| Literature DB >> 29037946 |
Madeline F Long1, Julie L Engers1, Sichen Chang1, Xiaoyan Zhan1, Rebecca L Weiner1, Vincent B Luscombe1, Alice L Rodriguez1, Hyekyung P Cho1, Colleen M Niswender2, Thomas M Bridges1, P Jeffrey Conn2, Darren W Engers3, Craig W Lindsley4.
Abstract
This Letter details our efforts to replace the 3-amino moiety, an essential pharmacophore for M4 PAM activity in most M4 PAMs to date, within the thieno[2,3-b]pyridine core, as the β-amino carboxamide motif has been shown to engender poor solubility, varying degrees of P-gp efflux and represents a structural alert. A scaffold hopping exercise identified a novel 2,4-dimethylquinoline carboxamide core that provided M4 PAM activity and good CNS penetration without an amino moiety. In addition, MacMillan photoredox catalysis chemistry was essential for construction of the 2,4-dimethylquinoline core.Entities:
Keywords: M(4); Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; Positive allosteric modulator (PAM); Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR)
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29037946 PMCID: PMC5784840 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.10.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823