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The discovery of N -[5-(4-bromophenyl)-6-[2-[(5-bromo-2-pyrimidinyl)oxy] ethoxy]-4-pyrimidinyl]- N ′-propylsulfamide (macitentan), an orally active, potent dual endothelin receptor antagonist
Bolli, Martin H.,Boss, Christoph,Binkert, Christoph,Buchmann, Stephan,Bur, Daniel,Hess, Patrick,Iglarz, Marc,Meyer, Solange,Rein, Josiane,Rey, Markus,Treiber, Alexander,Clozel, Martine,Fischli, Walter,Weller, Thomas
, p. 7849 - 7861 (2012/10/29)
Starting from the structure of bosentan (1), we embarked on a medicinal chemistry program aiming at the identification of novel potent dual endothelin receptor antagonists with high oral efficacy. This led to the discovery of a novel series of alkyl sulfamide substituted pyrimidines. Among these, compound 17 (macitentan, ACT-064992) emerged as particularly interesting as it is a potent inhibitor of ETA with significant affinity for the ET B receptor and shows excellent pharmacokinetic properties and high in vivo efficacy in hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Compound 17 successfully completed a long-term phase III clinical trial for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
