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The process development of a new synthetic route leading to an efficient and robust synthetic process for venetoclax (1: the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in Venclexta) is described. The redesigned synthesis features a Buchwald-Hartwig amination to construct the core ester 23c in a convergent fashion by connecting two key building blocks (4c and 26), which is then followed by a uniquely effective saponification reaction of 23c using anhydrous hydroxide generated in situ to obtain 2. Finally, the coupling of the penultimate core acid 2 with sulfonamide 3 furnishes drug substance 1 with consistently high quality. The challenges and solutions for the key Pd-catalyzed C-N cross-coupling will also be discussed in detail. The improved synthesis overcomes many of the initial scale-up challenges and was accomplished in 46% overall yield from 3,3-dimethyldicyclohexanone (6), more than doubling the overall yield of the first generation route. The new process was successfully implemented for producing large quantities of 1 with >99% area purity.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Compostos Bicíclicos Heterocíclicos com Pontes/farmacologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/antagonistas & inibidores , Sulfonamidas/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Compostos Bicíclicos Heterocíclicos com Pontes/síntese química , Compostos Bicíclicos Heterocíclicos com Pontes/química , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/metabolismo , Sulfonamidas/síntese química , Sulfonamidas/químicaRESUMO
Since gaining approval for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax has transformed the treatment of this and other blood-related cancers. Reflecting the large and hydrophobic BH3-binding groove within BCL-2, venetoclax has significantly higher molecular weight and lipophilicity than most orally administered drugs, along with negligible water solubility. Although a technology-enabled formulation successfully achieves oral absorption in humans, venetoclax tablets have limited drug loading and therefore can present a substantial pill burden for patients in high-dose indications. We therefore generated a phosphate prodrug (3, ABBV-167) that confers significantly increased water solubility to venetoclax and, upon oral administration to healthy volunteers either as a solution or high drug-load immediate release tablet, extensively converts to the parent drug. Additionally, ABBV-167 demonstrated a lower food effect with respect to venetoclax tablets. These data indicate that beyond-rule-of-5 molecules can be successfully delivered to humans via a solubility-enhancing prodrug moiety to afford robust exposures of the parent drug following oral dosing.
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Compostos Bicíclicos Heterocíclicos com Pontes/uso terapêutico , Pró-Fármacos/uso terapêutico , Sulfonamidas/uso terapêutico , Compostos Bicíclicos Heterocíclicos com Pontes/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Estudos Cross-Over , Feminino , Voluntários Saudáveis , Humanos , Pró-Fármacos/farmacologia , Sulfonamidas/farmacologiaRESUMO
The glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) has emerged as a key novel target for the treatment of schizophrenia. Herein, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of aminotetralines and aminochromanes as novel classes of competitive GlyT1 inhibitors. Starting from a high-throughput screening hit, structure-activity relationship studies led first to the discovery of aminotetralines displaying high GlyT1 potency and selectivity, with favorable pharmacokinetic properties. Systematic investigations of various parameters (e.g., topological polar surface area, number of hydrogen bond donors) guided by ex vivo target occupancy evaluation resulted in lead compounds possessing favorable brain penetration properties as for (7 S,8 R)-27a. Further optimization revealed compounds with reduced efflux liabilities as for aminochromane 51b. In an in vivo efficacy model (7 S,8 R)-27a, dose-dependently reversed L-687,414 induced hyperlocomotion in mice with an ED50 of 0.8 mg/kg. All these results suggest (7 S,8 R)-27a and 51b as new GlyT1 inhibitors worthy of further profiling.
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Encéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromanos/química , Proteínas da Membrana Plasmática de Transporte de Glicina/antagonistas & inibidores , Tetra-Hidronaftalenos/química , Subfamília B de Transportador de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Subfamília B de Transportador de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Animais , Ligação Competitiva , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Proteínas da Membrana Plasmática de Transporte de Glicina/metabolismo , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Atividade Motora/efeitos dos fármacos , Oócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Oócitos/metabolismo , Pirrolidinonas/efeitos adversos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , XenopusRESUMO
A-240610.0 is a novel non-steroidal glucocorticoid receptor-selective ligand. It has demonstrated an anti-inflammatory activity equivalent to that of the synthetic glucocorticoids, and has shown an improved side-effects profile in vivo. This review will present the process research and development proceeding from the initial racemic route to an efficient asymmetric process. This process relied on the development of a novel atropselective synthesis of an axially chiral biaryl to form the critical atropisomer intermediate in good yields (85%) and with high diastereoselectivity (99:1).
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Compostos Heterocíclicos de 4 ou mais Anéis/síntese química , Tecnologia Farmacêutica/métodos , Animais , Humanos , EstereoisomerismoRESUMO
4-[6-(2-Tertiaryaminoethyl)naphthalen-2-yl]benzonitriles are conformationally constrained histamine H3 receptor antagonists with high potency and selectivity. The analogs were designed around a naphthalene core, with the goal of enhancing lipophilicity and CNS penetration, as compared to a previously reported benzofuran series. The SAR of the tertiary amine moiety is similar to that reported for the benzofuran series, with analogs bearing a 2-methylpyrrolidine substituent possessing the greatest rat and human H3 receptor binding affinities.
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Sistema Nervoso Central/metabolismo , Antagonistas dos Receptores Histamínicos/síntese química , Nitrilas/síntese química , Receptores Histamínicos H3/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Antagonistas dos Receptores Histamínicos/farmacocinética , Humanos , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Naftalenos , Nitrilas/farmacocinética , Permeabilidade , Ligação Proteica , Ratos , Receptores Histamínicos H3/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
A new approach for atropselective preparation of axially chiral biaryl was developed. This process proceeded through a chirality transfer from a stereogenic center of a secondary alcohol to the stereogenic axis via regioselective intramolecular silyl group migration. This methodology allowed for the preparation of a single atropisomer 2 in good yield (85%) with high diastereoselectivity (99:1), which subsequently led to the successful development of an efficient asymmetric synthesis of A-240610.0, 1.
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Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/síntese química , Glucocorticoides/síntese química , Compostos Heterocíclicos de 4 ou mais Anéis/síntese química , EstereoisomerismoRESUMO
A practical and scaleable synthesis of a novel nonsteroidal ligand for the glucocorticoid receptor A-224817.0 1A is described. The synthesis proceeds in seven steps starting from 1,3-dimethoxybenzene. The biaryl intermediate 5 was prepared by an optimized high-yielding and high-throughput Negishi protocol. The quinoline core 8 was constructed by using a modified Skraup reaction. The final product was obtained by a direct allylation reaction of lactol 10 with allyltrimethylsilane. The process was accomplished efficiently to produce 1A in 25% overall yield and >99% purity with simple and practical isolation and purification procedures.