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  2. Discovery of 2-substituted benzoxazole carboxamides as 5-HT3 receptor antagonists

Discovery of 2-substituted benzoxazole carboxamides as 5-HT3 receptor antagonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Nov 15;20(22):6538-41. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.09.038.
Zhicai Yang 1 David J Fairfax Jun-Ho Maeng Liaqat Masih Alexander Usyatinsky Carla Hassler Soshanna Isaacson Kevin Fitzpatrick Russell J DeOrazio Jianqing Chen James P Harding Matthew Isherwood Svetlana Dobritsa Kevin L Christensen Jonathan D Wierschke Brian I Bliss Lisa H Peterson Cathy M Beer Christopher Cioffi Michael Lynch W Martin Rennells Justin J Richards Timothy Rust Yuri L Khmelnitsky Marlene L Cohen David D Manning
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Affiliation

  • 1 Discovery R&D AMRI, 26 Corporate Circle, PO Box 15098, Albany, NY 12212-5098, USA.
Abstract

A new class of 2-substituted benzoxazole carboxamides are presented as potent functional 5-HT(3) receptor antagonists. The chemical series possesses nanomolar in vitro activity against human 5-HT(3)A receptors. A chemistry optimization program was conducted and identified 2-aminobenzoxazoles as orally active 5-HT(3) receptor antagonists with good metabolic stability. These novel analogues possess drug-like characteristics and have potential utility for the treatment of diseases attributable to improper 5-HT(3) receptor function, especially diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).

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