IP Library Granted Patent US 10,364,267
Granted Patent B2
US 10,364,267 · App. 15/439,358 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Deuterated bile acid derivatives as FXR/TGR5 agonists and methods of use thereof

Inventors: Guoqiang Wang (Belmont, MA); Yat Sun Or (Watertown, MA); Jiang Long (Wayland, MA); Guoyou Xu (Framingham, MA); Peng Dai (Auburndale, MA); Ruichao Shen (West Roxbury, MA); Xuechao Xing (Wilmington, MA); Jing He (Somerville, MA)
Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C07J41/0055C07B59/007C07J9/005C07B2200/05
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Patent No.
US 10,364,267
App. No.
15/439,358
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) or Formula (II): pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds to treat or prevent a disease or disorder mediated by FXR and/or TGR5.

Claims (541)

1. A compound represented by Formula II

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein:

R a is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted —C 1 -C 8 alkyl;

R b is

—C(O)NHSO 2 R 1 ;

R c is H or D;

R d is H or D;

R e is H or D;

D is deuterium;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of:

1) Halogen;

2) Hydroxyl;

3) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 1 -C 8 alkyl;

4) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 2 -C 8 alkenyl;

5) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 2 -C 8 alkynyl;

6) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl;

7) Substituted or unsubstituted aryl;

8) Substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl;

9) Substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl;

10) Substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl;

11) Substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylalkyl; and

12) —NR 10 R 11 ;

R 2 is selected from the group consisting of:

1) Hydrogen;

2) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 1 -C 8 alkyl;

3) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 2 -C 8 alkenyl;

4) Substituted or unsubstituted —C 2 -C 8 alkynyl;

5) Substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl; and

6) Substituted or unsubstituted aryl;

m is selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3;

R 3 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, —OSO 3 H, —OSO 3 , —OAc, —OPO 3 H 2 or —OPO 3 2− ;

R 4 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, N 3 , hydroxyl, —OSO 3 H, —OSO 3 − , —OAc, —OPO 3 H 2 , —OPO 3 2− , —SR 2 or —NHR 2 ; alternatively R 3 and R 4 are taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached to form —CH═CH—, a cycloalkyl ring or a heterocycloalkyl ring;

R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from hydrogen or hydroxyl protecting group;

R 10 and R 11 are each independently selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted —C 1 -C 8 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted —C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted —C 2 -C 8 alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted —C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl;

alternatively R 10 and R 11 are taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached to form a heterocyclic ring.

2. The compound of claim 1 , represented by Formula IV

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R a , R b , R c , R d , R e , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and m are defined in claim 1 .

3. The compound of claim 1 , represented by Formula VI

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R a , R b , R c , R d , R e , R 3 and m are as defined in claim 1 .

4. The compound of claim 3 , represented by one of formulas (VI-1)˜(VI-6),

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R c , R d , R e , R 1 and m are as defined in claim 3 .

5. The compound of claim 1 , represented by Formula VIII

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R a , R b , R c , R d , R e , and m are as defined in claim 1 .

6. The compound of claim 1 selected from:

compounds of Formula VIII,

wherein R a and R b are as defined in claim 1 , and m, R c , R d and R e are set forth in Table 2:

TABLE 2

Compound

m

R c

R d

R e

 1a

0

H

H

H

 2a

0

D

H

H

 3a

0

D

D

H

 4a

0

H

H

D

 5a

0

D

H

D

 6a

0

D

D

D

 7a

1

H

H

H

 8a

1

D

H

H

 9a

1

D

D

H

10a

1

H

H

D

11a

1

D

H

D

12a

1

D

D

D

13a

2

H

H

H

14a

2

D

H

H

15a

2

D

D

H

16a

2

H

H

D

17a

2

D

H

D

18a

2

D

D

D

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.

7. The compound of claim 1 , represented by Formula X

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R a , R b and m are as defined in claim 1 .

8. The compound of claim 1 , represented by Formula (X-A) or (X-B),

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R 1 and m are previously defined in claim 1 .

9. The compound of claim 1 selected from:

(a) compounds of Formula (X-A),

wherein m and R 1 are set forth for each compound in Table 3:

TABLE 3

Example

m

R 1

19

0

Methyl

20

0

Ethyl

21

0

Isopropyl

22

0

Butyl

23

0

t-Butyl

24

0

Propyl

25

0

Benzyl

26

0

Vinyl

27

0

Allyl

28

0

CF 3

29

0

30

0

31

0

32

0

33

0

34

0

35

0

NH 2

36

0

37

0

38

0

39

0

40

0

41

0

42

0

43

0

F

44

1

Methyl

45

1

Ethyl

46

1

Isopropyl

47

1

Butyl

48

1

t-Butyl

49

1

Propyl

50

1

Benzyl

51

1

Vinyl

52

1

Allyl

53

1

CF 3

54

1

55

1

56

1

57

1

58

1

59

1

60

1

NH 2

61

1

62

1

63

1

64

1

65

1

66

1

67

1

68

1

F

69

2

Methyl

70

2

Ethyl

71

2

Isopropyl

72

2

Butyl

73

2

t-Butyl

74

2

Propyl

75

2

Benzyl

76

2

Vinyl

77

2

Allyl

78

2

CF 3

79

2

80

2

81

2

82

2

83

2

84

2

85

2

NH 2

86

2

87

2

88

2

89

2

90

2

91

2

92

2

93

2

F

and

(b) compounds of Formula (X-B),

wherein m and R 1 are set forth for each compound in Table 4:

TABLE 4

Example

m

R 1

94

0

Methyl

95

0

Ethyl

96

0

Isopropyl

97

0

Butyl

98

0

t-Butyl

99

0

Propyl

100

0

Benzyl

101

0

Vinyl

102

0

Allyl

103

0

CF 3

104

0

105

0

106

0

107

0

108

0

109

0

110

0

NH 2

111

0

112

0

113

0

114

0

115

0

116

0

117

0

118

0

F

119

1

Methyl

120

1

Ethyl

121

1

Isopropyl

122

1

Butyl

123

1

t-Butyl

124

1

Propyl

125

1

Benzyl

126

1

Vinyl

127

1

Allyl

128

1

CF 3

129

1

130

1

131

1

132

1

133

1

134

1

135

1

NH 2

136

1

137

1

138

1

139

1

140

1

141

1

142

1

143

1

F

144

2

Methyl

145

2

Ethyl

146

2

Isopropyl

147

2

Butyl

148

2

t-Butyl

149

2

Propyl

150

2

Benzyl

151

2

Vinyl

152

2

Allyl

153

2

CF 3

154

2

155

2

156

2

157

2

158

2

159

2

160

2

NH 2

161

2

162

2

163

2

164

2

165

2

166

2

167

2

168

2

F

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.

10. The compound of claim 1 , represented by Formula (X-A) or Formula (X-B),

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, wherein R 1 is selected from the groups set forth below:

11. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

12. A method for ameliorating a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of primary biliary cirrhosis, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, Type II diabetes, and hepatocellular carcinoma in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to claim 1 .

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the disease or condition is primary biliary cirrhosis.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the disease or condition is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the disease or condition is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2017
From: WANG, GUOQIANG; OR, YAT SUN; LONG, JIANG; XU, GUOYOU; DAI, PENG; SHEN, RUICHAO; XING, XUECHAO; HE, JING
To: ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62298717 · Feb 23, 2016
Related Publication 20170240585A1 · Aug 24, 2017