Compositions and methods for inhibiting the proliferation of cells
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides benzodiazepine derivatives and methods of using benzodiazepine derivatives as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, and hyperproliferation, and the like.
1. A compound represented by Formula I:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein
R 1 is alkyl;
R 2 is halogen;
R 3 and R 4 are hydrogen; and
R 5 is
and
the stereochemical configuration at a stereocenter in said compound is R, S, or a mixture thereof.
2. The compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of claim 1 , wherein the stereochemical configuration at the stereocenter of the compound is (R).
3. The compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of claim 1 , wherein the stereochemical configuration at the stereocenter of the compound is (S).
4. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of any one of claim 1 , 2 , or 3 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
5. A compound represented by Formula I:
wherein:
R 1 is alkyl;
R 2 is halogen;
R 3 and R 4 are hydrogen; and
R 5 is
and
the stereochemical configuration at a stereocenter in said compound is R, S, or a mixture thereof.
6. The compound of claim 5 , wherein the stereochemical configuration at the stereocenter of the compound is (R).
7. The compound of claim 5 , wherein the stereochemical configuration at the stereocenter of the compound is (S).
8. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of any one of claim 5 , 6 , or 7 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
9. A compound represented by Formula I in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt:
wherein:
R 1 is alkyl;
R 2 is halogen;
R 3 and R 4 are hydrogen; and
R 5 is
and
the stereochemical configuration at a stereocenter in said compound is R, S, or a mixture thereof.
10. The pharmaceutically acceptable salt of claim 9 , wherein the stereochemical configuration at the stereocenter of the compound is (R).
11. The pharmaceutically acceptable salt of claim 9 , wherein the stereochemical configuration at the stereocenter of the compound is (S).
12. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any one of claim 9 , 10 , or 11 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.