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ALPHA-KETO HETEROCYCLES AS FAAH INHIBITORS
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Page/Page column 66, (2010/04/03)
The invention provides a series of -alpha ketoheterocyclic compounds, for example, compounds of formula (I). The compounds can inhibit fatty acid amide hydrolase and can be useful for treatment of malconditions modulated by fatty acid amide hydrolase. The invention further provides methods of making compounds of formula (I), useful intermediates for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), and methods of using compounds of formula (I) and compositions thereof.
Optimization of the central heterocycle of α-ketoheterocycle inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase
Garfunkle, Joie,Ezzili, Cyrine,Rayl, Thomas J.,Hochstatter, Dustin G.,Hwang, Inkyu,Boger, Dale L.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4392 - 4403 (2009/06/17)
The synthesis and evaluation of a refined series of α- ketoheterocycles based on the oxazole 2 (OL-135) incorporating systematic changes in the central heterocycle bearing a key set of added substituents are described. The nature of the central heterocycle, even within the systematic and minor perturbations explored herein, significantly influenced the inhibitor activity. 1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 1,2,4-oxadiazoles 9 > tetrazoles, the isomeric 1,2,4-oxadiazoles 10, 1,3,4-thiadiazoles > oxazoles including 2 > 1,2-diazines > thiazoles > 1,3,4-triazoles. Most evident in these trends is the observation that introduction of an additional heteroatom at position 4 (oxazole numbering, N > O > CH) substantially increases activity that may be attributed to a reduced destabilizing steric interaction at the FAAH active site. Added heterocycle substituents displaying well-defined trends may be utilized to enhance the inhibitor potency and, more significantly, to enhance the inhibitor selectivity. These trends, exemplified herein, emerge from both enhancements in the FAAH activity and simultaneous disruption of binding affinity for competitive off-target enzymes.
