Discovery of N-{4-[(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-methylpiperazin-1-yl]methyl-2-methylpropyl}-4-phenoxybenzamide Analogues as Selective Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonists
Kormos, C., Jin, C., Cueva, J., Runyon, S., Thomas, J., Brieaddy, L., Mascarella, S., Navarro, H., Gilmour, B., & Carroll, F. (2013). Discovery of N-{4-[(3-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-methylpiperazin-1-yl]methyl-2-methylpropyl}-4-phenoxybenzamide Analogues as Selective Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonists. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 56(11), 4551-4567. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm400275h
There is continuing interest in the discovery and development of new kappa opioid receptor antagonists. We recently reported that N-substituted 3-methyl-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)piperazines were a new class of opioid receptor antagonists. In this study, we report the syntheses of two piperazine JDTic-like analogues. Evaluation of the two compounds in an in vitro [35S]GTPgammaS binding assay showed that neither compound showed the high potency and kappa opioid receptor selectivity of JDTic. A library of compounds using the core scaffold 21 was synthesized and tested for their ability to inhibit [35S]GTPgammaS binding stimulated by the selective kappa opioid agonist U69,593. These studies led to N-[(1S)-1-{[(3S)-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methylpiperazin-1-yl]methyl}-2-methylpropy l]-4-phenoxybenzamide (11a), a compound that showed good kappa opioid receptor antagonist properties. An SAR study based on 11a provided 28 novel analogues. Evaluation of these 28 compounds in the [35S]GTPgammaS binding assay showed that several of the analogues were potent and selective kappa opioid receptor antagonists
