Patent Application
20090018117
The invention relates to 2-carbamide-4-phenylthiazole derivatives, to the preparation thereof and to the therapeutic application thereof.
The invention concerns compounds corresponding to formula (I) below:
wherein:
in which R7 is selected from the group constituted by —(C1-C8)alkyl-COO—(C1-C8)alkyl, —CO—(C1-C8)alkyl in which the alkyl is substituted with at least one halogen atom, —(C3-C10)cycloalkyl, phenyl, —COO—(C3-C10)cycloalkyl, —SO2—(C1-C8)alkyl in which the alkyl group is substituted with at least one halogen atom, —SO2-phenyl in which the phenyl is substituted with at least one —O—(C1-C8)alkyl group, —SO2-heteroaryl in which the heteroaryl is a pyrazole, an isoxazole or an imidazole and in which it is independently substituted with at least one group selected from halogen or —(C1-C8)alkyl, —SO2—N((C1-C8)alkyl)2, —SO2—OH, —SO2—(C3-C10)cycloalkyl, —CO—NH((C1-C8)alkyl), —(C1-C8)alkyl-CN, —(C1-C8)alkylimidazole, —(C1-C8)alkyl-COOH, —(C1-C8)alkyl-COO−M+, —(C1-C8)alkyl-OH, —(C1-C8)alkyltetrazole, —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—NH2, —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—NH((C1-C8)alkyl), —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—NH((C3-C10)cycloalkyl), —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—N((C1-C8)alkyl)((C3-C10)cycloalkyl), —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—N((C1-C8)alkyl)2, —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—N((C3-C10)cycloalkyl)2, in which M+ is an alkali metal cation selected from Li+, Na+ and K+, and when two alkyl or cycloalkyl substituents are bonded to the nitrogen atom, they may be independently identical or different;
a2) a group of formula —CO(CH2)b-A
in which b represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and A is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R7 is as defined above;
a3) a group -B
in which B is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R7 is as defined above;
a4) a group of formula —(CH2)a—C
in which a represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, and C is selected from the group constituted by:
in which:
in which b represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and C is selected from the group constituted by:
in which:
in which:
A preferred halogen is a fluorine.
The compounds of formula (I) may contain one or more asymmetrical carbon atoms. They may thus exist in the form of enantiomers or diastereoisomers. Said enantiomers, diastereoisomers and mixtures thereof, including racemic mixtures, are encompassed by the invention.
The compounds of formula (I) may exist as bases or addition salts with the acids. Said addition salts are encompassed by the invention.
Said salts are advantageously prepared with pharmaceutically acceptable acids, but the invention also encompasses salts of other acids used, for example, in purifying or isolating compounds of formula (I).
The compounds of formula (I) may also exist in the form of hydrates or solvates, namely in the form of associations or combinations with one or more molecules of water or with a solvent. The invention also encompasses such hydrates and solvates.
The following definitions are used in the present invention:
The compounds encompassed by the subject-matter of the invention which may be cited include those of formula (I.a) below:
in which R1, R2, R3 and Y are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention of formula (I.a) are those in which R1 is in the 2-position and R2 is in the 5-position of the phenyl group.
The compounds of the invention which may be cited include those in which:
A sub-group of these compounds which may be cited includes those in which:
The compounds of the invention which may be cited are included in a first group of compounds of formula (I) or (I.a) wherein R3 represents a group of formula —(CH2)a-A in which a represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, and A is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R7, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention which may be cited include a second group of compounds of general formula (I) or (I.a) in which R3 represents a group of formula —CO(CH2)b-A in which b represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and A is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R7, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention cited above in the first group and in the second group which may be cited include a sub-group of compounds wherein A is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention which may be cited include a third group of compounds of general formula (I) or (I.a) wherein R3 represents a group -B wherein B is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R7, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
Included in the compounds of the invention cited above, a first sub-group of compounds may be cited wherein R7 is selected from the group constituted by —(C1-C8)alkyl-COO—(C1-C8)alkyl, —CO—(C1-C8)alkyl in which the alkyl is substituted with at least one halogen atom, —(C3-C10)cycloalkyl, phenyl, —SO2—(C1-C8)alkyl in which the alkyl is substituted with at least one halogen atom, —SO2-phenyl in which the phenyl is substituted with at least one —O—(C1-C8)alkyl group, —SO2-heteroaryl in which the heteroaryl is a pyrazole or an isoxazole or an imidazole and in which it is independently substituted with at least one group selected from halogen or —(C1-C8)alkyl, —SO2—N((C1-C8)alkyl)2, —SO2—OH, —CO—NH((C1-C8)alkyl), —(C1-C8)alkyl-CN, —(C1-C8)alkyl-COOH, —(C1-C8)alkyl-COO−M+, —(C1-C8)alkyl-OH, —(C1-C8)alkyltetrazole, —(C1-C8)alkyl-CO—NH2, in which M+ is an alkali metal cation selected from Li+, Na+ and K+, and when two alkyl or cycloalkyl substituents are bonded to a nitrogen atom, they may be independently identical or different, as well as a second sub-group of compounds wherein R7 represents —SO2—(C3-C10)cycloalkyl.
Included in the compounds of formula (I) of the invention cited above are the following particular compounds:
More particularly, the following compound can be cited: 4-(tetrahydropyran-4-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylic acid [4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-yl]amide.
Included in the compounds of formula (I) of the invention cited above are the following further particular compounds:
The compounds of the invention include a fourth group of compounds which may be cited of general formula (I) or (I.a) wherein R3 represents a group of formula —(CH2)a—C in which a represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, and C is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R8, R9, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention include a fifth group of compounds which may be cited of general formula (I) or (I.a) wherein R3 represents a group of formula —CO(CH2)b—C in which b represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, and C is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R8, R9, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention cited in the fourth group and in the fifth group include a first sub-group of compounds which may be cited wherein C is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R9, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention cited in the fourth group and in the fifth group include a second sub-group of compounds which may be cited wherein C represents:
in which R8, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above.
The compounds of the invention include a sixth group of compounds which may be cited of general formula (I) or (I.a) in which R3 represents a group -D wherein D is selected from the group constituted by:
in which R8, R9, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R1, R2, Y and p are as defined above. In this sixth group, a sub-group of compounds may be cited in which R8 is a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C8)alkyl group.
The compounds of formula (I) of the invention cited in the third, fourth and fifth groups and in their sub-groups which may be cited include the following particular compounds:
Certain intermediates which are of use in preparing compounds of formula (I) may also act as a final product of formula (I), as will become apparent from the examples given below.
In a similar manner, certain compounds of formula (I) of the invention may act as intermediates for use in preparing compounds of formula (I) according to the invention.
The term “protective group Gp” as used below means a group which can, on the one hand, protect a reactive function, such as a hydroxyl group or an amine group during a synthesis and, on the other, can regenerate the intact reactive function at the end of synthesis. Examples of protective groups and methods for protection and deprotection are given in “Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis”, Green et al., 2nd Edition (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York).
The term “parting group X” as used below means a group which can easily be cleaved from a molecule by breaking a heterolytic bond, with departure of an electron pair. Said group may thus be readily replaced by another group during a substitution reaction, for example. Said parting groups are, for example, halogens or an activated hydroxyl group such as mesyl (methanesulphonyl), tosyl (toluenesulphonyl), triflate, acetate, etc. Examples of parting groups and references to their preparation are given in “Advances in Organic Chemistry”, J. March, 3rd Edition, Wiley Interscience, p. 310-316.
The term “R1, R2 or R3 precursor” as used below means a substituent R′1, R′2 or R′3 which may be transformed into R1, R2 and R3 by one or more chemical reactions.
The term “group Z” as used below means a leaving group of a functional derivative of a carboxylic acid such as an acid chloride, a mixed or symmetrical anhydride, or the appropriately activated acid, for example benzotriazol-1-yloxytris(dimethylamino) phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (BOP), O-benzotriazol-1-yl-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (HBTU) or O-benzotriazol-1-yl-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate (TBTU).
When one or more substituents R11, R12 and/or R′3 represent a group containing an amine or hydroxyl function, said functions may be protected in an intermediate manner: an amine function may be protected by an alkanoyl, benzyl, tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc), benzyloxycarbonyl or 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) group, for example; a hydroxyl function may be protected in the ether or ester form, for example.
The compounds of the invention may be prepared using various methods described in the present patent application. In a first aspect, the present invention concerns processes for preparing products of formula (I) and the intermediate products thereof.
The compounds of formula (I) of the invention may be prepared in accordance with the following general scheme 1.
In accordance with scheme 1, the compounds of the invention are obtained by coupling an aminothiazole derivative of formula (II) wherein R1, R2, Y are as defined above with an amine derivative of formula (III) in which R′3 represents a precursor group of R3 or a group R3 as defined above and p is as defined above.
The aminothiazole derivatives of formula (II) may be obtained using the methods described in patent application WO2004/096798.
In scheme 1, the aminothiazole derivative of formula (II) is brought into the presence of a coupling agent for a period of 2 to 16 hours, then with the amine derivative of formula (III) for a period of 0.5 to 4 hours.
The coupling agent may be selected from those which are known to the skilled person, for example phosgene, di-(N-succinimidyl)carbonate, 1,1′-carbonyl-diimidazole, using methods described in the “Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis”, L. A. Paquette, volume 2, p 1006; volume 4, p 2304; volume 6, p 4107.
The reaction may be carried out in various solvents, for example dichloromethane, dimethylformamide, toluene, in the presence of a base such as triethylamine or K2CO3, at a temperature of 0° C. to 100° C.
The aminated derivatives of formula (III) are known or can be prepared using the methods described in particular in the document WO 87/01706 or using the methods described below. Groups A′ and C′ below respectively represent a precursor group of group A or C, or a group A or C as defined above.
The compounds of formula (III), in which R′3 represents a precursor group of R3 or a group R3 as defined above and in which p is as defined above, are obtained from compounds of formula (IV) by deprotecting the nitrogen of the piperazine or the homo-piperazine protected using methods which are known to the skilled person or described in the literature (WO03/104230 and WO03/057145).
By way of example, the following procedure may be followed:
The compounds of formula (IV) are commercially available or may be synthesized from commercially available compounds using methods which are known to the skilled person. The compounds of formula (IV), wherein R′3 represents a precursor group of the group R3 in which R3 represents a —CO(CH2)b-A or —CO(CH2)b—C group (compounds of formula (IV.2) or (IV.5)), may also be obtained using scheme 2 below:
In scheme 2, a piperazine or a mono-protected homo-piperazine (Gp=BOC or Gp=benzyl) reacts with a compound of formula (V.1) or (V.2) in which Z represents a leaving group, or a group derived from activation of a carboxylic acid function, to respectively give the compound of formula (IV.2) or (IV.5) by acylation or peptide type coupling in the presence of a base such as K2CO3, triethylamine, diisopropylthylamine or caesium carbonate, optionally in the presence of a coupling reagent such as BOP, TBTU or CDI, in a solvent such as THF, acetonitrile or DMF at temperatures of 0° C. to 150° C.
The compounds of formula (IV), wherein R′3 represents a precursor group of the group R3 in which R3 represents a —(CH2)a-A or —(CH2)a—C group (compounds of formula (IV.1) or (IV.4)), may also be obtained using scheme 3 below:
In this process, a piperazine or a mono-protected homo-piperazine (Gp=BOC or Gp=benzyl) reacts with an aldehyde of formula (VI.1) or (VI.2) to respectively give the compound of formula (IV.1) or (IV.4) under reductive amination reaction conditions in the presence of a reducing agent such as NaHB(OAc)3 or NaBH3CN in a solvent such as 1,2-dichloroethane, dichloromethane, methanol or THF at temperatures of 0° C. to 70° C. (Synth. Commun., 1998, 28 (10), 1897-1905, J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57 (11), 3218-3225, J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 3849-3862, Tetrahedron Lett., 1990, 31, 5595-5598).
Alternatively, the compounds of formula (IV.1) and (IV.4) may be synthesized by a substitution reaction using the process illustrated in scheme 4 below:
In scheme 4, a piperazine or a mono-protected homo-piperazine (Gp=BOC or Gp=benzyl) reacts with a compound of formula (VII.1) or (VII.2) in which X represents a leaving group to respectively produce the compound of formula (IV.1) or (IV.4). The reaction is carried out without solvent or in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, toluene or acetonitrile in the presence or absence of a base such as triethylamine or K2CO3 at temperatures from ambient temperature to 200° C. for a period of 1 to 24 hours.
The compounds of formula (IV), wherein R′3 represents a precursor group of the group R3 in which R3 represents a -B or -D group (compounds of formula (IV.3) or (IV.6)), may be prepared by reacting a piperazine or a mono-protected homo-piperazine (Gp=BOC or Gp=benzyl) and a ketone precursor B′ of B or a ketone precursor D′ of D, by a reductive amination reaction in the presence of a reducing agent such as NaHB(OAc)3, NaBH3CN in a solvent such as 1,2-dichloroethane, methanol or dichloromethane, THF at temperatures of 0° C. to 70° C. using the following scheme:
The ketones B′ and D′ used are commercially available or may be synthesized using the methods described in Organic Process Research & Development, 2004, 8, 939; Synthesis, 1989, 10, 767.
The compounds of formula (I) may also be prepared using scheme 6 below.
In scheme 6, the aminothiazole derivative of formula (II) as defined above is coupled to a piperazine or a mono-protected homo-piperazine (Gp=BOC or Gp=benzyl) to produce the compound of formula (VIII).
The reaction is carried out under the conditions described above given for scheme 1.
The compound of formula (VIII) is then deprotected to produce the compound of formula (IX), using methods which are known to the skilled person, which is reacted with a compound of formula (V.1), (V.2), (VI.1), (VI.2), (VII.1) or (VII.2), or with a ketone of formula B′ or of formula D′ as defined above. This reaction is carried out in accordance with the processes described above for synthesizing intermediates of formula (IV).
In the general synthesis schemes, when the mode of preparation thereof has not been described, this means that the starting compounds and the reagents are commercially available or have been described in the literature, or they may be prepared using the methods described here or which are known to the skilled person.
The following examples describe the preparation of compounds in accordance with the invention. The numbers of the compounds refer to those given in Table I, which shows the chemical structures of some compounds according to the invention.
In the preparations and examples below:
The compounds were analyzed by coupled HPLC-UV-MS (liquid chromatography-UV detection-mass spectrometry). The apparatus used, sold by Agilent, was composed of a HP1100 chromatograph provided with an Agilent diode array detector and a MSD Quad quadripolar mass spectrometer.
The following analytical conditions were employed:
Where “method B” is indicated in Table 1, the compounds were analyzed by LCMS under the following conditions: YMC Jsphere column (33×2.1 mm, 4 μm, eluent: CH3CN+0.05% TFA: H2O+0.05% TFA, gradient: 5:95 (0 min), then 95:5 (2.5 min), then 95:5 (3 min), flow rate: 1.3 mL/min, temperature: 30° C.
2.16 ml of methanesulphonyl chloride followed by 3.86 ml of triethylamine were added to a solution of 5 g of the tert-butyl ester of (R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylic acid in 80 ml of DCM cooled to 0° C. The medium was stirred for 1 h 30 minutes at 0° C. then 0.7 ml of triethylamine and 0.54 ml of methanesulphonyl chloride were added. After 30 minutes at 0° C., the medium was hydrolysed, the organic phase was washed twice with water then with a saturated NaCl solution and then dried over MgSO4. The medium was evaporated off to produce 6.8 g of a pale yellow oil.
The unrefined product obtained in step 1.1 was dissolved in 75 ml of toluene. 12.16 g of benzylpiperazine were added, the reaction medium was sealed off and heated for 5 hours at 150° C. After returning to AT, the medium was diluted in an ether/pentane (1/1) mixture, washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution, twice in water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4 and evaporating, the unrefined product was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 5.73 g of the expected solid.
MH+=374.3 at t=5.26 min
A solution of 4.0 g of the compound obtained in step 1.2 in 30 ml of methanol was hydrogenated in a closed reactor with microwave irradiation at 80° C. for 10 minutes in the presence of 1.7 g of Pd/C, 10% moisture, and 2.02 g of ammonium formate. The medium was filtered then evaporated to produce 2.89 g of a colourless oil.
2.59 g of DSC were added to a solution of 2.78 g of 4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-amine, a compound described in patent application WO2004/096798, in 7 ml of dichloromethane and the medium was stirred for 12 hours at AT. 2.59 g of the compound described in step 1.3 were added and the medium was stirred for 3 hours at AT. The medium was hydrolysed with a solution of saturated NaHCO3 then extracted into DCM. The organic phase was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the solution was concentrated and purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 4.0 g of the expected compound in the form of a white solid.
MH+=598.7 at t=8.26 min
42 ml of a 4 M HCl solution in dioxane were added to a solution of 4 g of the compound obtained in step 1.4 in 10 ml of dioxane. The medium was stirred for 4 h at AT. The medium was filtered, the solid was rinsed with ether then taken up in DCM and treated with 1 M sodium hydroxide. The organic phase was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the solution was concentrated to produce 3.16 g of the desired compound.
MH+=498.7 at t=6.27 min
0.35 g of (1-ethoxycyclopropoxy)trimethylsilane then 0.05 g of NaBH3CN and 0.24 g of acetic acid were added to a solution of 0.2 g of the compound described in step 1.5 in 5 ml of MeOH. The medium was stirred for 2 h at 60° C. The medium was concentrated then taken up in EtOAc. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated then purified by flash chromatography to produce 0.16 g of the expected product.
MP=88° C.
αD=+4°(c=1, MeOH)
20 ml of a 10% sodium hydroxide solution were added to a suspension of 9.96 g of the hydrate of 1-benzylpiperidin-3-one mono-hydrochloride in suspension in 200 ml of DCM. The medium was stirred, the organic phase was decanted then washed with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated. The gum obtained was taken up in 180 ml of DCE, 10.1 g of Boc-piperazine was added followed by 15.9 g of NaBH(OAc)3 and the medium was stirred for 12 h at AT. The medium was concentrated then taken up in EtOAc. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 18.63 g of the expected product.
MP=103° C.
30 g of TFA were added to a solution of 9.2 g of the compound obtained in step 2.1 in 85 ml of DCM. The medium was stirred for 5 h then concentrated. The unrefined product obtained was taken up in DCM then washed 4 times with a 2 M sodium hydroxide solution. The organic phase was washed with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 6.32 g of the expected product.
NMR 1H: δ(ppm)=7.28 (sel, 5H), 3.43 (sel, 2H), 2.88 (d, 1H), 2.70 (d, 1H), 2.64 (m, 4H), 2.43-2.22 (m, 5H), 1.85-1.58 (m, 4H), 1.39 (ddd, 1H), 1.15 (ddd, 1H).
The procedure was identical to that described in Example 1, starting from 4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-amine described in patent application WO2004/096798 and the compound obtained in step 2.2.
MP=90° C.
1.26 g of chloroethylchloroformate were added to a solution of 1.69 g of the compound obtained in step 2.3 in 10 ml of DCE at 0° C. The medium was brought to AT then heated under reflux for 45 min. The medium was evaporated off then taken up in 10 ml of MeOH and heated for 1 h under reflux. The unrefined product was filtered, the solid was rinsed with ether then dried to produce 1.27 g of the expected compound in the form of a trihydrochloride.
MP=240° C.
MH+=484.7 at 6.81 min
0.06 ml of isopropyl isocyanate was added to a solution of 0.2 g of the compound obtained in step 2.4 in 1.2 ml of DCM, at 0° C. The medium was stirred for 2 h at 0° C. then hydrolysed with 5 ml of water and diluted with 10 ml of DCM. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated then purified by flash chromatography to produce 0.16 g of the expected product.
MP=134° C.
MH+=568.7 at t=7.61 min
The procedure was identical to that described in Example 1, starting from 4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-amine, described in patent application WO2004/096798, and from 1-(1-benzylpiperidin-4-yl)piperazine.
MP=81° C.
1.31 g of chloroethylchloroformate were added to a solution of 1.77 g of the compound obtained in step 3.1 in 10 ml of DCE, at 0° C. The medium was returned to AT then heated under reflux for 45 min. The medium was evaporated off then taken up in 10 ml of MeOH and heated for 1 h under reflux. The unrefined product was filtered, the solid was rinsed with ether then dried to produce 1.27 g of the expected compound in the form of a trihydrochloride.
MH+=484.6 at 6.21 min
0.04 ml of cyclopropylsulphonyl chloride then 0.06 ml of triethylamine were added to a solution of 0.2 g of the compound described in preparation 3.2 in DCM. The medium was stirred at AT for 4 h. The medium was diluted in DCM then hydrolysed with 5 ml of water. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated then purified by flash chromatography to produce 0.18 g of the expected product.
MP=138° C.
MH+=588.8 at t=7.49 min
0.08 ml of triethylamine then 0.05 ml of the ethyl ester of 3-bromopropionic acid were added to a solution of 0.2 g of the compound described in step 1.5 in 2 ml of toluene. The medium was stirred for 48 h at AT. The medium was diluted in ethyl ether then filtered. The filtrate was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 0.21 g of the expected product.
MH+=598.8 at t=6.84 min
0.31 ml of 5 M sodium hydroxide was added to a solution of 0.208 g of the compound described in step 4 in 3 ml of methanol, at 0° C. The medium was stirred for 24 h at AT. The medium was concentrated then taken up in water. A 6N HCl solution was added dropwise until a precipitate appeared. The solid was extracted into DCM then, after drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 0.15 g of the expected product.
MH+=570.7 at t=6.64 min
MP=144° C.
This compound could be obtained using the process described in preparation 1.4 between 4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-amine and 1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)piperazine described in J. Med. Chem.; EN; 47; 11; 2004; 2833-2838.
Synthesis may be carried out by another method:
2.9 g of DSC were added to a solution of 3.0 g of 4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-amine, a compound described in patent application WO2004/096798, in 100 ml of dichloroethane; the medium was stirred for 16 hours at AT. 2.0 g of BOC-piperazine were added and the medium was stirred for 3 hours at AT. The medium was hydrolysed with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then extracted into DCM. The organic phase was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the solution was concentrated and purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 5.1 g of the expected compound in the form of a beige solid.
MH+=501.7 at t=11.72 min
19 ml of a 4 M HCl solution in dioxane were added dropwise to a solution of 5.1 g of the compound obtained in step 6.1 in 100 ml of dioxane. The medium was stirred for 4 hours at AT. The medium was filtered, the solid was rinsed with ether then dried to produce 4.38 g of a white powder. The solid was taken up in DCM and treated with 1 M sodium hydroxide. The organic phase was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the solution was concentrated to produce 3.7 g of the expected compound.
MH+=401.6 at t=7.19 min
0.4 g of dihydro-2H-pyran-4(3H)-one then 1.59 g of NaBH(OAc)3 were added to a solution of 1.4 g of the piperazine obtained in step 6.2 in 13 ml of dichloroethane, and the medium was stirred for 72 hours at AT. The medium was concentrated then taken up in DCM. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 1.7 g of the expected product.
The beige powder obtained was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 1.42 g of the expected compound in the form of a white solid.
MH+=484.7 at t=7.42 min
MP=226° C.
122 mg of TBTU, 26 mg of HOBt and 0.17 ml of DIPEA were added to a solution of 41 mg of tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carboxylic in 0.7 ml of DCM, at AT. The medium was stirred at AT for 1 hour 15 minutes then 100 mg of the compound described in step 6.2 were added. The medium was stirred for 12 hours at AT. The medium was taken up in DCM, washed three times in a saturated Na2CO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4 and evaporation, 0.21 g of the unrefined product was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 0.08 g of the expected compound in the form of a white solid.
MH+=513.7 at t=9.88 min
MP=276° C.
0.044 g of tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carbaldehyde was added to a solution of 0.155 g of the piperazine obtained in step 6.2 in 1.5 ml of dichloroethane followed, after stirring for 1 hour at AT, by 0.114 g of NaBH(OAc)3, and the medium was stirred for 12 hours at AT. The medium was diluted in DCM. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 0.16 g of unrefined product. The solid was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 0.12 g of the expected compound in the form of a white solid.
MH+=499.7 at t=7.75 min
MP=114° C.
This compound was synthesized starting from the compound described in preparation 1.5 and from ethyl 2-bromoacetate using an identical process to that described in preparation 4.
This compound was synthesized from the compound described in preparation 9.1 using an identical process to that described in preparation 5.
0.1 g of TBTU, 0.02 g of HOBt then 0.08 ml of DIPEA were added to a solution of 0.1 g of the compound described in step 9.2 in 1 ml of DCM. After stirring for 2 hours at AT, ammonia was bubbled into the solution for 2 hours. The reaction medium was filtered, the filtrate was washed with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated to produce 0.09 g of unrefined product. The unrefined product was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 0.052 g of the expected compound in the form of a white solid.
MH+=555.7 at t=6.68 min
MP=134° C.
0.1 g of Na2CO3 was added to a solution of 0.45 g of the compound obtained in step 1.5 in 4 ml of acetone. The medium was cooled to 0° C., then 0.06 ml of 2-chloroacetonitrile was added and the medium was stirred until it reached AT. 0.012 ml of 2-chloroacetonitrile and 0.02 g of Na2CO3 were added. The medium was stirred for 2 hours at AT then concentrated. The unrefined product was comminuted in water then extracted with ether. The organic phase was washed twice with a saturated NaHCO3 solution then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the organic phase was concentrated then purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 0.34 g of the expected compound in the form of a white solid.
MH+=537.7 at t=7.67 min
MP=106° C.
0.06 g of NaN3 and 0.14 g of ZnBr2 were added to a suspension of 0.34 g of the compound synthesized in step 10.1 in a mixture of 3 ml of water and 1 ml of isopropanol. The mixture was heated to 80° C. for 40 hours, 0.03 g of NaN3 and 0.07 g of ZnBr2 were then added and stirring was maintained at 80° C. for 12 hours. The medium was filtered, the solid was rinsed with water then with ether. The solid was purified by preparative HPLC to produce 56 mg of the expected compound.
MH+=580.7 at t=7.32 min
20 ml of a 4 M HCl solution in dioxane were added to a solution of 1.35 g of the compound obtained in step 1.2 in 5 ml of dioxane. The medium was stirred for 2 h at AT. The medium was filtered, the solid was rinsed with ether then taken up in DCM and treated with 1 M sodium hydroxide. The organic phase was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the solution was concentrated to produce 1 g of unrefined product.
MH+=274.3 at t=5.52 min
0.26 g of phenyl trifluoromethanesulphonate and 0.8 g of the amine prepared in step 11.1 in 5.6 ml of NMP were placed in a tube. The tube was heated under pressure in a microwave oven for 30 minutes at 230° C. After allowing to cool to AT, the medium was hydrolysed then extracted with ether. The organic phase was washed with water then with a saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4, the solution was concentrated to produce 0.41 g of unrefined product. The solid was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to produce 0.067 g of the expected compound.
MH+=350.3 at t=9.97 min
0.05 g of 50% Pd/C, 10% moisture, was added to a solution of 0.066 g of the compound obtained in step 11.2 in 9 ml of methanol. The medium was stirred at AT for 48 hours under 10 bar of hydrogen. After filtering over celite, the filtrate was evaporated off to produce 0.037 g of the desired compound.
The procedure was identical to that described in Example 1, starting from 4-(5-cyclohexyl-2-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-amine, described in patent application WO2004/096798, and from the amine obtained in step 11.3.
MH+=574.8 at t=8.12 min
The compounds according to the invention were used in pharmacological tests to determine the modulator effect thereof on the activity of chemokine receptors.
Chemokines are low molecular weight proteins which belong to the category of pro-inflammatory cytokines and are involved in the chemotactism of leukocytes and endothelial cells. Chemokines control a number of biological processes and are associated with inflammatory disorders appearing during stress conditions, with wounds or with infections; modulation of the effects of chemokines allows pathologies such as asthma, arthritis, allergies, auto-immune diseases, atherosclerosis or angiogenesis to be prevented or treated (C. D. Paavola et al., J. Biol. Chem., 1998, 273, (50), 33157-33165).
Chemokines include hMCP-1 (human monocyte chemotactic protein) which belongs to the CC chemokine group and is a natural agonist of the CCR2b receptor.
The inhibiting activity of the compounds according to the invention was measured on cells expressing the human CCR2b receptor. The concentration of natural hMCP-1 agonist which inhibited 50% (Cl50) of the activity of the CCR2b receptor was 0.57 nM. The compounds according to the invention had a Cl50 which was generally in the range 0.1 μM to 0.1 nM, preferably in the range 100 nM to 0.1 nM.
The following are brought into contact for 1 h 30 minutes at ambient temperature, in Millipore GF/B filter plates (ref. MAFBNOB 10 or 50): 50 μl of compound at 3×10−5 M in the reaction buffer or cold MCP-1 range ((R & D Systems). Recombinant human MCP-1) (final concentration of compound: 10−5 M), and 50 μl of iodinated MCP-1 ([125 l]-MCP-1 human recombinant Bolton+Hunter labelled (Amersham)) at 0.3 nM in distilled water (final concentration of iodinated MCP-1: 0.1 nM), and 50 μl of CHO-K1-CCR2B cells (obtained from Euroscreen Brussels, Belgium) at 6×105 cells/ml (final concentration in the reaction buffer: 3×105 cells/wells). The filters were saturated beforehand with 100 μl of PEI at a final concentration of 0.0125% in PBS, for 72 h at 4° C., and the PEI was removed by filtration. The content of the wells was filtered and washed twice with the reaction buffer, and the filters were left to dry overnight. The following day, 20 μl/well of “Wallac Optiphase Super Mix” scintillant were dispensed. The filters were impregnated for 1 to 2 h and then counted with Trilux Iodine 125 for 1 min.
Reaction buffer=PBS buffer, 50 nM Hepes, 1 mM CaCl2, 5 mM MgCl2, 0.5% fatty acid-free BSA, adjusted to pH 7.4.
As an example, compound No 9 had a Cl50 of 4 nM, compound No 10 had a Cl50 of 53 nM, compound No 22 had a Cl50 of 4 nM, compound No 40 had a Cl50 of 82 nM, compound No 41 had a Cl50 of 39 nM, compound No 33 had a Cl50 of 20 nM, compound No 11 had a Cl50 of 20 nM, compound No 23 had a Cl50 of 8 nM, compound No 29 had a Cl50 of 50 nM and compound No 45 had a Cl50 of 73 nM.
The compounds according to the invention can thus be used to prepare drugs, in particular drugs which are antagonists to the effect of chemokines.
In another aspect, then, the present invention pertains to drugs which comprise a compound of formula (I) or an addition salt thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, or a hydrate or a solvate.
Said drugs can be used in therapy, in particular in the prevention and treatment of various pathologies such as:
In a further aspect, the present invention concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound according to the invention as the active principle. Said pharmaceutical compositions contain an effective dose of at least one compound according to the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a hydrate or a solvate of said compound, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
Selection of said excipients depends on the desired form of administration and pharmaceutical form, from the usual excipients which are known to the skilled person.
In the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention for oral, sublingual, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, topical, local, intratracheal, intranasal, transdermal or rectal administration, the active principle of formula (I) above, or any salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, may be administered in a unitary administration form, mixed with conventional pharmaceutical excipients, to animals and humans for prophylaxis or to treat the problems or diseases mentioned above.
Suitable unitary administration forms include oral forms such as tablets, soft or hard gelules, powders, granules and oral solutions or suspensions, sublingual, buccal, intratracheal, intraocular, intranasal or inhaled forms of administration, topical, transdermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intravenous forms of administration, rectal forms of administration and implants. For topical application, the compounds according to the invention may be used in creams, gels, pomades or lotions.
As an example, a unitary form of administration of a compound of the invention in the form of a tablet may comprise the following components:
Orally, the dose of active principle administered per day may be from 0.1 to 1000 mg/kg, in one or more doses.
Particular cases may arise in which higher or lower doses are appropriate: such doses do not fall within the scope of the invention. Usually, the appropriate dose for each patient is determined by the physician as a function of the mode of administration and the patient's weight and response.
In a still further aspect, the present invention also concerns a method for treating the disorders indicated above, which comprises administering an effective dose of a compound according the invention, or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates or solvates, to a patient.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 0600117 | Jan 2006 | FR | national |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | PCT/FR2007/000007 | Jan 2007 | US |
| Child | 12146898 | US |
