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S
N
amine substituents to improve the physical chemical properties.
Compound 7j maintained strong binding and improved antago-
nism of platelet aggregation compared to compound 5c and dem-
H
N
b
a
CO2Et
14
N
O
onstrated an IC50 of 5.2 lM in the platelet aggregation assay.
Compound 7j was the most potent compound identified in this
series for platelet aggregation and was therefore advanced to a rat
pharmacokinetic study. Compound 7j demonstrated 27% oral bio-
availability, had a half-life (t1/2) of 2.1 h and a clearance of
6.7 mL/min/kg after intravenous dosing at 5 mg/kg in a solution
of EtOH/cremophor/water (1:1:8). This compound also showed a
high level of binding to human serum protein (99.9%).
The synthesis of 2-aminooxazole 2 is shown in Scheme 1. Com-
mercially available 2-fluoronitrobenzene 8 was treated with 2-t-
butylphenol and potassium carbonate in DMF at 130 °C to provide
9 which was hydrogenated to give the aniline intermediate 10.
Treatment of 10 with di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)methanethione in
dichloromethane at room temperature afforded the isothiocyanate
(11) in 80% yield. Intermediate 11 was treated with 2-azido-1-phe-
nylethanone in the presence of triphenyl phosphine resin in diox-
ane at 95 °C for 4 h to generate 2 in 64% yield.
17
Br
S
N
H
N
S
H
N
CO2Et
c, d
N
N
O
CO2H
N
O
18
5d
Scheme 4. Reagents and conditions: (a) ethyl 5-chloro-3,3-dimethyl-4-oxopent-
anoate, EtOH, 2,6-lutidine, 90 °C, 24 h, 95%; (b) NBS, HOAc, THF, rt, 83%; (c) phenyl
boronic acid, Pd(PPh3)4, 2 M Na2CO3, EtOH/toluene (1:2), 80 °C, 92%; (d) 1 N NaOH,
THF/MeOH (3:1), rt, 16 h, 55%.
Synthesis of 2-aminoimidazole 3 (Scheme 2) was accomplished
from intermediate 10 by treatment with N,N0-di-Boc-S-meth-
ylisothiourea, mercury (II) chloride and TEA to afford 12 which
was deprotected to give the guanidine intermediate 13. Cyclization
of 13 with 2-bromo-1-phenylethanone in DMF at 80 °C afforded 2-
aminoimidazole 3.
The aminothiazoles were synthesized from the amino interme-
diate 10. Intermediate 10 was condensed with benzoyl isothiocya-
nate and subsequently hydrolyzed to the thiourea 14 (Scheme 3).
ammonium hydroxide provided primary amide 6e which was then
dehydrated in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride and pyri-
dine to provide the nitrile (6c). Reaction of 6c with hydroxylamine
followed by cyclization in the presence of acetic acid, DIC and HOBt
afforded the oxadiazole analog 6d.
Coupling of 16c with the appropriately substituted phenyl
boronic acids in the presence of Pd(PPh3)4 and 2 M Na2CO3 at
95–100 °C yielded 5-phenyl analogs 7a–i (Scheme 6). Treatment
of 16c with Boc2O and DMAP in tetrahydrofuran gave the protected
aminothiazole 19. Coupling of 19 with 3-hydroxyphenylboronic
acid in the presence of Pd(PPh3)4 and 2 M Na2CO3 solution in 1:2
EtOH/toluene at 80 °C provided the phenol intermediate 20. Com-
pound 20 was treated with 3-(dimethylamino)-2,2-dimethylpro-
pan-1-ol, PPh3-resin and di-tert-butyl azodicarboxylate to yield
21 which was converted to 7j using 20% TFA in dichloromethane.
In summary, a novel series of 2-aminothiazole derivatives was
discovered with excellent P2Y1 binding activity. Several 4-trifluo-
romethyl-5-phenyl analogs demonstrated moderate antagonism
of platelet aggregation of which compound 7j was the most potent.
Compound 7j also showed acceptable oral bioavailability, clear-
ance and half-life in rats. However, high protein binding and low
solubility due to high lipophilicity may have contributed to the
moderate antagonism of platelet aggregation and this compound
was not advanced further. Further optimization of this series
including replacement of the thiazole with different heterocyclic
rings and modification of the t-butyl phenoxy group to improve
Compound 14 was then condensed with appropriate
a-bromoke-
tones or -bromoaldehydes in the presence of 2,6-lutidine at
a
90 °C to provide analogs 4, 6a and 15a–c. Bromination of 15a–c
with NBS in acetic acid generated the corresponding bromides
16a–c which were coupled with phenyl boronic acid in the pres-
ence of Pd(PPh3)4 and 2 M Na2CO3 at 95–100 °C to generate ana-
logs 5a–c.
The synthesis of 5d is illustrated in Scheme 4. Cyclization of the
thiourea 14 with ethyl 5-chloro-3,3-dimethyl-4-oxopentanoate in
the presence of 2,6-lutidine provided ester 17 which was treated
with NBS in acetic acid to give the bromide 18. Coupling of 18 with
phenyl boronic acid followed by subsequent hydrolysis provided
5d. The amide analog 5e was synthesized from 14 following a sim-
ilar procedure to that described for 5d using ethyl bromopyruvate.
Cyclization of 14 with ethyl 2-chloro-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-oxobut-
anoate at 90 °C in ethanol gave compound 6b (Scheme 5). Hydro-
lysis of 6b followed by treatment with thionyl chloride and
R'
S
H
S
H
N
N
a
NH2
10
b
N
R
N
O
N
O
4, R= H, R' = Ph
6a, R = CF3, R' = Me
15a, R =Et, R' = H
15b, R = t-Bu, R' = H
15c, R = CF3, R' = H
14
Ph
R
S
N
Br
R
S
N
H
N
H
N
c
d
15a-c
N
O
N
O
5a, R =Et
5b, R = t-Bu
5c, R = CF3
16a, R =Et
16b, R = t-Bu
16c, R = CF3
Scheme 3. Reagents and conditions: (a) i) Benzoyl isothiocyanate, DCM, 50 °C, 2 h, 97%; ii) 2 M LiOH, THF/MeOH (3:1), 50 °C, 2 h, 84%; (b) appropriate a-bromoketones or a-
bromoaldehydes, 2,6-lutidine, EtOH, 90 °C, 48–91%; (c) NBS, HOAc/THF (1:5), rt, 45-86%; (d) phenyl boronic acid, Pd(PPh3)4, 2 M NaCO3, toluene/ethanol (2:1), 95–100 °C,
24 h, 36–53%.