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ACS MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 969-975Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00082
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CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2); CCR2 antagonist; Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; Multiple sclerosis
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Through a structure-activity relationship study, the discovery of BMS-753426 (2d) as a potent CCR2 antagonist was made, showing significant improvements in pharmacokinetic properties compared to the previous clinical candidate la, and exhibiting good activity in a multiple sclerosis model.
To improve the metabolic stability profile of BMS-741672 (1a), we undertook a structure-activity relationship study in our trisubstituted cyclohexylamine series. This ultimately led to the identification of 2d (BMS-753426) as a potent and orally bioavailable antagonist of CCR2. Compared to previous clinical candidate la, the tert-butyl amine 2d showed significant improvements in pharmacokinetic properties, with lower clearance and higher oral bioavailability. Furthermore, compound 2d exhibited improved affinity for CCRS and good activity in models of both monocyte migration and multiple sclerosis in the hCCR2 knock-in mouse. The synthesis of 2d was facilitated by the development of a simplified approach to key intermediate (4R)-9b that deployed a stereoselective reductive amination which may prove to be of general interest.
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