IP Library Granted Patent US 7,230,008
Granted Patent B2
US 7,230,008 · App. 10/923,594 · Granted Jun 12, 2007

Tetrahydropyranyl cyclopentyl tetrahydropyridopyridine modulators of chemokine receptor activity

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Patent No.
US 7,230,008
App. No.
10/923,594
Granted
Jun 12, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to methods for treating, preventing, ameliorating, controlling or reducing the risk of an inflammatory or immunoregulatory disorder or disease, which method comprises the administration to a patient of an effective amount of the compound of formula I: (wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , X, n and the dashed line are defined herein) which are useful as modulators of chemokine receptor activity. In particular, these compounds are useful as modulators of the chemokine receptor CCR-2.

Claims (234)

1. A method for treating an inflammatory or disorder or disease, which method comprises the administration to a patient of an effective amount of the compound of formula I:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and individual diastereomers thereof, wherein:

wherein:

X is selected from the group consisting of:

—O—, —NR 20 —, —S—, —SO—, —SO 2 —, and —CR 21 R 22 —, —NSO 2 R 20 —, —NCOR 20 —, —NCO 2 R 20 —, —C 21 CO 2 R 20 —, —CR 21 OCOR 20 —, —CO—, where R 20 is selected from: hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl where the alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, and cycloalkyl groups can be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl, and trifluoromethyl,

where R 21 and R 22 are independently selected from: hydrogen, hydroxy, C 1-6 alkyl, —O—C 1-6 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl where the alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, and cycloalkyl groups can be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl, and trifluoromethyl;

R 1 is selected from:

—C 1-6 alkyl, —C 0-6 alkyl-O—C 1-6 alkyl-, —C 0-6 alkyl-S—C 1-6 alkyl-, —(C 0-6 alkyl)-(C 3-7 cycloalkyl)-(C 0-6 alkyl), hydroxy, -heterocycle, —CN, —NR 20 R 26 , —NHSO 2 R 20 , —NHCOR 20 , —NHCO 2 R 20 , —CO 2 R 20 , —CR 21 CO 2 R 20 , —CR 21 OCOR 20 and phenyl,

where R 26 is selected from: hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl where the alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, and cycloalkyl groups can be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl, and trifluoromethyl

where the alkyl and the cycloalkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–7 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from:

(a) halo,

(b) hydroxy,

(c) —O—C1–3alkyl,

(d) trifluoromethyl,

(f) C1–3alkyl,

(g) —O—C1–3alkyl,

(h) —CO2R20,

(i) —SO2R20,

(j) —NHCOCH3,

(k) —NHSO2CH3,

(l) -heterocycle,

(m) ═O,

(n) —CN,

and where the phenyl and pyridyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy and trifluoromethyl;

R 2 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) hydroxy,

(c) halo,

(d) C 1-3 alkyl, where the alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents independently selected from: fluoro, and hydroxy,

(e) —NR 20 R 26 ,

(f) —CO 2 R 20 ,

(g) —CONR 20 R 26 ,

(h) —NR 20 COR 21 ,

(i) —OCONR 20 R 26 ,

(j) —NR 20 CONR 20 R 26 ,

(k) -heterocycle,

(l) —CN,

(m) —NR 20 —SO 2 —NR 20 R 26 ,

(n) —NR 20 —SO 2 —R 26 ,

(o) —SO 2 —NR 20 R 26 , and

(p) ═O, where R 2 is connected to the ring via a double bond;

R 3 is oxygen or is absent;

R 4 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C 1-6 alkyl,

(c) trifluoromethyl,

(d) trifluoromethoxy,

(e) chloro,

(f) fluoro,

(g) bromo, and

(h) phenyl;

R 5 is selected from:

(a) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro and optionally substituted with hydroxyl,

(b) —O—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(c) —CO—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(d) —S—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(e) -pyridyl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, C 1-4 alkyl, and CO 2 R 20 ,

(f) fluoro,

(g) chloro,

(h) bromo,

(i) —C 4-6 cycloalkyl,

(j) —O—C 4-6 cycloalkyl,

(k) phenyl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, C 1-4 alkyl, and CO 2 R 20 ,

(l) —O-phenyl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, C 1-4 alkyl, and CO 2 R 20 ,

(m) —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(n) —O—C 3-6 cycloalkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(o) -heterocycle,

(p) —CN, and

(q) —CO 2 R 20 ;

R 6 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C1–6alkyl, and

(c) trifluoromethyl

(d) fluoro

(e) chloro, and

(f) bromo;

R 7 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen, and

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 C 1-6 alkyl, and —O—C 1-3 alkyl;

R 8 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents where the substituents are chosen from the group: fluoro, C 1-3 alkoxy, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 ,

(c) fluoro,

(d) —O—C 1-3 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 fluoro, and

(e) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(f) —O—C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(g) hydroxy,

(h) —CO 2 R 20 ,

(i) —OCOR 20 ,

or R 7 and R 8 may be joined together via a C 2-4 alkyl or a C 0-2 alkyl-O—C 1-3 alkyl chain to form a 5–7 membered ring;

R 9 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents where the substituents are chosen from the group: fluoro, C 1-3 alkoxy, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 ,

(c) CO 2 R 20 ,

(d) hydroxy, and

(e) —O—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents where the substituents are chosen from the group: fluoro, C 1-3 alkoxy, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 ,

or R 8 and R 9 may be joined together by a C 1-4 alkyl chain or a C 0-3 alkyl-O—C 0-3 alkyl chain to form a 3–6 membered ring;

R 10 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen, and

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(c) fluoro,

(d) —O—C 3-6 cycloalkyl, and

(e) —O—C 1-3 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

or R 8 and R 10 may be joined together by a C 2-3 alkyl chain to form a 5–6 membered ring, where the alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substiuents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 , C 1-3 alkyl, and C 1-3 alkoxy,

or R 8 and R 10 may be joined together by a C 1-2 alkyl-O—C 1-2 alkyl chain to form a 6–8 membered ring, where the alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substiuents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 , C 1-3 alkyl, and

C 1-3 alkoxy, or R 8 and R 10 may be joined together by a —O—C 1-2 alkyl-O-chain to form a 6–7 membered ring, where the alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substiuents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 , C 1-3 alkyl, and C 1-3 alkoxy;

n is selected from 0, 1 and 2;

the dashed line represents a single or a double bond.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said disorder or disease is rheumatoid arthritis.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said disorder or disease is atherosclerosis.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is of formula Ia:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof.

5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is of formula Ib:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof.

6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is of formula Ic:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof.

7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is of formula Id:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof.

8. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof.

9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and individual diastereomers thereof.

10. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is a salt of a compound having the structure:

wherein said salt is derived from an acid selected from hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, sulfamic, phosphoric, nitric, acetic, propionic, succinic, glycolic, stearic, lactic, malic, tartaric, citric, ascorbic, pamoic, maleic hydroxymaleic, phenylacetic, glutamic, benzoic, salicylic, sulfanillic, 2-acetoxybenzoic, fumaric, toluenesulfonic, methanesulfonic, ethane disulfonic, oxalic, and isethionic.

11. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is a salt of a compound having the structure:

wherein said salt is derived from an acid selected from hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, sulfamic, phosphoric, nitric, acetic, propionic, succinic, glycolic, stearic, lactic, malic, tartaric, citric, ascorbic, pamoic, maleic hydroxymaleic, phenylacetic, glutamic, benzoic, salicylic, sulfanillic, 2-acetoxybenzoic, fumaric, toluenesulfonic, methanesulfonic, ethane disulfonic, oxalic, and isethionic.

12. A method for modulation of chemokine receptor activity in a mammal which comprises the administration of an effective amount of the compound of formula I:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and individual diastereomers thereof, wherein:

wherein:

X is selected from the group consisting of:

—O—, —NR 20 —, —S—, —SO—, —S 2 —, and —CR 21 R 22 —, —NSO 2 R 20 —, —NCOR 20 —, —NCO 2 R 20 —, —CR 21 CO 2 R 20 —, —CR 21 OCOR 20 —, —CO—, where R 20 is selected from: hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl where the alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, and cycloalkyl groups can be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl, and trifluoromethyl,

where R 21 and R 22 are independently selected from: hydrogen, hydroxy, —C 1-6 alkyl, —O—C 1-6 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl where the alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, and cycloalkyl groups can be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl, and trifluoromethyl;

R 1 is selected from:

—C 1-6 alkyl, —C 0-6 alkyl-O—C 1-6 alkyl-, —C 0-6 alkyl-S—C 1-6 alkyl-, —(C 0-6 alkyl)-(C 3-7 cycloalkyl)-(C 0-6 alkyl), hydroxy, -heterocycle, —CN, —NR 20 R 26 , —NHSO 2 R 20 , —NHCOR 20 , —NHCO 2 R 20 , —CO 2 R 20 , —CR 21 CO 2 R 20 , —CR 21 OCOR 20 and phenyl,

where R 26 is selected from: hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, benzyl, phenyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl where the alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, and cycloalkyl groups can be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl, and trifluoromethyl

where the alkyl and the cycloalkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–7 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from:

(a) halo,

(b) hydroxy,

(c) —O—C1–3alkyl,

(d) trifluoromethyl,

(f) C1–3alkyl,

(g) —O—C1–3alkyl,

(h) —CO2R20,

(i) —SO2R20,

(j) —NHCOCH3,

(k) —NHSO2CH3,

(l) -heterocycle,

(m) ═O,

(n) —CN,

and where the phenyl and pyridyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkoxy and trifluoromethyl;

R 2 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) hydroxy,

(c) halo,

(d) C 1-3 alkyl, where the alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents independently selected from: fluoro, and hydroxy,

(e) —NR 20 R 26 ,

(f) —CO 2 R 20 ,

(g) —CONR 20 R 26 ,

(h) —NR 20 COR 21 ,

(i) —OCONR 20 R 26 ,

(j) —NR 20 CONR 20 R 26 ,

(k) -heterocycle,

(l) —CN,

(m) —NR 20 —SO 2 —NR 20 R 26 ,

(n) —NR 20 —SO 2 —R 26 ,

(o) —SO 2 —NR 20 R 26 , and

(p) ═O, where R 2 is connected to the ring via a double bond;

R 3 is oxygen or is absent;

R 4 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C 1-6 alkyl,

(c) trifluoromethyl,

(d) trifluoromethoxy,

(e) chloro,

(f) fluoro,

(g) bromo, and

(h) phenyl;

R 5 is selected from:

(a) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro and optionally substituted with hydroxyl,

(b) —O—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(c) —CO—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(d) —S—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(e) -pyridyl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, C 1-4 alkyl, and CO 2 R 20 ,

(f) fluoro,

(g) chloro,

(h) bromo,

(i) —C 4-6 cycloalkyl,

(j) —O—C 4-6 cycloalkyl,

(k) phenyl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, C 1-4 alkyl, and CO 2 R 20 ,

(l) —O-phenyl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: halo, trifluoromethyl, C 1-4 alkyl, and CO 2 R 20 ,

(m) —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(n) —O—C 3-6 cycloalkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(o) -heterocycle,

(p) —CN, and

(q) —CO 2 R 20 ;

R 6 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C1–6alkyl, and

(c) trifluoromethyl

(d) fluoro

(e) chloro, and

(f) bromo;

R 7 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen, and

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substituents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 H, —CO 2 C 1-6 alkyl, and —O—C 1-3 alkyl;

R 8 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents where the substituents are chosen from the group: fluoro, C 1-3 alkoxy, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 ,

(c) fluoro,

(d) —O—C 1-3 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 fluoro, and

(e) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(f) —O—C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(g) hydroxy,

(h) —CO 2 R 20 ,

(i) —OCOR 20 ,

or R 7 and R 8 may be joined together via a C 2-4 alkyl or a C 0-2 alkyl-O—C 1-3 alkyl chain to form a 5–7 membered ring;

R 9 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen,

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents where the substituents are chosen from the group: fluoro, C 1-3 alkoxy, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 ,

(c) CO 2 R 20 ,

(d) hydroxy, and

(e) —O—C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 substituents where the substituents are chosen from the group: fluoro, C 1-3 alkoxy, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 ,

or R 8 and R 9 may be joined together by a C 1-4 alkyl chain or a C 0-3 alkyl-O—C 0-3 alkyl chain to form a 3–6 membered ring;

R 10 is selected from:

(a) hydrogen, and

(b) C 1-6 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

(c) fluoro,

(d) —O—C 3-6 cycloalkyl, and

(e) —O—C 1-3 alkyl, where alkyl may be unsubstituted or substituted with 1–6 fluoro,

or R 8 and R 10 may be joined together by a C 2-3 alkyl chain to form a 5–6 membered ring, where the alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substiuents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 , C 1-3 alkyl, and C 1-3 alkoxy,

or R 8 and R 10 may be joined together by a C 1-2 alkyl-O—C 1-2 alkyl chain to form a 6–8 membered ring, where the alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substiuents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 , C 1-3 alkyl, and

C 1-3 alkoxy, or R 8 and R 10 may be joined together by a —O—C 1-2 alkyl chain to form a 6–7 membered ring, where the alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with 1–3 substituents where the substiuents are independently selected from: halo, hydroxy, —CO 2 R 20 , C 1-3 alkyl, and C 1-3 alkoxy;

n is selected from 0, 1 and 2;

the dashed line represents a single or a double bond.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SCHERING CORPORATION
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
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MERGER Recorded Aug 27, 2012
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: SCHERING CORPORATION
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 29, 2010
From: MERCK & CO., INC.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
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