IP Library Granted Patent US 10,106,543
Granted Patent B2
US 10,106,543 · App. 14/917,921 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Antimicrobial compounds and methods of making and using the same

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Patent No.
US 10,106,543
App. No.
14/917,921
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates generally to the field of antimicrobial compounds and to methods of making and using them. These compounds are useful for treating, preventing, reducing the risk of, and delaying the onset of microbial infections in humans and animals.

Claims (46)

1. A compound of Formula (I)

or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer wherein:

R 1 is H or F, wherein when R 1 is H, then R 2 is CF 3 , OCF 3 , SCF 3 , SOCF 3 or halo and R 3 is H; and when R 1 is F, then (i) R 2 is Cl or OCF 3 and R 3 is H; or (ii) R 2 is H and R 3 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl; or (iii) R 2 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halo and R 3 is halo;

R 4 is H, OH, NH 2 , or C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, or when X is O or CHR 17 , R 4 and R 5 together with the two atoms to which they are attached and the atom connecting said two atoms form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms; or when X is a bond, R 4 and R 6 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms;

R 5 is H, CH 2 OH or CH 2 OC 1 -C 6 alkyl, or when X is O or CHR 17 , R 4 and R 5 together with the two atoms to which they are attached and the atom connecting said two atoms form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms;

R 6 is C 1 -C 3 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halo, OH, azido, amino, C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylthio, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, OCOR a , CH 2 OCOR a , and —OP(O)(OR a ) 2 , in which R a is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, amino, or phenyl, and R a is optionally substituted with COOH, COOC 1 -C 6 alkyl, OCOC 1 -C 6 alkyl, phenyl, or C 7 -C 12 arylalkyl; or R 6 and R 7 together with the two atoms to which they are attached, form a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 1 additional heteroatom optionally substituted with an oxo group; or R 6 and R 17 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms; or when X is a bond, R 4 and R 6 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms;

R 7 is H, C(═NH)NH 2 , or COR b in which R b is C 1 -C 6 alkyl optionally substituted with C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl or amino; or R 6 and R 7 together with the two atoms to which they are attached, form a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 1 additional heteroatom optionally substituted with an oxo group;

R 11 is Q 1 -T 1 , in which Q 1 is a bond or C 1 -C 3 alkyl linker optionally substituted with one or more halo or hydroxyl, and T 1 is H, halo, OH, COOH, cyano, azido, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 alkynyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, C 2 -C 6 haloalkenyl, C 1 -C 6 alkylthio, COOC 1 -C 6 alkyl, —NHC(O)CH 2 NH 2 , NHS(O)C 1 -C 3 alkyl, SO 2 C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or R c , in which R c is amino, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, —O-heteroaryl, —NH-heteroaryl, —S-heteroaryl, or C(O)NR d R e , each of R d and R e independently being H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or R d and R e together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached forming a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 2 additional heteroatoms; and R c is optionally substituted with -Q 2 -T 2 , in which Q 2 is a bond or C 1 -C 3 alkyl and T 2 is H, halo, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, amino, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl or C 6 -C 10 aryl wherein the aryl and heteroaryl are optionally substituted with C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl or C 1 -C 4 aminoalkyl;

R 8 and R 10 , together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the Z atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 2 additional heteroatoms optionally substituted with one more substituents independently selected from C 1 -C 6 alkyl or —C(═N)NH 2 ;

R 8′ is H

R 12 is H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or R 12 and R 11 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a 4- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms optionally substituted with C(═NH)NH 2

each of R 9 and R 13 independently is H, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl or —C(O)H, or R 9 and R 13 , when Z is NR 9 , together with the two nitrogen atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atoms connecting said two nitrogen atoms, form a 7- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 1 additional heteroatom, or R 9 and A, when Z is NR 9 and A is NR 13 R 14 , together with the two atoms to which they are attached and the atoms connecting said atoms form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 2 to 3 heteroatoms optionally substituted with an oxo or an imino group;

R 11 and R 13 , when A is NR 13 R 14 , together with the atoms to which they are attached form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 2 additional heteroatoms optionally substituted with oxo;

R 14 is H, C(O)C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C(O)NH 2 , C(CH═NO 2 )NHCH 3 , C(═NH)H, C(═NH)C 1 -C 3 alkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl having 1 to 3 heteroatoms, 5 or 6-membered heterocycloalkyl having 1 to 3 heteroatoms, C 1 -C 6 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl having 1 to 3 heteroatoms, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, and 5 or 6-membered heterocycloalkyl having 1 to 3 heteroatoms, or C(═NR 16 )NH 2 , in which R 16 is H, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, or 4- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms, or R 16 and R 11 together with the two atoms to which they are attached and the atoms connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 1 additional heteroatom;

R 14 and R 13 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl having 1 to 3 additional heteroatoms optionally substituted with oxo; or R 14 and R 13 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5- or 6-membered heterocycloalkyl having 1 to 3 additional heteroatoms optionally substituted with oxo;

R 15 is H or halo;

A is C(O)NH 2 , NR 13 R 14 , C(O)NHC 1 -C 3 alkyl, C(O)OH, OH, CN, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, —OP(O)(OR b ) 2 , in which R b is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, amino, or phenyl, 5 or 6-membered heterocycloalkyl having 1 to 3 heteroatoms optionally substituted with oxo, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl having 1 to 4 heteroatoms optionally substituted with C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylenyl-aryl, NO 2 , or amino, wherein the alkyl, alkylenyl, and aryl are optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, or halo; or R 9 and A, when Z is NR 9 and A is NR 13 R 14 , together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the atoms connecting said carbon atoms form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 2 to 3 heteroatoms optionally substituted with an oxo or an imino group;

W is CH or C; or W and Y, when W is C, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 1 additional heteroatom;

X is a bond, O, or CHR 17 , in which R 17 is H, or R 17 and R 6 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms; or when X is a bond, R 4 and R 6 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form a 5- to 12-membered saturated heterocycloalkyl ring having 1 to 2 heteroatoms;

Y is NH; or Y and W together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a 5- to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 1 additional heteroatom;

Z is a bond, O, NR 9 , NH, CH, or CH 2 ; or R 11 and Z, when Z is NH or CH, together with the atoms to which they are attached and the atoms connecting said two atoms form a 5- to 8-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 2 additional heteroatoms;

each m and o is independently 0 or 1;

and p is 0, 1, or 2; and

provided that for a compound of Formula (I)

(c) when R 14 is C(═NR 16 )NH 2 , X is CH 2 , and R 6 is CH 2 OCH 3 , then at least one of R 4 , R 5 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , or R 15 is not H.

2. The compound of claim 1 having Formula (Ia):

or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, provided that

(c) when X is CH 2 , R 6 is CH 2 OCH 3 , then at least one of R 4 , R 5 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , or R 15 is not H.

3. The compound of claim 1 having Formula (Ib), (Ic), or (Id):

or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer.

4. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein each of R 1 and R 3 is H and R 2 is CF 3 , OCF 3 , SCF 3 , SOCF 3 or Cl.

5. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 1 is F, R 3 is H and R 2 is OCF 3 or Cl.

6. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein each of R 1 and R 3 is F, and R 2 is CF 3 or ethyl.

7. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 1 is F, R 2 is H, and R 3 is methyl.

8. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 6 is methyl, ethyl, CH 2 OH, CH 2 CH 2 OH, CH 2 F, CH 2 OCH 3 , CH 2 SCH 3 , CH(OH)CH 2 OH, CH 2 NH 2 , CH 2 OCOCH 3 , CH 2 OCOC 6 H 5 , CH 2 OCONHCH 2 C 6 H 5 , CH 2 OCOCH 2 CH 2 COOH, CH 2 OCOC 6 H 4 OCOCH 3 , CH 2 OCOCH 2 C 6 H 4 , CH 2 OP(O)(OH) 2 , or CH 2 OP(O)(OPh) 2 .

9. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 7 is H, C(═NH)NH 2 , COOCH 2 CH 3 , COCH 2 NH 2 , or COCH 3 .

10. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 6 and R 7 together with the atoms to which they are attached, form

11. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein X is a bond, and R 4 and R 6 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form

with carbon 1 connected to phenyl and carbon 2 connected to NHR 7 .

12. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein each of R 4 and R 5 is H, X is CHR 17 , in which R 17 and R 6 together with the two carbon atoms to which they are attached and the carbon atom connecting said two carbon atoms, form

with carbon 1 connected to phenyl and carbon 2 connected to NHR 7 .

13. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein X is O.

14. The compound of claim 13 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 5 is H and R 6 is methyl, ethyl, CH 2 OH, CH 2 CH 2 OH, CH 2 F, CH 2 OCH 3 , CH 2 SCH 3 , CH(OH)CH 2 OH, CH 2 NH 2 , CH 2 OCOCH 3 , CH 2 OCOC 6 H 5 , CH 2 OCONHCH 2 C 6 H 5 , CH 2 OCOCH 2 CH 2 COOH, CH 2 OCOC 6 H 4 OCOCH 3 , CH 2 OCOCH 2 C 6 H 4 , CH 2 OP(O)(OH) 2 , or CH 2 OP(O)(OPh) 2 .

15. The compound of claim 13 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein R 5 is H and R 6 is CH 2 OH.

16. The compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer, wherein each of R 11 and R 12 is H or CH 3 , or R 11 and R 12 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form

17. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound of claim 1 or a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester of said compound or tautomer.

Assignments (5)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 22, 2020
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To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
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From: MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.; MELINTA SUBSIDIARY CORP.
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From: MELINTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.; REMPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; CEMPRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; CEM-102 PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2016
From: KANYO, ZOLTAN F.; BHATTACHARJEE, ASHOKE; DUFFY, ERIN M.; MARRA, ANDREA
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