or vegetable or animal fats and oils, or solid high molecular weight polymers (such as polyethylene glycol); preparations which are suitable for oral administration can comprise additional flavourings and/or sweetening agents, if desired.
• carrier substances such as calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lactose, starch, mannitol, alginates, gelatine, guar gum, magnesium stearate, aluminium stearate, methyl cellulose, talc, highly dispersed silicic acids, silicone oil, higher mole
• Liquid medicinal forms can be sterilized and/or, where appropriate, comprise auxiliary substances, such as preservatives, stabilizers, wetting agents, penetrating agents, emulsifiers, spreading agents, solubilizers, salts, sugars or sugar alcohols for regulating the osmotic pressure or for buffering, and/or viscosity regulators.
• auxiliary substances such as preservatives, stabilizers, wetting agents, penetrating agents, emulsifiers, spreading agents, solubilizers, salts, sugars or sugar alcohols for regulating the osmotic pressure or for buffering, and/or viscosity regulators.
• additives examples include tartrate and citrate buffers, ethanol and sequestering agents (such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and its non-toxic salts).
• High molecular weight polymers such as liquid polyethylene oxides, microcrystalline celluloses, carboxymethyl celluloses, polyvinylpyrrolidones, dextrans or gelatine, are suitable for regulating the viscosity.
• solid carrier substances examples include starch, lactose, mannitol, methyl cellulose, talc, highly dispersed silicic acids, high molecular weight fatty acids (such as stearic acid), gelatine, agar agar, calcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, animal and vegetable fats, and solid high molecular weight polymers, such as polyethylene glycol.
• Oily suspensions for parenteral or topical applications can be vegetable, synthetic or semisynthetic oils, such as liquid fatty acid esters having in each case from 8 to 22 C atoms in the fatty acid chains, for example palmitic acid, lauric acid, tridecanoic acid, margaric acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid, myristic acid, behenic acid, pentadecanoic acid, linoleic acid, elaidic acid, brasidic acid, erucic acid or oleic acid, which are esterified with monohydric to trihydric alcohols having from 1 to 6 C atoms, such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol or their isomers, glycol or glycerol.
• vegetable, synthetic or semisynthetic oils such as liquid fatty acid esters having in each case from 8 to 22 C atoms in the fatty acid chains, for example palmitic acid, lauric acid,
• fatty acid esters are commercially available miglyols, isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, isopropyl stearate, PEG 6-capric acid, caprylic/capric acid esters of saturated fatty alcohols, polyoxyethylene glycerol trioleates, ethyl oleate, waxy fatty acid esters, such as artificial ducktail gland fat, coconut fatty acid isopropyl ester, oleyl oleate, decyl oleate, ethyl lactate, dibutyl phthalate, diisopropyl adipate, polyol fatty acid esters, inter alia.
• Silicone oils of differing viscosity are also suitable. It is furthermore possible to use vegetable oils, such as castor oil, almond oil, olive oil, sesame oil, cotton seed oil, groundnut oil or soybean oil.
• Suitable solvents, gelatinizing agents and solubilizers are water or water-miscible solvents.
• suitable substances are alcohols, such as ethanol or isopropyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, 2octyldodecanol, polyethylene glycols, phthalates, adipates, propylene glycol, glycerol, di or tripropylene glycol, waxes, methyl cellosolve, cellosolve, esters, morpholines, dioxane, dimethyl sulphoxide, dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, cyclohexanone, etc.
• Cellulose ethers which can dissolve or swell both in water or in organic solvents, such as hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose or ethyl cellulose, or soluble starches, can be used as film-forming agents.
• gelatinizing agents and film-forming agents are also perfectly possible.
• ionic macromolecules such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid and their salts, sodium amylopectin semiglycolate, alginic acid or propylene glycol alginate as the sodium salt, gum arabic, xanthan gum, guar gum or carrageenan.
• glycerol paraffin of differing viscosity, triethanolamine, collagen, allantoin and novantisolic acid.
• surfactants, emulsifiers or wetting agents for example of Na lauryl sulphate, fatty alcohol ether sulphates, di-Na-N-lauryl- ⁇ -iminodipropionate, polyethoxylated castor oil or sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbates (e.g. Tween), cetyl alcohol, lecithin, glycerol monostearate, polyoxyethylene stearate, alkylphenol polyglycol ethers,
• cetyltrimethylammonium chloride or mono/dialkylpolyglycol ether orthophosphoric acid monoethanolamine salts can also be required for the formulation.
• Stabilizers such as montmorillonites or colloidal silicic acids, for stabilizing emulsions or preventing the breakdown of active substances such as antioxidants, for example tocopherols or
• butylhydroxyanisole or preservatives, such as phydroxybenzoic acid esters, can likewise be used for preparing the desired formulations.
• Preparations for parenteral administration can be present in separate dose unit forms, such as ampoules or vials. Use is preferably made of solutions of the active compound, preferably aqueous solution and, in particular, isotonic solutions and also suspensions. These injection forms can be made available as ready-to-use preparations or only be prepared directly before use, by mixing the active compound, for example the lyophilisate, where appropriate containing other solid carrier substances, with the desired solvent or suspending agent.
• Intranasal preparations can be present as aqueous or oily solutions or as aqueous or oily suspensions. They can also be present as lyophilisates which are prepared before use using the suitable solvent or suspending agent.
• inhalable preparations can present as powders, solutions or suspensions.
• inhalable preparations are in the form of powders, e.g. as a mixture of the active ingredient with a suitable formulation aid such as lactose.
• the compounds of the invention may be administered as a combination therapy with further active agents, e.g. therapeutically active compounds useful in the treatment of central nervous system disorders.
• active agents e.g. therapeutically active compounds useful in the treatment of central nervous system disorders.
• exemplary compounds useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to:
• - tricyclic antidepressants e.g. Imipramine, Desipramine, Clomipramine, Amitriptyline
• - tetracyclic antidepressants e.g. Mianserin
• SNRI serotonin / noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors
• SSRI serotonin reuptake inhibitors
• Citalopram Fluoxetine, Paroxetine
• - selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors e.g. Reboxetine
• the active ingredients may be formulated as compositions containing several active ingredients in a single dose form and/or as kits containing individual active ingredients in separate dose forms.
• the active ingredients used in combination therapy may be co-administered or administered separately.
• Example 1 1-(4-Chloro-phenyl)-4-(3,5-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazol-1-ylmethyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole:
• Step 1 1-Azido-4-chorobenzene [96] Prepared in analogy to J. Org. Chem. (1989) 54:5938-5945, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
• Step 2 [1-(4-Chlorophenyl)triazol-4-yl]methanol [100] 1 -Azido-4-chlorobenzene (9.6 g, 61 .7 mmol) and propargyl alcohol (4.15 g, 74.0 mmol) were dissolved in tert-butanol (90 mL) and water (90 mL). Copper(ll)sulphate pentahydrate (1 .54 g, 6.17 mmol) and L-ascorbic acid sodium salt (1 .22 g, 6.17 mmol) were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. After 2 hours the mixture was poured into water (700 mL) and the formed precipitate was collected by filtration (9.4 g, 70 percent)).
• Step 3 4-Chloromethyl-1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole
• a mixture of 20 ml of thionyl chloride, 20 ml of methylene chloride and 2 g of [1-(4- chlorophenyl)triazol-4-yl]methanol were stirred over night at room temperature. The mixture was then poured into ice/water containing potassium carbonate. The organic layer was separated, dried with potassium carbonate and evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography to form 1.2 g of the title compound.
• Step 4 1-(4-Chloro-phenyl)-4-(3,5-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazol-1-ylmethyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole
• a mixture of 1 g of 4-chloromethyl-1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole, 0.5 g of 3,5- dimethyl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole and 1 g of potassium carbonate in 20 ml of DMF were stirred for 2 days. After filtration and evaporation of the solvent the crude product was purified by flash chromatography to form 0.6 g of the title compound (M+H + 289.7, melting range 153-156 °C).
• Step 1 3-Difluoromethyl-4-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene [106] A solution of 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde (3.0 g, 17 mmol) in DCM (50 mL) was added DAST (3.42 g, 21 mmol) and stirred at RT for 18 h under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mass was quenched in ice-water and extracted with DCM. The organic layer was dried and concentrated to afford 2.5 g of desired product.
• Step 2 3-Difluoromethyl-4-fluoro-aniline
• 2-(difluoromethyl)-1-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene 1.2 g, 6.2 mmol
• iron powder 4.8 g, 24.8 mmol
• HC1 5 mL
• the reaction mass was stirred at RT for 1-2 h.
• the reaction mass was quenched in ice-water, basified with NaHCO 3 and extracted with DCM.
• the organic layer was dried and concentrated to afford 0.8 g of desired product.
• Step 3 1-Azido-3-difluoromethyl-4-fluoro benzene [108] To a solution of sulfuric acid (4 mL) and trifluoroacetic acid (20 mL) 3-difluoromethyl-4- fluoro-aniline (3.7 g, 0.023 mol; step 2) were added. Then under ice-cooling a solution of sodium nitrite (2.06 g 0.03 mol) in water (20 mL) was added over 30 min at 15° C.
• Step 4 [1-(3-Difluoromethyl-4-fluoro)-1H-[1,2,3]triazol-4-yl]methanol
• 1-Azido-3-difluoromethyl-4-fluoro benzene (11.5 g, 61 .7 mmol; step3) and propargyl alcohol (4.15 g, 74.0 mmol) were dissolved in tert-butanol (90 mL) and water (90 mL).
• Step 5 4-Chloromethyl-1-(3-difluoromethyl-4-fluoro-phenyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole
• a mixture of 20 ml of thionyl chloride, 20 ml of methylene chloride and 2 g of [1-(3- difluoromethyl-4-fluoro)-1H-[1,2,3]-triazol-4-yl]methanol (step 4) were stirred over night at room temperature. The mixture was then poured into ice/water containing potassium carbonate. The organic layer was separated, dried with potassium carbonate and evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography to form 1.1 g of the title compound.
• Step 6 1-[3-(Difluoromethyl)-4-fluoro-phenyl]-4-[(2-methylimidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1H- [1,2,3]triazole
• a mixture of 1 g of 4-chloromethyl-1-(3-difluoromethyl-4-fluoro-phenyl)-1H- [1,2,3]triazole 0.5 g of 3,5-dimethyl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole and 1 g of potassium carbonate in 20 ml of DMF were stirred for 2 days. After filtration and evaporation of the solvent the crude product was purified by flash chromatography to form 0.5 g of the title compound (M+H + 308.3, melting range 122-123 °C).
• Step 1 2-Difluoromethoxy-1-fluoro-4-nitro-benzene [118] A mixture of 2-fluoro-5-nitro-phenol (4.3 g; 27.38 mmol), K 2 CO 3 (4.541 g; 32.85 mmol), sodium chlorodifluoroacetate (8.348 g; 54.76 mmol) in DMF (90 ml), and water (12 ml) was degassed by bubbling nitrogen into the suspension for 5 min., and was then heated to 100 0 C, under nitrogen, for 2.5h.
• Example 104 1-(3-Difluoromethyl-5-fluoro-phenyl)-4-[2-(2-fluoro-ethyl)-imidazol-1-
• Example 106 1-[3-(1,1-Difluoro-ethyl)-4-fluoro-phenyl]-4-[2-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-imidazol-1-
• Example 107 4-(2-Methyl-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-1-(4-pentafluoro-sulfane-phenyl)-1H- [1,2,3]triazole.
• the compound was prepared as described in example 1 replacing 4-chloroaniline with 4- aminophenyl sulfur pentaflouride (step 1) and 3,5-dimethyl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole with 2-methyl- 1H-imidazole (step 4).
• MS[M+H] + 366.3; melting range: 166-167 °C
• Example 108 4-(2-hydroxy-ethyl-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-1-(4-pentafluoro-sulfane-phenyl)-1H- [1,2,3]triazole.
• the compound was prepared as described in example 1 replacing 4-chloroaniline with 4- aminophenyl sulfur pentaflouride (step 1) and 3, 5-dimethyl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole with 2-(1H- imidazol-2-yl)-ethanol (step 4).
• MS[M+H] + 396.3; melting range: 116-118 °C
• Step 1 to 3 1-(3-Chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-chloromethyl-1H-[1,2,3]triazole
• Step 4 1-(3-Chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-(2-methyl-2H-pyrazol-3-ylmethyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole
• step 3 A mixture of 2 mmol of 1-(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-chloromethyl-1H-[1,2,3]triazole (step 3), 4 mmol of 1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-boronic acid pinacol ester, 0.5 mmol of tetrabutyl ammonium bromide, 50 mg of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0), 5 mmol of sodium carbonate, 50 ml of toluene and 0.5 ml of water were refluxed under nitrogen for 3 hours.
• Example 110 was prepared as described in example 93 (table 6) replacing 2-methyl-1H- imidazole with 2-amino-1H-imidazole (step 4, reaction time 5 days).
• the crude free basic product was purified by flash chromatography (methylene chloride; 0 to 20% methanol).
• Example 116 was prepared as described in example 1 replacing 3,5-dimethyl-1H- [1,2,4]triazole with (1H-imidazol-2-yl)(p-tolyl)methanone (step 4).
• Example 117 was prepared as described in example 1 replacing 4-chloroaniline with 3,4- dichloroaniline (step 1) and 3,5-dimethyl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole with 2-methylbenzimidazole (step 4).
• Example 118 2-(1-((1-(4-(pentafluoro-l6-sulfanyl)phenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H- imidazol-2-yl)ethan-1-ol:
• Example 118 was prepared was prepared as described in example 1 replacing 4- chloroaniline with 4-pentafluorosulfonylaniline (step 1) and 3,5-dimethyl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole with 2-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)ethanol (step 4).
• Biological Assays
• Membrane fractions were prepared and tested using standard techniques. At the time of the assay, 1 g of the brains was placed into 25 ml of 50 mM Tris/10 mM EDTA buffer, pH 7.1, (25 vol. per g of original tissue) and homogenized for 30 sec at 20000 rpm with an Ultraturrax T25 (Jahnke & Kunkel, IKA-Labortechnik, Staufen, Germany). The homogenate was centrifuged at 4 °C for 10 min at 48000 g (OPTIMA L-70, Beckman, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA).
• the incubation mixture of 200 ⁇ l contained 5 nmol/l [ H]-Ifenprodil, an optimised amount of membrane preparation, 5 mM Tris/1 mM EDTA (pH 7.4, 100 ⁇ M R(+)-3-PPP, 1 ⁇ M GBR-12909, 1 ⁇ M GBR-12935) and test compound in 1% DMSO. Nonspecific binding was estimated in the presence of 10M CP101.606. The samples were incubated for 60 min. at 4°C.
• Test compounds were either screened at 6 to 10 increasing concentrations for the determination of IC and Ki or at 2 - 4 concentrations for the determination of the percent
• HNR2BC Effects of Test Articles on Cloned Human NR1/NR2B Ion Channels Expressed in Mammalian Cells
• test compounds were evaluated with a calcium influx assay (Calcium 5 Assay Kit, Molecular Devices).
• NR1/NR2B was activated with the positive control agonist (Mg 2+ -free HBPS + 100 ⁇ M glutamic acid + 100 ⁇ M glycine).
• the effect of each test article to inhibit the signal was examined after agonist stimulation and compared to the positive control antagonist (MK-801).
• the signal elicited in the presence of the positive agonist (Mg 2+ -free HBPS + 100 ⁇ M glutamic acid + 100 ⁇ M glycine) was set to 100 (0% inhibition) and the signal from the positive antagonist (Mg 2+ -free HBPS + 100 ⁇ M glutamic acid + 100 ⁇ M glycine + 100 ⁇ M MK-801) was set to 0 (100% inhibition).
• a HEK cell line, stable transfected with hNR1/NR2B was used. This tetracycline inducible cell line is transfected with GRIN1 (GeneBank accession number NM_007327.2) and GRIN2B (GeneBank accession number NM_000834.3.). The cells were cultured in cell culture flasks with DMEM/F12 supplemented with 10% FCS, 1%PenStrep and a selection of additional antibiotics.
• test compounds were then solubilized in 100% DMSO and diluted to yield eight (8) different concentrations in 100% DMSO.
• a 96 well drug plate was prepared by diluting with water and glycine/glutamate to a 5-fold of final test concentration. Fluorescence intensity of the cells in the plate was measured in a FlexStation using an excitation wavelength of 485nm and an emission wavelength of 525nm. Twenty (20) seconds after starting the recordings the compounds together with the agonists glycine (100 ⁇ M) and glutamate (100 ⁇ M) were added into the wells and the fluorescence measured for ninety (90) seconds in summary.
• a HEK cell line with stable transfected human ERG receptor was used for the assay.
• the cells were grown adherently and maintained in DULBECCOS’ MEM medium with 10% FBS, 1% non-essential amino acids, 1% Penicillin/Streptomycin and 400-g/ml G418 (Calbiochem).
• the membrane suspension was diluted further with 20mM HEPES/ 0.1mM KCl/ pH 7.2.
• the incubation mixture of 200-l contained 1.5 nmol/l 3H-Dofetilide, optimized amount of membrane preparation, 20 mM HEPES/ 0.1mM KCl/ (pH 7.2) and inhibitor in 1%DMSO. Nonspecific binding was estimated in the presence of 10 M Dofetilide. The samples were incubated for 90 min. at RT.
• Binding was terminated by filtration of the incubated membrane preparations using Filtermat B (Pharmacia, Uppsala Sweden) and a Micro Cell Harvester (Skatron, Lier, Norway).
• the filters were counted in a scintillation counter (Betaplate 1205, Berthold, Wildbad, Germany) in order to determine the specific binding of [ 3 H]-Dofetilide.
• Test compounds were either screened at 6 to 10 increasing concentrations for the determination of IC50 and Ki or at 2 - 4 concentrations for the determination of the percent inhibition.
• IC50 and Ki concentrations for the determination of the percent inhibition.
• the supernatant was discarded and the pellet was homogenized on ice for 30 sec at 20000 U/min with an Ultraturrax and again centrifuged at 48000 g for 30 minutes at 4 °C.
• the resultant pellet was resuspended in 25 ml of 50mM Tris/10mM EDTA buffer, homogenized for 30 sec with an Ultraturrax, aliquoted, frozen at -70 °C and stored until use
• the incubation mixture of 200 ⁇ l contained 5 nmol/l [ 3 H]-Ifenprodil, optimised amount of membrane preparation, 5mM Tris/1mM EDTA (pH 7.4, 100 ⁇ M R(+)-3-PPP, 1 ⁇ M GBR-12909, 1 ⁇ M GBR-12935) and inhibitor in 1%DMSO. Nonspecific binding was estimated in the presence of 10 M CP101.606. The samples were incubated for 60 min. at 4°C
• Binding was terminated by filtration of the incubated membrane preparations using Filtermat B (Pharmacia, Uppsala Sweden) and a Micro Cell Harvester (Skatron, Lier, Norway).
• the filters were counted in a scintillation counter (Betaplate 1205, Berthold, Wildbad, Germany) in order to determine the specific binding of [ 3 H]-Ifenprodil.
• Test compounds were either screened at 6 to 10 increasing concentrations for the determinatin of IC50 and Ki or at 2 - 4 concentrations for the determination of the percent inhibition.
• the robot Biomek2000 Fa. Beckman
• the compounds of the invention show significant antidepressive effects in the forced swim test in mice, an animal model of depression at doses of 100 mg/kg or below.
• mice were placed in the water for 6 minutes and the duration of immobility during the last 4 minutes was measured. The latency to the first bout of immobility was also recorded starting from the beginning of the test. 10 mice were studied per group. The test substance was administered p.o. 30 minutes before the test and compared with vehicle control group. The test was performed blind. The results are shown in the table below.

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