IP Library Granted Patent US 7,951,797
Granted Patent B2
US 7,951,797 · App. 11/998,812 · Granted May 31, 2011

Substituted diazepan orexin receptor antagonists

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Patent No.
US 7,951,797
App. No.
11/998,812
Granted
May 31, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to substituted diazepan compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Claims (9)

1. A compound which is: 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2. A compound which is 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole.

3. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound which is: 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and the compound 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole.

5. A method for treating insomnia in a human patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound which is: 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

6. A method for treating insomnia in a human patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of the compound 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole.

7. A compound which is 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazole in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

8. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and the compound 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl }-1,3-benzoxazole in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

9. A method for treating insomnia in a human patient in need thereof which comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of the compound 5-chloro-2-{(5R)-5-methyl-4-[methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzoyl]-1,4-diazepan-1-yl }-1,3-benzoxazole in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
Reel/Frame 061102/0145 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SCHERING CORPORATION
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 028866/0511 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 27, 2012
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: SCHERING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028850/0515 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: MERCK & CO., INC.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 023906/0803 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: MERCK & CO., INC.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 023845/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: BERGMAN, JEFFREY M.; BRESLIN, MICHAEL J.; COLEMAN, PAUL J.; COX, CHRISTOPHER D.; MERCER, SWATI P.; ROECKER, ANTHONY J.
To: MERCK & CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 023492/0797 →