Synthesis and evaluation of carbamoylmethylene linked prodrugs of BMS-582949, a clinical p38α inhibitor
作者:Chunjian Liu、James Lin、Gerry Everlof、Christoph Gesenberg、Hongjian Zhang、Punit H. Marathe、Mary Malley、Michael A. Galella、Murray Mckinnon、John H. Dodd、Joel C. Barrish、Gary L. Schieven、Katerina Leftheris
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.022
日期:2013.5
A series of carbamoylmethylene linked prodrugs of 1 (BMS-582949), a clinical p38 alpha inhibitor, were synthesized and evaluated. Though the phosphoryloxymethylene carbamates (3, 4, and 5) and alpha-aminoacyloxymethylene carbamates (22, 23, and 26) were found unstable at neutral pH values, fumaric acid derived acyloxymethylene carbamates (2, 28, and 31) were highly stable under both acidic and neutral conditions. Prodrugs 2 and 31 were also highly soluble at both acidic and neutral pH values. At a solution dose of 14.2 mpk (equivalent to 10 mpk of 1), 2 gave essentially the same exposure of 1 compared to dosing 10 mpk of 1 itself. At a suspension dose of 142 mpk (equivalent to 100 mpk of 1), 2 demonstrated that it could overcome the solubility issue associated with 1 and provide a much higher exposure of I. To our knowledge, the unique type of prodrugs like 2, 28, and 31 was not reported in the past and could represent a novel prodrug approach for secondary amides, a class of molecules frequently identified as drug candidates. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.