IP Library Granted Patent US 10,059,667
Granted Patent B2
US 10,059,667 · App. 15/110,894 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Antidiabetic compounds

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Patent No.
US 10,059,667
App. No.
15/110,894
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.

Claims (316)

1. A compound of structural formula I:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein

A is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —C 3-9 cycloalkyl,

(2) —C 3-9 cycloalkenyl, and

(3) —C 2-10 cycloheteroalkyl,

wherein each cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from R a ;

B is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —(CH 2 ) u -aryl,

(2) —(CH 2 ) u -heteroaryl,

(3) —(CH 2 ) u —N(R g )—(CH 2 ) u -aryl, and

(4) —(CH 2 ) u —O—(CH 2 ) u -aryl,

wherein each CH 2 , aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two, three, four or five substituents selected from R b ;

T, U, V and W are CH;

Y is selected from: —O—, —(CH 2 ) x O— and —O—(CH 2 ) x , wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from R i ;

Z is —CO 2 H;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen, and

(2) —C 1-6 alkyl,

wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three halogens;

R 2 is —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from halogen, OH, —C 1-6 alkyl and —OC 1-6 alkyl;

each R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) halogen,

(3) —(CH 2 ) s —OC 1-6 alkyl,

(4) —(CH 2 ) s —OH,

(5) —CN, and

(6) —C 1-6 alkyl,

wherein CH 2 and alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from halogen, OH, and OC 1-6 alkyl;

each R a is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —C 1-6 alkyl,

(2) halogen,

(3) —(CH 2 ) u —OC 1-6 alkyl,

(4) —OR e ,

(5) —S(O) u R e ,

(6) —S(O) u NR c R d ,

(7) —N(R c )S(O) p R e ,

(8) —NR c R d ,

(9) —C(O)R e ,

(10) —OC(O)R e ,

(11) —CO 2 R e ,

(12) —N(R c )C(O)R e ,

(13) —N(R c )C(O)OR e ,

(14) —N(R c )C(O)NR c R d ,

(15) —C(O)NR c R d ,

(16) —CN,

(17) —CF 3 ,

(18) —OCF 3 ,

(19) —OCHF 2 ,

(20) —(CH 2 ) r aryl,

(21) —(CH 2 ) r heteroaryl,

(22) —(CH 2 ) r C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(23) —(CH 2 ) r —C 3-6 cycloalkenyl,

(24) —(CH 2 ) r —C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl, and

(25) —(CH 2 ) r —O—(CH 2 ) r —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

wherein each CH 2 , alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to four substituents selected from: halogen, —C 1-6 alkyl, —(CH 2 ) w —OH, —O—C 1-6 alkyl, —CF 3 , —CN, —(CH 2 ) v —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, SH, and —SO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl;

each R b is selected from the group consisting of:

1) —C 1-10 alkyl,

2) —C 2-10 alkenyl,

3) —(CH 2 ) v —CF 3 ,

4) —O(CH 2 ) v CF 3 ,

5) —OCHF 2 ,

6) halogen,

7) —(CH 2 ) v CN,

8) —(CH 2 ) v OH,

9) —(CH 2 ) v OC 1-10 alkyl,

10) —CO 2 R e ,

11) —NR c R d ,

12) —(CH 2 ) v C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

13) —(CH 2 ) v C 2-10 cycloheteroalkyl,

14) —(CH 2 ) v -aryl, and

15) —(CH 2 ) v -heteroaryl,

wherein each CH, CH 2 , alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from: halogen, —C 1-6 alkyl, —(CH 2 ) w —OH, —O—C 1-6 alkyl, —CF 3 , —CN, —(CH 2 ) v —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, SH, and —SO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl;

each R c is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) C 1-10 alkyl,

(3) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(4) C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

(5) aryl, and

(6) heteroaryl,

wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to three substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

each R d is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) C 1-10 alkyl,

(3) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(4) C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

(5) aryl, and

(6) heteroaryl,

wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to three substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

each R e is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) C 1-10 alkyl,

(3) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(4) C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

(5) aryl, and

(6) heteroaryl,

wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to three substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

each R g is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) halogen,

(3) C 1-6 alkyl, and

(4) C 3-6 cycloalkyl;

each R i is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) halogen,

(3) —C 1-6 alkyl,

(4) —(CH 2 ) s —O—C 1-6 alkyl,

(5) —(CH 2 ) s OH,

(6) —N(R c )S(O) 2 R e ,

(7) —S(C 1-6 alkyl),

(8) —(CH 2 ) s SO 2 C 1-6 alkyl,

(9) —(CH 2 ) s SO 2 —(CH 2 ) t —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(10) —S(O) 2 NR c R d ,

(11) —NR c R d ,

(12) —C(O)R e ,

(13) —OC(O)R e ,

(14) —CO 2 R e ,

(15) —(CH 2 ) s CN,

(16) —C(O)NR c R d ,

(17) —N(R c )C(O)R e ,

(18) —N(R c )C(O)OR e ,

(19) —N(R c )C(O)NR c R d ,

(20) —CF 3 ,

(21) —OCF 3 ,

(22) —OCHF 2 ,

(23) —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, and

(24) —C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

wherein each CH 2 , alkyl, cycloalkyl and cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two, three or four substituents selected from: —C 1-6 alkyl and halogen;

n is 1;

m is 1;

each p is independently selected from: 0, 1 and 2;

each q is independently selected from: 0, 1 and 2;

each r is independently selected from: 1, 2, 3 and 4;

each s is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2 and 3;

each t is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4;

each u is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2 and 3;

each v is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4;

each w is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2 and 3; and

each x is independently selected from: 0, 1 and 2.

2. A compound of structural formula I:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein

A is —C 2-10 cycloheteroalkyl, wherein each cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from R a ;

B is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —(CH 2 ) u -aryl, and

(2) -heteroaryl,

wherein each CH 2 , aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two, three, four or five substituents selected from R b ;

T, U, V and W are CH;

Y is —(CH 2 ) x O—, wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from R i ;

Z is —CO 2 H;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen, and

(2) —C 1-6 alkyl,

wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three halogens;

R 2 is —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from halogen, OH, —C 1-6 alkyl and —OC 1-6 alkyl;

each R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) halogen,

(3) —(CH 2 ) s —OC 1-6 alkyl,

(4) —(CH 2 ) s —OH,

(5) —CN, and

(6) —C 1-6 alkyl,

wherein CH 2 and alkyl are unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from halogen, OH, and OC 1-6 alkyl;

each R a is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —C 1-6 alkyl,

(2) halogen,

(3) —(CH 2 ) u —OC 1-6 alkyl,

(4) —OR e ,

(5) —S(O) u R e ,

(6) —S(O) u NR c R d ,

(7) —N(R c )S(O) p R e ,

(8) —NR c R d ,

(9) —C(O)R e ,

(10) —OC(O)R e ,

(11) —CO 2 R e ,

(12) —N(R c )C(O)R e ,

(13) —N(R c )C(O)OR e ,

(14) —N(R c )C(O)NR c R d ,

(15) —C(O)NR c R d ,

(16) —CN,

(17) —CF 3 ,

(18) —OCF 3 ,

(19) —OCHF 2 ,

(20) —(CH 2 ) r aryl,

(21) —(CH 2 ) r heteroaryl,

(22) —(CH 2 ) r —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(23) —(CH 2 ) r —C 3-6 cycloalkenyl,

(24) —(CH 2 ) r —C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl, and

(25) —(CH 2 ) r —O—(CH 2 ) r —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

wherein each CH 2 , alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to four substituents selected from: halogen, —C 1-6 alkyl, —(CH 2 ) w —OH, —O—C 1-6 alkyl, —CF 3 , —CN, —(CH 2 ) v —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, SH, and —SO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl;

each R b is selected from the group consisting of:

1) —C 1-10 alkyl,

2) —C 2-10 alkenyl,

3) —(CH 2 ) v —CF 3 ,

4) —O(CH 2 ) v CF 3 ,

5) —OCHF 2 ,

6) halogen,

7) —(CH 2 ) v CN,

8) —(CH 2 ) v OH,

9) —(CH 2 ) v OC 1-10 alkyl, and

10) —(CH 2 ) v C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

wherein each CH, CH 2 , alkyl, alkenyl and cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from: halogen, —C 1-6 alkyl, —(CH 2 ) w —OH, —CF 3 —CN, —(CH 2 ) v —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, SH, and —SO 2 —C 1-6 alkyl;

each R c is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) C 1-10 alkyl,

(3) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(4) C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

(5) aryl, and

(6) heteroaryl,

wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to three substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

each R d is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) C 1-10 alkyl,

(3) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(4) C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

(5) aryl, and

(6) heteroaryl,

wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to three substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

each R e is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) C 1-10 alkyl,

(3) C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(4) C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

(5) aryl, and

(6) heteroaryl,

wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one to three substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

each R g is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) halogen,

(3) C 1-6 alkyl, and

(4) C 3-6 cycloalkyl;

each R i is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen,

(2) halogen,

(3) —C 1-6 alkyl,

(4) —(CH 2 ) s —O—C 1-6 alkyl,

(5) —(CH 2 ) s OH,

(6) —N(R c )S(O) 2 R e ,

(7) —S(C 1-6 alkyl),

(8) —(CH 2 ) s SO 2 C 1-6 alkyl,

(9) —(CH 2 ) s SO 2 —(CH 2 ) t —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(10) —S(O) 2 NR c R d ,

(11) —NR c R d ,

(12) —C(O)R e ,

(13) —OC(O)R e ,

(14) —CO 2 R e ,

(15) —(CH 2 ) s CN,

(16) —C(O)NR c R d ,

(17) —N(R c )C(O)R e ,

(18) —N(R c )C(O)OR e ,

(19) —N(R c )C(O)NR c R d ,

(20) —CF 3 ,

(21) —OCF 3 ,

(22) —OCHF 2 ,

(23) —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, and

(24) —C 2-5 cycloheteroalkyl,

wherein each CH 2 , alkyl, cycloalkyl and cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two, three or four substituents selected from: —C 1-6 alkyl and halogen;

each n is 1;

each m is 1;

each p is independently selected from: 0, 1 and 2;

each q is independently selected from: 0, 1 and 2;

each r is independently selected from: 1, 2, 3 and 4;

each s is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2 and 3;

each t is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4;

each u is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2 and 3;

each v is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4;

each w is independently selected from: 0, 1, 2 and 3; and

each x is independently selected from: 0, 1 and 2.

3. The compound according to claim 1 wherein Y is selected from: —O—, —CH 2 —O—, and —O—CH 2 — wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4. The compound according to claim 1 wherein Y is selected from: —O— and —CH 2 —O—, wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

5. The compound according to claim 1 wherein R 3 is hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

6. The compound according to claim 1 wherein

T, U, V and W are CH;

A is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(2) —C 3-6 cycloalkenyl, and

(3) —C 2-10 cycloheteroalkyl,

wherein each cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from R a ;

Y is selected from: —O—, —(CH 2 ) x O— and —O—(CH 2 ) x , wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from R i ;

R 3 is hydrogen;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

7. The compound according to claim 1 wherein

T, U, V and W are CH;

A is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —C 3-6 cycloalkyl,

(2) —C 3-6 cycloalkenyl, and

(3) —C 2-10 cycloheteroalkyl,

wherein each cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl and cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from R a ;

B is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —(CH 2 ) u -aryl,

(2) —(CH 2 ) u -heteroaryl,

(3) —(CH 2 ) u —NR g (CH 2 ) u -aryl, and

(4) —(CH 2 ) u —O—(CH 2 ) u -aryl,

wherein each CH 2 , aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two, three, four or five substituents selected from R b ;

Y is —(CH 2 ) x O—, wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from R i ;

R 3 is hydrogen;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

8. The compound according to claim 1 wherein

T, U, V and W are CH;

A is —C 2-10 cycloheteroalkyl, wherein each cycloheteroalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from R a ;

B is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) —(CH 2 ) u -aryl, and

(2) -heteroaryl,

wherein each CH 2 , aryl and heteroaryl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two, three, four or five substituents selected from R b ;

Y is selected from: —O— and —CH 2 —O—, wherein CH 2 is unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents selected from C 1-6 alkyl;

Z is —CO 2 H;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of:

(1) hydrogen, and

(2) —C 1-6 alkyl,

wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three halogens;

R 2 is —C 3-6 cycloalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from halogen, OH, —C 1-6 alkyl and —OC 1-6 alkyl;

R 3 is hydrogen;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

9. A compound selected from:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

10. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

11. A method of treating type 2 diabetes mellitus in a patient in need of treatment comprising the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2016
From: CHOBANIAN, HARRY; DEMONG, DUANE; GUO, YAN; HU, ZHIYONG; MILLER, MICHAEL; PIO, BARBARA; PLUMMER, CHRISTOPHER W.; XIAO, DONG; YANG, CANGMING; ZHANG, RUI
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
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