Benzoic acid or benzoate substituted 1,2,4-oxadiazole compounds and their use for the treatment of disease
View Patent ↗Novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid compounds, methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an 1,2,4-oxadiazole benzoic acid derivative are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating or preventing a disease ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated therewith.
1. A compound of the formula:
or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or stereoisomers thereof wherein:
Z is substituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstitued alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl;
R 1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) n R 6 or any biohydrolyzable group;
R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , CN, COOH, COOR 7 , SO 2 R 7 , NO 2 , NH 2 , or N(R 7 ) 2 ;
each occurrence of R 7 is independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen or CF 3 ;
n is an integer from 1 to 7, with the proviso that when R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are each hydrogen, then Z is not 2-carboxy ethyl or cyanophenyl.
2. A compound of claim 1 having the formula:
or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or stereoisomers thereof wherein Z is substituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstitued alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl; and R is hydrogen or halogen.
3. A compound of claim 1 or 2 wherein Z is p-Tolyl; (4-Chloromethyl-phenyl); (2-Fluoro-phenyl); (3,4-Difluoro-phenyl); (4-Methoxy-phenyl); (4-Ethyl-phenyl); o-Tolyl; (2-Chloro-phenyl); (3-Fluoro-phenyl); (4-tert-Butyl-phenyl); (2-Methoxy-phenyl); (2,5-Difluoro-phenyl); (2,4-Difluoro-phenyl); (3-Chloro-phenyl); m-Tolyl; (4-Trifluoromethyl-phenyl); (4-Fluoro-phenyl); (3-Methoxy-phenyl); (2,6-Difluoro-phenyl); (3-Dimethylamino-phenyl); Biphenyl-4-yl; (4-Dimethylamino-phenyl); (2-Trifluoromethyl-phenyl); (3,5-Bis-trifluoromethyl-phenyl); (4-Nitro-phenyl); (3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl); (3-Trifluoromethoxy-phenyl); Naphthalen-1-yl; Cyclohexyl; Cyclopentyl; Cyclopropyl; (4-Pentyloxy-phenyl); (3,4,5-Trimethoxy-phenyl); (4-Isobutyl-phenyl); Cyclobutyl.
4. A compound of claim 3 wherein Z is (2-Fluoro-phenyl); (3-Fluoro-phenyl); or (4-Fluoro-phenyl).
5. A compound of claim 1 , wherein Z is substituted phenyl.
6. A compound of claim 1 , wherein Z is ortho substituted phenyl.
7. A compound of the formula:
or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or stereoisomers thereof wherein:
X is halogen, substituted alkyl, alkoxy or hydroxy;
R 1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) n R 6 or any biohydrolyzable group;
R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, halogen, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , CN, COOH, COOR 7 , SO 2 R 7 , NO 2 , NH 2 , or N(R 7 ) 2 ;
each occurrence of R 7 is independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, halogen or CF 3 ; and
n is an integer from 1 to 7.
8. A compound of claim 7 , wherein X is halogen.
9. A compound of claim 7 , wherein X is F or Cl.
10. A compound of claim 1 or 7 , wherein R 1 is hydrogen.
11. A compound of claim 1 or 7 , wherein R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are hydrogen.
12. The compound of claim 1 or 7 , wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are hydrogen.
13. A compound selected from the group consisting of:
3-[5-(4-Chloromethyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3,4-Difluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Methoxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Ethyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Chloro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-tert-Butyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Methoxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2,5-Difluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2,4-Difluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3-Chloro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3-Methoxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2,6-Difluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3-Dimethylamino-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Dimethylamino-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3,5-Bis-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3-Trifluoromethoxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Pentyloxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(3,4,5-Trimethoxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Isobutyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2,3-Difluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-5-methyl-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
4-Fluoro-3-[5-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
2-Fluoro-5-[5-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Bromo-2-fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid sodium salt;
3-[5-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid methyl ester;
5-[5-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-methoxy-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-6-hydroxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid methyl ester;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid 2-methoxy-ethyl ester;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid 2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-ethyl ester;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid 2-[2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-ethoxy]-ethyl ester;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid 2-{2-[2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-ethoxy]-ethoxy}-ethyl ester;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid 2-(2-{2-[2-(2-methoxy-ethoxy)-ethoxy]-ethoxy}-ethoxy)-ethyl ester;
3-[5-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid 2-[2-(2-{2-[2-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)-ethoxy]-ethoxy}-ethoxy)-ethoxy]-ethyl ester;
3-[5-(4-Amino-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid;
3-[5-(4-Azido-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid; and
3-[5-(4-Benzyloxy-phenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
14. A compound of claim 1 , 2 or 7 , wherein the compound is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
15. A compound of claim 1 , 2 or 7 , wherein the compound is a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate.
16. A compound of claim 1 , 2 or 7 , wherein the compound is a pharmaceutically acceptable stereoisomer.
17. A compound of the formula:
wherein:
Z is substituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstitued alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl;
R 1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) n R 6 or any biohydrolyzable group;
R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , CN, COOH, COOR 7 , SO 2 R 7 , NO 2 , NH 2 , or N(R 7 ) 2 ;
each occurrence of R 7 is independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen or CF 3 ;
n is an integer from 1 to 7, with the proviso that when R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are each hydrogen, then Z is not 2-carboxy ethyl or cyanophenyl.
18. A compound of claim 17 having the formula:
wherein Z is substituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstitued alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl; and R is hydrogen or halogen.
19. A compound of the formula:
wherein:
X is halogen, substituted alkyl, alkoxy or hydroxy;
R 1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) n R 6 or any biohydrolyzable group;
R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, halogen, CF 3 , OCF 3 , OCHF 2 , CN, COOH, COOR 7 , SO 2 R 7 , NO 2 , NH 2 , or N(R 7 ) 2 ;
each occurrence of R 7 is independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, halogen or CF 3 ; and
n is an integer from 1 to 7.