Improving metabolic stability of phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors containing a substituted catechol: prevention of reactive intermediate formation and covalent binding
作者:Nathalie Chauret、Daniel Guay、Chun Li、Stephen Day、José Silva、Marc Blouin、Yves Ducharme、James A. Yergey、Deborah A. Nicoll-Griffith
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00349-9
日期:2002.8
A detailed study directed towards metabolic stability optimization of the alkoxy substituents on the catechol moiety of CDP-840 is reported. Replacement of the methoxy and cyclopentyloxy substituents by cyclobutyloxy and/or difluromethoxy groups resulted in the discovery of potent and selective PDE4 inhibitors where the formation of reactive metabolites that could covalently bind to microsomal protein was significantly reduced or eliminated. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.