Toll-like receptor modulators and treatment of diseases

1. A compound having a structure according to Formula I:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein:

X is N;

R is —OR 1 , —SR 1 , or —NR a R b ,

X 1 is —O—, —S—, or —NR c —;

R c is hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, or substituted C1-C10 alkyl, or R c and R 1 taken together with the nitrogen atom can form a heterocyclic ring or a substituted heterocyclic ring;

each R 1 independently is hydrogen, C1-C10 alkyl, substituted C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, substituted C1-C10 alkoxy, C1-C10 alkyl C1-C10 alkoxy, C6-C10 aryl, C5-C10 heteroaryl, substituted C5-C10 aryl, C5-C9 heterocyclic, substituted C5-C9 heterocyclic, C3-C9 carbocyclic or substituted C3-C9 carbocyclic;

each R 2 independently is hydrogen, —OH, C1-C6 alkyl, substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, substituted C1-C6 alkoxy, —C(O)—C1-C6 alkyl (alkanoyl), substituted —C(O)—C1-C6 alkyl, —C(O)—C6-C10 aryl (aroyl), substituted —C(O)—C6-C10 aryl, —C(O)OH (carboxyl), —C(O)O—C1-C6 alkyl (alkoxycarbonyl), substituted —C(O)O—C1-C6 alkyl, —NR a R b , —C(O)NR a R b (carbamoyl), substituted C(O)NR a R b , halo, nitro, or cyano;

the substituents on the alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or heterocyclic groups are hydroxy, C1-C6 alkyl, hydroxy C1-C6 alkylene, carboxy C1-C6 alkylene, C1-C6 alkoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy C1-C6 alkylene, amino, cyano, halogen, or aryl;

each R a and R b is independently hydrogen, C1-C20 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, halo C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkanoyl, hydroxy C1-C6 alkyl, aryl, aryl C1-C6 alkyl, hetero C1-C10 alkyl, wherein C1-C10 alkyl is substituted with one or more O, S or N atoms, heterocyclyl, wherein the heterocyclyl is substituted with one or more O, S or N atoms, or C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl;

each R x is independently —X 2 — ((R 3 ) r —(R 4 ) s );

each X 2 independently is —C(O)NH—, —NH(O)C—, —C1-C6 alkyl-C(O)NH—, —C1-C6 alkyl-NH(O)C—, —C(O)NH—C1-C6 alkyl-, —NH(O)C—C1-C6 alkyl-, —C1-C6 alkyl—NH(O)C—C1-C6 alkyl-, —C1-C6 alkyl-C(O)NH—C1-C6 alkyl-, or —C(O)NH—(CH 2 ) t —;

each R 3 independently is a polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety;

each R 4 independently is H, —C1-C6 alkyl, —C1-C6 alkoxy, —NR a R b , —N 3 , —OH, —CN, —COOH, —COOR′, —C1-C6 alkyl-NR a R b , C1-C6 alkyl-OH, C1-C6 alkyl-CN, C1-C6 alkyl-COOH, C1-C6 alkyl-COOR′, 5-6 membered ring, substituted 5-6 membered ring, —C1-C6 alkyl-5-6 membered ring, —C1-C6 alkyl-substituted 5-6 membered ring C2-C9 heterocyclic, or substituted C2-C9 heterocyclic;

m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10;

n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;

p is 1 to 100;

q is 1, 2,3, 4 or 5;

r is 2 to 1,000;

s is 1 to 1,000; and

the sum of n and q equals 5.

2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein X 1 is oxygen.

3. The compound of claim 1 or 2 , wherein R 1 is a substituted C1-C6 alkyl.

4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is a C1-C10 alkyl or C1-C10 alkoxy moiety.

5. The compound of claim 4 , wherein R 1 is —CH 2 CH 2 OCH 3 .

6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein n is 4 and R 2 is hydrogen in each instance.

7. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each PEG unit is —O—CH 2 —CH 2 — or —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—.

8. The compound of claim 1 , wherein r is 5 to 100.

9. The compound of claim 1 , wherein s is 5 to 100.

10. The compound of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the PEG moieties are linear.

11. The compound of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the PEG moieties are branched.

12. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each R 4 substituent is independently is H, C1-C2 alkyl, —C1-C2 alkoxy —NR a R b , —OH, —CN, —COOH, —COOR 1 , —C1-C2 alkyl-NR a R b , C1-C2 alkyl-OH, C1-C2 alkyl-CN, C1-C2 alkyl-COOH or C1-C2 alkyl-COOR 1 .

13. The compound of claim 1 , wherein m is 1.

14. The compound of claim 13 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, n is 4, q is 1, p is 1, r is 10 and s is 1.

15. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

16. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable salt is prepared using an acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, sulfamic, phosphoric and nitric acid.

17. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable salt is prepared using an acid selected from the group consisting of acetic, propionic, succinic, glycolic, stearic, lactic, malic, tartaric, citric, ascorbic, pamoic, maleic, hydroxymaleic, phenylacetic, glutamic, benzoic, salicylic, sulfanilic, 2-acetoxybenzoic, fumaric, toluenesulfonic, methanesulfonic, ethane disulfonic, oxalic, and isethionic acid.

18. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable salt is prepared using a base selected from the group consisting of potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, caffeine, and an amine.