PATENT

WO 2009074300

The synthesis starts with the formation of the 2-arylbenzimidazole derivative 6 which can be carried out starting from N-methylphenylenediamine 2 (Method A; blue path in Scheme 1) or employing o-phenylenediamine 4 in the ring closure reaction followed by N-methylation (Method B; orange path in Scheme 1). Sodium hydrogen sulfite is used to promote the condensation of the corresponding o-phenylenediamine with the Br-aromatic aldehyde 3.(6b) The next step is the coupling of the aryl bromide with isonipecotic ethyl ester in Buchwald conditions. After acidic hydrolysis with HCl under microwave irradiation, the final amide 1 was synthesized with CDI as coupling agent.

PAPER

A Scalable Route to the SMO Receptor Antagonist SEN826: Benzimidazole Synthesis via Enhanced in Situ Formation of the Bisulfite–Aldehyde Complex

A practical and scalable route to the SMO antagonist SEN826 1 is described herein, including the discussion of an alternative approach to the synthesis of the target molecule. The optimized route consists of five chemical steps. A new and efficient access to the key intermediate 6 via the bisulfite–aldehyde complex was developed, significantly enhancing the yields and reducing costs. As a result, a synthetic procedure for preparation of multihundred gram quantities of the final product has been developed.

TRIENTINE

• Molecular Formula C₆H₁₈N₄
• Average mass 146.234 Da

112-24-3 CAS

曲恩汀, KD-034, MK-0681, MK-681, TECZA, TETA, TJA-250

Aton Pharma, a subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, has developed and launched Syprine, a capsule formulation of trientine hydrochloride, for treating Wilson disease.

Triethylenetetramine, abbreviated TETA and trien and also called trientine (INN), is an organic compound with the formula [CH₂NHCH₂CH₂NH₂]₂. This oily liquid is colorless but, like many amines, assumes a yellowish color due to impurities resulting from air-oxidation. It is soluble in polar solvents. The branched isomer tris(2-aminoethyl)amine and piperazine derivatives may also be present in commercial samples of TETA.^[1]

Trientine hydrochloride is a metal antagonist that was first launched by Merck, Sharp & Dohme in the U.S. in 1986 under the brand name Syprine for the oral treatment of Wilson’s disease.

Orphan drug designation has also been assigned in the U.S. for the treatment of patients with Wilson’s disease who are intolerant or inadequately responsive to penicillamine and in the E.U. by Univar for the treatment of Wilson’s disease

By condensation of ethylenediamine (I) with 1,2-dichloroethane (II)

Trientine hydrochloride is N,N’-bis (2-aminoethyl)-1,2-ethanediamine dihydrochloride. It is a white to pale yellow crystalline hygroscopic powder. It is freely soluble in water, soluble in methanol, slightly soluble in ethanol, and insoluble in chloroform and ether.

The empirical formula is C6H18N4·2HCI with a molecular weight of 219.2. The structural formula is:

NH₂(CH₂)₂NH(CH₂)₂NH(CH₂)₂NH₂•2HCI

Trientine hydrochloride is a chelating compound for removal of excess copper from the body. SYPRINE (Trientine Hydrochloride) is available as 250 mg capsules for oral administration. Capsules SYPRINE contain gelatin, iron oxides, stearic acid, and titanium dioxide as inactive ingredients.

Production

TETA is prepared by heating ethylenediamine or ethanolamine/ammonia mixtures over an oxide catalyst. This process gives a variety of amines, which are separated by distillation and sublimation.^[2]

Uses

The reactivity and uses of TETA are similar to those for the related polyamines ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine. It was primarily used as a crosslinker (“hardener”) in epoxy curing.^[2]

The hydrochloride salt of TETA, referred to as trientine hydrochloride, is a chelating agent that is used to bind and remove copper in the body to treat Wilson’s disease, particularly in those who are intolerant to penicillamine. Some recommend trientine as first-line treatment, but experience with penicillamine is more extensive.^[3]

Coordination chemistry

TETA is a tetradentate ligand in coordination chemistry, where it is referred to as trien.^[4] Octahedral complexes of the type M(trien)Cl₃ can adopt several diastereomeric structures, most of which are chiral.^[5]

Trientine, chemically known as triethylenetetramine or N,N’-bis(2-aminoethyl)-l,2-ethanediamine belongs to the class of polyethylene polyamines. Trientine dihydrochloride is a chelating agent which is used to bind and remove copper in the body in the treatment of Wilson’s disease.

Trientine dihydrochloride (1)

Trientine dihydrochloride formulation, developed by Aton with the proprietary name SYPRINE, was approved by USFDA on November 8, 1985 for the treatment of patients with Wilson’s disease, who are intolerant to penicillamine. Trientine dihydrochloride, due to its activity on copper homeostasis, is being studied for various potential applications in the treatment of internal organs damage in diabetics, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

Various synthetic methods for preparation of triethylenetetramine (TETA) and the corresponding dihydrochloride salt have been disclosed in the prior art.

U.S. 4,806,517 discloses the synthesis of triethylenetetramine from ethylenediamine and monoethanolamine using Titania supported phosphorous catalyst while U.S. 4,550,209 and U.S. 5,225,599 disclose catalytic condensation of ethylenediamine and ethylene glycol for the synthesis of linear triethylenetetramine using catalysts like zirconium trimethylene diphosphonate, or metatungstate composites of titanium dioxide and zirconium dioxide.

U.S. 4,503,253 discloses the preparation of triethylenetetramine by reaction of an alkanolamine compound with ammonia and an alkyleneamine having two primary amino groups in the presence of a catalyst, such as supported phosphoric acid wherein the support is comprised of silica, alumina or carbon.

The methods described above for preparation of triethylenetetramine require high temperatures and pressure. Further, due to the various possible side reactions and consequent associated impurities, it is difficult to control the purity of the desired amine.

CN 102924289 discloses a process for trientine dihydrochloride comprising reduction of Ν,Ν’-dibenzyl-,N,N’-bis[2-(l,3-dioxo-2H-isoindolyl)ethyl]ethanediamine using hydrazine hydrate to give N,N’-dibenzyl-,N,N’-bis(2-aminoethyl)ethanediamine, which, upon condensation with benzyl chloroformate gave N,N’-dibenzyl-,N,N’-bis[2-(Cbz-amino)ethyl]ethanediamine, and further reductive deprotection to give the desired compound.

CS 197,093 discloses a process comprising reaction of triethylenetetramine with concentrated hydrochloric acid to obtain the crystalline tetrahydrochlonde salt. Further reaction of the salt with sodium ethoxide in solvent ethanol, filtration of the solid sodium chloride which is generated in the process, followed by slow cooling and crystallization of the filtrate provided the dihydrochloride salt. Optionally, aqueous solution of the tetrahydrochloride salt was passed through a column of an anion exchanger and the eluate containing free base was treated with a calculated amount of the tetrahydrochloride, evaporated, and the residue was crystallized from aqueous ethanol to yield the dihydrochloride salt.

The process is quite circuitous and cumbersome, requiring use of strong bases, filtration of sodium chloride and results in yields as low as 60%.

US 8,394,992 discloses a method for preparation of triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride wherein tertiary butoxycarbonyl (boc) protected triethylenetetramine is first converted to its tetrahydrochloride salt using large excess of hydrochloric acid in solvent isopropanol, followed by treatment of the resulting tetrahydrochloride salt with a strong base like sodium alkoxide to produce the amine free base (TETA) and sodium chloride salt in anhydrous conditions. The free amine is extracted with tertiary butyl methyl ether (TBME), followed by removal of sodium chloride salt and finally the amine free base TETA is treated with hydrochloric acid in solvent ethanol to give trientine hydrochloride salt.

PATENT

WO-2017046695

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Preparation of 2-([2-[cyanomethyl]-t-butyloxycarbonylamino]ethyl- 1-butyloxy carbonylamino)acetonitrile (5)

Potassium carbonate (481.9 g) was added to a stirred mixture of ethylenediamine (100.0 g) in acetonitrile (800 ml) and cooled to around 10°C. Chloroacetonitrile (263.8 g) was gradually added at same temperature and stirred at 25-30°C, till completion of the reaction, as monitored by HPLC. The mixture was cooled to 5-15°C and Boc-anhydride (762. lg) was added to it, followed by stirring at the same temperature. The temperature was raised to 25-30°C and the mass was stirred till completion of the reaction, as monitored by HPLC.

The reaction mass was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated. Toluene was added to the residue, and the mixture was heated to around 70°C followed by cooling and filtration to give 2-([2-[cyanomethyl)-t-butyloxycarbonylamino]ethyl-t-butyloxycarbonylamino) acetonitrile (5).

Yield: 506.8 g

% Yield: 89.9 %

Example 2: Preparation of t-butyl( N-2-aminoethyl)N-([2-[(2-aminoethyl)t-butyloxy)carbonylamino] ethyl) carbamate (6)

Raney nickel (120.0 g) in isopropanol (100 ml) was charged into an autoclave, followed by a mixture of Compound 5 (200 g) in isopropanol (400 ml). Cooled ammonia solution prepared by purging ammonia gas in 1400 ml isopropanol, equivalent to 125 g ammonia was gradually charged to the autoclave and the reaction was carried out around 15-25°C under hydrogen pressure of 2-5 Kg/cm².

After completion of the reaction, as monitored by HPLC, the mass was filtered, concentrated, and methyl tertiary butyl ether was added to the residue. The mixture was heated to around 50°C, followed by cooling of the mass, stirring, optional seeding with compound 6 and filtration to give tertiary butyl-(N-2-aminoethyl)N-([2-[(2-aminoethyl)-(tert-butyloxy) carbonylamino] ethyl) carbamate.

Yield: 174 g

%Yield: 85 %

Example 3: Preparation of triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride (1)

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (121.5 g) was gradually added to a stirred mixture of tertiary-butyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-2-[(2-aminoethyl)-(tert-butoxy) carbonyl] amino] ethyl} carbamate (Compound 6, 200.0 g) and water (1400 ml) at 20-30°C. The reaction mixture was heated in the temperature range of 100-105°C till completion of the reaction, as monitored by HPLC, with optionally distilling out water, if so required.

The reaction mass was concentrated and ethanol (600 ml) was added to the residue, followed by heating till a clear solution was obtained. The reaction mixture was gradually cooled with stirring, filtered and dried to provide triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride (1).

Yield: 88.9 g, (70 %)

Purity : > 99%

Patent

https://www.google.com/patents/US8394992

Trientine was said to be used in the synthesis of benzylidene-(2-{3-[2-(benzylidene-amino)-ethyl]-2-phenyl-imidazolidin-1-yl}-ethyl)-amine in French Patent No. FR2810035 to Guilard et al. Cetinkaya, E., et al., “Synthesis and characterization of unusual tetraminoalkenes,” J. Chem. Soc. 5:561-7 (1992), is said to be directed to synthesis of benzylidene-(2-{3-[2-(benzylidene-amino)-ethyl]-2-phenyl-imidazolidin-1-yl}-ethyl)-amine from trientine, as is Araki T., et al., “Site-selective derivatization of oligoethyleneimines using five-membered-ring protection method,” Macromol., 21:1995-2001 (1988). Triethylenetetramine may reportedly also be used in the synthesis of N-methylated triethylenetetramine, as reported in U.S. Pat. No. 2,390,766, to Zellhoefer et al.

Synthesis of polyethylenepolyamines, including triethylenetetramines, from ethylenediamine and monoethanolamine using pelleted group IVb metal oxide-phosphate type catalysts was reported by Vanderpool et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,806,517. Synthesis of triethylenetetramine from ethylenediamine and ethanolamine was also proposed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,550,209, to Unvert et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,225,599, to King et al. is said to be directed to the synthesis of linear triethylene tetramine by condensation of ethylenediamine and ethylene glycol in the presence of a catalyst. Joint production of triethylenetetramine and 1-(2-aminoethyl)-aminoethyl-piperazine was proposed by Borisenko et al. in U.S.S.R. Patent No. SU1541204. U.S. Pat. No. 4,766,247 and European Patent No. EP262562, both to Ford et al., reported the preparation of triethylenetetramine by reaction of an alkanolamine compound, an alkaline amine and optionally either a primary or secondary amine in the presence of a phosphorous containing catalyst, for example phosphoric acid on silica-alumina or Group IIIB metal acid phosphate, at a temperature from about 175° C. to 400° C. under pressure. These patents indicate that the synthetic method used therein was as set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,463,193, to Johnson. The Ford et al. ‘247 patent is also said to be directed to color reduction of polyamines by reaction at elevated temperature and pressure in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and a hydrogen atmosphere. European Patent No. EP450709 to King et al. is said to be directed to a process for the preparation of triethylenetetramine and N-(2-aminoethyl)ethanolamine by condensation of an alkylenamine and an alkylene glycol in the presence of a condensation catalyst and a catalyst promoter at a temperature in excess of 260° C.

Russian Patent No. RU2186761, to Zagidullin, proposed synthesis of diethylenetriamine by reaction of dichloroethane with ethylenediamine. Ethylenediamine has previously been said to have been used in the synthesis of N-carboxylic acid esters as reported in U.S. Pat. No. 1,527,868, to Hartmann et al.

Japanese Patent No. 06065161 to Hara et al. is said to be directed to the synthesis of polyethylenepolyamines by reacting ethylenediamine with ethanolamine in the presence of silica-treated Nb205 supported on a carrier. Japanese Patent No. JP03047154 to Watanabe et al., is said to be directed to production of noncyclic polyethylenepolyamines by reaction of ammonia with monoethanolamine and ethylenediamine. Production of non-cyclic polyethylenepolyamines by reaction of ethylenediamine and monoethanolamine in the presence of hydrogen or a phosphorous-containing substance was said to be reported in Japanese Patent No. JP03048644. Regenerative preparation of linear polyethylenepolyamines using a phosphorous-bonded catalyst was proposed in European Patent No. EP115,138, to Larkin et al.

A process for preparation of alkyleneamines in the presence of a niobium catalyst was said to be provided in European Patent No. 256,516, to Tsutsumi et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,584,405, to Vanderpool, reported the continuous synthesis of essentially noncyclic polyethylenepolyamines by reaction of monoethanolamine with ethylenediamine in the presence of an activated carbon catalyst under a pressure between about 500 to about 3000 psig., and at a temperature of between about 200° C. to about 400° C. Templeton, et al., reported on the preparation of linear polyethylenepolyamides asserted to result from reactions employing silica-alumina catalysts in European Patent No. EP150,558.

Production of triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride was said to have been reported in Kuhr et al., Czech Patent No. 197,093, via conversion of triethylenetetramine to crystalline tetrahydrochloride and subsequently to triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride. “A study of efficient preparation of triethylenetetramine dihydrochloride for the treatment of Wilson’s disease and hygroscopicity of its capsule,” Fujito, et al., Yakuzaigaku, 50:402-8 (1990), is also said to be directed to production of triethylenetetramine.

Preparation of triethylenetetramine salts used for the treatment of Wilson’s disease was said to be reported in “Treatment of Wilson’s Disease with Triethylene Tetramine Hydrochloride (Trientine),” Dubois, et al., J. Pediatric Gastro. & Nutrition, 10:77-81 (1990); “Preparation of Triethylenetetramine Dihydrochloride for the Treatment of Wilson’s Disease,” Dixon, et al., Lancet, 1(1775):853 (1972); “Determination of Triethylenetetramine in Plasma of Patients by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,” Miyazaki, et al., Chem. Pharm. Bull., 38(4):1035-1038 (1990); “Preparation of and Clinical Experiences with Trien for the Treatment of Wilson’s Disease in Absolute Intolerance of D-penicillamine,” Harders, et al., Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 70:10-12 (1977); “Tetramine cupruretic agents: A comparison in dogs,” Allen, et al., Am. J. Vet. Res., 48(1):28-30 (1987); and “Potentiometric and Spectroscopic Study of the Equilibria in the Aqueous Copper(II)-3,6-Diazaoctane-1,8-diamine System,” Laurie, et al., J.C.S. Dalton, 1882 (1976).

Preparation of Triethylenetetramine Salts by Reaction of Alcohol Solutions of Amines and acids was said to be reported in Polish Patent No. 105793, to Witek. Preparation of triethylenetetramine salts was also asserted in “Polycondensation of polyethylene polyamines with aliphatic dicarboxylic acids,” Witek, et al., Polimery, 20(3):118-119 (1975).

Baganz, H., and Peissker, H., Chem. Ber., 1957; 90:2944-2949; Haydock, D. B., and Mulholland, T. P. C., J. Chem. Soc., 1971; 2389-2395; and Rehse, K., et al., Arch. Pharm., 1994; 393-398, report on Strecker syntheses. Use of Boc and other protecting groups has been described. See, for example, Spicer, J. A. et al., Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2002; 10: 19-29; Klenke, B. and Gilbert, I. H., J. Org. Chem., 2001; 66: 2480-2483.

FIG. 6 shows an ¹H-NMR spectrum of a triethylenetetramine hydrochloride salt in D₂O, as synthesized in Example 3. NMR values include a frequency of 400.13 Mhz, a 1H nucleus, number of transients is 16, points count of 32768, pulse sequence of zg30, and sweep width of 8278.15 H

CLIP

http://jpdb.nihs.go.jp/jp17e/JP17e_1.pdf

Method of purification: Dissolve Trientine Hydrochloride in water while warming, and recrystallize by addition of ethanol (99.5). Or dissolve Trientine Hydrochloride in water while warming, allow to stand after addition of activated charcoal in a cool and dark place for one night, and filter. To the filtrate add ethanol (99.5), allow to stand in a cool and dark place, and recrystallize. Dry the crystals under reduced pressure not exceeding 0.67 kPa at 409C until ethanol odor disappears.

References

Triethylenetetramine

Names
Other names N,N’-Bis(2-aminoethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine; TETA; Trien; Trientine (INN); Syprine (brand name)
Identifiers
CAS Number	112-24-3
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
Beilstein Reference	605448
ChEBI	CHEBI:39501
ChemSpider	21106175
ECHA InfoCard	100.003.591
EC Number	203-950-6
Gmelin Reference	27008
KEGG	C07166
MeSH	Trientine
PubChem CID	5565
RTECS number	YE6650000
UNII	SJ76Y07H5F
UN number	2259
InChI[show]
SMILES[show]
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H18N4
Molar mass	146.24 g·mol−1
Appearance	Colorless liquid
Odor	Fishy, ammoniacal
Density	982 mg mL−1
Melting point	−34.6 °C; −30.4 °F; 238.5 K
Boiling point	266.6 °C; 511.8 °F; 539.7 K
Solubility in water	Miscible
log P	1.985
Vapor pressure	<1 Pa (at 20 °C)
Refractive index (nD)	1.496
Thermochemistry
Specific heat capacity (C)	376 J K−1 mol−1 (at 60 °C)
Pharmacology
ATC code	A16AX12 (WHO)
Hazards
GHS pictograms
GHS signal word	DANGER
GHS hazard statements	H312, H314, H317, H412
GHS precautionary statements	P273, P280, P305+351+338, P310
EU classification (DSD)	C
R-phrases	R21, R34, R43, R52/53
S-phrases	(S1/2), S26, S36/37/39, S45
Flash point	129 °C (264 °F; 402 K)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose)	550 mg kg−1 (dermal, rabbit) 2.5 g kg−1 (oral, rat)
Related compounds
Related amines	Ethylenediamine Diethylenetriamine Cyclam
Related compounds	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

///////////////TRIENTINE, 112-24-3, 曲恩汀 , KD-034 , MK-0681, MK-681, TECZA, TETA, TJA-250, Orphan drug

NCCNCCNCCN

Debio-1452, AFN 1252

AFN-1252; UNII-T3O718IKKM; API-1252; CAS 620175-39-5; CHEMBL1652621; (E)-N-methyl-N-((3-methylbenzofuran-2-yl)methyl)-3-(7-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)acrylamide

GlaxoSmithKline plc INNOVATOR

Debiopharm SA,

Melioidosis, Enoyl ACP reductase Fabl inhibitor

Debio-1452, a novel class fatty acid biosynthesis (FAS) II pathway inhibitor, was studied in phase II clinical trials for the oral treatment of staphylococcal infections, including hospital and community-acquired MRSA and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections. Debiopharm is developing oral and IV formulations of a prodrug of Debio-1452, Debio-1450.

Infections caused by or related to bacteria are a major cause of human illness worldwide. Unfortunately, the frequency of resistance to standard antibacterials has risen dramatically over the last decade, especially in relation to Staphylococcus aureus. For example, such resistant S. aureus includes MRSA, resistant to methicillin, vancomycin, linezolid and many other classes of antibiotics, or the newly discovered New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase- 1 (NDM-1) type resistance that has shown to afford bacterial resistant to most known antibacterials, including penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, quinolones and fluoroquinolones, macrolides, etc. Hence, there exists an urgent, unmet, medical need for new agents acting against bacterial targets..

In recent years, inhibitors of Fabl, a bacterial target involved in bacterial fatty acid synthesis, have been developed and many have been promising in regard to their potency and tolerability in humans, including a very promising Fabl inhibitor, (E)-N-methyl-N-((3-methylbenzofuran-2-yl)methyl)-3-(7-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-l,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)acrylamide. This compound, however, has been found to be difficult or impracticable to formulate into acceptable oral and parenteral (e.g., intravenous or subcutaneous) formulations, and has marked insolubility, poor solution stability, and oral bioavailability. Much effort, over a decade or more, has been expended to design and synthesize an alternative compound that retains the significant inhibition of Fabl upon administration, but has improved physical and chemical characteristics that finally allow for practical oral and parenteral formulations. Up to now, no such compound has been identified that has adequate stability in the solid state, in aqueous solutions, together with excellent oral bioavailability that is necessary for oral and/or a parenteral administration, and is capable of being formulated into an oral and/or intravenous or intramuscular drug product using practical and commonly utilized methods of sterile formulation manufacture.

Debio-1452 is expected to have high potency against all drug-resistant phenotypes of staphylococci, including hospital and community-acquired MRSA.

Affinium obtained Debio-1452, also known as API-1252, through a licensing deal with GlaxoSmithKline. In 2014, Debiopharm acquired the product from Affinium.

In 2013, Qualified Infectious Disease Product designation was assigned to the compound for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI).

SYNTHESIS

Heck coupling of 6-bromo-3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2-one with t-butyl acrylate in the presence of Pd(OAc)2, DIEA and P(o-tol)3  in propionitrile/DMF or acetonitrile/DMF affords naphthyridinyl-acrylate,

Whose t-butyl ester group is then cleaved using TFA in CH2Cl2 to furnish, after treatment with HCl in dioxane, 3-(7-oxo-6,8-dihydro-5H-1,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)acrylic acid hydrochloride

SEE BELOW………

Finally, coupling of acid with N-methyl-N-(3-methylbenzofuran-2-ylmethyl)amine using EDC, HOBt and DIEA in DMF provides the target AFN-1252

Preparation of N-methyl-N-(3-methylbenzofuran-2-ylmethyl)amine :

Chlorination of 3-methylbenzofuran-2-carboxylic acid  with (COCl)2 and catalytic DMF, followed by condensation with CH3NH2 in CH2Cl2 yields the corresponding benzofuran-2-carboxamide,

Which is then reduced with LiAlH4 in THF to furnish N-methyl-N-(3-methylbenzofuran-2-ylmethyl)amine.

CONTD……..

Reduction of 2-aminonicotinic acid  with LiAlH4 in THF gives (2-amino-3-pyridinyl)methanol ,

which upon bromination with Br2 in AcOH yields (2-amino-5-bromo-3-pyridinyl)methanol hydrobromide.

Substitution of alcohol  with aqueous HBr at reflux provides the corresponding bromide,

which undergoes cyclocondensation with dimethyl malonate  in the presence of NaH in DMF/THF to furnish methyl 6-bromo-2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylate.

Hydrolysis of ester with NaOH in refluxing MeOH, followed by decarboxylation in refluxing HCl leads to 6-bromo-3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2-one

PATENT

US-20170088822

Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd

Novel co-crystalline polymorphic form of a binary enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) and FabI inhibitor ie AFN-1252. The FabI was isolated from Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bpm). The co-crystal is useful for identifying an inhibitor of FabI, which is useful for treating BpmFabI associated disease ie melioidosis. Appears to be the first patenting to be seen from Aurigene Discovery Technologies or its parent Dr Reddy’s that focuses on BpmFabI crystal; however, see WO2015071780, claiming alkylidine substituted heterocyclyl derivatives as FabI inhibitors, useful for treating bacterial infections. Aurigene was investigating FabI inhibitors, for treating infectious diseases, including bacterial infections such as MRSA infection, but its development had been presumed to have been discontinued since December 2015; however, publication of this application would suggest otherwise.

WO2015071780

PATENTS

US 20060142265

http://www.google.co.in/patents/US20060142265

PATENT

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2013190384&recNum=1&maxRec=&office=&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=&tab=PCTDescription

////////////Debio-1452, AFN 1252,AFN-1252, UNII-T3O718IKKM, API-1252, 620175-39-5, PRECLINICAL, Phase 2, Qualified Infectious Disease Product designation

CC1=C(OC2=CC=CC=C12)CN(C)C(=O)C=CC3=CC4=C(NC(=O)CC4)N=C3

The greening of peptide synthesis

Abstract

The synthesis of peptides by amide bond formation between suitably protected amino acids is a fundamental part of the drug discovery process. However, the required coupling and deprotection reactions are routinely carried out in dichloromethane and DMF, both of which have serious toxicity concerns and generate waste solvent which constitutes the vast majority of the waste generated during peptide synthesis. In this work, propylene carbonate has been shown to be a green polar aprotic solvent which can be used to replace dichloromethane and DMF in both solution- and solid-phase peptide synthesis. Solution-phase chemistry was carried out with Boc/benzyl protecting groups to the tetrapeptide stage, no epimerisation occurred during these syntheses and chemical yields for both coupling and deprotection reactions in propylene carbonate were at least comparable to those obtained in conventional solvents. Solid-phase peptide synthesis was carried out using Fmoc protected amino acids on a ChemMatrix resin and was used to prepare the biologically relevant nonapeptide bradykinin with comparable purity to a sample prepared in DMF.

Boc-Ala-Phe-OBn 5a    ref S1

Boc-Ala-OH (324 mg, 1.71 mmol) and HCl.H-Phe-OBn (500 mg, 1.71 mmol) were coupled according to the general coupling procedure. The residue was purified using flash column chromatography (35:65, EtOAc:PE) to give Boc-Ala-Phe-OBn 5a as a white crystalline solid (682 mg, 93%). RF = 0.34 (40:60, EtOAc:PE);

mp 95.6-96.3 °C;

[α]D 23 -27.7 (c 1.0 in MeOH);

IR (Neat) νmax 3347 (m), 3063 (w), 3029 (w), 2928 (m), 2852 (w), 1735 (w), 1684 1666 and 1521 (s) cm-1;

1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.36-7.31 (m, 3H, ArH), 7.29-7.24 (m, 2H, ArH), 7.26-7.21 (m, 3H, ArH), 7.04-6.97 (m, 2H, ArH), 6.72 (d J 7.7 Hz, 1H, Phe-NH), 5.16-5.10 (m, 1H, Ala-NH), 5.13 (d J 12.1 Hz, 1H, OCH2Ph), 5.07 (d J 12.1 Hz, 1H, OCH2Ph), 4.88 (dt, J 7.7, 5.9 1H, PheNCH), 4.11 (br, 1H, Ala-NCH), 3.13 (dd J 13.9, 6.1 Hz, 1H, CH2Ph), 3.08 (dd J 13.9, 6.1 Hz, 1H, CH2Ph), 1.41 (s, 9H, C(CH3)3), 1.29 (d J 6.6 Hz, 3H, CH3);

13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 172.3 (C=O), 171.2 (C=O), 155.6 (NC=O), 135.7 (ArC), 135.1 (ArC), 129.5 (ArCH), 128.7 (ArCH), 128.6 (ArCH), 127.2 (ArCH), 80.2 (CMe3), 67.4 (OCH2Ph), 53.3 (Phe-NCH), 50.3 (Ala-NCH), 38.0 (CH2Ph), 28.4 (C(CH3)3), 18.5 (CH3);

MS (ESI) m/z 449 [(M+Na)+ , 100]; HRMS (ESI) m/z calculated for C24H30N2O5Na 449.2048 (M+Na)+ , found 449.2047 (0.6 ppm error).

S1 J. Nam, D. Shin, Y. Rew and D. L. Boger, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 8747–8755; Q. Wang, Y. Wang and M. Kurosu, Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 3372–3375.

(1R,2S)-2-(Aminomethyl)-N,N-diethyl-1 phenylcyclobutanecarboxamide (19)

1 H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.36–7.33 (m, 4H), 7.25–7.21 (m, 1H), 3.51–3.43 (qd, J = 13.8 Hz, 6.8 Hz, 1H), 3.15–2.87 (m, 7H), 2.81–2.72 (m, 2H), 2.23–2.14 (m, 1H), 2.04–1.97 (m, 1H), 1.62 (tdd, J = 10.5 Hz, 5.7 Hz, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 1.07 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3H), 0.35 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3H) ppm;

13C NMR (CDCl3) δ 172.7, 143.3, 128.8, 126.4, 125.3, 54.6, 44.4, 42.4, 41.0, 39.5, 31.1, 19.0, 12.2, 12.0 ppm;

IR (neat) 3364, 1622, 1437, 905, 728 cm−1 ;

[α] 20 D +1.5 (c 0.5, CHCl3) (lit.5 [α]D +0.84);

ESI-MS (ES+ ) 261 [M + H]+ ; HRMS m/z calcd for C16H25N2O: 261.1958, found: 261.1961;

chiral HPLC (CHIRALCEL OJ-RH 150 × 4.6 mm, H2O/MeOH 35 : 65, flow rate 1 mL min−1 , detection at 254 nm), tmajor = 8.5 min, tminor = 6.7 min, er 95 : 5. Of note, compound 19 was acetylated with acetic anhydride/NEt3 prior to HPLC analysis.

5 S. Cuisiat, A. Newman-Tancredi, O. Vitton and B. Vacher, WO patent, 112597, 2010

Enantioselective synthesis of a cyclobutane analogue of Milnacipran

Enantioselective synthesis of a cyclobutane analogue of Milnacipran

Dinh-Vu Nguyen,^a  Edmond Gravel,^a  David-Alexandre Buisson,^a  Marc Nicolas^b  and  Eric Doris*^a 

^aService de Chimie Bioorganique et de Marquage (SCBM), CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

E-mail: eric.doris@cea.fr

^bInstitut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Centre de Recherche et Développement, 3 avenue Hubert Curien, 31035 Toulouse, France

Abstract

The asymmetric synthesis of a cyclobutane analogue of the antidepressant drug Milnacipran is reported. The optically active derivative incorporates a central cyclobutane ring in lieu of the cyclopropane unit classically found in Milnacipran. The two stereogenic centres borne by the cyclobutane were sequentially installed starting from phenylacetonitrile.

(S)-4-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-N-(1-phenylethyl)piperidine-1-carboxamide (1)

Process Development and Good Manufacturing Practice Production of a Tyrosinase Inhibitor via Titanium-Mediated Coupling between Unprotected Resorcinols and Ketones

Thibaud Gerfaud^* , Cédric Martin, Karinne Bouquet, Sandrine Talano, Corinne Millois-Barbuis, Branislav Musicki, Jean-Guy Boiteau^* , and Isabelle Cardinaud

Nestlé Skin Health R&D, 2400 Route des colles BP 87, 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France

Org. Process Res. Dev., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.7b00036

*E-mail: Thibaud.Gerfaud@galderma.com., *E-mail: Jean-Guy.Boiteau@galderma.com.

ACS Editors’ Choice – This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.

Thibaud Gerfaud

Team Leader Process Chemistry

Boiteau Jean-Guy

Head of Process Research & Development

Nestlé Skin Health

Abstract

A concise and economically attractive process for the synthesis of a novel tyrosinase inhibitor has been developed and implemented on a multikilogram scale under GMP. A major achievement to the success of the process is the development of a direct coupling between free resorcinol and ketone. First developed under basic conditions, this coupling has been turned to a novel titanium(IV) mediated process allowing good selectivity, easy isolation, and high atom efficiency. Other key steps feature an alkene reduction by palladium catalyzed transfer hydrogenation and a urea formation using N,N′-disuccinimidyl carbonate as the carbonyl source. This route allowed us to produce kilogram batches of the candidate to support preclinical and clinical studies.

Boiteau, J.-G.; Bouquet, K.; Talano, S.; Millois-Barbuis, C. Patent WO 2010/063774 A1, 2010.

More………………

Cas 1228342-28-6

MF C₂₀ H₂₄ N₂ O_3,

_{MW  340.42}

1-Piperidinecarboxamide, 4-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]-

• 4-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-N-[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]-1-piperidinecarboxamide
• 4-(2,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylic acid N-((S)-1-phenylethyl)amide

Inventors	Jean-Guy Boiteau , Karine Bouquet , Sandrine Talano , Barbuis Corinne Millois
Applicant	Galderma Research & Development

WO 2010063774

Novel 4- (azacycloalkyl)benzene-l ,3-diol compounds as tyrosinase inhibitors, process for the preparation thereof and use thereof in human medicine and in cosmetics

The invention relates to novel 4- (azacycloalkyl) benzene-1, 3-diol compounds as industrial and useful products. It also relates to the process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof, as tyrosinase inhibitors, in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions for use in the treatment or prevention of pigmentary disorders.

Skin pigmentation, in particular human skin pigmentation, is the result of melanin synthesis by dendritic cells, melanocytes. Melanocytes contain organelles called melanosomes which transfer melanin into the upper layers of keratinocytes which are then transported to the surface of the skin through differentiation of the epidermis (Gilchrest BA, Park HY, Eller MS, Yaar M, Mechanisms of ultraviolet light-induced pigmentation. Photochem Photobiol 1996; 63: 1-10; Hearing VJ, Tsukamoto K, Enzymatic control of pigmentation in mammals. FASEB J 1991; 5: 2902-2909) .

Among the enzymes of melanogenesis, tyrosinase is a key enzyme which catalyses the first two steps of melanin synthesis. Homozygous mutations of tyrosinase cause oculocutaneous albinism type I characterized by a complete lack of melanin synthesis (Toyofuku K, Wada I, Spritz RA, Hearing VJ, The molecular basis of oculocutaneous albinism type 1 (OCAl) : sorting failure and degradation of mutant tyrosinases results in a lack of pigmentation. Biochem J 2001; 355: 259-269) .

In order to treat pigmentation disorders resulting from an increase in melanin production, for which there is no treatment that meets all the expectations of patients and dermatologists, it is important to develop new therapeutic approaches.

Most of the skin-lightening compounds that are already known are phenols or hydroquinone derivatives.

These compounds inhibit tyrosinase, but the majority of them are cytotoxic to melanocytes owing to the formation of quinones. There is a risk of this toxic effect causing a permanent depigmentation of the skin. The obtaining of compounds that can inhibit melanogenesis while at the same time being very weakly cytotoxic or devoid of toxicity to melanocytes is most particularly sought.

Among the compounds already described in the literature, patent application WO 99/15148 discloses the use of 4-cycloalkyl resorcinols as depigmenting agents .

Patent FR2704428 discloses the use of 4-halo-resorcinols as depigmenting agents.

Patent applications WO 2006/097224 and WO 2006/097223 disclose the use of 4-cycloalkylmethyl resorcinols as depigmenting agents.

Patent application WO 2005/085169 discloses the use of alkyl 3- (2, 4-dihydroxyphenyl) propionate as a depigmenting agent.

Patent application WO 2004/017936 discloses the use of 3- (2, 4-dihydroxyphenyl) acrylamide as a depigmenting agent.

Patent application WO 2004/052330 discloses the use of 4- [ 1, 3] dithian-2-ylresorcinols as depigmenting agents .

More particularly, patent EP0341664 discloses the use of 4-alkyl resorcinols as depigmenting agents, among which 4-n-butyl resorcinol, also known as rucinol, is part of the composition of a depigmenting cream sold under the name Iklen^®.

The applicant has now discovered, unexpectedly and surprisingly, that novel compounds of 4- (azacycloalkyl) benzene-1, 3-diol structure have a very good tyrosinase enzyme-inhibiting activity and a very low cytotoxicity. Furthermore, these compounds have a tyrosinase enzyme-inhibiting activity that is greater than that of rucinol while at the same time being less cytotoxic with respect to melanocytes than rucinol.

These compounds find uses in human medicine, in particular in dermatology, and in the cosmetics field.

FR 2939135

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O=C(N[C@@H](C)c1ccccc1)N2CCC(CC2)c3ccc(O)cc3O

EVP4593; EVP 4593; EVP-4593

QNZ(EVP4593) is a derivative of 6-aminoquinazoline class that has been previously isolated as an inhibitor of PMA/PHA-induced NF-κB pathway activation in Jurkat cells (IC50= 9 nM).

QNZ(EVP4593) is a derivative of 6-aminoquinazoline class that has been previously isolated as an inhibitor of PMA/PHA-induced NF-κB pathway activation in Jurkat cells (IC50= 9 nM).
IC50 Value: 9 nM [1]
Target: NF-kB signaling
in vitro: The efficacy of EVP4593 was dose-dependent in the range between 100 uM and 400 uM in the fly food. The EVP4593 had no significant effect on climbing performance of HD flies at 50 ?M. The EVP4593 had no toxic effects on Drosophila in the range of concentrations tested in our assays (50 – 400 ?M) [1]. Addition of 300 nM of EVP4593 resulted in strong attenuation of SOC Ca2+ influx in YAC128 MSN neurons. On average the amplitude of SOC Ca2+ entry in YAC128 MSN was reduced from 0.30 ± 0.02 (n = 29) in the presence of DMSO control to 0.11 ± 0.02 (n = 54) in the presence of 300 nM of EVP4593 (p < 0.001).
in vivo:

Paper

Identification of 4-N-[2-(4-phenoxyphenyl)ethyl]quinazoline-4,6-diamine as a novel, highly potent and specific inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I

Abstract

By probing the quinone substrate binding site of mitochondrial complex I with a focused set of quinazoline-based compounds, we identified substitution patterns as being critical for the observed inhibition. The structure activity relationship study also resulted in the discovery of the quinazoline 4-N-[2-(4-phenoxyphenyl)ethyl]quinazoline-4,6-diamine (EVP4593) as a highly potent inhibitor of the multisubunit membrane protein. EVP4593 specifically and effectively reduces the mitochondrial complex I-dependent respiration with no effect on the respiratory chain complexes II–IV. Similar to established Q-site inhibitors, EVP4593 elicits the release of reactive oxygen species at the flavin site of mitochondrial complex I. Recently, EVP4593 was nominated as a lead compound for the treatment of Huntingtons disease. Our results challenge the postulated primary mode-of-action of EVP4593 as an inhibitor of NF-κB pathway activation and/or store-operated calcium influx.

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C1=CC=C(C=C1)OC2=CC=C(C=C2)CCNC3=NC=NC4=C3C=C(C=C4)N

GLGP 1837

CAS 1654725-02-6

MF C₁₆ H₂₀ N₄ O₃ S, MW 348.42

For cystic fibrosis treatment

1H-Pyrazole-3-carboxamide, N-[3-(aminocarbonyl)-4,7-dihydro-5,5,7,7-tetramethyl-5H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-2-yl]-

SYNTHESIS

GLGP 1837

ABC transporters are a family of homologous membrane transporter proteins regulating the transport of a wide variety of pharmacological agents (for example drugs, xenobiotics, anions, etc…) that bind and use cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for their specific activities. Some of these transporters were found to defend malignant cancer cells against chemotherapeutic agents, acting as multidrug resistance proteins (like the MDRl-P glycoprotein, or the multidrug resistance protein, MRP 1). So far, 48 ABC transporters, grouped into 7 families based on their sequence identity and function, have been identified.

ABC transporters provide protection against harmful environmental compounds by regulating a variety of important physiological roles within the body, and therefore represent important potential drug targets for the treatment of diseases associated with transporter defects, outwards cell drug transport, and other diseases in which modulation of ABC transporter activity may be beneficial.

The cAMP/ATP -mediated anion channel, CFTR, is one member of the ABC transporter family commonly associated with diseases, which is expressed in a variety of cells types, including absorptive and secretory epithelia cells, where it regulates anion flux across the membrane, as well as the activity of other ion channels and proteins. The activity of CFTR in epithelial cells is essential for the maintenance of electrolyte transport throughout the body, including respiratory and digestive tissue. (Quinton, 1990)

The gene encoding CFTR has been identified and sequenced (Kerem et al., 1989). CFTR comprises about 1480 amino acids that encode a protein made up of a tandem repeat of transmembrane domains, each containing six transmembrane helices and a nucleotide binding domain. The pair of

transmembrane domains is linked by a large, polar, regulatory (R)-domain with multiple phosphorylation sites that regulate channel activity and cellular trafficking.

Cystic fibrosis is caused by a defect in this gene which induces mutations in CFTR. Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease in humans, and affects -0.04% of white individuals(Bobadilla et al., 2002), for example, in the United States, about one in every 2,500 infants is affected, and up to 10 million people carry a single copy of the defective gene without apparent ill effects; moreover subjects bearing a single copy of the gene exhibit increased resistance to cholera and to dehydration resulting from diarrhea. This effect might explain the relatively high frequency of the CF gene within the population.

In contrast, individuals with two copies of the CF associated gene suffer from the debilitating and fatal effects of CF, including chronic lung infections.

In cystic fibrosis patients, mutations in endogenous respiratory epithelial CFTR fails to confer chloride and bicarbonate permeability to epithelial cells in lung and other tissues, thus leading to reduced apical anion secretion and disruptions of the ion and fluid transport. This decrease in anion transport causes an enhanced mucus and pathogenic agent accumulation in the lung triggering microbial infections that ultimately cause death in CF patients.

Beyond respiratory disease, CF patients also suffer from gastrointestinal problems and pancreatic insufficiency that result in death if left untreated. Furthermore, female subjects with cystic fibrosis suffer from decreased fertility, whilst males with are infertile.

A variety of disease causing mutations has been identified through sequence analysis of the CFTR gene of CF chromosomes (Kerem et al., 1989). AF508-CFTR, the most common CF mutation (present in at least 1 allele in~90 % of CF patients) and occurring in approximately 70% of the cases of cystic fibrosis, contains a single amino acid deletion of phenylalanine 508. This deletion prevents the nascent protein from folding correctly, which protein in turn cannot exit the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and traffic to the plasma membrane, and then is rapidly degraded. As a result, the number of channels present in the membrane is far less than in cells expressing wild-type CFTR. In addition to impaired trafficking, the mutation results in defective channel gating. Indeed, even if AF508-CFTR is allowed to reach the cell plasma membrane by low-temperature (27°C) rescue where it can function as a cAMP-activated chloride channel, its activity is decreased significantly compared with WT-CFTR (Pasyk and Foskett, 1995).

Other mutations with lower incidence have also been identified that alter the channel regulation or the channel conductance. In case of the channel regulation mutants, the mutated protein is properly trafficked and localized to the plasma membrane but either cannot be activated or cannot function as a chloride channel (e.g. missense mutations located within the nucleotide binding domains), examples of these mutations are G551D, G178R, G1349D. Mutations affecting chloride conductance have a CFTR protein that is correctly trafficked to the cell membrane but that generates reduced chloride- flow (e.g. missense mutations located within the membrane-spanning domain), examples of these mutations are Rl 17H, R334W.

In addition to cystic fibrosis, CFTR activity modulation may be beneficial for other diseases not directly caused by mutations in CFTR, such as, for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dry eye disease, and Sjogren’s Syndrome.

[0014] COPD is characterized by a progressive and non-reversible airflow limitation, which is due to mucus hypersecretion, bronchiolitis, and emphysema. A potential treatment of mucus hypersecretion and impaired mucociliary clearance that is common in COPD could consist in using activators of mutant or wild-type CFTR. In particular, the anion secretion increase across CFTR may facilitate fluid transport into the airway surface liquid to hydrate the mucus and optimize periciliary fluid viscosity. The resulting enhanced mucociliary clearance would help in reducing the symptoms associated with COPD.

[0015] Dry eye disease is characterized by a decrease in tear production and abnormal tear film lipid, protein and mucin profiles. Many factors may cause dry eye disease, some of which include age, arthritis, Lasik eye surgery, chemical/thermal burns, medications, allergies, and diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and Sjogrens’s syndrome. Increasing anion secretion via CFTR could enhance fluid transport from the corneal endothelial cells and secretory glands surrounding the eye, and eventually improve corneal hydration, thus helping to alleviate dry eye disease associated symptoms. Sjogrens’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease where the immune system harms moisture-producing glands throughout the body, including the eye, mouth, skin, respiratory tissue, liver, vagina, and gut. The ensuing symptoms, include, dry eye, mouth, and vagina, as well as lung disease. Sjogrens’s syndrome is also associated with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, systemic sclerosis, and polymypositis/dermatomyositis. The cause of the disease is believed to lie in defective protein trafficking, for which treatment options are limited. As a consequence, modulation of CFTR activity may help hydrating the various organs and help to elevate the associated symptoms.

In addition to CF, the defective protein trafficking induced by the AF508-CFTR has been shown to be the underlying basis for a wide range of other diseases, in particular diseases where the defective functioning of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) may either prevent the CFTR protein to exit the cell, and/or the misfolded protein is degraded (Morello et al., 2000; Shastry, 2003; Zhang et al., 2012).

[0017] A number of genetic diseases are associated with a defective ER processing equivalent to the defect observed with CFTR in CF such as glycanosis CDG type 1, hereditary emphysema (α-1-antitrypsin (PiZ variant)), congenital hyperthyroidism, osteogenesis imperfecta (Type I, II, or IV procollagen), hereditary hypofibrinogenemia (fibrinogen), ACT deficiency (α-1-antichymotrypsin), diabetes insipidus (DI), neurophyseal DI (vasopvessin hormoneN2 -receptor), neprogenic DI (aquaporin II), Charcot-Marie Tooth syndrome (peripheral myelin protein 22), Perlizaeus-Merzbacher disease, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (APP and presenilins), Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive supranuclear plasy, Pick’s disease, several polyglutamine neurological disorders such as Huntington’s disease, spinocerebullar ataxia type I, spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy,

dentatorubal pallidoluysian, and myotonic dystrophy, as well as spongiform encephalopathies, such as hereditary Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (prion protein processing defect), Fabry disease (lysosomal a-galactosidase A), Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dry eye disease, and Sjogren’s Syndrome.

In addition to up-regulation of the activity of CFTR, anion secretion reduction by CFTR modulators may be beneficial for the treatment of secretory diarrheas, in which epithelial water transport is dramatically increased as a result of secretagogue activated chloride transport. The mechanism involves elevation of cAMP and stimulation of CFTR.

[0019] Regardless of the cause, excessive chloride transport is seen in all diarrheas, and results in dehydration, acidosis, impaired growth and death. Acute and chronic diarrheas remain a major medical problem worldwide, and are a significant factor in malnutrition, leading to death in children of less than five years old (5,000,000 deaths/year). Furthermore, in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and/or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), diarrhea is a dangerous condition

GLGP 1837

PATENT

WO 2015018823

Scheme 1: synthesis of the core and subsequent amide coupling

O

1 M HCI

amide coupling

HO Λ R-i

Example 2. Synthesis of intermediates

Intermediate 2: 2,2, 6,6-tetramethyltetrahydro-4H-pyran-4-one

Phorone or 2,6-dimethyl-2,5-heptadien-4-one (1 eq) is mixed with an aqueous 1 M HCI solution and the obtained emulsion is stirred at 40°C for 6 days. The water phase is extracted with DCM, and the organic phase is concentrated and purified by distillation to afford the desired product.

Alternative synthesis of Intermediate 2

[00208] A 20 L reactor is charged with aqueous 6M HCI and is warmed up to 30 °C. Molten Phorone is added while stirring vigorously at 40°C for up to 3 h until completion. The resulting solution is then cooled to 30°C and extracted with 4 x 1 L DCM. The combined organic phases are washed with saturated NaHC0₃ solution (400 niL) and are dried over Na₂S0₄. The resulting crude misture is then concentrated under vacuo, and finally purified by distillation.

Intermediate 3: 2-Amino-5,5, 7, 7-tetramethyl-4, 7-dihydro-5H-thieno[2, 3-c]pyran-3-carboxylic acid amide

Route 1 :

To a flask containing 2,2,6,6-tetramethyltetrahydro-4H-pyran-4-one (Int 2, 1 eq), cyanoacetamide (1 eq), sulfur (0.9 eq) and diethylamine (1.1 eq) are added. EtOH is then added and the resulting mixture is stirred at 40°C overnight. The reaction is diluted with water and partially concentrated by evaporation causing the precipitation of a solid that is separated by filtration. The cake is then washed with water and hexane to afford the desired product.

Alternative synthesis 1 of intermediate 3

Starting from 2,2,6,6-tetramethyltetrahydro-4H-pyran-4-one (Int 2, 1 eq), cyanoacetamide (1.1 eq) and morpholine (1.5 eq) are heated in EtOH at 80°C under inert atmosphere. After 6 h of heating, the mixture is cooled down, and sulfur (1.1 eq) is added. Next, the mixture is heated at 80°C overnight, then concentrated in vacuo and extracted with saturated NH₄C1 and NaHCOs. The organic phase is subsequently dried over MgSO i, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue obtained can finally be purified by column chromatography.

Alternative synthesis 2 of intermediate 3

A 20L glass reactor with a mechanical stirrer (400 rpm) and a reflux condenser is charged with 2,2,6,6-tetramethyltetrahydro-4H-pyran-4-one (Int 2) (1.466 kg, 9.01 mol, l eq) and 2-cyanoacetamide (1.363 kg, 1.8 eq.) followed by absolute EtOH (4.5 L) and morpholine (0.706 kg, 0.9 eq.). The resulting suspension is heated for 23 h at 75°C (internal temperature). After 23 h, sulfur (0.26 kg, 0.9 eq.) is added in one portion at 75°C and the resulting suspension is stirred further for 90 min after which the resulting solution is cooled to 20°C. Then, the entire solution is concentrated in vacuo (50 mbar / 45°C) to yield a solid residue. Water (13.5 L) is added in one portion at 75°C and the mixture is cooled to 22°C. Stirring (700 rpm at 22°C) is continued for 2.5h. The solids are separated by filtration, dried under vacuum suction, and subsequently in the vacuum oven at 40°C over 3d to obtain yield the desired product.

Intermediate 11: Dipyrazolo l,5-a;l ‘,5’-dJpyrazine-4,9-dione

[00213] 10 g (89 mmol) of pyrrazole carboxylic acid is suspended in toluene 100 mL at room temperature. Then, 2 equivalents of thionyl chloride are added, followed by a catalytic amount of DMF (0.5 ml). The mixture was stirred for lh at 75°C. After lh at 70 °C, the reaction was cooled to room temperature, the solid material was collected by filtration, washed with toluene and resuspended in DCM. Triethylamine (2 equivalents) was added and the suspension was stirred for 2h at room temperature. The product was collected by filtration, washed with DCM and dried at 40°C under vacuum to afford the desired product.

Example 4. Illustrative examples for the Preparation of the Compounds of Invention

Compound 2: N-(3-carbamoyl-5, 5, 7, 7 -tetramet yl-5 , 7-dihydro-4H-thieno[2, 3-c]pyran-2-yl)-lH-pyr zole-5-carboxamide

[00274] Intermediate 3 (15 g, 59 mmol) and 2H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid (9.9 g, 88 mmol) are suspended in DCM (250 mL). Mukaiyama reagent (2-chloro-l-methylpyridinium iodide) (18.1 g, 71 mmol), TEA (24.7 mL, 177 mmol) and DMAP (3.6 g, 29 mmol) are added. The reaction mixture is stirred at 40°C overnight and then cooled. The mixture is evaporated and the obtained crude is suspended in a 1 M HC1 solution. After stirring for 10 min, the suspension is filtered and obtained precipitate is isolated. This precipitate is re-suspended in a 0.1 M citric acid solution. Again, filtration gives a precipitate. A third trituration is done using ether as a solvent to give a precipitate after filtration. Finally, the precipitate (13.6 g) is suspended in EtOH (816 mL) and heated at reflux. To this suspension, 65 mL of DMF is added and a clear solution is obtained. The solution is concentrated to 275 mL and cooled at 0°C. A suspension is obtained, the solid is separated by filtration, and the cake is dried affording the desired product.

Alternative route

[00275] To a stirred (400 rpm) solution of 600 g (2.36 mol) of Intermediate 3 in DMAc (6 L), is added at ambient temperature 1.3 equivalents of Intermediate 11. To this resulting suspension, at room temperature, DIPEA (618 mL, 1.5 eq.) is added in small portions over a period of 5 min. The resulting suspension is heated to 80 °C and stirred for 18h at this temperature. The resulting mixture is cooled to 15°C and an aqueous saturated NH₄C1 solution (7.5 L) is added over 30 minutes thus maintening the internal temperature between 15-24 °C. The resulting solid product is collected by filtration, and triturated with water (7.5 L) under mechanical stirring (600 rpm) for 30 min. The resulting suspension is filtered and the resulting solid is triturated in MTBE (8 L) under mechanical stirring for 45 minutes. The resulting solid is separated by filtration, and dried in a vacuum stove.

[00276] Finally, the solid is purified by hot trituration in ethanol. Therefore, the crude solid is suspended in absolute EtOH (16 L) for 1.5 h at 78 °C. The suspension is cooled to 20 °C and subsequently stirred for another hour. The solid product was collected by filtration, washed with 500 mL and again with 200 ml absolute EtOH, then dried to yield the desired product.

1H NMR PREDICT

13 C NMR PREDICT

REFERENCES

First speaker at 1st disclosures is Steven Van der Plas of @GalapagosNV talking about a cystic fibrosis treatment #ACSSanFran

http://acsmeetings.cenmag.org/first-time-disclosures-of-clinical-candidates-at-acssanfran/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=MeetingSF17

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NC(=O)c2c3CC(C)(C)OC(C)(C)c3sc2NC(=O)c1ccnn1

BMS 986158

MF C₃₀H₃₃N₅O₂, MW495.627 g/mol

CAS 1800340-40-2

5H-Pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-methanol, 3-(1,4-dimethyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-α,α-dimethyl-5-[(S)-phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methyl]-

MOA：Bromodomain and extraterminal domain protein inhibitor

Indication：Solid tumoursStatus：

Phase II ：Bristol-Myers Squibb (Originator)

Phase I/IISolid tumours

• Originator Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Class Antineoplastics; Small molecules
• Mechanism of Action Bromodomain and extraterminal domain protein inhibitors

• 01 Jun 2015 Phase-I/II clinical trials for Solid tumours (Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease) in Canada (NCT02419417)
• 02 Apr 2015 Bristol-Myers Squibb plans a phase I/IIa trial for Solid tumours (Late-stage disease) in USA, Australia and Canada (NCT02419417)

The genomes of eukaryotic organisms are highly organized within the nucleus of the cell. The long strands of duplex DNA are wrapped around an octomer of histone proteins to form a nucleosome. This basic unit is then further compressed by the aggregation and folding of nucleosomes to form a highly condensed chromatin structure. A range of different states of condensation are possible, and the tightness of this structure varies during the cell cycle, being most compact during the process of cell division. There has been appreciation recently that chromatin templates form a fundamentally important set of gene control mechanisms referred to as epigenetic regulation. By conferring a wide range of specific chemical modifications to histones and DNA (such as acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, ubiquitinylation and SUMOylation) epigenetic regulators modulate the structure, function and accessibility of our genome, thereby exerting a huge impact in gene expression.

Histone acetylation is most usually associated with the activation of gene transcription, as the modification loosens the interaction of the DNA and the histone octomer by changing the electrostatics. In addition to this physical change, specific proteins bind to acetylated lysine residues within histones to read the epigenetic code. Bromodomains are small (-110 amino acid) distinct domains within proteins that bind to acetylated lysine residues commonly but not exclusively in the context of histones. There is a family of around 50 proteins known to contain bromodomains, and they have a range of functions within the cell. The BET family of bromodomain containing proteins

comprises 4 proteins (BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRD-T) which contain tandem bromodomains capable of binding to two acetylated lysine residues in close proximity, increasing the specificity of the interaction.

BRD2 and BRD3 are reported to associate with histones along actively

transcribed genes and may be involved in facilitating transcriptional elongation (Leroy et al, Mol. Cell. 2008 30(1):51-60), while BRD4 appears to be involved in the recruitment of the pTEF-I3 complex to inducible genes, resulting in phosphorylation of RNA polymerase and increased transcriptional output (Hargreaves et al, Cell, 2009 138(1): 1294145). All family members have been reported to have some function in controlling or executing aspects of the cell cycle, and have been shown to remain in complex with chromosomes during cell division – suggesting a role in the maintenance of epigenetic memory. In addition some viruses make use of these proteins to tether their genomes to the host cell chromatin, as part of the process of viral replication (You et al., Cell, 2004 117(3):349-60).

Recent articles relating to this target include Prinjha et al., Trends in

Pharmacological Sciences, March 2012, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 146-153; Conway, ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2012, 3, 691-694 and Hewings et al, J. Med. Chem., 2012, 55, 9393-9413.

Small molecule BET inhibitors that are reported to be in development include GSK-525762A, OTX-015, TEN-010 as well as others from the University of Oxford and Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Hundreds of epigenetic effectors have been identified, many of which are chromatin-binding proteins or chromatin-modifying enzymes. These proteins have been associated with a variety of disorders such as neurodegenerative disorders, metabolic diseases, inflammation and cancer. Thus, these compounds which inhibit the binding of a bromodomain with its cognate acetylated proteins, promise new approaches in the treatment of a range of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions and in the treatment of various types of cancer.

PATENT

WO 2015100282

Examples 54 & 55

2-[3-(Dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-[oxan-4-yl(phenyl)methyl]-5H-pyrido[3,2- b] indol-7-yl] pr opan-2-ol

Enantiomer A, Example 54 Enantiomer B, Example 55

Step 1 : 2-C hloro-5-(l ,4-dimethyl- 1H- 1 ,2,3-triazol-5-yl)pyridin-3-amine

To a 100 mL round bottom flask containing 5-bromo-2-chloropyridin-3-amine (2.90 g, 14.0 mmol), l,4-dimethyl-5-(tributylstannyl)-lH-l,2,3-triazole (2.70 g, 6.99 mmol) [Seefeld, M.A. et al. PCT Int. AppL, 2008, WO2008098104] and Pd(PPh₃)₄ (0.61 g, 0.52 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) was added cuprous iodide (0.20 g, 1.05 mmol) and Et₃N (1.9 mL, 14.0 mmol). The reaction mixture was purged with N₂ for 3 min and then heated at 100 °C for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was diluted withl0% LiCl solution and extracted with EtOAc (2x). The combined organics were washed with sat. NaCl, dried over MgS0₄, filtered and concentrated. CH₂C1₂ was added, and the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration. The mother liquor was concentrated and purified using ISCO silica gel chromatography (40 g column, gradient from 0% to 100% EtOAc/CH₂Cl₂). The resulting solid was combined with the precipitate and triturated with cold EtOAc to give the title compound (740 mg, 47%) as a light tan solid. LCMS (M+H) = 224.1; HPLC RT = 1.03 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH: water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0-100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min).

Step 2: Methyl 3-((2-chloro-5-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)pyridin-3-yl)amino)benzoate

Following a procedure analogous to that described in Step 2 of Example 1, 2-chloro-5-(l ,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)pyridin-3-amine (740 mg, 3.31 mmol) was converted to the title compound (644 mg, 54%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC1₃) δ 7.94 (t, J=1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.88 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.83 (dt, J=7.8, 1.3 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (t, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.40 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (ddd, J=8.0, 2.3, 0.9 Hz, 1H), 6.38 (s, 1H), 3.99 (s, 3H), 3.93 (s, 3H), 2.34 (s, 3H); LCMS (M+H) = 358.2; HPLC RT = 2.34 min (Column:

Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0-100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min).

Step 3: Methyl 3-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-6]indole-7-carboxylate

Following a procedure analogous to that described in Step 3 of Example 1 , methyl 3-((2-chloro-5-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)pyridin-3-yl)amino)benzoate (2.82 g, 7.88 mmol) was converted to the title compound (1.58 g, 62%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-de) δ 11.93 (s, 1H), 8.62 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.36 (dd, J=8.2, 0.6 Hz, 1H), 8.29 -8.22 (m, 1H), 8.16 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.91 (dd, J=8.2, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.02 (s, 3H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 2.31 (s, 3H); LCMS (M+H) = 322.3; HPLC RT = 1.98 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0-100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min).

Alternate synthesis of Methyl 3-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b] indole-7-carboxylate

A mixture of methyl 3-bromo-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate (Step 2 of Example 40, 3.000 g, 9.83 mmol), l,4-dimethyl-5-(tributylstannyl)-lH-l,2,3-triazole (4.18 g, 10.82 mmol), copper (I) iodide (0.281 g, 1.475 mmol), Pd(Ph₃P)₄ (0.738 g, 0.639 mmol) and triethylamine (2.74 mL, 19.66 mmol) in DMF (25 mL) was purged under a nitrogen stream and then heated in a heating block at 95 °C for 2 hours. After cooling to room temperature the reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted into ethyl acetate. Washed with water, NH₄OH, brine and concentrated. The residue was triturated with 100 mL CHC1₃, filtered off the solid and rinsed with CHC1₃ to give. 1.6 g of product. The filtrate was loaded unto the ISCO column (330 g column, A: DCM; B:

10%MeOH/DCM, 0 to 100% gradient) and chromatographed to give an additional 0.7 g. of methyl 3 -( 1 ,4-dimethyl- 1 H- 1 ,2,3 -triazol-5 -yl)-5H-pyrido [3 ,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate (2.30 g total, 7.16 mmol, 72.8 % yield).

Step 4: Methyl 3-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-(phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methyl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate

Following a procedure analogous to that described in Step 4 of Example 1 , methyl 3-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-¾]indole-7-carboxylate (80 mg, 0.25 mmol) was converted to the title compound (65 mg, 53%) after purification by prep HPLC (Column: Phen Luna C 18, 30 x 100 mm, 5 μιη particles; Mobile Phase A: 5:95 acetonitrile: water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B : 95 : 5 acetonitrile: water with 0.1% TFA; Gradient: 10-100% B over 14 min, then a 2-min hold at 100% B; Flow: 40 mL/min). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC1₃) δ 8.51 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.50 (s, 1H), 8.47 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 8.10 (dd, J=8.1, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 7.40 – 7.30 (m, 3H), 5.62 (d, J=10.6 Hz, 1H), 4.11 – 4.03 (m, 4H), 3.92 – 3.83 (m, 4H), 3.56 (td, J=l 1.9, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 3.35 (td, J=l 1.9, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 3.18 – 3.05 (m, 1H), 2.30 (s, 3H), 2.04 (d, J=13.0 Hz, 1H), 1.71 – 1.58 (m, 1H), 1.50 – 1.37 (m, 1H), 1.09 (d, J=12.8 Hz, 1H); LCMS (M+H) = 496.3; HPLC RT = 2.93 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0-100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min).

Step 5 : 2- [3-(Dimethyl- lH-1 ,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5- [oxan-4-yl(phenyl)methyl] -5H-pyrido [3,2-6] indol-7-yl] pr opan-2-ol,

Following a procedure analogous to that described in Step 5 of Example 1 , methyl 3-(l ,4-dimethyl- IH- 1 ,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-(phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methyl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate (65 mg, 0.13 mmol) was converted to racemic 2-[3-(dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-[oxan-4-yl(phenyl)methyl]-5H-pyrido[3,2-¾]indol-7-yl]propan-2-ol, which was separated by chiral prep SFC (Column: Chiralpak IB 25 x 2 cm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 70/30 C0₂/MeOH; Flow: 50 mL/min);to give Enantiomer A (24 mg, 36%) and Enantiomer B (26 mg, 38%). Enantiomer A: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC1₃) 5 8.44 (d, J=1.8 Hz, IH), 8.36 (d, J=8.2 Hz, IH), 7.98 (s, IH), 7.56 (d, J=1.7 Hz, IH), 7.47 – 7.41 (m, 3H), 7.37 – 7.32 (m, 2H), 7.31 – 7.28 (m, IH), 5.59 (d, J=10.5 Hz, IH), 4.06 (dd, J=11.8, 2.8 Hz, IH), 3.90 – 3.84 (m, 4H), 3.55 (td, J=11.9, 2.0 Hz, IH), 3.35 (td, J=11.9, 2.0 Hz, IH), 3.15 – 3.04 (m, IH), 2.30 (s, 3H), 2.04 (d, J=13.6 Hz, IH), 1.92 (s, IH), 1.75 (s, 6H), 1.69 – 1.58 (m, IH), 1.47 – 1.38 (m, IH), 1.12 (d, J=13.4 Hz, IH); LCMS (M+H) = 496.4; HPLC RT = 2.46 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0- 100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min). SFC RT = 5.50 min (Column: Chiralpak IB 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 70/30 C0₂/MeOH; Flow: 2 mL/min); SFC RT = 1.06 min (Column:

Chiralcel OD-H 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 50/50 C0₂/(1 : 1 MeOH/CH3CN); Flow: 2 mL/min); [a]_D²° = -117.23 (c = 0.08, CHC1₃). Enantiomer B: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC1₃) δ 8.44 (d, J=l .8 Hz, IH), 8.36 (d, J=8.2 Hz, IH), 7.98 (s, IH), 7.56 (d, J=1.7 Hz, IH), 7.47 – 7.41 (m, 3H), 7.37 – 7.32 (m, 2H), 7.31 – 7.28 (m, IH), 5.59 (d, J=10.5 Hz, IH), 4.06 (dd, J=11.8, 2.8 Hz, IH), 3.90 – 3.84 (m, 4H), 3.55 (td, J=11.9, 2.0 Hz, IH), 3.35 (td, J=l 1.9, 2.0 Hz, IH), 3.15 – 3.04 (m, IH), 2.30 (s, 3H), 2.04 (d, J=13.6 Hz, IH), 1.92 (s, IH), 1.75 (s, 6H), 1.69 – 1.58 (m, IH), 1.47 – 1.38 (m, IH), 1.12 (d, J=13.4 Hz, IH); LCMS (M+H) = 496.4; HPLC RT = 2.46 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH:water with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0-100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min). SFC RT = 8.30 min (Column: Chiralpak IB 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 70/30 C0₂/MeOH; Flow: 2 mL/min); SFC RT = 2.83 min (Column: Chiralcel OD-H 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 50/50 C0₂/(1 : 1 MeOH/CH3CN); Flow: 2 mL/min); [a]_D²° = +88.78 (c = 0.10, CHC1₃).

Alternate Synthesis of Examples 54

2-[3-(Dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-[oxan-4-yl(phenyl)methyl]-5H-pyrido[3,2- b] indol-7-yl] propan-2-ol.

Enantiomer A, Example 54

Step 1: (S)-methyl 3-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-(phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methyl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate

The enantiomers of phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methanol ( 2.0 g, 10.4 mmol) [Orjales, A. et al. J. Med. Chem. 2003, 46, 5512-5532], were separated on preperative SFC. (Column: Chiralpak AD 5 x 25 cm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 74/26

C0₂/MeOH; Flow: 270 mL/min; Temperature 30°C). The separated peaks were concentrated and dried under vacuum to give white solids. Enantiomer A: (S)-phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methanol: (0.91 g, 45.5%) SFC RT = 2.32 min

(Column: Chiralpac AD 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 70/30 C0₂/MeOH; Flow: 3 mL/min); Temperature 40°C. Enantiomer B: (R)-phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methanol. (0.92 g, 46%) SFC RT = 3.09 min (Column: Chiralpac AD 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 70/30 C0₂/MeOH; Flow: 3 mL/min); Temperature 40°C.

Following a procedure analogous to that described in Step 4 of Example 1 except using toluene (120mL) as the solvent, methyl 3-(l ,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate (4 g, 12.45 mmol) and (R)-phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methanol (Enantiomer B above, 5.86 g, 30.5 mmol) was converted to the title compound (5.0 g, 81%). HPLC RT = 2.91 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOFLwater with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOFLwater with 0.1% TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0- 100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min).

Step 2. (S)-2-[3-(Dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-[oxan-4-yl(phenyl)methyl]-5H-pyrido [3,2-b] indol-7-yl] propan-2-ol

A 500 mL round bottom flask containing (S)-methyl 3-(l,4-dimethyl-lH-l,2,3-triazol-5-yl)-5-(phenyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methyl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-7-carboxylate (5.0 g, 10.09 mmol) in THF (150 mL) was cooled in an ice/MeOH bath. MeMgBr, (3M in Et₂0, 17.0 mL, 51.0 mmol) was added slowly over 4 min. The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h and then quenched carefully with sat. NH₄C1. The reaction mixture was diluted with 10% LiCl solution extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was dried over MgS0₄, filtered and concentrated. The crude material was purified using ISCO silica gel chromatography (120 g column, gradient from 0%> to 6%>

MeOH/CH₂Cl₂). The product was collected and concentrated then dissolved in hot MeOH(35mL). To the mixture was added 15mL water and the mixture was cooled to room temperature. The resulting white precipitate was collected by filtration with 2: 1 MeOH/water rinse then dried under vacuum to give the title compound (3.2 g, 62%>). 1H

NMR (500 MHz, CDC1₃) δ 8.40 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.33 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.93 (s, 1H), 7.53 (d, J=l .8 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 7.42 (dd, J=8.2, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 7.37 – 7.31 (m, 2H), 7.30 – 7.28 (m, 1H), 5.56 (d, J=10.5 Hz, 1H), 4.06 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 3.89 – 3.83 (m, 1H), 3.55 (td, J=11.9, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 3.35 (td, J=11.9, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 3.10 (q, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 2.39 (s, 3H), 2.23 (s, 3H), 2.03 (d, J=14.2 Hz, 1H), 1.89 (s, 1H), 1.74 (s, 6H), 1.68 -1.59 (m, 1H), 1.46 – 1.36 (m, 1H), 1.12 (d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H); LCMS (M+H) = 496.3; HPLC RT = 2.44 min (Column: Chromolith ODS S5 4.6 x 50 mm; Mobile Phase A: 10:90 MeOH: water with 0.1% TFA; Mobile Phase B: 90: 10 MeOH: water with 0.1%

TFA; Temperature: 40 °C; Gradient: 0-100% B over 4 min; Flow: 4 mL/min); SFC RT = 2.01 min (Column: Chiralcel OD-H 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 60/40 C0₂/(1 : 1 MeOH/CH3CN); Flow: 2 mL/min). SFC RT = 1.06 min (Column: Chiralcel OD-H 250 x 4.6 mm, 5 μιη; Mobile Phase: 50/50 C0₂/(1 : 1 MeOH/CH3CN); Flow: 2 mL/min).

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CC(C)(O)c2cc3n(c1cc(cnc1c3cc2)c4c(C)nnn4C)[C@@H](C5CCOCC5)c6ccccc6

ABBV 2222

Benzoic acid, 4-[(2R,4R)-4-[[[1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl]amino]-7-(difluoromethoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-2-yl]-

4-[(2R,4R)-4-({[1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl}- amino)-7-(difluoromethoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl]benzoic acid

CAS  1918143-53-9

DESCRIPTION

Cystic fibrosis (CF), one of the most common autosomal recessive genetic diseases in the Caucasian population, is caused by loss of function mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene, which is located on chromosome 7 (http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/; Rowe S. M et al. (2005); N Eng J Med. (352), 1992-2001). Approximately 1:3500 and 1:3000 infants born in the United States and in Europe, respectively, are affected by CF, resulting in ˜75,000 cases worldwide, ˜30,000 of which are in the United State. Approximately 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed each year, with more than 75% of patients being diagnosed by 2 years of age. Nearly half the CF population is currently 18 years of age and older. The CFTR protein (Gregory, R. J. et al. (1990) Nature 347:382-386; Rich, D. P. et al. (1990) Nature 347:358-362; Riordan, J. R. et al. (1989) Science 245:1066-1073) is a cAMP/ATP-mediated ion channel expressed in a variety of cell types, including secretory and absorptive epithelial cells. CFTR regulates chloride and bicarbonate anion flux across the cell membrane, maintaining electro neutrality and osmolarity across the epithelial membrane (Quinton, P. M. (1990), FASEB J. 4: 2709-2727). CFTR is also responsible for regulating the activity of other ion channels and proteins (Guggino, W. B. et al. (2006), Nat Revs Molecular Cell Biology 7, 426-436).

Aberrations in CFTR function result in imbalance of the airway surface liquid, leading to mucus dehydration, inflammation, recurrent bacterial infection and irreversible lung damage, which lead to premature death in affected patients. Besides respiratory disease, CF patients suffer from gastrointestinal problems and pancreatic insufficiency. The majority of males (95%) with cystic fibrosis are infertile as a result of azoospermia caused by altered vas deferens; which may be absent, atrophic, or fibrotic. Fertility is also decreased among females with cystic fibrosis due to abnormal cervical mucus.

The F508del mutation, the most common of the approximately 1900 identified polymorphisms in CFTR, results in defective processing of CFTR in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (http://www.cftr2.org/index.php). Approximately 90% of the CF patients carry at least one copy of the F508del mutation (deletion of a phenylalanine on position 508), and 50%-60% of the patients are homozygous for this mutation. The defective processing of CFTR results in early CFTR degradation, which leads to reduced trafficking or absence of the protein on the membrane. As there have been over 100 CF disease-causing mutations identified, they have been classified according to their phenotypic consequences and belong to synthesis, maturation, regulation, conductance, reduced number due to quantity and reduced number due to stability classifications.

Current CF drug discovery efforts focus upon developing two classes of compounds to modulate CFTR. One class, called Correctors, helps to overcome the folding defects of the mutated CFTR protein to promote its maturation resulting in higher cell surface expression. The other classes of compounds, called Potentiators, help overcome the defective regulation and/or conductance of the protein by increasing the probability of channel opening on the membrane surface.

In addition, as the modulation of CFTR protein mutations to promote proper protein folding is beneficial for CF, there are other diseases mediated by CFTR. For example, Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS), an autoimmune disorder that results in symptoms of xerostomia (dry mouth) and keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS, dry eyes) may result from dysregulation of moisture producing glands throughout the body. Chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD), or chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD), which is a progressive and irreversible airflow limitation in the airways is result of several physiologic abnormalities, including mucus hyper secretion and impaired mucociliary secretion. Increasing the anion secretion by CFTR potentiators have been suggested to overcome these phenotypic complexities with Sjögren’s Syndrome by increasing the corneal hydration and by overcoming the impaired mucociliary secretion in COAD (Bhowmik A, et al. (2009) Vol. 103(4), 496-502; Sloane P, et al. PLOS One (2012) Vol 7(6), 239809 (1-13)).

STEP 1

(R)-methyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-oxochroman-2-yl)benzoate

RXN……….By reacting  7-hydroxy-4H-chromen-4-one AND  (4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl)boronic acid

STEP 2

(R)-methyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-(methoxyimino)chroman-2-yl)benzoate

Reacting ABOVE compd  and O-methylhydroxylamine,

STEP 3

Methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-amino-7-hydroxychroman-2-yl)benzoate

reacting ABOVE  compd with 5% platinum (0.05 equivalent) on carbon in acetic acid. The reaction was stirred at room temperature under hydrogen

THEN STEP 4

Methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-amino-7-hydroxychroman-2-yl)benzoate isolated AS  trifluroroacetic acid salt

STEP 5
methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanec- arboxamido)-7-hydroxychroman-2-yl)benzoate

by reacting  1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid  and HATU (1-[bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b]pyridinium 3-oxid hexafluorophosphate, the ABOVE compound AND  N-ethyl-N-isopropylpropan-2-amine

STEP 6

Methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanec- arboxamido)-7-(difluoromethoxy)chroman-2-yl)benzoate

by reacting ABOVE compound  and diethyl(bromodifluoromethyl)phosphonate

AND FINAL STEP7  is ESTER HYDROLYSIS USING lithium hydroxide to get ABBV 2222

Example 122

4-[(2R,4R)-4-({[1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl}- amino)-7-(difluoromethoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl]benzoic acid

[1880] To Example 123E (130 mg, 0.227 mmol) in methanol (2 mL) and water (0.5 mL) was added lithium hydroxide (32.6 mg, 1.360 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 35.degree. C. for 4 hours, LC/MS showed the conversion was complete. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure and water (2 mL) was added. The pH of the mixture was adjusted to pH 1-2 with the addition of 2 M HCl. The precipitated white solid was collected by filtration, and dried to provide the title compound (110 mg, 0.197 mmol, 87% yield). .sup.1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl.sub.3) .delta. 8.17-8.03 (m, 2H), 7.49 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.16-6.99 (m, 4H), 6.73-6.67 (m, 2H), 6.38 (d, J=73.6 Hz, 1H), 5.48 (td, J=10.4, 6.1 Hz, 1H), 5.36 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 5.31-5.21 (m, 1H), 2.52 (ddd, J=13.3, 6.0, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 1.86-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.68-1.60 (m, 1H), 1.10 (q, J=3.7, 2.4 Hz, 2H); MS (ESI-) m/z=558 (M-H).sup.-.

Example 123

methyl 4-[(2R,4R)-4-({[1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]ca- rbonyl}amino)-7-(difluoromethoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl]benzoate

Example 123A

(R)-methyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-oxochroman-2-yl)benzoate

[1881] A mixture of bis(2,2,2-trifluoroacetoxy)palladium (271 mg, 0.816 mmol), (S)-4-(tert-butyl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)-4,5-dihydrooxazole (200 mg, 0.979 mmol), ammonium hexafluorophosphate(V) (798 mg, 4.90 mmol), (4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl)boronic acid (2203 mg, 12.24 mmol) and dichloroethane (8 mL) in a 20 mL vial was stirred for 5 minutes at room temperature, followed by the addition of 7-hydroxy-4H-chromen-4-one (CAS 59887-89-7, MFCD00209371, 1323 mg, 8.16 mmol) and water (256 mg, 14.19 mmol). The vial was capped and the mixture was stirred at 60.degree. C. overnight. The reaction gradually turned black, with Pd plated out on the sides of the vial. The mixture was filtered through a plug of celite and eluted with ethyl acetate to give a red solution which was washed with brine. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the crude material was chromatographed using a 100 g silica gel cartridge and eluted with a gradient of 5-40% ethyl acetate in heptane to provide the title compound (1.62 g, 66.6% yield). .sup.1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl.sub.3) .delta. 8.15-8.04 (m, 2H), 7.87 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.60-7.49 (m, 2H), 6.62-6.45 (m, 2H), 5.87 (s, 1H), 5.53 (dd, J=12.8, 3.2 Hz, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.07-2.80 (m, 2H); MS (ESI+) m/z=299 (M+H).sup.+.

Example 123B

(R)-methyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-(methoxyimino)chroman-2-yl)benzoate

[1882] The mixture of Example 123A (960 mg, 3.22 mmol), sodium acetate (528 mg, 6.44 mmol) and O-methylhydroxylamine, hydrochloric acid (538 mg, 6.44 mmol) in methanol (10 mL) was stirred at 60.degree. C. overnight. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with water. The organic layers was dried over MgSO.sub.4, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was washed with ether to provide the title compound (810 mg, 2.475 mmol, 77% yield). .sup.1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl.sub.3) .delta. 8.15-8.03 (m, 2H), 7.81 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.58-7.43 (m, 2H), 6.50 (dd, J=8.6, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 6.45 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 5.21 (d, J=3.0 Hz, 1H), 5.12 (dd, J=12.2, 3.2 Hz, 1H), 3.95 (s, 3H), 3.93 (s, 3H), 3.45 (dd, J=17.2, 3.2 Hz, 1H), 2.63 (dd, J=17.2, 12.2 Hz, 1H); MS (ESI+) m/z 328 (M+H).sup.+.

Example 123C

Methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-amino-7-hydroxychroman-2-yl)benzoate

[1883] A mixture of Example 123B (570 mg, 1.741 mmol) was treated with 5% platinum (0.05 equivalent) on carbon in acetic acid (5 mL). The reaction was stirred at room temperature under hydrogen (1 atmosphere) for 24 hours, LC/MS showed conversion over 95%. The mixture was filtered through a celite pad and solvent removed under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by preparative LC method TFA2 to provide the trifluroroacetic acid salt of the title compound (300 mg, 44% yield). LC/MS m/z 283 (M-NH.sub.2).sup.+.

Example 123D

methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanec- arboxamido)-7-hydroxychroman-2-yl)benzoate

[1884] A mixture of 1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (162 mg, 0.668 mmol) and HATU (1-[bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b]pyridinium 3-oxid hexafluorophosphate, 380 mg, 1.0 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) was stirred for 5 minutes at room temperature, followed by the addition of Example 123C (200 mg, 0.334 mmol) and N-ethyl-N-isopropylpropan-2-amine (0.466 ml, 2.67 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours, LC/MS showed reaction complete. The mixture was loaded on to a 25 g silica gel cartridge eluting with 5-50% ethyl acetate in heptane provide the title compound (204 mg, 58.3% yield). .sup.1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl.sub.3) .delta. 8.11-7.90 (m, 2H), 7.42 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.16-7.02 (m, 2H), 6.94 (dd, J=37.7, 8.3 Hz, 2H), 6.49-6.32 (m, 2H), 5.67 (s, 1H), 5.36 (dt, J=15.3, 8.7 Hz, 2H), 5.18 (d, J=10.7 Hz, 1H), 3.93 (s, 3H), 2.56-2.36 (m, 1H), 1.80-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.26 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 1.10-1.04 (m, 2H); MS (ESI-) m/z=521.9 (M-H).sup.-.

Example 123E

Methyl 4-((2R,4R)-4-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanec- arboxamido)-7-(difluoromethoxy)chroman-2-yl)benzoate

[1885] To Example 123D (190 mg, 0.363 mmol) and diethyl(bromodifluoromethyl)phosphonate (0.129 ml, 0.726 mmol) in a mixture of acetonitrile (2 mL) and water (1 mL) was added 50% aqueous potassium hydroxide (244 mg, 2.178 mmol) drop wise via syringe while stirring vigorously. After the addition was completed, LC/MS showed conversion was complete with a small by-product peak. Additional water was added to the mixture and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3.times.20 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with 1 M HCl (5 mL) and water, dried over MgSO.sub.4, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by preparative LC method TFA2 to provide the title compound (150 mg, 72% yield). .sup.1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl.sub.3) .delta. 8.09-8.00 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.41 (m, 2H), 7.15-6.99 (m, 4H), 6.75-6.66 (m, 2H), 5.50-5.40 (m, 1H), 5.33 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 5.25 (dd, J=11.3, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 3.93 (s, 3H), 2.50 (ddd, J=13.4, 6.1, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 1.84-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.65 (d, J=2.8 Hz, 1H), 1.11-1.06 (m, 2H); MS (ESI-) m/z=572 (M-H).sup.-.

REFERENCE

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///////////ABBV 2222

O=C(O)c1ccc(cc1)[C@@H]3Oc2cc(OC(F)F)ccc2C(C3)NC(=O)C4(CC4)c5ccc6OC(F)(F)Oc6c5

BLU 554

FGFR4 Inhibitor

N-[(3S,4S)-3-[[6-(2,6-Dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-quinazolinyl]amino]tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl]-2-propenamide

N-[(3S,4S)-3-[[6-(2,6-Dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)quinazolin-2-yl]amino]tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl]acrylamide

References on BLU-554

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PF 06821497

Cas 1844849-11-1

Designed to treat lymphoma

1(2H)-Isoquinolinone, 5,8-dichloro-2-[(1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-6-methyl-2-oxo-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-3,4-dihydro-7-[(S)-methoxy-3-oxetanylmethyl]-

MF C₂₂ H₂₄ Cl₂ N₂ O_5, 

MW 467.34

PF 06821497

5,8-Dichloro-2-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-7-[methoxy(3-oxetanyl)methyl]-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-isoquinolinone

1(2H)-Isoquinolinone, 5,8-dichloro-2-[(1,2-dihydro-4-methoxy-6-methyl-2-oxo-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-3,4-dihydro-7-(methoxy-3-oxetanylmethyl)-

• Molecular Formula C₂₂H₂₄Cl₂N₂O₅
• Average mass 467.342 Da

PF 06821497

5,8-dichloro-2-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-2-oxo-1H-pyridin-3-yl)methyl]-7-[(S)-methoxy(oxetan-3-yl)methyl]-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-one

US2015361067

Inventors	Michael Raymond Collins, Robert Steven Kania, Robert Arnold Kumpf, Pei-Pei Kung, Daniel Tyler Richter, Scott Channing Sutton, Martin James Wythes
Original Assignee	Pfizer Inc.

• Epigenetic alterations play an important role in the regulation of cellular processes, including cell proliferation, cell differentiation and cell survival. The epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes and activation of oncogenes may occur through alteration of CpG island methylation patterns, histone modification, and dysregulation of DNA binding protein. Polycomb genes are a set of epigenetic effectors. EZH2 (enhancer of zeste homolog 2) is the catalytic component of the Polycomb Repressor Complex 2 (PRC2), a conserved multi-subunit complex that represses gene transcription by methylating lysine 27 on Histone H3 (H3K27). EZH2 plans a key role in regulating gene expression patterns that regulate cell fate decisions, such as differentiation and self-renewal. EZH2 is overexpressed in certain cancer cells, where it has been linked to cell proliferation, cell invasion, chemoresistance and metastasis.
• High EZH2 expression has been correlated with poor prognosis, high grade, and high stage in several cancer types, including breast, colorectal, endometrial, gastric, liver, kidney, lung, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and bladder cancers. See Crea et al., Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 2012, 83:184-193, and references cited therein; see also Kleer et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2003, 100:11606-11; Mimori et al., Eur. J. Surg. Oncol. 2005, 31:376-80; Bachmann et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 2006, 24:268-273; Matsukawa et al., Cancer Sci. 2006, 97:484-491; Sasaki et al. Lab. Invest. 2008, 88:873-882; Sudo et al., Br. J. Cancer 2005, 92(9):1754-1758; Breuer et al., Neoplasia 2004, 6:736-43; Lu et al., Cancer Res. 2007, 67:1757-1768; Ougolkov et al., Clin. Cancer Res. 2008, 14:6790-6796; Varambally et al., Nature 2002, 419:624-629; Wagener et al., Int. J. Cancer 2008, 123:1545-1550; and Weikert et al., Int. J. Mol. Med. 2005, 16:349-353.
  Recurring somatic mutations in EZH2 have been identified in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphomas (FL). Mutations altering EZH2 tyrosine 641 (e.g., Y641C, Y641F, Y641N, Y641S, and Y641H) were reportedly observed in up to 22% of germinal center B-cell DLBCL and 7% of FL. Morin et al. Nat. Genetics 2010 February; 42(2):181-185. Mutations of alanine 677 (A677) and alanine 687 (A687) have also been reported. McCabe et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2012, 109:2989-2994; Majer et al. FEBS Letters 2012, 586:3448-3451. EZH2 activating mutations have been suggested to alter substrate specificity resulting in elevated levels of trimethylated H3K27 (H3K27me3).
  Accordingly, compounds that inhibit the activity of wild type and/or mutant forms of EZH2 may be of interest for the treatment of cancer.

SYNTHESIS

Steps

1 COUPLING, Ag2CO3

2 Alkylation, K2CO3

3 LiAlH4 REDUCTION

4 THIONYL CHLORIDE

5 N-Alkylation of Amides, t-BuOK

6 A GRIGNARD REACTION

7 AN ALKYLATION , METHYL IODIDE, t-BuOK

8 HYDROGENATION, DE BENZYLATION,  PLATINUM OXIDE

9 LAST STEP separation by chiral preparative, SFC on (R,R) Whelk O1 column, TO GET PF 06821497

PATENT

US 20150361067

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CO[C@H](c2cc(Cl)c3CCN(CC1=C(OC)C=C(C)NC1=O)C(=O)c3c2Cl)C4COC4

PRN 1371

• Molecular Formula C₂₆H₃₀Cl₂N₆O₄
• Average mass 561.460

cas 1802929-43-6

8-[3-(4-Acryloyl-1-piperazinyl)propyl]-6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one

6-(2,6-Dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-8-[3-[4-(1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl)-1-piperazinyl]propyl]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one

Phase I Solid tumours

• Originator Principia Biopharma
• Class Small molecules
• Mechanism of Action Fibroblast growth factor receptor antagonists

• 06 Jun 2016 Adverse events data from a phase I trial in Solid tumours presented at the 52^nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO- 2016)
• 01 Nov 2015 Phase-I clinical trials in Solid tumours in USA (PO) (NCT02608125)
• 12 Jan 2015 Preclinical trials in Cancer in USA (PO)

Erik Verner

Kenneth Albert Brameld

CONTD………………..

Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and their receptors (FGFRs) play important roles in physiological processes relating to tissue repair, hematopoiesis, bone growth, angiogenesis and other aspects of embryonic development. Alterations in the FGF signaling pathway have also emerged as important drivers in human disease. FGF signaling can be deregulated through multiple mechanisms, including gene amplification, activating mutations and translocations, overexpression, altered FGFR gene splicing, and autocrine or paracrine overproduction of the ligands of FGFR. Deregulated FGF signaling has been documented in human tumors, including breast (see Ray, M. E., et. al., 2004. Genomic and expression analysis of the 8pl 1-12 amplicon in human breast cancer cell lines. Cancer Res 64:40-47), multiple myeloma (see Keats, J.J., et. al., 2006. Ten years and counting: so what do we know about t(4;14)(pl6;q32) multiple myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma 47:2289-2300), non-invasive bladder (see Billerey, C, et al. 2001. Frequent

FGFR3 mutations in papillary non-invasive bladder (pTa) tumors. Am J Pathol 158: 1955-1959), endometrial (see Pollock, P.M., et al. 2007. Frequent activating FGFR2 mutations in endometrial carcinomas parallel germline mutations associated with craniosynostosis and skeletal dysplasia syndromes. Oncogene 26:7158-7162), gastric (see Jang, J.H., et. al, 2001. Mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 and fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 genes associated with human gastric and colorectal cancers. Cancer Res 61 :3541-3543), prostate cancers (see Sahadevan, K., D et. al., 2007. Selective over-expression of fibroblast growth factor receptors 1 and 4 in clinical prostate cancer. J Pathol 213:82-90), lung (see Hammerman P, et al. Genomic characterization and targeted therapeutics in squamous cell lung cancer [abstract]; Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer; 2011 3-7 July; Aurora (CO); and International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer; 2011), esophageal (see Hanada K, et al, Identification of fibroblast growth factor-5 as an overexpressed anti-gen in multiple human adenocarcinomas. Cancer Res 2001; 61 : 5511-6), cholangiocarcinoma (see Arai, Y., et al. 2014. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 tyrosine kinase fusions define a unique molecular subtype of cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatology 59, 1427-1434 and Borad, M. J., et al. 2014). Integrated genomic characterization reveals novel, therapeutically relevant drug targets in FGFR and EGFR pathways in sporadic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. PLoS genetics 10, el004135), glioblastoma (see Rand V., et. al. Sequence survey of receptor tyrosine kinases reveals mutations in glioblastomas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102: 14344 – 9 and Parker, et. al. 2014. Emergence of FGFR family gene fusions as therapeutic targets in a wide spectrum of solid tumours. The Journal of pathology 232, 4-15). FGFR1 translocations and FGFR1 fusions are frequently observed in 8pl 1 myeloproliferative syndromes (Jackson, C. C, Medeiros, L. J., and Miranda, R. N. (2010). 8pl 1 myeloproliferative syndrome: a review. Human pathology 41, 461-476). Activating mutations in FGFR3 have been shown to cause a number of dwarf syndromes (see Harada, D., et. al, 2009. FGFR3-related dwarfism and cell signaling. J Bone Miner Metab 27:9-15) including achondroplasia (see Bellus, G.A., et. al., 1995. Achondroplasia is defined by recurrent G380R mutations of FGFR3. Am J Hum Genet 56:368-373; Bellus, G.A., et. al., 1995. A recurrent mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 causes hypochondroplasia. Nat Genet 10:357-359; and Rousseau, F., et. al, 1994. Mutations in the gene encoding fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 in achondroplasia. Nature 371 :252-254), Crouzon dermoskeletal syndromes (see Robin, N.H., et. al, 1993. FGFR-Related Craniosynostosis Syndromes), hyopochondroplasia (see Prinos, P., et. al., 1995. A common FGFR3 gene mutation in hypochondroplasia. Hum Mol Genet 4:2097-2101), Muenke syndrome (see Muenke, M., et al. 1997. A unique point mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3) defines a new craniosynostosis syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 60:555-564), SADDAN (severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans) (see Bellus, G.A., et al. 1999. Severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans (SADDAN): phenotypic analysis of a new skeletal dysplasia caused by a Lys650Met mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. Am J Med Genet 85:53-65;

Tavormina, P.L., et al. 1999. A novel skeletal dysplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans is caused by a Lys650Met mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene. Am J Hum Genet 64:722-731), thanatophoric dysplasia ( see dAvis, P.Y., et. al, 1998. Constitutive activation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 by mutations responsible for the lethal skeletal dysplasia thanatophoric dysplasia type I. Cell Growth Differ 9:71-78; Kitoh, H., et. al, 1998. Lys650Met substitution in the tyrosine kinase domain of the fibroblast growth factor receptor gene causes thanatophoric dysplasia Type I. Mutations in brief no. 199. Online. Hum Mutat 12:362- 363; and Tavormina, P.L., et. al, 1995. Thanatophoric dysplasia (types I and II) caused by distinct mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. Nat Genet 9:321-328), platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia (see Brodie, S.G., et. al, 1999. Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type, is caused by FGFR3 mutations. Am J Med Genet 84:476-480), and cervical cancer (see Cappellen, D., et. al., 1999. Frequent activating mutations of FGFR3 in human bladder and cervix carcinomas. Nat Genet 23: 18-20). Activating mutations in FGFR4 have been identified in rhabdomyosarcoma (see Shukla, N., et. al, Oncogene mutation profiling of pediatric solid tumors reveals significant subsets of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and neuroblastoma with mutated genes in growth signaling pathways. Clin Cancer Res 18:748-757 and Marshall, A.D., et. al, PAX3-FOX01 and FGFR4 in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Mol Carcinog 51 :807-815). For these reasons, FGFRs are attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of diseases.

Patent

WO 2015120049

Example 6

Synthesis of 8-(3-(4-acryloylpiperazin-l-yl)propyl)-6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2- (methylamino)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one

Step 1

To a solution of 3-(piperazin-l-yl)propan-l-ol (1 g, 6.93 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in THF (50 mL) and TEA (2 g) was added di-tert-butyl dicarbonate (2.26 g, 10.36 mmol, 1.49 equiv). The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h at room temperature and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography (DCM/MeOH (15: 1)) to provide 1.48 g (87%) of tert-butyl 4-(3-hydroxypropyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate as a light yellow liquid.

Step 2

To a solution of tert-butyl 4-(3-hydroxypropyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate (1.48 g, 6.06 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in DCM (60 mL), imidazole (620 mg) and TPP (2.38 g, 9.07 mmol, 1.50 equiv) was added I₂ (2.31 g, 9.10 mmol, 1.50 equiv). The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h at room temperature and then concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography

(DCM/MeOH (50: 1)) to provide 1.65 g (77%) of tert-butyl 4-(3-iodopropyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate as yellow oil.

Step 3

To a solution of 6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfanyl)-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one (600 mg, 1.51 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in acetone (50 mL) and K₂C0₃ (630 mg) was added tert-butyl 4-(3-iodopropyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate (640 mg, 1.81 mmol, 1.20 equiv). The resulting solution was heated to reflux for 3 h and then the solids were filtered out. The residue was purified by chromatography (DCM/EtOAc (2:1)) to provide 720 mg (77%) of tert-butyl 4-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfanyl)-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazine-l-carboxylate as a yellow solid.

Step 4

To a solution of tert-butyl 4-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methyl-sulfanyl)-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazine-l-carboxylate (720 mg, 1.15 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in CHC1₃ (50 mL) was added mCPBA (600 mg). The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature and then quenched with sat. Na₂C0₃. The resulting solution was extracted DCM/MeOH(10: l) and the organic layer was concentrated. This provided 750 mg (97%)) of 4-[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl]-l-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-

methanesulfonyl-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazin- 1 -ium- 1 -olate as a yellow solid.

Step 5

To a solution of 4-[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl]-l-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methanesulfonyl-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazin- 1 -ium- 1 -olate (750 mg, 1.12 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in tert-BuOH (50 mL), was added MeNH₂/THF(2N) (1 mL). The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h at 60° C and then concentrated. This provided 680 mg (98%) of 4-[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl]-l-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazin-l-ium-l-olate as a yellow solid.

Step 6

To a solution of 4-[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl]-l-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazin-l-ium-l-olate (680 mg, 1.09 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in MeOH (100 mL) was added Zn (1 g) and sat. NH₄C1 (4 mL). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature and then solids were filtered out. The residue was purified by chromatography (DCM/MeOH (35: 1)) to provide 650 mg (98%) of tert-butyl 4-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazine-l-carboxylate as a yellow solid.

Step 7

To a solution of tert-butyl 4-[3-[6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxo-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8-yl]propyl]piperazine-l-carboxylate (650 mg, 1.07 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in dioxane (12 mL), was added cone. HC1 (3 mL). The resulting solution was stirred for 3 h at room temperature and then concentrated. This provided 550 mg (95%) of 6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-8-(3-(piperazin-l-yl)propyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one hydrochloride as an off-white solid.

Step 8

To a solution of 6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-8-[3-(piperazin-l-yl)propyl]-7H,8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one hydrochloride (250 mg, 0.49 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in DCM (20 mL) was added TEA (120 mg, 1.19 mmol, 2.41 equiv) and prop-2-enoyl chloride (54 mg, 0.60 mmol, 1.21 equiv). The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h at room temperature and then quenched with H₂0 (30 mL). The resulting solution was extracted with DCM/MeOH(10:l) and the organic layers combined and concentrated. The crude product was purified by Prep-HPLC (Column, SunFire Prep CI 8 OBD Column, 150mm 5um lOnm; mobile phase, Water with lOmmol NH₄HC0₃and MeCN (30.0% MeCN up to 80.0% in 10 min);

Detector, nm). This provided 112.1 mg (41%>) of 6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-

(methylamino)-8-[3-[4-(prop-2-enoyl)piperazm^

one as a white solid. MS (ESI, pos. ion) m/z: 561.1 (M+l).

PATENT

Example 1

Synthesis of Compound (I)

Step 1

2-(3,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)acetic acid (1000 g) was charged into appropriately sized three-neck RBF equipped with a condenser and dissolved with methanol (10 L). Concentrated sulfuric acid (20 g) was added and a solution was brought to gentle boiling. Reaction progress was monitored by HPLC. The reaction mixture was transferred to appropriately sized RBF and

concentrated to ca. 3 L. and then co-evaporated with DMSO (3 L) to about 4 L and the residue containing methyl 2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)acetate (1071 g) was telescoped to Step 2.

Step 2

To an appropriate reactor equipped with mechanical stirrer methyl 2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)acetate (1071 g) in DMSO (3.2 L), 4-amino-2-(methylthio)-pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde (819 g, 0.95 eq.), potassium carbonate (1057 g, 1.5 eq.) and cesium carbonate (249 g, 0.15 eq.) was charged and the mixture was stirred at 50 °C. After 15 h, the mixture containing 6-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylthio)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one was cooled to RT. Potassium carbonate (854g, 1.2 eq.) and tert-butyl 4-(3 -((methyl sulfonyl)oxy )propyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate HC1 (2112 g, 1.1 eq.) was charged. Upon completion of ther eaction, ethyl acetate and water were added.

Organic layer was separated and aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate.

Combined organic layers were washed with 25% aqueous solution of sodium chloride. Organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Drying agent was filtered off and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated to ca. 9.6 L. and cooled to 0-5°C. A solution of ^-toluenesulfonic acid (970 g, 1.0 eq.) in ethyl acetate (4.28 L) was added dropwise. The resulted suspension was slowly warmed to RT and stirred for 5 h. Solids were filtered off, washed with ethyl acetate and dried give tert-butyl-4-(3-(6-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylthio)-7-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8(7H)-yl)propyl)piperazine- 1-carboxylate 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. Step 3

To an appropriate reactor equipped with mechanical stirrer was charged acetic acid (12 L), 6-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylthio)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one (2000 g) and triethylamine (639 g, 2.3 eq.). Internal temperature was adjusted to approximately 20°C and N-chlorosuccinimide (1651 g, 4.5 eq.) was added at 20-30°C. Reaction was stirred for 2 hours. Ethyl acetate (30 L) was added. 5% aqueous NaCl solution (20 L) was added. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were washed with 30 % aqueous potassium carbonate solution (14 L). The organic layer was concentrated to ~ 12 L and used for next step directly.

Step 4

To tert-butyl-4-(3-(6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)-7-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8(7H)-yl)propyl)piperazine- 1-carboxylate (1804 g) in ethyl acetate extract (12 L)from Step 3, was added 2M methylamine solution in THF (3435 mL) was slowly added maintaining temperature below 30°C. After reaction was complete, the suspension concentrated to 3.3 L and ethyl acetate (6 L) was added. The mixture was heated at 50°C for 2h, and then cooled to RT. Solids were filtered off and washed with ethyl acetate, water and dried to give tert-butyl-4-(3-(6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8(7H)-yl)propyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate (1845 g).

Step 5

tert-Butyl-4-(3-(6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxo-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8(7H)-yl)propyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate (125 g) was charged into appropriately sized three-neck RBF equipped with a condenser and suspended in acetone (1000 mL). Concentrated (36%) aqueous hydrochloric acid (100 mL) was slowly added and the mixture was heated to 45°C for 1 h. the reaction mixture was gradually cooled to RT over 4 h and filtered, washed with acetone and dried to give tert-butyl-4-(3-(6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8(7H)-yl)propyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate^»3HCl (125 g) in 98% yield.

Step 6

To an appropriate reactor tert-butyl-4-(3-(6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)-7-oxopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-8(7H)-yl)propyl)piperazine-l-carboxylate (50 g) and DMF (500 mL) was charged while stirring at RT. The suspension was cooled to 0-5°C and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (375 mL) was slowly added maintaining temperature below 15°C with emission of C0₂. The mixture was cooled again to 0-5°C and acryloyl chloride (8.6 mL, 1.3 eq.) was slowly added at temperature below 10°C. Once acryloyl chloride addition was finished the reaction mixture was gradually warmed to RT over 1 h.

Saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (75 mL) was slowly added and the resulted mixture was heated at 45-55°C for 0.5-1.5 h. It was then gradually cooled to RT and stirred for another 0.5-1.5 h. Solids were filtered off, washed with water and dried.

Crude product was dissolved in dichloromethane (750 mL) at reflux and the solution was cooled to ambient temperature. Silica gel (7.5 g) was added while stirring. After 30 min. the mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtering bed was washed with dichloromethane.

Ethyl acetate (250 mL) was added and the solution was concentrated under reduced to about 250 mL at 40 – 50 °C. Ethyl acetate (450 mL) was slowly added at 50°C. After 30 min. the suspension was slowly cooled to 40°C and solids were filtered off, washed with ethyl acetate and dried to give 36 g of 8-(3-(4-acryloylpiperazin-l-yl)propyl)-6-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one in 82%. XRPD analysis of the product showed an XRPD pattern for a highly crystalline compound, which was assigned as Form 1 (discussed in further detail below).

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Clc1c(OC)cc(OC)c(Cl)c1C4=Cc2cnc(NC)nc2N(CCCN3CCN(CC3)C(=O)C=C)C4=O

Now in #MEDI 1st time disclosures Principia Biopharma’s Kenneth Brameld on another FGFR inhibitor for solid tumors #ACSSanFran

FGF 401

NVP-FGF-401

CAS 1708971-55-4

N-[5-Cyano-4-[(2-methoxyethyl)amino]-2-pyridinyl]-7-formyl-3,4-dihydro-6-[(4-methyl-2-oxo-1-piperazinyl)methyl]-1,8-naphthyridine-1(2H)-carboxamide

/V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide

Phase I/II Hepatocellular carcinoma; Solid tumours 

• Originator Novartis
• Developer Novartis Oncology
• Class Antineoplastics
• Mechanism of Action Type 4 fibroblast growth factor receptor antagonists
• 26 Jan 2016 Phase-I/II clinical trials in Solid tumours and Hepatocellular carcinoma in USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, France, Germany and Spain (PO)
• 26 Dec 2014 Phase-I/II clinical trials in Hepatocellular carcinoma in Singapore (PO)
• 26 Dec 2014 Phase-I/II clinical trials in Solid tumours in Singapore (PO)

Activation of FGFRs (fibroblast growth factor receptors) has an essential role in regulating cell survival, proliferation, migration and differentiation.¹ Dysregulation of the FGFR signaling pathway has been associated with human cancer.¹ FGFRs represent an important target for cancer therapeutics because a growing body of evidence indicates that they can act in an oncogenic fashion to promote multiple steps of cancer progression, including induction of mitogenic and survival signals

FGF-401 is a FGFR4 inhibitor in phase I/II clinical studies at Novartis for the treatment of positive FGFR4 and KLB expresion solid tumors and hepatocellular carcinoma

Normal growth, as well as tissue repair and remodeling, require specific and delicate control of activating growth factors and their receptors. Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGFs) constitute a family of over twenty structurally related polypeptides that are developmental^ regulated and expressed in a wide variety of tissues. FGFs stimulate proliferation, cell migration and differentiation and play a major role in skeletal and limb development, wound healing, tissue repair, hematopoiesis, angiogenesis, and tumorigenesis (reviewed in Ornitz, Novartis Found Symp 232: 63-76; discussion 76-80, 272-82 (2001)).

The biological action of FGFs is mediated by specific cell surface receptors belonging to the Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinase (RPTK) family of protein kinases. These proteins consist of an extracellular ligand binding domain, a single transmembrane domain and an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain which undergoes phosphorylation upon binding of FGF. Four FGFRs have been identified to date: FGFR1 (also called Fig, fms-like gene, fit- 2, bFGFR, N-bFGFR or Cek1 ), FGFR2 (also called Bek-Bacterial Expressed Kinase-, KGFR, Ksam, Ksaml and Cek3), FGFR3 (also called Cek2) and FGFR4. All mature FGFRs share a common structure consisting of an amino terminal signal peptide, three extracellular immunoglobulin-like domains (Ig domain I, Ig domain II, Ig domain III), with an acidic region between Ig domains (the “acidic box” domain), a transmembrane domain, and intracellular kinase domains (Ullrich and Schlessinger, Cell 61 : 203,1990 ; Johnson and Williams (1992) Adv. Cancer Res. 60: 1 -41). The distinct FGFR isoforms have different binding affinities for the different FGF ligands.

Alterations in FGFRs have been associated with a number of human cancers including myeloma, breast, stomach, colon, bladder, pancreatic and hepatocellular carcinomas. Recently, it was reported that FGFR4 may play an important role in liver cancer in particular (PLoS One, 2012, volume 7, 36713). Other studies have also implicated FGFR4 or its ligand FGF19 in other cancer types including breast, glioblastoma, prostate, rhabdomyosarcoma, gastric, ovarian, lung, colon (Int. J. Cancer 1993; 54:378-382; Oncogene 2010; 29:1543-1552; Cancer Res 2010; 70:802-812; Cancer Res 201 1 ; 71 :4550-4561 ; Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:6169-6178; Cancer Res 2013;

73:2551 -2562; Clin Cancer Res 2012; 18:3780-3790; J. Clin. Invest. 2009; 1 19:3395-3407; Ann Surg Oncol 2010; 17:3354-61 ; Cancer 201 1 ; 1 17:5304-13; Clin Cancer Res 2013; 19:809-820; PNAS 2013; 1 10:12426-12431 ; Oncogene 2008; 27:85-97).

Therapies involving FGFR4 blocking antibodies have been described for instance in

WO2009/009173, WO2007/136893, WO2012/138975, WO2010/026291 , WO2008/052798 and WO2010/004204. WO2014/144737 and WO2014/01 1900 also describe low molecular weight FGFR4 inhibitors.

in spite of numerous treatment options for patients with cancer, there remains a need for effective and safe therapeutic agents and a need for new combination therapies that can be administered for the effective long-term treatment of cancer.

Liver cancer or hepatic cancer is classified as primary liver cancer (i.e. cancer that forms in the tissues of the liver) and secondary liver cancer (i.e. cancer that spreads to the liver from another part of the body). According to the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, the number of estimated new cases and deaths from liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer in the United States in 2014 was 33,190 and 23,000, respectively. Importantly, the percent surviving five years or more after being diagnosed with liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer is only about 16%.

It has now been found that a combination of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form and at least one further active ingredient, as defined herein, shows synergistic combination activity in an in vitro cell proliferation assay as shown in the experimental section and may therefore be effective for the delay of progression or treatment of a proliferative disease, such as cancer, in particular liver cancer.

Nicole Buschmann

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PATENT

WO 2015059668

https://www.google.com/patents/WO2015059668A1?cl=en

PATENT

WO 2016151500

A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1-yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid salt form has the following structure:

Example 1 – A/-(5-cvano-4 (2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1-yl)methyl)-3,4-dihvdro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid salt form (1 :1).

Step 1 : 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,8-naphthyridine.

The procedure described in J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69 (6), pp 1959-1966 was used. Into a 20 L 4-necked round-bottom flask was placed 2-aminopyridine-3-carbaldehyde (1000 g, 8.19 mol), 1 , 1-dimethoxypropan-2-one (1257 g, 10.64 mol), ethanol (10 L), and water (2 L). This was followed by the addition of a solution of sodium hydroxide (409.8 g, 10.24 mol) in water (1000 mL) drop wise with stirring at 0-15 °C. The solution was stirred for 3 h at 0-20 °C and then concentrated under vacuum. The resulting solution was extracted with 3×1200 mL of ethyl acetate and the organic layers were combined. The mixture was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was washed with 3×300 mL of hexane and the solid was collected by filtration. This resulted in the title compound as a yellow solid. ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-cf₆) δ 9.1 1 (dd, 1 H), 8.53 (d, 1 H), 8.50 (dd, 1 H), 7.73 (d, 1 H), 7.67 (dd, 1 H), 5.44 (s, 1 H), 3.41 (s, 6H).

Step 2: 7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine.

The procedure described in J. Org. Chem. , 2004, 69 (6), pp 1959-1966 was used. Into a 5-L pressure tank reactor (5 atm) was placed 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,8-naphthyridine (200 g, 979 mmol), ethanol (3 L), Pt0₂ (12 g). The reactor was evacuated and flushed three times with nitrogen, followed by flushing with hydrogen. The mixture was stirred overnight at 23 °C under an

atmosphere of hydrogen. This reaction was repeated four times. The solids were filtered out and the resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum to give the title compound as a yellow solid. ¹ H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ 7.14 (d, 1 H), 6.51 (d, 1 H), 6.47 – 6.41 (m, 1 H), 4.98 (s, 1 H), 3.28 -3.19 (m, 2H), 3.23 (s, 6H), 2.64 (t, 2H), 1 .73 – 1.79 (m, 2H).

Step 3: 6-bromo-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine.

Into a 3 L 4-necked round-bottom flask was placed 7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3, 4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine (1 14.6 g, 550.3mmol) in acetonitrile (2 L). This was followed by the addition of NBS (103 g, 578 mol) in portions with stirring at 25 °C. The resulting solution was stirred for 30 min at 25 °C. The resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum and the residue was diluted with 1000 mL of diethylether. The mixture was washed with 3×100 mL of ice/water. The aqueous phase was extracted with 2×100 mL of diethylether and the organic layers were combined. The resulting mixture was washed with 1×100 mL of brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to give the title compound as a light yellow solid. LC-MS: (ES, m/z): 286.03 [M+H]⁺. ¹ H-NMR: (300MHz, CDCI₃) δ 1 .86 – 1 .94 (2H, m), 2.70 – 2.74 (2H, m), 3.9 – 3.43 (2H, m), 3.47 (6H, s), 5.23 (1 H, s), 5.58 (1 H, s), 7.29 (1 H, s).

Step 4: 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-3-carbaldehyde.

To a solution of 6-bromo-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3, 4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine (15.0 g, 52.2 mmol) in THF (400 mL) at -78 °C under argon, was added MeLi (1 .6 M in Et₂0, 32.6 mL, 52.2 mmol), the solution was stirred for 5 min, then n-BuLi (1 .6 M in hexane, 35.9 mL, 57.5 mmol) was added slowly and the solution was stirred for 20 min. THF (100 mL) was added to the reaction at -78 °C. Subsequently, n-BuLi (1 .6 M in hexane, 49.0 mL, 78 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 20 min, then again n-BuLi (1 .6 M in hexane, 6.53 mL, 10.45 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 10 min at – 78 °C. DMF (2.10 mL, 27.2 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at -78 °C for 45 min, then it was allowed to warm to room temperature, poured into sat. aq. NH₄CI and extracted twice with DCM. The combined organic phases were dried over Na₂S0₄, filtered and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange oil. (UPLC-MS 3) t_R 0.63 min; ESI-MS 237.2 [M+H]⁺.

Step 5: ethyl 2-((2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)ethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate.

Ethyl bromoacetate (1.27 mL, 1 1 .48 mmol) was added to a mixture of tert-butyl (2-(methylamino)ethyl)carbamate (2.0 g, 1 1 .48 mmol), triethylamine (4.81 mL) and THF (24 mL) at 0 °C. After stirring 24 h at room temperature the reaction mixture was partitioned between saturated aqueous NaHC0₃ and DCM, extracted 2x with DCM, the organic layers dried over Na₂S0₄ and

evaporated to give the title compound as a clear pale-yellow oil. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCI₃) δ 5.20 (s, br, 1 H), 4.18 (q, 2H), 3.24 (s, 2H), 3.22 – 3.16 (m, 2H), 2.65 – 2.61 (m, 2H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 1 .42 (s, 9H), 1 .24 (t, 3H).

Step 6: ethyl 2-((2-aminoethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate dihydrochloride.

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (10 mL) was added to a solution of ethyl 2-((2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)ethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate (3.05 g, 1 1 .13 mmol) in THF (20 mL) and EtOH (100 mL) at room temperature. After stirring 1 h at room temperature the reaction mixture was evaporated, ethanol (20 mL) added, evaporated, further ethanol (50 mL) added and then stirred at 60 °C for 70 min. The cooled reaction mixture was then evaporated to give the title compound as a pale-yellow glass. ¹ H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ 8.58 (s, br, 3H), 4.19 (q, 2H), 4.26 – 4.15 (m, 2H), 3.44 (s, br, 2H), 3.21 (s, br, 2H), 2.88 (s, 3H), 1 .21 (t, 3H).

Step 7: 1 -((2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)methyl)-4-methylpiperazin-2-one.

Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (3.10 g, 14.61 mmol) was added to a mixture of 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-3-carbaldehyde (obtained in step 4, 2.30 g, 9.74 mmol), ethyl 2-((2-aminoethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate dihydrochloride (obtained in step 6, 2.6 g, 14.61 mmol) and triethylamine (6.75 mL, 48.7 mmol) in 1 ,2-dichloroethane (20 mL) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred for 21 h at room temperature and additional sodium triacetoxyborohydride (2.6 g, 9.74 mmol) was added. After a further 4 h stirring at room temperature, again additional sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1 .3 g, 4.87 mmol) was added and the reaction maintained at 4 °C for 2.5 days. The reaction mixture was then warmed to room temperature, saturated aqueous NaHC0₃ solution added, the mixture extracted with DCM (3x), the combined organic layers dried over Na₂S0₄ and evaporated. The residue was applied to a 120 g RediSep® silica column as a DCM solution and purified by normal phase chromatography, eluting with a gradient from DCM to 10% MeOH in DCM. Product containing fractions were combined and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange foam. ¹ H NMR (400 MHz, CDCI₃) δ 7.08 (s, 1 H), 5.30 (s, br, 1 H), 5.20 (s, 1 H), 4.69 (s, 2H), 3.44 – 3.34 (m, 2H), 3.40 (s, 6H), 3.22 – 3.15 (m, 2H), 3.24 (s, 2H), 2.71 – 2.64 (m, 2H), 2.58 – 2.50 (m, 2H), 2.31 (s, 3H), 1 .98 – 1.82 (m, 2H). (UPLC-MS 6) t_R 0.33; ESI-MS 335.3 [M+H]⁺.

Step 8: 4-fluoro-5-iodopyridin-2-amine.

A suspension of 4-fluoropyridin-2-amine (336 g, 2.5 mol) and NIS (745 g, 2.75 mol) in MeCN (9 L) was treated with TFA (1 14 g, 1 mol). The reaction mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 8 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc (10 L), washed with sat. aq. Na₂S₂0₃ (2 x 5 L), brine (4 x 5 L). The combined organic layers were dried over Na₂S0₄, filtered and concentrated to get the crude product. The crude product was purified by recrystallization from EtOAc/pentane (1/10) to afford the title compound as a white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-cf₆) δ 8.14 (d, 1 H), 6.45 (s, 2H), 6.33 (d, 1 H).

Step 9: 6-amino-4-fluoronicotinonitrile.

4-fluoro-5-iodopyridin-2-amine (obtained in step 8, 240 g, 1 mol), zinc cyanide (125 g, 1.05 mol), zinc (13 g, 0.2 mol), Pd₂(dba)₃ (25 g, 25 mmol) and dppf (55 g, 0.1 mol) in DMA (800 mL) were degassed and charged into the round bottom flask under nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at 100 °C for 3 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with 5% NaHC0₃ (2 L), extracted with EtOAc (4 x 600 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with 5% NaOH (1 L), dried over Na₂S0₄, concentrated to 700 mL. The resulting organic phase was eluted through silica gel column with EtOAc (1.7 L). The combined organic filtrate was washed with 2 M HCI (3 x 800 mL). The pH of the aqueous phase was adjusted to 10 with saturated NaHC0₃. The aqueous phase was extracted whit DCM (3 x 500 mL). The combined DCM was dried over Na₂S0₄ and concentrated. The residue was further purified by column chromatography (eluted with pentane: EtOAc 10: 1 to 3:2) followed by recrystallization from pentane/EtOAc 3/1 to give the title compound as white solid. ¹ H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ 8.40 (d, 1 H), 7.40 (s, 2H), 6.34 (d, 1 H).

Step 10: tert-butyl (4-chloro-5-cyanopyridin-2-yl)carbamate.

A mixture of 2,4-dichloro-5-cyanopyridine (1 Og, 57.8 mmol), fe/f-butyl carbamate (8.2 g, 70.5 mmol), Pd(OAc)₂ (0.26 g, 1 .1 mmol), Xantphos (1 .34 g, 2.3mmol) and K₂C0₃ (12 g, 87 mmol) in THF (150 mL) was degassed 3x with nitrogen. The mixture was then heated at 70 °C for 4-5 h and monitored by chromatography until complete conversion. Following completion of the reaction, additional THF (100 mL) was added and heated the mixture at 70 °C for additional 1 h and then cooled to room temperature. The suspension was then filtered through a pad of celite to remove the solid. The filtrate was then concentrated and azotropically distilled with ethyl acetete before filtering to give the title compound. ¹ H NMR (DMSO-d₆, 400 MHz): δ 10.82 (s, 1 H), 8.79 (s, 1 H), 8.09 (s, 1 H), 1 .49 (s, 9H).

Step 1 1 : fe/f-butyl N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate.

A mixture of tert-butyl (4-chloro-5-cyanopyridin-2-yl)carbamate (obtained in step 10, 9.8 g, 38.6 mmol), 2-methoxyethylamine (5.8 g, 77.3 mmol) and DIPEA (6 g, 46.4 mmol) in DMSO (80 mL) was heated at 65-70 °C for 24 h and monitored by chromatography until complete conversion. The

solution was then cooled to room temperature and a white solid precipitated gradually. Water (20 mL) was then added slowly within 1 h. The suspension was stirred for a further 1 h, filtered and dried to give the title compound as a white solid. ¹ H NMR (DMSO-d₆, 400 MHz): δ 9.87 (s, 1 H), 8.18 (s, 1 H), 7.20 (s, 1 H), 6.86 (s, 9H), 3.51 (t, 2H), 3.36 (t, 2H), 3.28 (s, 3H), 1.47 (s, 9H).

Step 12: 6-amino-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)nicotinonitrile.

A solution of 6-amino-4-fluoronicotinonitrile (obtained in step 9, 1 .10 g, 8.02 mmol) in DMA (20 mL) was treated with 2-methoxyethylamine (2.07 mL, 24.1 mmol) and DIPEA (4.20 mL, 24.1 mmol), heated to 50 °C and stirred for 15 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated. The crude material was purified by normal phase chromatography (24 g silica gel cartridge, heptanes/EtOAc 100:0 to 0:100). The product containing fractions were concentrated and dried under vacuum to give the title compound as an off-white solid.

An alternative synthesis of 6-amino-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)nicotinonitrile is outlined below:

To tert-butyl N-{5-cyano-4-[(2-methoxyethyl)amino]pyridin-2-yl}carbamate (obtained in step 1 1 , 7g) was added 30-36% aqueous HCI (40 mL), the mixture stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and monitored by chromatography until complete conversion. The solution was then basified with 20-30% NaOH solution to pH=9-10 and filtered to give a white solid. The solid was added to ethyl acetate (15 mL) and heated to 50-55 °C to form a clear solution. The solution was then cooled to 3-6 °C, stirred for 2-3 h and filtered. The wet cake was then dried to give the title compound as a white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ 7.92 (s, 1 H), 6.39 (s, 2H), 6.15 (t, 1 H), 5.61 (s, 1 H), 3.46 (t, 2H), 3.27 (s, 3H), 3.24 (q, 2H). (UPLC-MS 3) t_R 0.62; ESI-MS 193.1 [M+H]⁺.

Step 13: N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide.

A solution of 6-amino-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)nicotinonitrile (obtained in step 12, 481 mg, 2.50 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (1.5 mL) was added drop wise over 10 minutes to a mixture of di(1 H-1 ,2,4-triazol-1 -yl)methanone (410 mg, 2.50 mmol) and DMF (1 .5 mL) cooled at 0 °C. After stirring for 45 minutes at 0 °C the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and after a further 90 minutes at room temperature a solution of 1 -((2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)methyl)-4-methylpiperazin-2-one (obtained in step 7, 418 mg, 1.00 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 17.5 h at room temperature, quenched by the addition of MeOH and evaporated. The residue was applied to a 80 g RediSep® silica column as a DCM solution and purified by normal phase chromatography, eluting with a gradient from DCM to 2% MeOH in DCM. Product containing fractions were combined and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange foam. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ 13.50 (s, 1 H), 8.27 (s,

1 H), 7.52 (s, 1 H), 7.39 (s, 1 H), 6.93 (t, 1 H), 5.45 (s, 1 H), 4.65 (s, 2H), 3.94 – 3.89 (m, 2H), 3.54 -3.50 (m, 2H), 3.40 – 3.35 (m, 2H), 3.38 (s, 6H), 3.29 (s, 3H), 3.20 – 3.16 (m, 2H), 3.05 (s, 2H), 2.86 – 2.80 (m, 2H), 2.61 – 2.55 (m, 2H), 2.22 (s, 3H), 1 .94 – 1 .88 (m, 2H). (UPLC-MS 6) t_R 0.72; ESI-MS 553.3 [M+H]⁺.

Step 14: /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-form

yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (0.40 mL) was added to a solution of A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (obtained in step 13, 470 mg, 0.808 mmol) in THF (3 mL) and water (1 mL) at room temperature. After stirring for 3 h at room temperature saturated aqueous NaHC0₃ was added, the mixture extracted with DCM (3x), the organic layers dried over Na₂S0₄ and evaporated. The residue was sonicated with EtOAc (6 mL) and pentane (6 mL) and then filtered. The white solid obtained was then dissolved in DCM (6 mL), EtOAc added (3 mL), the solution warmed, sealed and allowed to stand at room temperature for 2 h. Filtration and drying gave A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide as a white solid.

¹ H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆) δ 13.43 (s, 1 H), 10.06 (s, 1 H), 8.24 (s, 1 H), 7.49 (s, 1 H), 7.47 (s, 1 H), 6.96 (t, br, 1 H), 4.86 (s, 2H), 3.96 – 3.90 (m, 2H), 3.52 – 3.46 (m, 2H), 3.39 – 3.33 (m, 2H), 3.30 – 3.21 (m, 2H), 3.37 (s, 3H), 3.02 (s, 2H), 2.93 – 2.86 (m, 2H), 2.61 – 2.56 (m, 2H), 2.21 (s, 3H), 1 .95 – 1.85 (m, 2H). (UPLC-MS 6) t_R0.70, ESI-MS 507.2, [M+H]⁺.

Step 15: A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid form (1 :1 ).

A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (obtained in step 14, 4g, 7.896 mmol) was stirred in propionic acid (29.3 g, 29.60mL) at 70 °C until dissolution was complete (20 minutes). The solution was cooled to 55 °C and a solution of citric acid in acetone (23% w/w) was added to it. Separately, a seed suspension was prepared by adding acetone (0.2 g, 0.252mL) to A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid form (0.0185 g, 0.026 mmol). The seed suspension was added to the solution at 50 °C and the resulting suspension was left to stir at 50 °C for 40 minutes. A further solution of citric acid in acetone (26.6g, 2.51 % w/w, 33.63 mL) was added to the reaction over 380 minutes. The resulting suspension was stirred for a further 120 minutes and cooled to 20 °C with stirring over 4 hours. The suspension was stirred for another 12 hours

before filtering the suspension under vacuum and washing the resulting solid with a propionic acid: acetone solution (1 : 1 , 7g, 7.96ml_) at room temperature. The solid was further washed with acetone (7g, 8.85ml_) at room temperature. The resulting solid was dried in an oven at 40 °C and 5mbar to give the title compound as a light orange solid (5.2g, 7.443 mmol). (mw 698.70), mp (DSC) 168.8 °C (onset).

XRPD analysis showed the same pattern as with particles obtained by a process described in PCT/I B2014/065585 (reference example 1 ) – see Figure 5.

Example 1a

Steps 1 to 14 were carried out as described in example 1 .

Step 15a: A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid form (1 : 1 )

A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (obtained in step 14, 5g, 9.930 mmol) was stirred in propionic acid (33.5 g, 33.84ml_) at 60 °C. Once A/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide had dissolved, anhydrous citric acid powder (0.19g, 0.9889 mmol) was added. The resulting suspension was heated to 70 °C and sonicated for 5 minutes to ensure full dissolution. The resulting solution was cooled to 50 °C and a solution of citric acid in ethyl acetate (3.7 g, 1 .3% citric acid in ethyl acetate) was added over 20 minutes. Seeds of N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid form (0.02 g) were added to the solution and the suspension was aged for 15 minutes. Another aliquot of citric acid in ethyl acetate (128g, 1 .3% citric acid in ethyl acetate) was added to the suspension over 1 1 .85hours. The suspension was left to stir for over 4 hours. The suspension was then filtered under vacuum (500mbar) and the resulting solid was washed firstly with a propionic acid: ethyl acetate solution (1 : 1 , 7g, 7.44ml_) at room temperature and then with ethyl acetate (12g, 13.38ml_) at room temperature. The resulting solid was dried in an oven at 40 °C and 5mbar to give the title compound as a light orange solid (6.3 g, 9.074 mmol).

XRPD analysis showed the same pattern as with particles obtained by a process described in PCT/I B2014/065585 (reference example 1 ) – see Figure 5.

Reference example 1 (described in PCT/IB2014/065585) – V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihvdro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide in citric acid form (1 :1 )

Steps 1 to 14 were carried out as described in example 1.

Reference Step 15 – /V-(5-cvano-4-((2-methoxyethyl^‘)amino^‘)pyridin-2-yl^‘)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl^‘)methyl^‘)-3,4-dihvdro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H^‘)-carboxamide in citric acid form (1 :1 )

A solution of citric acid (96.9 mg) in acetone (5 mL) was prepared at room temperature (0.1 M). A portion of the 0.1 M citric acid in acetone solution (2 mL) was then added to a suspension of Λ/-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (100 mg) in acetone (4 mL) and the mixture sonicated for 1 minute then heated at 55 °C with stirring for 2 h before slowly cooling to room temperature. The white solid was then collected by filtration, washing 2x with acetone (2 mL), and dried for 18 h at 40 °C under vacuum to give the title salt.

Alternatively, N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (6.5 g, 12.83 mmol) was placed in a 500ml 4-flask reactor. 49 mL of glacial acetic acid was added and the resulting suspension was stirred at 23 °C until a clear mixture was obtained. In a separate flask, anhydrous 2-hydroxypropane-1 ,2,3-tricarboxylic acid (2.59 g, 13.47 mmol, 1 .05 equiv.) was dissolved in 49 mL of glacial acetic acid at 50 °C until a clear solution was obtained. This solution was then added at 23°C to the N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide solution previously prepared. This mixture was stirred for 30 min at 23 °C and then added dropwise over 1 h to 192 mL of ethyl acetate warmed to 75 °C. The temperature remained constant over the addition. At the end of the addition, the temperature of the mixture was cooled slowly to 23 °C and let 16h at this temperature under gentle stirring. The suspension was cooled to 5-10 °C and filtered. The cake was washed with 15 mL of ethyl acetate and 15 mL of acetone. The wet cake (ca 8.5g) was transferred in a 500 mL flask containing 192 mL of dry acetone. The resulting suspension was refluxed for 24h. The suspension was filtered and the cake was washed with 2 times 15 mL of dry acetone then dried at 50 °C under vacuum for several hours to give the title salt.

PATENT

WO 2016151501

The synthesis of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (abbreviated herein as CPi and also named as Example 83) and salts thereof is disclosed in PCT/IB2014/065585, the content of which are incorporated by reference, as described herein below:

Example 83: /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide.

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (0.40 ml) was added to a solution of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (intermediate 80, 470 mg, 0.808 mmol) in THF (3 ml) and water (1 ml) at room temperature. After stirring for 3 h at room temperature saturated aqueous NaHC0₃ was added, the mixture extracted with DCM (3x), the organic layers dried over Na₂S0₄ and evaporated. The residue was sonicated with EtOAc (6 ml) and pentane (6 ml) and then filtered. The white solid obtained was then dissolved in DCM (6 ml), EtOAc added (3 ml), the solution warmed, sealed and allowed to stand at room temperature for 2 h. Filtration and drying gave the title compound as a white solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 13.43 (s, 1 H), 10.06 (s, 1 H), 8.24 (s, 1 H), 7.49 (s, 1 H), 7.47 (s, 1 H), 6.96 (t, br, 1 H), 4.86 (s, 2H), 3.96 – 3.90 (m, 2H), 3.52 – 3.46 (m, 2H), 3.39 – 3.33 (m, 2H), 3.30 – 3.21 (m, 2H), 3.37 (s, 3H), 3.02 (s, 2H), 2.93 – 2.86 (m, 2H), 2.61

– 2.56 (m, 2H), 2.21 (s, 3H), 1 .95 – 1 .85 (m, 2H).

(UPLC-MS 6) t_R 0.70, ESI-MS 507.2, [M+H]⁺.

The following salts were prepared from the above free form form of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide by precipitation with the appropriate counterions.

Malate with 1 :1 stoichiometry (mw 640.66), mp (DSC) 181 .1 °C (onset): Acetone (2 ml) was added to a mixture of malic acid (26.4 mg, 0.197 mmol) and /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (100 mg, 0.197 mmol) and the mixture heated on a mini-block with heating-cooling cycles from 55 to 5 °C for 7 repeat cycles (heating rate: 1 .5 °C/min, cooling rate: 0.25 °C/min). The white solid was collected by centrifugation and dried for 18 h at 40 °C to give the title salt.

Tartrate with 1 :0.5 stoichiometry (mw 581 .72), mp (DSC) 176.7 °C (onset). A solution of tartaric acid (75.7 mg) in methanol (5 ml) was prepared at room temperature (0.1 M). A portion of the 0.1 M tartaric acid in acetone solution (2 ml) was then added to a suspension of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (100 mg) in methanol (4 ml) and the mixture sonicated for 1 minute then heated at 55 °C with stirring for 2 h. The white solid was then collected by filtration, washing 2x with methanol (2 ml), and dried for 18 h at 40 °C under vacuum to give the title salt.

Tartrate with 1 :1 stoichiometry (mw 656.66), mp (DSC) 169.9 °C (onset): A solution of tartaric acid (75.7 mg) in acetone (5 ml) was prepared at room temperature (0.1 M). A portion of the 0.1 M tartaric acid in acetone solution (2 ml) was then added to a suspension of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (100 mg) in methanol (4 ml) and the mixture sonicated for 1 minute then heated at 55 °C with stirring for 2 h. The white solid was then collected by filtration, washing 2x with acetone (2 ml), and dried for 18 h at 40 °C under vacuum to give the title salt.

Citrate with 1 :0.5 stoichiometry (mw 602.73), mp (DSC) 168.4 °C (onset): A solution of citric acid (96.9 mg) in methanol (5 ml) was prepared at room temperature (0.1 M). A portion of the 0.1 M citric acid in methanol solution (2 ml) was then added to a suspension of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (100 mg) in methanol (4 ml) and the mixture sonicated for 1 minute then heated at 55 °C with

stirring for 2 h. The white solid was then collected by filtration, washing 2x with acetone (2 ml), and dried for 18 h at 40 °C under vacuum to give the title salt.

Citrate with 1 :1 stoichiometry (mw 698.70), mp (DSC) 168.8 °C (onset): A solution of citric acid (96.9 mg) in acetone (5 ml) was prepared at room temperature (0.1 M). A portion of the 0.1 M citric acid in acetone solution (2 ml) was then added to a suspension of /V-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (100 mg) in acetone (4 ml) and the mixture sonicated for 1 minute then heated at 55 °C with stirring for 2 h before slowly cooling to room temperature. The white solid was then collected by filtration, washing 2x with acetone (2 ml), and dried for 18 h at 40 °C under vacuum to give the title salt.

Alternatively, N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide (6.5 g, 12.83 mmol) was placed in a 500ml 4-flask reactor. 49 ml of glacial acetic acid was added and the resulting suspension was stirred at 23 °C until a clear mixture was obtained. In a separate flask, anhydrous 2-hydroxypropane-1 ,2,3-tricarboxylic acid (2.59 g, 13.47 mmol, 1 .05 equiv.) was dissolved in 49 ml of glacial acetic acid at 50 °C until a clear solution was obtained. This solution was then added at 23°C to the N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7-formyl-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide solution previously prepared. This mixture was stirred for 30 min at 23 °C and then added dropwise over 1 h to 192 ml of ethyl acetate warmed to 75 °C. The temperature remained constant over the addition. At the end of the addition, the temperature of the mixture was cooled slowly to 23 °C and let 16h at this temperature under gentle stirring. The suspension was cooled to 5-10 °C and filtered. The cake was washed with 15 ml of ethyl acetate and 15 ml of acetone. The wet cake (ca 8.5g) was transferred in a 500 ml flask containing 192 ml of dry acetone. The resulting suspension was refluxed for 24h. The suspension was filtered and the cake was washed with 2 times 15 ml of dry acetone then dried at 50 °C under vacuum for several hours to give the title salt.

Intermediate 80: N-(5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)-7- (dimethoxymethyl)-6-((4-methyl-2-oxopiperazin-1 -yl)methyl)-3,4-dihydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-1 (2H)-carboxamide.

A solution of 6-amino-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)nicotinonitrile (intermediate 75, 481 mg, 2.50 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (1 .5 ml) was added drop wise over 10 minutes to a mixture of di(1 H-1 ,2,4-triazol-1 -yl)methanone (410 mg, 2.50 mmol) and DMF (1 .5 ml) cooled at 0 °C. After stirring for 45 minutes at 0 °C the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and after a further 90 minutes at room temperature a solution of 1 -((2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)methyl)-4-methylpiperazin-2-one (intermediate 81 , 418 mg, 1 .00 mmol) in DMF (2 ml) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 17.5 h at room temperature, quenched by the addition of MeOH and evaporated. The residue was applied to a 80 g RediSep® silica column as a DCM solution and purified by normal phase chromatography, eluting with a gradient from DCM to 2% MeOH in DCM. Product containing fractions were combined and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange foam. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 13.50 (s, 1 H), 8.27 (s, 1 H), 7.52 (s, 1 H), 7.39 (s, 1 H), 6.93 (t, 1 H), 5.45 (s, 1 H), 4.65 (s, 2H), 3.94 – 3.89 (m, 2H), 3.54 – 3.50 (m, 2H), 3.40 – 3.35 (m, 2H), 3.38 (s, 6H), 3.29 (s, 3H), 3.20 – 3.16 (m, 2H), 3.05 (s, 2H), 2.86 – 2.80 (m, 2H), 2.61 – 2.55 (m, 2H), 2.22 (s, 3H), 1 .94 – 1 .88 (m, 2H). (UPLC-MS 6) t_R 0.72; ESI-MS 553.3 [M+H]⁺.

Intermediate 81 : 1 -((2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridin-3-yl)methyl)-4-methylpiperazin-2-one.

Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (3.10 g, 14.61 mmol) was added to a mixture of 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-3-carbaldehyde (intermediate 41 , 2.30 g, 9.74 mmol), ethyl 2-((2-aminoethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate dihydrochloride (intermediate 82, 2.6 g, 14.61 mmol) and triethylamine (6.75 ml, 48.7 mmol) in 1 ,2-dichloroethane (20 ml) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred for 21 h at room temperature and additional sodium triacetoxyborohydride (2.6 g, 9.74 mmol) was added. After a further 4 h stirring at room temperature, again additional sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1 .3 g, 4.87 mmol) was added and the reaction maintained at 4 °C for 2.5 days. The reaction mixture was then warmed to room temperature, saturated aqueous NaHC0₃ solution added, the mixture extracted with DCM (3x), the combined organic layers dried over Na₂S0₄ and evaporated. The residue was applied to a 120 g RediSep® silica column as a DCM solution and purified by normal phase chromatography, eluting with a gradient from DCM to 10% MeOH in DCM. Product containing fractions were combined and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange foam. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCI₃) δ 7.08 (s, 1 H), 5.30 (s, br, 1 H), 5.20 (s, 1 H), 4.69 (s, 2H), 3.44 – 3.34 (m, 2H), 3.40 (s, 6H), 3.22 – 3.15 (m, 2H), 3.24 (s, 2H), 2.71 -2.64 (m, 2H), 2.58 – 2.50 (m, 2H), 2.31 (s, 3H), 1 .98 – 1 .82 (m, 2H). (UPLC-MS 6) t_R 0.33; ESI-MS 335.3 [M+H]⁺.

Intermediate 82: ethyl 2-((2-aminoethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate dihydrochloride.

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (10 ml) was added to a solution of ethyl 2-((2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)ethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate (intermediate 83, 3.05 g, 1 1 .13 mmol) in THF (20 ml) and EtOH (100 ml) at room temperature. After stirring 1 h at room temperature the reaction mixture was evaporated, ethanol (20 ml) added, evaporated, further ethanol (50 ml) added and then stirred at 60 °C for 70 min. The cooled reaction

mixture was then evaporated to give the title compound as a pale-yellow glass. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 8.58 (s, br, 3H), 4.19 (q, 2H), 4.26 – 4.15 (m, 2H), 3.44 (s, br, 2H), 3.21 (s, br, 2H), 2.88 (s, 3H), 1 .21 (t, 3H).

Intermediate 83: ethyl 2-((2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)ethyl)(methyl)amino)acetate.

Ethyl bromoacetate (1 .27 ml, 1 1 .48 mmol) was added to a mixture of tert-butyl (2-(methylamino)ethyl)carbamate (2.0 g, 1 1 .48 mmol), triethylamine (4.81 ml) and THF (24 ml) at 0 °C. After stirring 24 h at room temperature the reaction mixture was partitioned between saturated aqueous NaHC0₃ and DCM, extracted 2x with DCM, the organic layers dried over Na₂S0₄ and evaporated to give the title compound as a clear pale-yellow oil. ¹ H NMR (400 MHz, CDCI₃) δ 5.20 (s, br, 1 H), 4.18 (q, 2H), 3.24 (s, 2H), 3.22 -3.16 (m, 2H), 2.65 – 2.61 (m, 2H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 1 .42 (s, 9H), 1 .24 (t, 3H).

Intermediate 41 : 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine-3-carbaldehyde.

To a solution of 6-bromo-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine

(intermediate 12, 15.0 g, 52.2 mmol) in THF (400 ml) at -78 °C under argon, was added MeLi (1 .6 M in Et₂0, 32.6 ml, 52.2 mmol), the solution was stirred for 5 min, then n-BuLi (1 .6 M in hexane, 35.9 ml, 57.5 mmol) was added slowly and the solution was stirred for 20 min. THF (100 ml) was added to the reaction at – 78 °C. Subsequently, n-BuLi (1 .6 M in hexane, 49.0 ml, 78 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 20 min, then again n-BuLi (1 .6 M in hexane, 6.53 ml, 10.45 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 10 min at – 78 °C. DMF (2.10 ml, 27.2 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at -78 °C for 45 min, then it was allowed to warm to room

temperature, poured into sat. aq. NH₄CI and extracted twice with DCM. The combined organic phases were dried over Na₂S0₄, filtered and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange oil. (UPLC-MS 3) t_R 0.63 min; ESI-MS 237.2 [M+H]⁺.

Intermediate 12: 6-bromo-7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine.

Into a 3 I 4-necked round-bottom flask was placed 7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine (intermediate 4, 1 14.6 g, 550.3mmol) in acetonitrile (2 I). This was followed by the addition of NBS (103 g, 578 mol) in portions with stirring at 25 °C. The resulting solution was stirred for 30 min at 25 °C. The resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum and the residue was diluted with 1000 ml of diethylether. The mixture was washed with 3×100 ml of ice/water. The aqueous phase was extracted with 2×100 ml of diethylether and the organic layers were combined. The resulting mixture was washed with 1 x100 ml of brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to give the title compound as a light yellow solid. LC-MS: (ES, m/z):

286.03 [M+H]⁺. ¹H-NMR: (300MHz, CDCI₃) δ 1 .86 – 1 .94 (2H, m), 2.70 – 2.74 (2H, m), 3.9 – 3.43 (2H, m), 3.47 (6H, s), 5.23 (1 H, s), 5.58 (1 H, s), 7.29 (1 H, s).

Intermediate 4: 7-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1 ,8-naphthyridine.

The procedure described in J. Org. Chem. , 2004, 69 (6), pp 1959-1966 was used. Into a 5-I pressure tank reactor (5 atm) was placed 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,8-naphthyridine (intermediate 5, 200 g, 979 mmol), ethanol (3 I), Pt0₂ (12 g). The reactor was evacuated and flushed three times with nitrogen, followed by flushing with hydrogen. The mixture was stirred overnight at 23 °C under an atmosphere of hydrogen. This reaction was repeated four times. The solids were filtered out and the resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum to give the title compound as a yellow solid.

Intermediate 5: 2-(dimethoxymethyl)-1 ,8-naphthyridine.

The procedure described in J. Org. Chem. , 2004, 69 (6), pp 1959-1966 was used. Into a 20 I 4-necked round-bottom flask was placed 2-aminopyridine-3-carbaldehyde (1000 g, 8.19 mol), 1 ,1 -dimethoxypropan-2-one (1257 g, 10.64 mol), ethanol (10 I), and water (2 I). This was followed by the addition of a solution of sodium hydroxide (409.8 g, 10.24 mol) in water (1000 ml) drop wise with stirring at 0-15 °C. The solution was stirred for 3 h at 0-20 °C and then concentrated under vacuum. The resulting solution was extracted with 3×1200 ml of ethyl acetate and the organic layers were combined. The mixture was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was washed with 3×300 ml of hexane and the solid was collected by filtration. This resulted in the title compound as a yellow solid. ¹H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 9.1 1 (dd, 1 H), 8.53 (d, 1 H), 8.50 (dd, 1 H), 7.73 (d, 1 H), 7.67 (dd, 1 H), 5.44 (s, 1 H), 3.41 (s, 6H).

Intermediate 75: 6-amino-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)nicotinonitrile.

A solution of 6-amino-4-fluoronicotinonitrile (intermediate 21 , 1 .10 g, 8.02 mmol) in DMA (20 ml) was treated with 2-methoxyethylamine (2.07 ml, 24.1 mmol) and DIPEA (4.20 ml_, 24.1 mmol), heated to 50 °C and stirred for 15 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated. The crude material was purified by normal phase chromatography (24 g silica gel cartridge, heptanes/EtOAc 100:0 to 0:100). The product containing fractions were concentrated and dried under vacuum to give the title compound as an off-white solid.

An alternative synthesis of 6-amino-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)nicotinonitrile is outlined below:

To fe/ -butyl N-{5-cyano-4-[(2-methoxyethyl)amino]pyridin-2-yl}carbamate (intermediate 287, 7g) was added 30-36% aqueous HCI (40 ml), the mixture stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and monitored by chromatography until complete conversion. The solution was then basified with 20-30% NaOH solution to pH=9-10 and filtered to give a white solid. The solid was added to ethyl acetate (15 ml) and heated to 50-55 °C to form a clear solution. The solution was then cooled to 3-6 °C, stirred for 2-3 h and filtered. The wet cake was then dried to give the title compound as a white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 7.92 (s, 1 H), 6.39 (s, 2H), 6.15 (t, 1 H), 5.61 (s, 1 H), 3.46 (t, 2H), 3.27 (s, 3H), 3.24 (q, 2H). (UPLC-MS 3) t_R 0.62; ESI-MS 193.1 [M+H]⁺.

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 7.14 (d, 1 H), 6.51 (d, 1 H), 6.47 – 6.41 (m, 1 H), 4.98 (s, 1 H), 3.28 – 3.19 (m, 2H), 3.23 (s, 6H), 2.64 (t, 2H), 1 .73 – 1 .79 (m, 2H).

Intermediate 21 : 6-amino-4-fluoronicotinonitrile.

4-fluoro-5-iodopyridin-2-amine (intermediate 22, 240 g, 1 mol), zinc cyanide (125 g, 1 .05 mol), zinc (13 g, 0.2 mol), Pd₂(dba)₃ (25 g, 25 mmol) and dppf (55 g, 0.1 mol) in DMA (800 ml) were degassed and charged into the round bottom flask under nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at 100 °C for 3 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with 5% NaHC0₃ (2 I), extracted with EtOAc (4 x 600 ml). The combined organic layers were washed with 5% NaOH (1 I), dried over Na₂S0₄, concentrated to 700 ml. The resulting organic phase was eluted through silica gel column with EtOAc (1 .7 I). The combined organic filtrate was washed with 2 M HCI (3 x 800 ml). The pH of the aqueous phase was adjusted to 10 with saturated NaHC0₃. The aqueous phase was extracted whit DCM (3 x 500 ml). The combined DCM was dried over Na₂S0₄ and concentrated. The residue was further purified by column chromatography (eluted with pentane: EtOAc 10:1 to 3:2) followed by recrystallization from pentane/EtOAc 3/1 to give the title compound as white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 8.40 (d, 1 H), 7.40 (s, 2H), 6.34 (d, 1 H).

Intermediate 22: 4-fluoro-5-iodopyridin-2-amine.

A suspension of 4-fluoropyridin-2-amine (336 g, 2.5 mol) and NIS (745 g, 2.75 mol) in MeCN (9 I) was treated with TFA (1 14 g, 1 mol). The reaction mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 8 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc (10 I), washed with sat. aq. Na₂S₂0₃ (2 x 5 I), brine (4 x 5 I). The combined organic layers were dried over Na₂S0₄, filtered and concentrated to get the crude product. The crude product was purified by recrystallization from EtOAc/pentane (1/10) to afford the title compound as a white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-c/₆) δ 8.14 (d, 1 H), 6.45 (s, 2H), 6.33 (d, 1 H).

Intermediate 287: fe/ -butyl (5-cyano-4-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate.

A mixture of tert-butyl (4-chloro-5-cyanopyridin-2-yl)carbamate (intermediate 288, 9.8 g, 38.6 mmol), 2-methoxyethylamine (5.8 g, 77.3 mmol) and DIPEA (6 g, 46.4 mmol) in DMSO (80 ml) was heated at 65-70 °C for 24 h and monitored by chromatography until complete conversion. The solution was then cooled to room temperature and a white solid precipitated gradually. Water (20 ml) was then added slowly within 1 h. The suspension was stirred for a further 1 h, filtered and dried to give the title compound as a white solid. ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆, 400 MHz): δ 9.87 (s, 1 H), 8.18 (s, 1 H), 7.20 (s, 1 H), 6.86 (s, 9H), 3.51 (t, 2H), 3.36 (t, 2H), 3.28 (s, 3H), 1 .47 (s, 9H).

Intermediate 288: tert-butyl (4-chloro-5-cyanopyridin-2-yl)carbamate.

A mixture of 2,4-dichloro-5-cyanopyridine (10g, 57.8 mmol), fe/ -butyl carbamate (8.2 g, 70.5 mmol), Pd(OAc)₂ (0.26 g, 1 .1 mmol), Xantphos (1 .34 g, 2.3mmol) and K₂C0₃ (12 g, 87 mmol) in THF (150 ml) was degassed 3x with nitrogen. The mixture was then heated at 70 °C for 4-5 h and monitored by chromatography until complete conversion. Following completion of the reaction, additional THF (100 ml) was added and heated the mixture at 70 °C for additional 1 h and then cooled to room temperature. The suspension was then filtered through a pad of celite to remove the solid. The filtrate was then concentrated and azotropically distilled with ethyl acetete before filtering to give the title compound. ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆, 400 MHz): δ 10.82 (s, 1 H), 8.79 (s, 1 H), 8.09 (s, 1 H), 1 .49 (s, 9H).

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CN4CC(=O)N(Cc1cc(C=O)nc2N(CCCc12)C(=O)Nc3cc(NCCOC)c(C#N)cn3)CC4

AMG 176

C₃₃ H₄₁ Cl N₂ O₅ S, 613.21

14Z/8’Z

Spiro[5,7-etheno-1H,11H-cyclobut[i][1,4]oxazepino[3,4-f][1,2,7]thiadiazacyclohexadecine-2(3H),1′(2′H)-naphthalen]-8(9H)-one, 6′-chloro-3′,4′,12,13,16,16a,17,18,18a,19-decahydro-16-methoxy-11,12-dimethyl-, 10,10-dioxide, (1′S,11R,12S,14Z,16S,16aR,18aR)-

(1S,3’R,6’R,7’S,8’Z,1 l’R,12’R)-6-CHLORO-7′-METHOXY-l 1′-METHYL- 12′-( 1 -METHYL)-3 ,4-DIHYDRO-2H, 15 Ή-SPIRO [NAPHTHALENE- 1 ,22′- [20]OXA[13]THIA[1,14]DIAZATETRACYCLO[14.7.2.0³‘⁶.0¹⁹‘²⁴]PENTACOS A[8,16,18,24]TETRAEN]-15′-ONE 13 ‘,13 ‘-DIOXIDE

Z FORM 1883727-35-2

 

PHASE 1,  Amgen, Mcl-1 inhibitor,  tumors

• Class Antineoplastics; Small molecules
• Mechanism of Action MCL1 protein inhibitors
• Phase I Multiple myeloma
• 01 Jun 2016 Phase-I clinical trials in Multiple myeloma (Second-line therapy or greater) in USA, Australia (IV) (NCT02675452)
• 12 Feb 2016 Amgen plans a first-in-human phase I trial for Multiple myeloma (Second-line therapy or greater) in USA, Germany and Australia (IV) (NCT02675452)
• 22 Dec 2015 Preclinical trials in Multiple myeloma in USA (IV) before December 2015

Synthesis

1 Kang catalyst used, ie Pyridine, 2,6-bis[(4R)-5,5-dibutyl-4,5-dihydro-4-phenyl-2-oxazolyl]-

2 Martin’s reagent to get CHO group

3 Hydrolysis or Hydrogenolysis of Carboxylic Esters :p-MeC6H4SO3H

4 R:(Me3Si)2NH •Li,

5 Hydrolysis of Acetals CF3SO3H

6 Fe, AcOH CYCLIZATION

7 l-Camphor-SO3H, Na+ •(AcO)3BH-,

8 SOCl2, MeOH ESTERIFICATION

9 OXIDATION

CONTD………..

10 GRIGNARD BuLi, Me(CH2)4Me,

11 Hydrogenolysis of Carboxylic Esters

12 Acylation INVOLVING NITROGEN ATOM

13 CYCLIZATION , Ruthenium, [1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene]dichloro(phenylmethylene)(tricyclohexylphosphine)-, (SP-5-41)-

14 METHYL IODIDE, Alkylation TO GET AMD 176

AMG 176

One common characteristic of human cancer is overexpression of Mcl-1. Mcl-loverexpression prevents cancer cells from undergoing programmed cell death (apoptosis), allowing the cells to survive despite widespread genetic damage.

Mcl-1 is a member of the Bcl-2 family of proteins. The Bcl-2 family includes pro-apoptotic members (such as BAX and BAK) which, upon activation, form a homo-oligomer in the outer mitochondrial membrane that leads to pore formation and the escape of mitochondrial contents, a step in triggering apoptosis. Antiapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family (such as Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, and Mcl-1) block the activity of BAX and BAK. Other proteins (such as BID, BIM, BIK, and BAD) exhibit additional regulatory functions.

Research has shown that Mcl- 1 inhibitors can be useful for the treatment of cancers. MCl-1 is overexpressed in numerous cancers. See Beroukhim et al. (2010) Nature 463, 899-90. Cancer cells containing amplifications surrounding the Mcl-1 and Bcl-2-1-1 anti-apoptotic genes depend on the expression of these genes for survival. Beroukhim et al. Mcl- 1 is a relevant target for the re-iniation of apoptosis in numerous cancer cells. See G. Lessene, P. Czabotar and P.

Colman, Nat. Rev. Drug. Discov., 2008, 7, 989-1000; C. Akgul Cell. Mol. Life

Sci. Vol. 66, 2009; and Arthur M. Mandelin II, Richard M. Pope, Expert Opin. Ther. Targets (2007) l l(3):363-373.

New compositions and methods for preparing and formulating Mcl-1 inhibitors would be useful.

PATENT

WO 2016033486

https://www.google.com/patents/WO2016033486A1?cl=ru

GENERAL SYNTHETIC SCHEMES

General Procedure 1

Intermediates III can be prepared using standard chemistry techniques. For example, cyclobutane carbaldehyde II was combined with oxazepine I in an appropriate solvent at a temperature below RT, preferably about 0°C. Sodium cyanoborohydride was added, and the mixture was added to NaOH solution, to provide compound III.

General Procedure 2

Intermediate AA Intermediate EE IV

Intermediates IV can be prepared using standard peptide like chemistry. For example, DMAP was added to carboxylic acid Intermediate AA and Intermediate EE in an appropriate solvent at a temperature below RT, preferably about 0°C, followed by the addition of EDC hydrochloride. The mixture was warmed to ambient temperature, to provide carboxamide IV.

General Procedure 3

EXAMPLE A

Example A intermediates can be prepared using standard chemistry techniques. For example, carboxamide IV was combined with DCM followed by the addition of Hoveyda-Grubbs II. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature to provide Example A.

General Procedure 4

Intermediate AA Intermediate EE

Intermediates V can be prepared using standard chemistry techniques. For example, Intermediate AA was combined with Intermediate EE in an appropriate solvent followed by the addition of Hoveyda-Grubbs II to provide compound V.

General Procedure 5

Example A intermediates can be prepared using standard chemistry techniques. For example, N,N-dimethylpyridin-4-amine was combined with compound VI in an appropriate solvent at a temperature below RT, preferably about 0°C, followed by the addition of N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N’-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride. The resulting mixture warmed to ambient temperature to provide Example A.

General Procedure 6

Example B intermediates can be prepared using standard chemistry techniques. For example, sodium hydride was added to a solution of Example A at a temperature below RT, preferably about 0°C, followed by the addition of Mel. The resulting mixture warmed to ambient temperature to provide Example B.

General Pr

Intermediates such as Example C can be prepared using standard chemistry techniques. For example, Example A and/or B and/or VII and platinum (IV) oxide were combined in an appropriate solvent at ambient temperature to provide Example C.

Compounds of the present invention generally can be prepared combining and further elaborating synthetic intermediates generated from commercially available starting materials. The syntheses of these intermediates are outlined below and further exemplification is found in the specific examples provided.

EXAMPLE 4. (1S,3’R,6’R,7’S,8’E,1 l’S,12’R)-6-CHLORO-7′-METHOXY-11′, 12 ‘-DIMETHYL-3 ,4-DIHYDRO-2H, 15 ‘H-SPIRO [NAPHTHALENE- 1 ,22’-[20]OXA[13]THIA[1,14]DIAZATETRACYCLO[14.7.2.0³‘⁶.0¹⁹‘²⁴]PENTACOS A[8, 16, 18,24]TETRAEN]-15′-ONE- 13 ‘, 13 ‘-DIOXIDE

To a slurry of (1 S,3’R,6’R,7’S,8’E, 1 l’S, 12’R)-6-chloro-7′-hydroxy-l l’,12′-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2h, 15’h-spiro[naphthalene-l,22′- [20]oxa[13]thia[l, 14]diazatetracyclo[14.7.2.0³‘⁶.0¹⁹‘²⁴]pentacosa[8,16, 18,24]tetra en]-15′-one 13 ‘, 13 ‘-dioxide (Example 2; 32.6 g, 49.1 mmol) (containing 9.8% toluene, starting material was not completely soluble in Me-THF) and Mel (15.2 mL, 245 mmol) in Me-THF (820 mL) was added KHMDS (1.0 M in THF, 167 mL, 167 mmol) dropwise for 30 min while maintaining reaction temperature between – 44°C and – 38°C under N₂. After the mixture was stirred at – 44°C for 30 min, the reaction was allowed to warm to rt and stirred for 1.5 h (LC/MS confirmed the reaction was complete). The reaction mixture was cooled to 5°C, quenched (170 mL of sat. aqueous NH₄C1 and 170 mL of FLO) while maintaining temperature between 5°C and 14°C, and acidified (340 mL of 10% aqueous citric acid). The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was back-extracted with EtOAc (500 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (3 x 500 mL), dried (MgS0₄), and concentrated under reduced pressure to provide a crude target compound (30.1 g, 49.1 mmol, quantitatively) (purity >98% with no over 1% major impurity from HPLC) as a bright yellow solid. After the same scale reaction was repeated four times, all the crude products (4 x 49.1 mmol = 196 mmol) were dissolved in EtOAc, combined, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Then the combined crude product was recrystallized as follows:

ethanol (800 mL) was added to the crude product and the resulting slurry solution was shaken while heating the solution for 20 min. H₂0 (250 mL) was added dropwise for 30 min at rt and the slurry was cooled down to 0°C. After the slurry was kept in an ice bath for 4 h, the solid product was filtered through filter paper. The filter cake was rinsed with ice-cold 30% FLO in EtOH (300 mL) and air-dried for 2 days. The product was further dried under high vacuum at 40°C for 4 days to provide the pure target compound (1 15 g, 188 mmol, 96 % yield) as a

white solid. ^XH NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-i¾) δ 11.91 (s, 1 H), 7.65 (d, J= 8.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.27 (dd, J= 8.5, 2.3 Hz, 1 H), 7.17 (d, J= 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 7.04 (dd, J= 8.2, 2.0 Hz, 1 H), 6.90 (d, J= 8.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.76 (d, J= 1.8 Hz, 1 H), 5.71 (ddd, J= 15.1, 9.7, 3.5 Hz, 1 H), 5.50 (ddd, J= 15.2, 9.2, 1.1 Hz, 1 H), 4.08 (qd, J= 7.2, 7.2, 7.2, 1.5 Hz, 1 H), 4.04 (d, J= 12.3 Hz, 1 H), 3.99 (d, J= 12.3 Hz, 1 H), 3.73 (d, J= 14.9 Hz, 1 H), 3.56 (d, J= 14.1 Hz, 1 H), 3.53 (dd, J= 9.1, 3.3 Hz, 1 H), 3.19 (d, J= 14.1 Hz, 1 H), 3.09 (s, 3 H), 3.03 (dd, J= 15.4, 10.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.79 (dt, J= 17.0, 3.5, 3.5 Hz, 1 H), 2.69 (ddd, J= 17.0, 10.7, 6.3 Hz, 1 H), 2.44-2.36 (m, 1 H), 2.24-2.12 (m, 2 H), 2.09 (ddd, J= 15.5, 9.6, 2.3 Hz, 1 H), 1.97 (dt, J = 13.6, 3.6, 3.6 Hz, 1 H), 1.91-1.80 (m, 4 H), 1.80-1.66 (m, 3 H), 1.38 (td, J= 12.3, 12.3, 3.5 Hz, 1 H), 1.33 (d, J= 7.2 Hz, 3 H), 0.95 (d, J= 6.8 Hz, 3 H); [cc]_D (24°C, c = 0.0103 g/mL, DCM) = – 86.07 °; m.p. 222.6 – 226.0°C; FT-IR (KBr): 3230 (b), 2931 (b), 1688 (s), 1598 (s), 1570 (s), 1505 (s), 1435 (s), 1384 (s), 1335 (s), 1307 (s), 1259 (s), 1155 (s), 1113 (s), 877 (s), 736 (s) cm^“1; Anal. Calcd. for C₃₃H41CIN2O5S: C, 64.64; H, 6.74; N, 4.57; CI, 5.78; S, 5.23. Found: C, 64.71; H, 6.81; N, 4.65; CI, 5.81; S, 5.11; HRMS (ESI) m/z 613.2493 [M + H]⁺ (C₃₃H41CIN2O5S requires 613.2503).

The mother liquor was concentrated under reduced pressure and further purification of the residue by flash column chromatography (200 g S1O2, 10% and 10% to 45% and 45% EtO A/Hex w/ 0.3% AcOH, gradient elution) provided additional pure product (3.1 g, 5.1 mmol, 2.6%) as an off-white solid.

EXAMPLE 5. (1S,3’R,6’R,7’S,8’Z,1 l’S,12’R)-6-CHLORO-7′-METHOXY-11 ‘, 12 ‘-DIMETHYL-3 ,4-DIHYDRO-2H, 15 Ή-SPIRO [NAPHTHALENE- 1 ,22’-[20]OXA[13]THIA[1,14]DIAZATETRACYCLO[14.7.2.0³‘⁶.0¹⁹‘²⁴]PENTACOS A[8, 16, 18,24]TETRAEN]- 15′-ONE 13 ‘, 13’-DIOXIDE

To a solution of (1S,3’R,6’R,7’S,8’Z,1 l’S,12’R)-6-chloro-7′-hydroxy-i r,12′-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2h,15’h-spiro[naphthalene-l,22′-[20]oxa[13]thia[l,14]diazatetracyclo[14.7.2.0³‘⁶.0¹⁹‘²⁴]pentacosa[8,16,18,24]tetra en]-15′-one 13 ‘,13 ‘-dioxide (Example 3; 34 mg; 0.057 mmol) in THF cooled to 0°C was added sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil; 22.70 mg, 0.567 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0 °C for 20 min, and then Mel (0.018 mL, 0.284 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 h, then quenched with aqueous NH4CI, and diluted with

EtOAc. The organic layer was dried over MgS0₄ and concentrated. Purification of the crude material via column chromatography eluting with 10-40 % EtOAc (containing 0.3% AcOH)/heptanes provided (lS,3’R,6’R,7’S,8’Z,l l’S,12’R)-6-chloro-7′-methoxy-l l’,12′-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2h,15’h-spiro[naphthalene-l,22′-[20]oxa[13]thia[l,14]diazatetracyclo[14.7.2.0³‘⁶.0¹⁹‘²⁴]pentacosa[8,16,18,24]tetra en]-15′-one 13 ‘,13 ‘-dioxide (34 mg, 0.054 mmol, 95% yield). ¾ NMR (400MHz, CD₂C1₂) δ 8.29 (s, 1H), 7.71 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.17 (dd, J=2.2, 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.09 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.01 (dd, J=1.6, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 6.92 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 6.88 (s, 1H), 5.90 – 5.80 (m, 1H), 5.54 (t, J=10.2 Hz, 1H), 4.14 – 4.04 (m, 3H), 3.87 – 3.79 (m, 2H), 3.73 (d, J=14.7 Hz, 1H), 3.32 (d, J=14.5 Hz, 1H), 3.23 (s, 3H), 3.28 -3.19 (m, 1H), 2.82 – 2.73 (m, 2H), 2.62 (t, J=10.6 Hz, 1H), 2.55 – 2.44 (m, 1H), 2.29 – 2.21 (m, 1H), 2.10 – 1.97 (m, 4H), 1.97 – 1.80 (m, 4H), 1.75 (dd, J=8.9, 18.7 Hz, 1H), 1.48 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 3H), 1.43 (br. s., 1H), 1.08 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 3H). MS (ESI, +ve ion) m/z 613.3 (M+H)⁺.

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