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Substituted Ph
4535
Heteroaryl
Deletion of benzyl CH2
Substituted Ph
Heteroaryl
Deletion of benzyl CH2
Alternate
heterocycles
Alternate Ar
heteroaryl
O
N
N
NH2
N
O
O
N
S
N
N
O
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N
N
O
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O
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13
12
KCC2I C50 = 1.2 µM
NKCC1 40%@50 µM
KCC2 IC50 = 640 nM
NKCC1 28%@50 µM
Figure 5. Structures of the KCC2 antagonist HTS hits 12 and 13, with selectivity versus NKCC1, and the multi-dimensional iterative parallel synthesis approach for their
chemical optimization.
channels and transporters) KCC2 antagonist reported to date.23
14. Hekmat-Scafe, D. S.; Lundy, M. Y.; Ranga, R.; Tanouye, M. A. J. Neurosci. 2006,
26, 8943.
While possessing a favorable in vitro DMPK profile, 11k is a highly
15. Reynolds, A.; Brustein, E.; Liao, M.; Mercado, A.; Babilonia, E.; Mount, D. B.;
cleared, short half-life compound not suitable as an in vivo probe.
Attempts to optimize additional HTS hits, including chimeras with
11k, were not productive. Overall, the SAR of all the KCC2 antago-
nist series was extremely steep. At present, the MLPCN screening
deck has more than doubled since the KCC2 screen was originally
performed, and we are actively pursuing a rescreen to identify more
tractable hits with the potential to develop an in vivo probe to com-
pliment our in vitro KCC2 probe 11k. As both ML077 and 11k were
developed for the MLPCN, they are freely available upon request.
Additional refinements and studies are in progress and will be re-
ported in due course.
Drapeau, P. J. Neurosci. 2008, 28, 1588.
16. Weaver, C. D.; Harden, D.; Dworetzky, S. I.; Robertson, B.; Knox, R. J. J. Biomol.
Screen. 2004, 9, 671.
18. To request your free sample of ML077 or 11k, please email:
19. Kennedy, J. P.; Williams, L.; Bridges, T. M.; Daniels, R. N.; Weaver, C. D.;
Lindsley, C. W. J. Comb. Chem. 2008, 10, 345.
20. Experimental details and characterization data for compounds in Table 1.
Synthesis of 11k: To a solution of cyclopropyl-(4-methyl-thiazol-2-yl)-amine
(160 mg, 1 mmol) (117 mg, 1 mmol, 82.5
l
L) and chloroacetyl chloride
L) in CH2Cl2 (3.4 mL, 0.3 M) at 0 °C was added Et3N
L). After 30 min, complete consumption of starting
(117 mg, 1 mmol, 82.5
(104 mg, 1 mmol, 144
l
l
material as followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC–MS)
was observed. Saturated, aqueous solution of NH4Cl was added. The aqueous
layer was extracted with CH2Cl2 (ꢂ 2). The combined organic layers were dried
(MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was taken to the next
step without further purification. To a solution of 6-phenylpyridazine-3-thiol
(214 mg, 1.14 mmol) and 2-chloro-N-cyclopropyl-N-(4-methylthiazol-2-
yl)acetamide (ꢀ1 mmol) in CH3CN (5 mL, 0.2 M) at ambient temperature was
added Cs2CO3 (506 mg, 1.55 mmol). After 18 h the reaction mixture was
diluted with EtOAc and washed with H2O (ꢂ 2). The organic layer was dried
(MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash
chromatography (Hexane/EtOAc, 4:1) to provide desired product as a yellow
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge Emily Days and Christopher Farmer
of the Vanderbilt High Throughput Screening facility and the
legacy MLSCN Screening Center for GPCRS, ion channels and trans-
porters. This work was supported by grants from the NIH. Vander-
oil (216 mg, 56% over two steps). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3):
d 7.99 (d,
bilt is
a Specialized Chemistry Center within the Molecular
J = 1.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.97 (s, 1 H), 7.64 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 1 H), 7.48–7.45 (m, 4 H), 6.59 (s,
1 H), 4.80 (s, 2 H), 3.31–3.28 (m, 1 H), 2.38 (s, 3 H), 1.28 (m, 2 H), 1.01 (m, 2 H);
13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): d 169.4, 160.2, 159.0, 156.5, 147.5, 135.9, 129.8,
128.9, 126.6, 126.2, 123.4, 110.3, 34.8, 30.5, 17.4, 11.3; HRMS (ESI) calcd for
Libraries Probe Centers Network (U54MH84659).
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H
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