| Literature DB >> 12519057 |
Nicholas D P Cosford1, Lida Tehrani, Jeffrey Roppe, Edwin Schweiger, Nicholas D Smith, Jeffrey Anderson, Linda Bristow, Jesse Brodkin, Xiaohui Jiang, Ian McDonald, Sara Rao, Mark Washburn, Mark A Varney.
Abstract
2-Methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridine (3), a potent noncompetitive mGlu5 receptor antagonist widely used to characterize the pharmacology of mGlu5 receptors, suffers from a number of shortcomings as a therapeutic agent, including off-target activity and poor aqueous solubility. Seeking to improve the properties of 3 led to the synthesis of compound 9, a highly selective mGlu5 receptor antagonist that is 5-fold more potent than 3 in the rat fear-potentiated startle model of anxiety.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12519057 DOI: 10.1021/jm025570j
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Chem ISSN: 0022-2623 Impact factor: 7.446