- Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel anti-trypanosomal compounds
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a deadly neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. During the course of screening a collection of diverse nitrogenous heterocycles, we discovered two novel compounds that contain the tetracyclic core of the Yohimbine and Corynanthe alkaloids, were potent inhibitors of T. brucei proliferation and T. brucei methionyl-tRNA synthetase (TbMetRS) activity. Inspired by these key findings, we prepared several novel series of hydroxyalkyl δ-lactam, δ-lactam, and piperidine analogs and tested their anti-trypanosomal activity. A number of inhibitors were more potent against T. brucei than these initial hits with one hydroxyalkyl δ-lactam derivative being 25-fold more effective in our assay. Surprisingly, most of these active compounds failed to inhibit TbMetRS. This work underscores the importance of verifying, irrespective of close structural similarities, that new compounds designed from a lead with a known biological target engage the putative binding site.
- Lepovitz, Lance T.,Martin, Stephen F.,Meis, Alan R.,Mensa-Wilmot, Kojo,Pham, Alexandra,Thomas, Sarah M.,Wiedeman, Justin
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- Cyclic amine derivative and pharmaceutical use thereof
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The purpose of the present invention is to provide a compound that exerts a strong analgesic action against on pain, in particular, against neuropathic pain and/or fibromyalgia syndrome. The present invention provides a cyclic amine derivative represented by chemical formula, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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- CYCLIC AMINE DERIVATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF
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A compound exerts a strong analgesic effect against pain, in particular, neuropathic pain and/or fibromyalgia syndrome. The cyclic amine derivative is represented by formula, a prodrug thereof or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A represents a group represented by Formula (IIa), (IIb) or (IIc): wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkylcarbonyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with an alkylcarbonylamino group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and n represents 1 or 2, in which when R3 and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and substituted with a hydroxyl group, an amino group or a carboxyl group.
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- Substituted Benzamide Compounds
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Substituted benzamide compounds corresponding to formula (I) in which R5, R6, R7, R8, a, b, c, d, t, D and X have defined meanings, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and a method of using such compounds to treat pain and other conditions mediated at least in part via the bradykinin 1 receptor.
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- PYRROLOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS MODULATORS OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE
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A compound which is a pyrrolopyrimidine of formula (I) wherein: R1 is selected from R9 and halogen; R2 is NR6R7; R3 is selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted and -(CH2) nAr; R4 is selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl and -(CH2)? Ar; or R3 and R4 form, together with the N and C atoms to which they are attached, a fused five-, six-, seven- or eight-membered N-containing saturated ring which is unsubstituted or substituted; R5 is selected from CN, C02R9,C(O)NR10R11, -(CH2)nOH, -(CH2)nR10Rn, -C=CH, -C(S)NR10R11, -C(NH2)=NOR9, -C(R9)=NOR9, -C(NH2)NH, -C(O)R9 and an unsaturated 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group which contains 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and which is unsubstituted or substituted; R6 and R7, which are the same or different, are selected from C1-C6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted, -(CH2)nX and -(CH2)nAr; or R6 and R7 form, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a saturated five-, six-, seven- or eight-membered heterocyclic group which contains one nitrogen atom and 0 or from 1 to 3 additional heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, which is unsubstituted or substituted and which optionally contains one or two bridgehead atoms; R10and R11,which are the same or different, are selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted, -(CH2)nC3-C10 cycloalkyl and -(CH2)nAr; or R10 and R11 form, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a saturated five or six membered heterocyclic group which contains a nitrogen atom and 0 or from to 3 additional heteroatoms selected from O, S and N, which is unsubstituted or substituted and which is optionally fused to a benzene ring which is unsubstituted or substituted; n is the same or different when more than one is present within a given substituent group and is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 6; X is selected from -CN, -C02R9 and -NR10R11; R9 is the same or different when more than one is present within a given substituent group and is selected from -H, -QAr, -(CH2) nAr, C1-C6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted and -(CH2) nC3-C10cycloalkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl moiety is optionally fused to a benzene ring which is unsubstituted or substituted; Q is C2-C6 alkenylene or alkynylene; and Ar is an unsaturated C6-C10 membered carbocyclic group or an unsaturated 5-11 membered heterocyclic group, which groups are unsubstituted or substituted; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have activity as inhibitors of MRP (multidrug resistant protein) and may thus be used to modulate multidrug resistance, for instance in potentiating the cytotoxicity of a chemotherapeutic agent.
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- Azetidine, pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives as 5-HT1D receptor agonists
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PCT No. PCT/GB97/01330 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 26, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 26, 1998 PCT Filed May 15, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/45426 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 4, 1997A class of substituted azetidine, pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives of Formula I are selective
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- Azetidine, pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives
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A class of substituted azetidine, pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives, linked by a fluoro-substituted alkylene chain to a fused bicyclic heteroaromatic moiety such as indolyl, are selective agonists of 5-HT1 -like receptors, being potent ago
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- Aminopiperidine indanyl and benzocyclobutene compounds
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The invention relates to new compounds of formula I: STR1 in which: m represents zero, 1, 2, 3 or 4, n and p represent zero, 1 or 2, W represents an oxygen atom, an --NH-- radical, or a single bond, R represents a benzocyclobuten-1-yl radical, or an indanyl radical, a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-2-yl R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl radical, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, a cycloalkyl radical, a benzyl radical, a phenyl radical, an aralkyl radical, an alkoxyalkyl radical or a polyhalogenated alkyl radical, the optical isomers thereof and the addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable organic or mineral acid, and medicaments containing the same.
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