59022-79-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
5-Substituted imidazole-4-acetic acid analogues: Synthesis, modeling, and pharmacological characterization of a series of novel γ-aminobutyric acidC receptor agonists
Madsen, Christian,Jensen, Anders A.,Liljefors, Tommy,Kristiansen, Uffe,Nielsen, Birgitte,Hansen, Camilla P.,Larsen, Mogens,Ebert, Bjarke,Bang-Andersen, Benny,Krogsgaard-Larsen, Povl,Fr?lund, Bente
, p. 4147 - 4161 (2008/02/13)
A series of ring-substituted analogues of imidazole-4-acetic acid (IAA, 4), a partial agonist at both GABAA and GABAC receptors (GABA = γ-aminobutyric acid), have been synthesized. The synthesized compounds 8a-1 have been evaluated a
Highly potent geminal bisphosphonates. From pamidronate disodium (Aredia) to zoledronic acid (Zometa)
Widler, Leo,Jaeggi, Knut A.,Glatt, Markus,Müller, Klaus,Bachmann, Rolf,Bisping, Michael,Born, Anne-Ruth,Cortesi, Reto,Guiglia, Gabriela,Jeker, Heidi,Klein, Rémy,Ramseier, Ueli,Schmid, Johann,Schreiber, Gerard,Seltenmeyer, Yves,Green, Jonathan R.
, p. 3721 - 3738 (2007/10/03)
Bisphosphonates (BPs) are pyrophosphate analogues in which the oxygen in P-O-P has been replaced by a carbon, resulting in a metabolically stable P-C-P structure. Pamidronate (1b, Novartis), a second-generation BP, was the starting point for extensive SAR studies. Small changes of the structure of pamidronate lead to marked improvements of the inhibition of osteoclastic resorption potency. Alendronate (1c, MSD), with an extra methylene group in the N-alkyl chain, and olpadronate (1h, Gador), the N,N-dimethyl analogue, are about 10 times more potent than pamidronate. Extending one of the N-methyl groups of olpadronate to a pentyl substituent leads to ibandronate (1k, Roche, Boehringer-Mannheim), which is the most potent close analogue of pamidronate. Even slightly better antiresorptive potency is achieved with derivatives having a phenyl group linked via a short aliphatic tether of three to four atoms to nitrogen, the second substituent being preferentially a methyl group (e.g., 4g, 4j, 5d, or 5r). The most potent BPs are found in the series containing a heteroaromatic moiety (with at least one nitrogen atom), which is linked via a single methylene group to the geminal bisphosphonate unit. Zoledronic acid (6i), the most potent derivative, has an ED50 of 0.07 mg/kg in the TPTX in vivo assay after sc administration. It not only shows by far the highest therapeutic ratio when comparing resorption inhibition with undesired inhibition of bone mineralization but also exhibits superior renal tolerability. Zoledronic acid (6i) has thus been selected for clinical development under the registered trade name Zometa. The results of the clinical trials indicate that low doses are both efficacious and safe for the treatment of tumor-induced hypercalcemia, Paget's disease of bone, osteolytic metastases, and postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Imidazole-containing inhibitors of farnesyl protein transferase
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Inhibition of farnesyl transferase, which is an enzyme involved in ras oncogene expression, is effected by compounds of the formula their enantiomers, diastereomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and solvates, wherein:, G is G1 is G2 is or -NR10-CH(Q1)-;, J, K and L are each, independently, N, NR9, O, S or CR10 with the provisos that only one of the groups J, K and L can be O or S, and at least one of the groups J or L must be N, NR9, O or S to form a fused five-membered heteroring; the bond between J and K or K and L may also form one side of a phenyl ring fused to the fused five-membered heteroring;, Q is aryl;, Q1, A1 and A2 are each, independently, H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl;, G3 is R11, -C(O)OR11, -C(O)NR11R12, 5-tetrazolyl, -C(O)N(R13)OR11, -C(O)NHSO2R14 or -CH2OR11;, G4 is attached at the 1, 2, 4 or 5 position and optionally substituted, at any of the available position or positions on the ring, with halo, alkyl or substituted alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy, aryl, aralkyl, hydroxy, alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkanoylamino, thiol, alkylthio, alkylthiono, alkylsulfonyl, sulfonamido, nitro, cyano, carboxy, carbamyl, N-hydroxycarbamyl, N-alkylcarbamyl, N-dialkylcarbamyl, alkoxycarbonyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, or a combinaton of these groups;, Y and Z are each, independently, -CH2- or -C(O)-;, R1 - R14 are each, independently, H or alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms;, R7, R8 and R14 may also be aryl or aralkyl, and R3, R9, R11, R12 and R13 may also be aralkyl;, m, n and p are each, independently, 0 or an integer from 1 to 2;, q is 0 or an integer from 1 to 4; and, the dotted line represents an optional double bond.
