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Computer-designed protein triggers self-destruction of Epstein-Barr-infected cancer cells

A small chunk of protein (red) bound to the Epstein-Barr virus target protein (gray) was extended to make a much longer protein, left, and then designed to have a rigid folded structure, right, for tight and specific interactions with the target. Credit: University of Washington
A protein molecule, “BINDI,” has been built to trigger self-destruction of cancer cells infected with the Epstein-Barr virus. Numerous cancers are linked to the Epstein-Barr virus, which can disrupt the body’s weeding of old, abnormal, infected and damaged cells.
The Epstein-Barr virus persists for a long time after a bout with mononucleosis or other diseases for which it is responsible. It survives by preventing cells from disintegrating to kill themselves and their invaders. The virus’ interference with cell population control may contribute to cancerous overgrowth.
In a June 19 report in the scientific journal Cell, researchers describe how they computer-designed, engineered and tested a…
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DARA BioSciences receives FDA orphan drug designation for KRN5500 (SPK 241) …..Antitumor agent

KRN5500
Antitumor agent
151276-95-8 cas
IUPAC/Chemical name:
(2E,4E)-N-(2-(((2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-6-((7H-purin-6-yl)amino)-2-((S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl)-4,5-dihydroxytetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)amino)-2-oxoethyl)tetradeca-2,4-dienamide
C28H43N7O7
Exact Mass: 589.32240
L-glycero-beta-L-manno-Heptopyranosylamine, 4-deoxy-4-((((1-oxo-2,4-tetradecadienyl)amino)acetyl)amino)-N-1H-purin-6-yl-, (E,E)-
L-glycero-beta-L-manno-Heptopyranosylamine, 4-deoxy-4-(((((2E,4E)-1-oxo-2,4-tetradecadienyl)amino)acetyl)amino)-N-1H-purin-6-yl-
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- (1) Melting point: 182-183 °C,
- (2) Specific rotation [a]0 2S = 0 (c = 0.1, in methanol),
- (3) Elementary analysis:
- (4) FD mass spectrum (m/z): 590 (M + H) , C28 H4 3 N707
- (5) Infrared spectrum (KBr disc): 3250 cm-1, 1650 cm-1, 1620 cm-1,
- (6) Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum (500 MHz, in CD30D) δH: 0.89 (3H, t, J = 7.3 Hz), 1.20-1.50 (14H, m), 2.18 (2H, dt, J = 7.3, 7.3 Hz), 3.6-3.8 (5H, m), 3.95 (1 H, d, J = 16.3 Hz), 3.98 (1H, d, J = 16.3 Hz), 4.00 (1H, dd, J = <1, 2.9 Hz), 4.15 (1H, dd, J = 10.8, 10.8 Hz), 5.66 (1 H, brs), 5.98 (1 H, d, J = 15.7 Hz), 6.12 (1 H, dt, J = 7.3, 15.7 Hz), 6.22 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 15.7 Hz), 7.17 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 15.7 Hz), 8.15 (1 H, s), 8.30 (1 H, s).
- EP 0525479; JP 1993186494; US 5461036; US 5631238
DARA BioSciences receives FDA orphan drug designation for KRN5500
DARA BioSciences has received orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development for KRN5500, for treating multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a hematologic cancer or cancer of the blood.
KRN5500 is a non-opioid, non-narcotic compound that is currently being tested in Phase I clinical trial.
Earlier this year, KRN5500 received orphan status to be developed for the parenteral treatment of painful, chronic, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CCIPN) that is refractory to conventional analgesics in patients with cancer.
“We believe this myeloma-specific orphan designation enhances both the viability and the future market opportunity for this valuable pipeline product.”
DARA BioSciences MD, CEO and chief medical officer David J Drutz said: “It is noteworthy in this regard that up to 20% of myeloma patients have intrinsic peripheral neuropathy, an incidence that increases to the range of 75% in patients treated with neurotoxic drugs such as thalidomide or bortezomib.
KRN5500 is a semisynthetic derivative of the nucleoside-like antineoplastic antibiotic spicamycin, originally isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces alanosinicus. KRN 5500 inhibits protein synthesis by interfering with endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus functions. This agent also induces cell differentiation and caspase-dependent apoptosis.
KRN5500 is available as a solution for intravenous (IV) administration. KRN5500 was discovered in an effort to identify new agents that induced differentiation of myeloid leukemia cells.
Safety and efficacy data from Phase I trials have been leveraged to support DARA Therapeutics’ active IND and ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial. The objective of this Phase 2a feasibility study is to determine the potential of KRN5500 (a spicamycin analogue) to be a breakthrough medicine for the treatment of neuropathic pain in cancer patients.
Four clinical trials have been conducted in cancer patients, including one in Japan and 3 in the United States. Three of these studies are complete; the fourth was closed to patient accrual and treatment in December 2004.
A total of 91 patients with solid tumors have been treated with single IV KRN5500 doses of up to 21 mg/m2 and weekly doses of up to 42 mg/m2. While KRN5500 has not shown anti-cancer efficacy in any trial, its use in pain elimination is encouraging. (source: http://www.darabiosciences.com/krn5500.htm).

Chemical structures of KRN5500 and its known metabolites.
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spk 241
- 6-[4′-N-(N’-trans,trans-2,4-tridecadienylglycyl)spicamynyl-amino]purine,
- (20) SPK241:
Example 52: Preparation of SPK241
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[0214]To trans-2-dodecenal (4.5 g) dissolved in methylene chloride (80 ml) was added (carbomethoxymethylene)triphenylphosphorane (8.3 g), and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was subjected to chromatography on a silica gel column with eluent systems of n-hexane- ethyl acetate (from 100:1 to 20:1) to give the methyl ester of trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid (5.4 g). Potassium hydroxide (6.5 g) was dissolved in a mixed solvent of ethanol-water (1:1) (100 ml). The methyl ester of trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid (5.4 g) was added to the mixture, and the resulting mixture was stirred at 60 °C for 40 minutes. After the reaction mixture was cooled, it was adjusted to the weak acidic range of pH with citric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to give trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid (4.4 g). Hereafter, the title compound can be synthesized by the two methods described below.
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[0215]In the first method, trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid (4.3 g) is first dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 50 ml). Para-nitrophenol (2.67 g) and N,N’-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (3.9 g) were added to trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid solution, and the mixture was stirred for 12 hours. After precipitates produced were removed by filtration and the solvent (DMF) was removed by distillation, the residue was subjected to chromatography on a silica gel column with eluent systems of n-hexane-ethyl acetate (from 200:1 to 50:1) to give the active ester of trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid (5.1 g). To the active ester (500 mg) dissolved in DMF (30 ml) were added 6-(4′-N-glycyl-spicamynyl-amino)purine hydrochloride (556 mg) and triethylamine (1.2 ml). The mixture was stirred for 12 hours. After the solvent was removed by distillation, the residue was subjected to chromatography on a silica gel column with eluent systems of chloroform-methanol (from 7:1 to 5:1) to give SPK241 in the yield of 398 mg.
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[0216]In the second method, trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid (99.6 g) was dissolved in thionyl chloride (87 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. The excessive thionyl chloride was removed by distillation to give trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid chloride (102.0 g). To glycine (66.8 g) dissolved in an aqueous 2N sodium hydroxide solution (540 ml) were added at the same time trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoic acid chloride (102.0 g) and 2N sodium hydroxide (270 ml) with 1/10 portions at a 3 minute interval. After the addition was completed, the mixture was warmed to room temperature, stirred for 15 minutes and acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid (140 ml) under ice-cooling. Precipitates thus produced were collected by filtration and desiccated to give trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoyl glycine (75.0 g). To the solution of trans,trans-2,4-tetradecadienoyl glycine (4.7 g) and 6-(4′-N-glycyl-spicamynyl-amino)-purine (5.1 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 60 ml) was added N-hydroxysuccinimide (2.1 g), and the mixture was ice-cooled. 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (3.4 g) dissolved in DMF (100 ml) was added dropwise to the mixture. After the addition was completed, the mixture was heated to room temperature and stirred for 12 hours. Water (500 ml) was added to the reaction mixture, and precipitates produced were collected by filtration and desiccated. Sodium methoxide (3.1 g) was added to a suspension of the precipitates in methanol (100 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature, then ice-cooled and acidified by adding dropwise thereto a 10% methanolic hydrochloric acid solution. Precipitates produced were filtered, dried and subjected to chromatography on a silica gel column with eluent systems of chloroform-methanol (from 7:1 to 5:1) to give SPK241 in the yield of 5.00 g.
Physicochemical properties of SPK241
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[0217]
- (1) Melting point: 182-183 °C,
- (2) Specific rotation [a]0 2S = 0 (c = 0.1, in methanol),
- (3) Elementary analysis:
- (4) FD mass spectrum (m/z): 590 (M + H) , C28 H4 3 N707
- (5) Infrared spectrum (KBr disc): 3250 cm-1, 1650 cm-1, 1620 cm-1,
- (6) Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum (500 MHz, in CD30D) δH: 0.89 (3H, t, J = 7.3 Hz), 1.20-1.50 (14H, m), 2.18 (2H, dt, J = 7.3, 7.3 Hz), 3.6-3.8 (5H, m), 3.95 (1 H, d, J = 16.3 Hz), 3.98 (1H, d, J = 16.3 Hz), 4.00 (1H, dd, J = <1, 2.9 Hz), 4.15 (1H, dd, J = 10.8, 10.8 Hz), 5.66 (1 H, brs), 5.98 (1 H, d, J = 15.7 Hz), 6.12 (1 H, dt, J = 7.3, 15.7 Hz), 6.22 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 15.7 Hz), 7.17 (1 H, dd, J = 10.0, 15.7 Hz), 8.15 (1 H, s), 8.30 (1 H, s).

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WHITE PAPER: QA/QC: Catching Up With The Competiton
WHITE PAPER: QA/QC: Catching Up With The Competiton
By Robert G. McGregor, General Manager, Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
In the world of pharmaceutical products, there is almost always a leader in every category of major application. Take skin creams, for example. The reputation is earned because the product solves the customer’s problem, such as relieving facial acne or soothing aching joints. Working with the formulation chemists who create the product are the physical scientists, who specify how to process the material. They also have responsibility for characterizing the flow behavior of the cream when used by the customer and for specifying the QC test that verifies compliance.







Targeting a key driver of cancer

In a recent breakthrough, a team led by UCSF’s Kevan Shokat was able to exploit a previously unknown “Achilles heel” in K-Ras, part of a family of protein mutations that’s responsible for many cancers. The team discovered a binding site, or “pocket,” where they could design a chemical compound (shown in color) to attach to K-Ras and inhibit its activity. Credit: Shokat Lab
In the epic fight against cancer, a protein called Ras has been one of the arch-villains. First identified in human cancers in the 1980s, this protein is responsible for roughly one-third of all cases, as well as some of the deadliest, including lung, colon and pancreatic cancers.
Ras is a key switch in a multi-step cascade of molecular interactions that take place within cells. Mutations in Ras proteins can result in excessive signals for cells to proliferate and cause them to ignore cues for programmed cell death, leading…
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Progesterone could become tool versus brain cancer
The hormone progesterone could become part of therapy against the most aggressive form of brain cancer. High concentrations of progesterone kill glioblastoma cells and inhibit tumor growth when the tumors are implanted in mice, researchers have found. The results were recently published in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Glioblastoma is the most common and the most aggressive form of brain cancer in adults, with average survival after diagnosis of around 15 months. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy do prolong survival by several months, but targeted therapies, which have been effective with other forms of cancer, have not lengthened survival in patients fighting glioblastoma.
The lead author of the current paper is Fahim Atif, PhD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. The findings with glioblastoma came out of Emory researchers’ work on progesterone as therapy for traumatic brain injury and more recently, stroke. Atif, Donald…
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Scientists reveal molecular ‘yin-yang’ of blood vessel growth
Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a crucial process that regulates the development of blood vessels. The finding could lead to new treatments for disorders involving abnormal blood vessel growth, including common disorders such as diabetic retinopathy and cancer.
“Essentially we’ve shown how the protein SerRS acts as a brake on new blood vessel growth and pairs with the growth-promoting transcription factor c-Myc to bring about proper vascular development,” said TSRI Professor Xiang-Lei Yang. “They act as the yin and yang of transcriptional regulation.”
Yang and her colleagues reported the new findings this week in the biology journaleLife.
Multitasking Enzymes
SerRS (seryl tRNA synthetase) belongs to a family of enzymes that have fundamental, evolutionarily ancient roles in the protein-making machinery of cells. But as Yang’s and other laboratories have been finding in recent years, some of these protein-maker enzymes seem to have evolved extra functions.
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BMS-791325, Beclabuvir In Phase 2 for Hepatitis C (HCV)
BMS-791325, Beclabuvir
IN PHASE 2 for Hepatitis C (HCV)
An NS5B inhibitor.

BMS-791325 preferably is

958002-33-0
958002-36-3 (as hydrochloride)
C36 H45 N5 O5 S, 659.838
Cycloprop(d)indolo(2,1-a)(2)benzazepine-9-carboxamide, 12-cyclohexyl-N-((dimethylamino)sulfonyl)-4b,5,5a,6-tetrahydro-3-methoxy-5a-((3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo(3.2.1)oct-8-yl)carbonyl)-, (4bS,5aR)-
(4bS,5aR)-12-Cyclohexyl-N-(dimethylsulfamoyl)-3-methoxy-5a-((3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo(3.2.1)oct-8-yl)carbonyl)-4b,5,5a,6-tetrahydrocyclopropa(d)indolo(2,1-a)(2)benzazepine-9-carboxamide
(4bS,5aR)-12-Cyclohexyl-N-(dimethylsulfamoyl)-3-methoxy-5a-((3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo(3.2.1)oct-8-yl)carbonyl)-4b,5,5a,6-tetrahydrocyclopropa(d)indolo(2,1-a)(2)benzazepine-9-carboxamide
(1aR,12bS)-8-Cyclohexyl-N-(dimethylsulfamoyl)-11-methoxy-1a-[(3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)carbonyl]-1,1a,2,12b-tetrahydrocyclopropa[d]indolo[2,1-a][2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide
Cycloprop [d] indolo [2, 1 -a] [2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-N- [(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-l,la,2,12b-tetrahydro-ll-methoxy-la-[(3-methyl-3,8- diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)carbonyl]-, (laR,12bS)-
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Originator)
RNA-Directed RNA Polymerase (NS5B) Inhibitors
UNII-MYW1X5CO9S
BMS-791325 is in phase II clinical studies at Bristol-Myers Squibb for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. In 2013, the company received breakthrough therapy designation in the U.S. for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in combination with daclatasvir and asunaprevir.
| Patent | WO 2007136982 |
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Scheme 1.
N-protected piperazines can also be coupled to the intermediate indolobenzazepine acids and the resultant piperazine carboxamides can be deprotected using methods known in the art and derivatized using a variety of synthetic protocols, some illustrative examples of which are shown below (See Scheme 2).
Scheme 2.
An intermediate useful for the synthesis of some compounds of the invention involves the preparation of the tert-butyl ester indolobenzazepine shown in Scheme 3. Scheme 3.
t-Butylation either:
This methodology involves base catalyzed hydrolysis of the indole methyl ester shown, followed by its reaction with either thionyl chloride and potassium tertiary butoxide, or alkylation with silver carbonate and tertiary butyl bromides. The resultant compound can be transformed using chemistry analogous to that outlined previously to provide the mixed ester indolobenzazepines shown above.
Scheme 4.
Some examples exist as stereoisomeric mixtures. The invention encompasses all stereoisomers of the compounds. Methods of fractionating stereoisomeric mixtures are well known in the art, and include but are not limited to; preparative chiral supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and chiral high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). An example using this approach is shown in scheme 5. Scheme 5.
An additional method to achieve such separations involves the preparation of mixtures of diastereomers which can be separated using a variety of methods known in the art. One example of this approach is shown below (Scheme 6).
Scheme 6.
Diastereomers separated by reverse phase HPLC
Some diastereomeric amides can be separated using reverse phase HPLC. After hydroysis, the resultant optically active acids can be coupled with bridged piperazine derivatives (Scheme 6). For example, O-(lH-benzotriazol-l-yl)-N,N, N’,N’-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate and diisopropyl ethyl amine in DMSO can be used to give the alkyl bridged piperazine carboxamides. Other standard acid amine coupling methods can also be used to give optically active carboxamides.
Schemes 7-9 illustrate other methods of making intermediates and compounds.
Scheme 8.
Scheme 9.
Biological Methods
The compounds demonstrated activity against HCV NS5B as determined in the following HCV RdRp assays.
DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS
Unless otherwise specified, analytical LCMS data on the following intermediates and examples were acquired using the following columns and conditions. Stop time: Gradient time + 1 minute; Starting cone: 0% B unless otherwise noted; Eluent A: 5% CH3CN / 95% H2O with 10 mM NH4OAc (for columns A, D and E); 10 % MeOH / 90 % H2O with 0.1% TFA (for columns B and C); Eluent B: 95% CH3CN / 5% H2O with 10 mM NH4OAc (for columns A, D and E); 90 % MeOH / 10 % H2O with 0.1% TFA (for columns B and C); Column A:
Phenomenex lOμ 4.6 x 50 mm C18; Column B: Phenomenex C18 lOμ 3.0 x 50 mm; Column C: Phenomenex 4.6 x 50 mm C18 lOμ; Column D: Phenomenex Lina C18 5μ 3.0 x 50 mm; Column E: Phenomenex 5μ 4.6 x 50 mm Cl 8.
Intermediate 1
lH-Indole-6-carboxylic acid, 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-, methyl ester. Freshly recrystallized pyridinium tribromide (recrystallization from hot AcOH (5 mL per 1 g), rinsed with cold AcOH and dried under high vacuum over KOH) was added in portions (over 10 min.) to a stirring solution of methyl 3-cyclohexyl-lH-indole-6- carboxylate (60 g, 233 mmol) (prepared using procedures describe in WO2004/065367) in CHC1/THF (1: 1, 1.25 L) at 2o C. The reaction solution was stirred at 0-5 °C for 2.5h, and washed with sat. aq. NaHSO3 (1 L), 1 N HCl (1 L) and brine (1 L). The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and concentrated. The resulting red oil was diluted with Et2θ and concentrated. The resulting pink solid was dissolved into Et2θ (200 mL) treated with hexanes (300 mL) and partially concentrated. The solids were collected by filtration and rinsed with hexanes. The mother liquor was concentrated to dryness and the procedure repeated. The solids were combined to yield lH-indole-6-carboxylic acid, 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-, methyl ester (64 g, 190 mmol, 82%) as a fluffy pink solid, which was used without further purification. IHNMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.47 (br s, IH), 8.03 (d, J = 1.4 Hz, IH), 7.74 (dd, J = 1.4, 8.8 Hz, IH), 7.69 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, IH), 3.92 (s, 3H), 2.82 (tt, J = 3.7, 11.7 Hz, IH), 1.98 – 1.72 (m, 7H), 1.50 – 1.27 (m, 3H). 13CNMR (75 MHz, CDC13) δ 168.2, 135.6, 130.2, 123.1, 120.8, 120.3, 118.7, 112.8, 110.7, 52.1, 37.0, 32.2(2), 27.0(2), 26.1. LCMS: m/e 334 (M-H)“, ret time 3.34 min, column A, 4 minute gradient.
Intermediate 2
lH-Indole-6-carboxylic acid, 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-. A solution of methyl 2- bromo-S-cyclohexyl-lH-indole-ό-carboxylate (20 g, 60 mmol) and LiOH (3.8 g, 160 mmol) in MeOΗ/TΗF/Η2O ( 1 : 1 : 1 , 300 mL) was heated at 90 °C for 2h. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice/H2O bath, neutralized with IM HCl (-160 mL) diluted with H2O (250 mL) and stirred for Ih at rt. The precipitates were collected by filtration rinse with H2O and dried to yield lH-indole-6-carboxylic acid, 2-bromo-3- cyclohexyl- (quant.) which was used without further purification.
An alternative procedure that can by used to provide lH-indole-6-carboxylic acid, 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl- is described below: A solution of methyl 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-lH-indole-6-carboxylate (117 g, 349 mmol) and LiOKH2O (26.4 g, 629 mmol) in MeOH/THF/H2O (1: 1: 1, 1.8 L) was heated at reflux for 3h. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice/H2O bath to ~2 °C, neutralized with IM HCl (-650 mL) (added at such a rate that temperature did not exceed 5 °C), diluted with H2O (1 L) and stirred while warming to ambient temperature. The precipitates were collected by filtration rinsed with H2O and dried to yield the mono THF solvate of lH-indole-6-carboxylic acid, 2-bromo-3- cyclohexyl- (135.5 g, 345 mmol, 99%) as a yellow solid, which was used without further purification. IHNMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 11.01 (br s, IH), 8.77 (s, IH), 8.07 (d, J = 1.5 Hz, IH), 7.82 (dd, J = 1.5, 8.8 Hz, IH), 7.72 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, IH), 3.84 – 3.74 (m, 4H), 2.89 (m, IH), 1.98 – 1.72 (m, HH), 1.50 – 1.24 (m, 3H). 13CNMR (75 MHz, CDC13) δ 172.7, 135.5, 130.7, 122.3, 120.9(2), 118.8, 113.3, 111.1, 67.9(2), 37.0, 32.2(2), 27.0(2), 26.1, 25.5(2). LCMS: m/e 320 (M-H)“, ret time 2.21 min, column A, 4 minute gradient.
Intermediate 3
lH-Indole-6-carboxamide, 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-N-
[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-. l,l’-Carbonyldiimidazole (1.17 g, 7.2 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-lH-indole-6-carboxylic acid (2.03 g, 6.3 mmol) in THF (6 mL) at 22 °C. The evolution of CO2 was instantaneous and when it slowed the solution was heated at 50°C for 1 hr and then cooled to 220C. N,N-Dimethylsulfamide (0.94 g, 7.56 mmol) was added followed by the dropwise addition of a solution of DBU (1.34 g ,8.8 mmol) in THF (4 mL). Stirring was continued for 24 hr. The mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and dilute HCl. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with water followed by brine and dried over Na2SO4. The extract was concentrated to dryness to leave the title product as a pale yellow friable foam, (2.0 g, 74 %, >90 % purity , estimated from NMR). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-D6) δ ppm 1.28 – 1.49 (m, 3 H) 1.59 – 2.04 (m, 7 H) 2.74 – 2.82 (m, 1 H) 2.88 (s, 6 H) 7.57 (dd, J=8.42, 1.46 Hz, 1 H) 7.74 (d, J=8.78 Hz, 1 H) 7.91 (s, 1 H) 11.71 (s, 1 H) 12.08 (s, 1 H).
An alternative method for the preparation of lH-indole-6-carboxamide, 2- bromo-3-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]- is described below.
To a 1 L four necked round bottom flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a temperature controller, a N2 inlet , and a condenser, under N2, was added 2-bromo-3- cyclohexyl-lH-indole-6-carboxylic acid (102.0 g, 0.259 mol) and dry TΗF (300 mL). After stirring for 10 min, CDI (50.3 g, 0.31 mol) was added portion wise. The reaction mixture was then heated to 50 oC for 2 h. After cooling to 30 oC, N,N- dimethylaminosulfonamide (41.7 g, 0.336 mol) was added in one portion followed by addition of DBU (54.1 mL, 0.362 mol) drop wise over a period of 1 h. The reaction mixture was then stirred at rt for 20 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between EtOAc and 1 Ν HCl (1 : 1, 2 L). The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (500 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (1.5 L) and dried over MgSO4. The solution was filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give the crude product (111.0 g). The crude product was suspended in EtOAc (400 mL) at 60 oC. To the suspension was added heptane (2 L) slowly. The resulting suspension was stirred and cooled to 0 oC. It was then filtered. The filter cake was rinsed with small amount of heptane and house vacuum air dried for 2 days. The product was collected as a white solid (92.0 g, 83%). 1H ΝMR (MeOD, 300 MHz) δ 7.89 (s, H), 7.77 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.55 (dd, J= 8.4 and 1.8 Hz, IH), 3.01 (s, 6H), 2.73-2.95 (m, IH), 1.81-2.05 (m, 8H), 1.39-1.50 (m, 2H); m/z 429 (M +H)+. Intermediate 4
lH-Indole-6-carboxamide, 3-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-2-(2- formyl-4-methoxyphenyl)-. A mixture of the 2-Bromo-3-cyclohexyl- N- [(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-lH-indole-6-carboxamide (4.28g, 0.01 mol), 4-methoxy- 2-formylphenyl boronic acid (2.1%, 0.015 mol), 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′- dimethoxy-biphenyl (41 mg, 0.0001 mol), palladium acetate (11.2 mg), and finely ground potassium carbonate (4.24g, 0.02 mol) in toluene (30 mL) was stirred under reflux and under nitrogen for 30 min, at which time LC/MS analysis showed the reaction to be complete. The reaction mixture was then diluted with ethyl acetate and water, and then acidified with an excess of dilute HCl. The ethyl acetate layer was then collected and washed with dilute HCl, water and brine. The organic solution was then dried (magnesium sulfate), filtered and concentrated to give a gum. The gum was diluted with hexanes (250 ml) and ethyl acetate (25 mL), and the mixture was stirred for 20 hr at 22° C during which time the product was transformed into a bright yellow granular solid (4.8 g) which was used directly without further purification.
An alternative procedure for the preparation of lH-indole-6-carboxamide, 3- cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-2-(2-formyl-4-methoxyphenyl)- is provided below:
To a slurried solution of 2-bromo-3-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]- indole-6-carboxamide (54.0 g, 126 mmol), 4-methoxy-2-formylphenylboronic acid (29.5 g, 164 mmol) and LiCl (13.3 g, 315 mmol) in EtOH/toluene (1 : 1, 1 L) was added a solution of Na2CO3 (40.1 g, 379 mmol) in water (380 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred 10 min. and then Pd(PPh3)4 (11.3 g, 10.0 mmol) was added. The reaction solution was flushed with nitrogen and heated at 70 °C (internal monitoring) overnight and then cooled to rt. The reaction was diluted with EtOAc (1 L) and EtOH (100 mL), washed carefully with IN aqueous HCl (1 L) and brine (500 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. The residual solids were stirred with Et20 (600 mL) for Ih and collected by filtration to yield lH-indole-6-carboxamide, 3- cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-2-(2-formyl-4-methoxyphenyl)- (52.8g, 109 mmol, 87%) as a yellow powder which was used without further purification. IHNMR (300 MHz, d6-DMSO) δ 11.66 (s, IH), 8.17 (s, IH), 7.75 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.74 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.59 (dd, J = 1.4, 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.23 – 7.16 (m, 2H), 7.08 (dd, J = 2.6, 8.4 Hz, IH), 6.54 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, IH), 3.86 (s, 3H), 3.22 – 3.08 (m, IH), 2.91 (s, 6H), 2.00 – 1.74 (m, 7H), 1.60 – 1.38 (m, 3H). 13CNMR (75 MHz, CDC13) δ 165.7, 158.8, 147.2, 139.1, 134.3, 132.0, 123.4, 122.0, 119.2, 118.2, 114.8, 112.3, 110.4, 109.8, 79.6, 45.9, 37.2(2), 34.7, 32.0(2), 25.9(2), 24.9. LCMS: m/e 482 (M- H)“, ret time 2.56 min, column A, 4 minute gradient.
Intermediate 5
6H-Isoindolo[2,l-a]indole-3-carboxamide, 11-cyclohexyl-N-
[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-6-ethoxy-8-methoxy-. To a 5 L four necked round bottom flask equipped with a temperature controller, a condenser, a N2 inlet and a mechanical stirrer, was charged toluene (900 mL), EtOH (900 mL), 2-bromo-3- cyclohexyl-N^NjN-dimethylsulfamoyiyiH-indole-ό-carboxamide (90 g, 0.21 mol), 2-formyl-4-methoxyphenylboronic acid (49.2 g, 0.273 mol) and LiCl (22.1 g, 0.525 mol). The resulting solution was bubbled with Ν2 for 15 mins. A solution of Na2CO3 (66.8 g, 0.63 mol) in Η2O (675 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was bubbled with N2 for another (10 mins). Pd(PPh3)4 (7.0 g, 6.3 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was heated to 70 °C for 20 h. After cooling to 35 °C, a solution of 1 N HCl (1.5 L) was added slowly. The resulting mixture was transferred to a 6 L separatory funnel and extracted with EtOAc (2 X 1.5 L). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine (2 L), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow solid, which was triturated with 20% EtOAc in hexane (450 mL, 50 °C to 0 °C) to give 3-cyclohexyl-N-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)-2-(2-formyl-4- methoxyphenyl)-lH-indole-6-carboxamide(65.9 g) as a yellow solid. HPLC purity, 98%.
The mother liquid from the trituration was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was refluxed with EtOH (50 mL) for 3 h. The solution was then cooled to 0 °C. The precipitates were filtered and washed with cooled TBME (5 °C) (20 mL). The filter cake was house vacuum air dried to give a further quantity of the title compound as a white solid (16.0 g). HPLC purity, 99%. 1H NMR (CDC13, 300 MHz) δ 8.75 (s, IH), 7.96 (s, IH), 7.73 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.67 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.45 (dd, J= 8.4 and 1.4 Hz, IH), 7.09 (d, J= 2.2 Hz, IH), 6.98 (dd, J= 8.4 and 2.2 Hz, IH), 6.50 (s, IH), 3.86 (s, 3H), 3.05 (s, 6H), 2.92-3.13 (m, 3H), 1.85-1.93 (m, 7 H), 1.40-1.42 (m, 3H), 1.05 (t, J= 7.1 Hz, 3H). m/z 512 (M + H)+.
Intermediate 6
lH-indole-6-carboxamide, 3-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-2-(2- formyl-4-methoxyphenyl)-. 1 l-cyclohexyl-N-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)-6-ethoxy-8- methoxy-6H-isoindolo[2,l-a]indole-3-carboxamide was dissolved in THF (75 mL). To the solution was added a solution of 2 N HCl (300 mL). The mixture was vigorously stirred under N2 at rt for 16 h. The resulting suspension was filtered and washed with cooled TBME (2 X 30 mL). the filer cake was vacuum air dried overnight to give the title compound as a yellow solid. HPLC purity, 99% 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz) δ 11.65 (s, IH), 8.16 (s, IH), 7.76 (d, J= 5.9 Hz, IH), 7.73 (d, J= 5.9 Hz, IH), 7.58 (dd, J= 8.5 and 1.5 Hz, IH), 7.17-7.20 (m, 2H), 7.08 (dd, J = 8.5 and 1.4 Hz, IH), 6.55 (d, J= 8.6 Hz, IH), 3.86 (s, 3H), 3.14-3.18 (m, IH), 2.91 (s, 6H), 1.75-1.99 (m, 7H), 1.48-1.60 (m, 3H); m/z 484 (M + H)+.
Intermediate 7
7H-Indolo[2, 1-a] ‘ [2] benzazepine-6-carboxylic acid, 13-cyclohexyl-10- [[[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl] amino] carbonyl]-3-methoxy-, methyl ester. A mixture of the 3-cyclohexyl-N-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)-2-(2-formyl-4-methoxyphenyl)-lH- indole-6-carboxamide (4.8g, 0.01 mol), methyl 2-(dimethoxyphosphoryl)acrylate (9.7 g, 0.02 mol) and cesium carbonate (7.1g, 0.02 mol) in DMF (28mL) was stirred for 20 hr at an oil bath temperature of 55 ° C. The mixture was poured into ice-water and acidified with dilute HCl to precipitate the crude product. The solid was collected, dried and flash chromatographed on Siθ2 (11Og) using an ethyl acetate and methylene chloride (1: 10) solution containing 2% acetic acid. Homogeneous fractions were combined and evaporated to afford the title compound as a pale yellow solid (3.9g, 71 % yield). MS: 552 (M=H+).
An alternate procedure for the preparation of 7H-indolo[2,l- a] [2]benzazepine-6-carboxylic acid, 13-cyclohexyl-10- [[[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]amino]carbonyl]-3-methoxy-, methyl ester is provided below. A solution of l l-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-6-hydroxy-8- methoxy-6H-isoindolo[2,l-a]indole-3-carboxamide (cyclic hemiaminal) (63.0 g, 130 mmol), methyl 2-(dimethoxyphosphoryl)acrylate (60 g, 261 mmol), cesium carbonate (106 g, 326 mmol) in DMF (400 mL) was heated at 60 °C (bath temp) for 4.5h. Additional methyl 2-(dimethoxyphosphoryl)acrylate (15 g, 65 mmol) and cesium carbonate (21.2 g, 65 mmol) were added and the reaction was heated at 60 °C overnight then and cooled to rt. The stirring reaction mixture was diluted with H2O (1 L), slowly neutralized with IN aqueous HCl (800 mL), stirred 3h, and then the precipitates were collected by filtration. The solids were triturated with Et20 (800 mL) and dried to yield methyl 7H-indolo[2,l-a][2]benzazepine-6-carboxylic acid, 13- cyclohexyl-10-[[[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]amino]carbonyl]-3-methoxy-, methyl ester (70.2 g, 127 mmol, 98%) as a yellow solid which was used without further purification. IHNMR (300 MHz, CDC13) δ 8.67 (s, IH), 8.09 (s, IH), 7.86 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.80 (s, IH), 7.50 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, IH), 7.42 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, IH), 7.08 (dd, J = 2.6, 8.8 Hz, IH), 6.98 (d, J = 2.6 Hz, IH), 5.75 – 5.51 (m, IH), 4.29 – 4.01 (m, IH), 3.89 (s, 3H), 3.82 (s, 3H), 3.05 (s, 6H), 2.87 – 2.73 (m, IH), 2.11 – 1.12 (m, 10H). LCMS: m/e 550 (M-H)-, ret time 3.21 min, column A, 4 minute gradient.
Example 1
Cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l-a] [2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-N- [(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-l,la,2,12b-tetrahydro-ll-methoxy-la-[(3-methyl-3,8- diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)carbonyl]-, (+/-)-. TBTU (43.7 mg, 0.136mmol) and DIPEA (0.095 mL, 0.544 mmol) were added to a solution of (+/-) cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l-a][2]benzazepine-la(2H)-carboxylic acid, 8-cyclohexyl-5- [[[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]amino]carbonyl]-l,12b-dihydro-l 1-methoxy- (50 mg, 0.0906 mmol) in DMSO (2.0 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 15 min. 3-Methyl-3,8-diaza-bicyclo[3.2. l]octane dihydrochloride {J & W PharmLab, LLC Morrisville, PA 19067-3620}. (27.1 mg, 0. 136 mmol) was then added and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 3 hr. It was then concentrated and the residue was purified by preparative reverse phase HPLC to give the final product as a yellow solid, (32 mg, 46% yield). MS m/z 660(MH+), Retention time: 2.445 min IH NMR (300 MHz, MeOD) δ ppm 0.20 (m, 0.23 H) 1.11 – 2.25 (m, 15.77 H) 2.58 (m, 0.23 H) 2.69 (m, 0.77 H) 2.75 – 3.11 (m, 10 H) 3.28 – 3.75 (m, 5 H) 3.91 (s, 2.31 H) 3.92 (s, 0.69 H) 4.15 – 4.37 (m, 1 H) 4.68 (m ,br, 1 H) 4.94 – 5.00 (m, 0.23 H) 5.16 (d, J=15.00 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.00 – 7.09 (m, 1 H) 7.18 (d, J=2.56 Hz, 0.23 H) 7.21 (d, J=2.56 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.33 (d, J=8.41 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.35 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 0.23 H) 7.57 (dd, J=8.42, 1.46 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.62 (dd, J=8.78, 1.46 Hz, 0.23 H) 7.91 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.93 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 0.23 H) 8.00 (s, 0.77 H) 8.07 (s, 0.23 H).
Example 4
Cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l-a] [2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-N- [(dimethylamino)sulfonylj ‘- 1 , Ia, 2, 12b-tetrahydro-ll-methoxy-la-[(8-methyl-3, 8- diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)carbonyl]-, (+/-)-. To a solution of (+/-) cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l-a][2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-la-(3,8- diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-ylcarbonyl)-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-l,la,2,12b- tetrahydro-11-methoxy- (54 mg, 0.071 mmol) in methanol (3 mL), paraformaldehyde (6.4 mg, 0.213 mmol), ZnCl2 (29 mg, 0.213 mmol) and
Na(CN)BH3 (13.4 mg, 0.213 mmol) were added. The resultant mixture was heated at 60°C for 2hr, and then cooled to rt. The solid present was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum and the residue purified by preparative reverse phase HPLC to give the title compound as a light yellow colored solid, (37 mg, 67% yield). MS ml 660(MH+), Retention time: 2.495 min. IH NMR (500 MHz, MeOD) δ ppm 0.21 (m, 0.3 H) 1.13 (m, 0.3 H) 1.18 – 2.22 (m, 15.4 H) 2.58 (m, 0.3 H) 2.68 (m, 0.7 H) 2.76 – 3.11 (m, 11 H) 3.32 – 3.37 (m, 1 H) 3.63 (d, J=15.56 Hz, 0.7 H) 3.82 – 4.32 (m, 7.3 H) 4.88 – 4.92 (m, 0.3 H) 5.08 (d, J=15.56 Hz, 0.7 H) 7.00 – 7.08 (m, 1 H) 7.18 (d, J=2.14 Hz, 0.3 H) 7.21 (d, J=2.14 Hz, 0.7 H) 7.32 (d, J=8.55 Hz, 0.7 H) 7.35 (d, J=8.55 Hz, 0.3H) 7.57 (d, J=7.93 Hz, 0.7 H) 7.62 (dd, J=8.39, 1.37 Hz, 0.3 H) 7.91 (d, J=8.55 Hz, 0.7 H) 7.93 – 7.99 (m, 1 H) 8.09 (s, 0.3 H).
Example 6
Cycloprop [d] indolo [2, 1 -a] [2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-N- [(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]-l,la,2,12b-tetrahydro-ll-methoxy-la-[(3-methyl-3,8- diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)carbonyl]-, (laR,12bS)-. To a solution of (-) cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l-a][2]benzazepine-la(2H)-carboxylic acid, 8-cyclohexyl-5- [[[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]amino]carbonyl]-l,12b-dihydro-l 1-methoxy- (204 mg, 0.37 mmol) in DMSO (8.0 mL), TBTU (178 mg, 0.555 mmol) and DIPEA (0.39 mL, 2.22 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 15 min. Then 3- methyl-3,8-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane dihydrochloride (111 mg, 0. 555 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 2 hr. It was then concentrated and the residue was purified by preparative reverse phase HPLC to give a yellow solid as final TFA salt. (265 mg, 92% yield). Average Specific Rotation: -53.56° Solvent, MeOH.; Wavelength 589 nm; 50 cm cell. MS m/z 660(MH+), Retention time: 3.035 min. 1H NMR (300 MHz, MeOD) δ ppm 0.20 (m, 0.23 H) 1.11 – 2.25 (m, 15.77 H) 2.58 (m, 0.23 H) 2.69 (m, 0.77 H) 2.75 – 3.11 (m, 10 H) 3.28 – 3.75 (m, 5 H) 3.91 (s, 2.31 H) 3.92 (s, 0.69 H) 4.15 – 4.37 (m, 1 H) 4.68 (m ,br, 1 H) 4.94 – 5.00 (m, 0.23 H) 5.16 (d, J=15.00 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.00 – 7.09 (m, 1 H) 7.18 (d, J=2.56 Hz, 0.23 H) 7.21 (d, J=2.56 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.33 (d, J=8.41 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.35 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 0.23 H) 7.57 (dd, J=8.42, 1.46 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.62 (dd, J=8.78, 1.46 Hz, 0.23 H) 7.91 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 0.77 H) 7.93 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 0.23 H) 8.00 (s, 0.77 H) 8.07 (s, 0.23 H). An alternate procedure for the synthesis of cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l- a][2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]- l,la,2,12b-tetrahydro-l l-methoxy-la-[(3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8- yl)carbonyl]-, (laR,12bS)-rel-(-)-is provided below. To a mixture of (-) cycloprop[<i]indolo[2,l-α][2]benzazepine-la(2H)-carboxylic acid, 8-cyclohexyl-5- [[[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]amino]carbonyl]-l,12b-dihydro-l 1-methoxy- (25.2 g, 45.68 mmol) and 3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo-[3.2.1]octane dihydrochloride (10.0 g, 50.22 mmol) in anhydrous MeCN (300 mL) was added DIPEA (23.62 g, 182.72 mmol) under N2. After 15 min, TBTU (16.12 g, 50.22 mmol) was added. The reaction solution was stirred for 30 min under N2. The ΗPLC indicated the disappearance of starting material. The solvent in the solution was evaporated to give a foam. This was dissolved in EtOAc (2.5 L), washed with H2O (1.5 L), H2O/brine (8:2) (1.5 L), brine (1.5 L), dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated to give 28.8 g of crude product. This solid was pooled with 45.4 g of material obtained from five separated reactions to afford a total of 74.2 g of crude product. This was passed through a pad of silica gel (E. Merck 230-400 mesh, 1 kg), eluting with MeOH/CH2Cl2 (2.5:97.5). After evaporation, it gave a foam, which was treated with EtOAc and hexane to turn into a solid. After drying at 50 °C under vacuum for 7 h, the GC analysis indicated it has 1.4% each of EtOAc and hexane. After further drying at 61-64 °C, the GC analysis indicated it still has 1.0% of hexane and 1.4% of EtOAc. The product was dissolved in Et2O and slowly evaporated in vacuum three times, dried at 60 °C under vacuum for 3 h to give 68.3 g. This was washed with H2O (900 mL) and redried at 68 °C under vacuum for 7 h to give 67.1 g (77% yield) of the compound of example 6. The GC analysis indicated it has 0.97% Of Et2O. HPLC conditions column: Cadenza CD-C18 3 x 250 mm; UV: 257 and 220 nm; 25 °C; flow rate: 0.5 mL/min; gradient time: 38 min, 0 – 80% B (0 – 35 min) and 80% B (35 – 38 min); solvent A: 25 nM CH3COONH4 at pH 4.7 in water, solvent B: MeCN. HPLC purity 99.7% (Rt 26.54 min); Chiral HPLC conditions column: Regis (S5S) Whelk-Ol 250 x 4.6 mm; UV 258nm; 35 °C; flow rate 2.0 mL/min; mobile phase C02/Me0H; gradient time 20 min, 30% MeOH (0 – 1 min), 30 – 48% MeOH (1 – 19 min), 48% MeOH (19 – 20 min). Chiral HPLC purity > 99.8% (Rt 16.60 min); LC/MS (ES+) 660.36 (M+H, 100); HRMS: calcd. 660.3220, found 660.3197; [α]D 25 C – 79.66 ° (c 1.06, MeOH); Anal. Calcd for C36H45N5O5S-O-O H2O»0.09 Et2O: C, 64.53; H, 7.00; N, 10.35; S, 4.74; H2O, 1.51; Et2O, 0.97. Found: C, 64.50; H, 7.12; N, 10.41; S, 5.14; H2O, 1.52; Et2O, 0.97. The absolute stereochemistry of cycloprop[d]indolo[2,l- a][2]benzazepine-5-carboxamide, 8-cyclohexyl-N-[(dimethylamino)sulfonyl]- l,la,2,12b-tetrahydro-l l-methoxy-la-[(3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8- yl)carbonyl]-, (laR,12bS)-rel-(-)- is as drawn above, and was determined from an x- ray crystal structure obtained on the (R)-camphorsulfonic acid salt.
Additionally, the following salts were prepared: hydrochloride, phosphate, acetate, sulfate, camsylate, sodium, calcium, and magnesium. The hydrochloride salt had the following characteristics. DSC: small, broad endotherm from 25°C to 75°C, and potential melt/degradation endotherm with peak at temperatures ranging between 253 °C and 258 °C; TGA: Early weight loss from 25°C to 75°C ranging between 0.003% and 1.5%, and degradation weight loss starting at approximately 200°C.
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The First Kilogram Synthesis of Beclabuvir, an HCV NS5B Polymerase Inhibitor
The process development and kilogram-scale synthesis of beclabuvir (BMS-791325, 1) is described. The convergent synthesis features the use of asymmetric catalysis to generate a chiral cyclopropane fragment and coupling with an indole fragment via an alkylation. Subsequent palladium-catalyzed intramolecular direct arylation efficiently builds the central seven-membered ring. The target was prepared in 12 linear steps with five isolations in an overall yield of 8%.
Preparation of (4bS,5aR)-12-Cyclohexyl-N-(N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl)-3-methoxy-5a-((1R,5S)-3-methyl-3,8-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-8-carbonyl)-4b,5,5a,6-tetrahydrobenzo[3,4]cyclopropa[5,6]azepino[1,2-a]indole-9-carboxamide Hydrochloride (1·HCl)
BMS-791325·HCl (1·HCl) was isolated in 89.5% yield.
1H NMR (600 MHz, 10:1 v/v CD3CN/D2O): major rotamer: 7.91 (br s, 1H), 7.90 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.55 (br d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.29 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.20 (d, J = 2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (dd, J = 8.5 Hz, 2.7 Hz, 1H), 5.03 (br d, J = 12.7 Hz, 1H), 4.58 (br d, J = 4.9 Hz, 2H), 3.87 (s, 3H), 3.56 (d, J = 15.5 Hz, 1H), 3.40 (br s, 3H), 3.32–3.28 (m, 4H), 2.96 (s, 6H), 2.92 (tt, J= 12.2, 3.6 Hz, 1H), 2.59 (br t, J = 7.0 Hz, 1H), 2.05–1.90 (m, 2H), 1.79–1.71 (m, 4H), 1.55 (br d, J= 12.2 Hz, 2H), 1.46–1.36 (m, 4H), 1.26 (t, J = 5.3 Hz, 2H), 1.23–1.15 (m, 2H);
minor rotamer: 8.05 (br s, 1H), 7.92 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.58 (dd, J = 8.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.15 (d, J = 2.6 Hz, 1H), 6.98 (d, 1H, overlap with major rotamer), 4.91 (d, J = 15.0 Hz, 1H), 4.58 (br d, J = 4.9 Hz, 2H), 4.11 (d, J = 15.0 Hz, 1H), 3.89 (s, 3H), 3.46 (br d, J = 12.5 Hz, 2H), 3.17 (br d, J = 12.5 Hz, 2H), 2.97 (s, 6H), 2.85 (br s, 3H), 2.76 (tt, J = 12.1, 3.5 Hz, 1H), 2.49 (br s, 1H), 2.05–1.90 (m, 2H), 1.79–1.71 (m, 4H), 1.46–1.36 (m, 6H), 1.23–1.15 (m, 2H), 1.10 (m, 1H), 0.03 (t, J = 6.1 Hz, 1H).
13C NMR (125 MHz, 10:1 v/v CD3CN/D2O): major rotamer: 170.1, 167.7, 161.0, 140.4, 139.3, 135.9, 133.6, 131.1, 124.9, 123.0, 121.7, 120.8, 119.0, 118.6, 114.3, 110.7, 59.2, 56.2, 53.1, 48.3, 44.5, 38.9, 37.6, 34.8, 33.77, 33.72, 27.92, 27.77, 26.82, 26.5, 23.6, 18.5;
minor rotamer: 168.3, 168.0, 161.3, 138.4, 137.5, 135.8, 134.2, 130.0, 125.4, 121.9, 120.0, 119.64, 119.58, 117.9, 113.3, 111.3, 59.6, 56.3, 53.1, 44.6, 42.2, 38.9, 38.3, 37.4, 33.8, 33.6, 28.3, 27.74, 26.79, 26.5, 24.84, 11.9.
HRMS (ESI) calcd for C36H45N5O5S (free base) [M + H]+660.3214, found m/z 660.3220.
////////BMS-791325, Beclabuvir, Phase 2, Hepatitis C, HCV,
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Critical Outcome Technologies receives orphan drug designation for COTI-2

N’-(5,6,7,8-Tetrahydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-4-(2-pyridyl)piperazine-1-carbothiohydrazide
http://criticaloutcome.com/110819_COTI-2%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/trevorheisler/about-coti2
MW 366.483, C19 H22 N6 S
| PATENTS | WO 2008083491, WO 2010006438 |
Caspase 9 Activators
PKB beta/Akt2 Inhibitors
Critical Outcome Technologies,
Critical Outcome Technologies (COTI) (Originator) preclinical for ovary cancer
Critical Outcome Technologies has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted COTI-2 an Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
Critical Outcome Technologies president and CEO Dr Wayne Danter said that receiving the Orphan Drug Designation for COTI-2 speaks to the need for new treatment options for patients with ovarian cancer.
- COTI-2 | A Potential Breakthrough Therapy for Many Cancers June 11, 2013
- About COTI-2 Late preclinical drug candidate discovered using CHEMSAS® – the company’s proprietary, artificial intelligence-based drug discovery technology 2
- COTI-2 highlights 1 Potential breakthrough therapy for many cancers 2 Active against many cancers with mutations of the p53 gene 3 > 50% of all human cancers have a p53 mutation 3
- Why p53 is important? p53 is a tumour suppressing gene If mutated, cancers can develop & grow without control A mutation of the p53 gene is the most common mutation found in human cancer cells 4
- The future of cancer treatments COTI-2 targets and primarily destroys tumor cells Traditional chemotherapy kills growing & dividing cells, cancer or healthy COTI-2 would treat genetic mutations common in many types of cancer Most current treatments are organ specific (i.e. treatment for lung cancer, colon cancer, etc.) 5
- COTI-2 development progress Easily synthesized oral formulation with no stability issues Effective alone or in combination with approved cancer drugs In final two-species toxicity studies prior to FDA filing enabling human trials 6
http://www.google.com/patents/WO2008083491A1?cl=en
EXAMPLES
Synthesis of COTI-2 The synthesis of COTI-2, as depicted above, was conducted according to the following synthetic methodology:
DCM R T
H2N-NH2
lmidazol-1 -yl-(4-pyridin-2-yl-piperazin-1 -yl)-methanethione (or intermediate 3 above) was formed as follows. Λ/-(2-pyridyl) piperazine (MW 163.22, 0.91 ml, 6.0 mmoles, 1 eq) 2 was added to a solution of 1 ,1 ‘- thiocarbonyldiimidazole (MW 178.22, 1.069 g, 6.0 mmoles, 1 eq) 1 in 50 ml of dichloromethane at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. The mixture was washed with water, dried \ over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to provide imidazol-1-yl-(4- pyridin-2-yl-piperazin-1-yl)-methanethione (MW 273.36, 1.354 g, 4.95 mmol, 83% yield) 3, which was used without further purification. TLC (CH2CI2/MeOH: 95/5): Rf = 0.60, Product UV and Ninhydrin stain active. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCI3), δ ppm: 3.72 (s, 4H), 4.02 (s, 4H), 6.67 (d, 1 H, J = 7 Hz), 6.72 (dd, 1 H, J = 7 and 5 Hz), 7.11 (s, 1 H), 7.24 (s, 1 H), 7.54 (t, 1 H, J = 7 Hz), 7.91 (s, 1 H), 8.20 (d, 1 H, J = 5 Hz).
Hydrazine hydrate (MW 50.06, 0.26 ml, 5.44 mmoles, 1.1 eq) was added to a solution of imidazol-1-yl-(4-pyridin-2-yl-piperazin-1-yl)- methanethione 3 (MW 210.30, 1.040 g, 4.95 mmol, 1 eq) in 30 ml of ethanol at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred under reflux for 2 hours. A white precipitate formed. This white solid was filtered off and rinsed with diethyl ether to yield 1-[Λ/-(2-pyridyl)-piperazine)-carbothioic acid hydrazide (MW 237.33, 0.86 g, 3.62 mmol, 73% yield) 4 as a white solid, and used without further purification. TLC (CH2CI2/MeOH: 95/5): Rf = 0.20, Product UV and Ninhydrin stain active. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6), δ ppm: 3.53 (s, 4H), 3.85 (s, 4H), 6.66 (dd, 1 H, J = 8 and 5 Hz), 6.82 (d, 1 H, J = 8 Hz), 7.55 (t, 1 H, J = 8 Hz), 8.12 (d, 1 H, J = 5 Hz).
COTI-2
Finally, COTI-2 was formed as follows. 1-[Λ/-(2-pyridyl)-piperazine)- carbothioic acid hydrazide (MW 237.33, 0.475 g, 2.0 mmol, 1 eq) 4 and 6,7- dihydro-5H-quinolin-8-one (MW 147.18, 0.306 g, 2.0 mmol, 1 eq) 5 was dissolved in 15 ml of ethanol at room temperature. The mixture was then stirred under reflux for 20 hours. A yellow solid precipitated out of the solution. This solid was filtered off then rinsed with methanol and diethyl ether to yield COTI-2 (MW 366.48, 0.60 g, 1.64 mmol, 82% yield) as a yellow solid. TLC (CH2CI2/MeOH: 95/5): Rf = 0.75, Product UV and Ninhydrine stain active. HPLC analysis showed a mixture of isomers (approximately in 80/20 ratio), and >98% purity. During the HPLC Method Development, as expected, this product tends to be hydrolyzed in presence of TFA in mobile phase solution. MS (ESI+, 0.025% TFA in 50/50 MeOH/H2O): [M+H]+ = 367.1 , [M+Na]+ = 389.1 ; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCI3), δ ppm (Major isomer): 2.09 (m, 2H), 2.92 (m, 4H), 3.67 (m, 4H), 4.27 (m, 4H), 6.69 (dd, 1 H, J = 8 and 5 Hz)1 7.25 (dd,
1 H, J = 8 and 5 Hz), 7.55 (d, 2H, J = 8 Hz), 8.23 (d, 1 H, J = 5 Hz), 8.63 (d, 1 H, \ J = 5 Hz), 14.76 (s, 1 H). δ ppm (Minor isomer): 2.09 (m, 2H), 3.14 (t, 4H, J = 6 Hz), 3.80 (m, 4H), 4.27 (m, 4H), 6.66 (m, 1 H), 7.31 (dd, 1 H, J = 8 and 5 Hz), 7.52 (m, 1 H), 7.70 (d, 1 H, J = 8 Hz), 8.23 (d, 1 H, J = 5 Hz), 8.53 (d, 1 H, J = 5 Hz), 15.65 (s, 1 H).
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| WO2010006438A1 * | Jul 17, 2009 | Jan 21, 2010 | Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. | Thiosemicarbazone inhibitor compounds and cancer treatment methods |
| See also references of EP2121681A1 | ||
| 2 | * | SHRIDHAR ET AL.: ‘Synthesis & antiparasite activity of some new 1-(6/7-nitrobenzoxazin-3-yl)-4-substituted- 3-thiosemicarbazides & 4-disubstituted 3-(6-acetylbenzoxazin-3-one)thiosemicarbazo nes‘ INDIAN J. OF CHEM. vol. 26B, June 1987, pages 596 – 598, XP008109697 |
| 3 | * | WINKELMANN ET AL.: ‘Antimalarial and anticoccidial activity of 3-aryl-7-chloro-3,4-dihydriacridine-1,9-(2h ,10H)-diones‘ ARZHEIM.-FORSCH./DRUG RES. vol. 37, no. 6, 1987, pages 647 – 661, XP008109793 |
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