IP Library Granted Patent US 11,026,926
Granted Patent B2
US 11,026,926 · App. 16/251,536 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Substituted bicyclic compounds as bromodomain inhibitors

Inventors: Shuang Liu (Schenectady, NY); John Frederick Quinn (Albany, NY); Bryan Cordell Duffy (Glenmont, NY); Ruifang Wang (Schenectady, NY); May Xiaowu Jiang (Guilderland, NY); Gregory Scott Martin (Colonie, NY); He Zhao (Madison, CT); Michael Ellis (Clifton Park, NY); Gregory Steven Wagner (Foster City, CA); Peter Ronald Young (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Zenith Epigenetics Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,026,926
App. No.
16/251,536
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to substituted bicyclic compounds, which are useful for inhibition of BET protein function by binding to bromodomains, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and use of the compounds and compositions in therapy.

Claims (69)

1. A method for treating a cancer in a mammal, comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula:

or a tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or hydrate thereof,

wherein:

D 1 is isoxazole, optionally substituted with one or more groups independently selected from deuterium, alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), alkoxy(C 1 -C 4 ), amino, halogen, amide, —C(O)cycloamino, —CF 3 , CN, —N 3 , —S(O)Alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), —SO 2 alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), -thioalkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), —COOH, and ester,

wherein said alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), alkoxy(C 1 -C 4 ), amino, amide, —S(O)Alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), —SO 2 alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), -thioalkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), and ester are optionally substituted with one or more groups independently selected from hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, —OH, —NH 2 , —NHMe, —OMe, —SMe, oxo, and thio-oxo;

X is present and selected from —(NH)—, —O—, —NHCR x R y —, —NHSO 2 —, and —CR x R y NH—;

Z 1 is —NR a ;

R a is selected from hydrogen, deuterium, and alkyl(C 1-3 );

R 3 is selected from isoxazole, pyrazole, pyridyl, thiazole, isothiazole, pyrimidine, phenyl, cyclohexene, benzo[d]oxazolyl, naphthyl, and quinolyl, optionally substituted with one or more groups independently selected from deuterium, alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), —OH, alkoxy(C 1 -C 4 ), amino, halogen, amide, —CF 3 , CN, —N 3 , —S(O)Alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), —SO 2 alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), C 4 ), carboxyl, and ester,

wherein said alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), alkoxy(C 1 -C 4 ), amino, amide, —S(O)Alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), —SO 2 alkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), -thioalkyl(C 1 -C 4 ), and ester are optionally substituted with one or more groups independently selected from hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, —OH, —NH 2 , —NHMe, —OMe, —SMe, oxo, and thio-oxo;

R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from hydrogen, deuterium, alkyl, —OH, —NH 2 , -thioalkyl, and alkoxy; and

R x and R y are each independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl(C 1-5 ), halogen, —OH, —CF 3 , deuterium, amino, and alkoxy(C 1-5 ), or two substituents selected from R x , R y , and R 1 may be connected in a 5- or 6-membered ring to form a bicyclic carbocycle or bicyclic heterocycle,

and wherein said cancer is selected from B-acute lymphocytic leukemia, Burkitt's lymphoma, diffuse large cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, primary plasma cell leukemia, atypical carcinoid lung cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, cervix cancer, colon cancer, gastric cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, medulloblastoma, melanoma, neuroblastoma, esophageal cancer, osteosarcoma, ovarian cancer, renal carcinoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, small cell lung carcinoma, NUT midline carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B cell lymphoma with germinal center phenotype, Hodgkin's lymphoma, activated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, primary neuroectodermal tumor, pancreatic cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, malignant glioma, thyroid cancer, Barrett's adenocarcinoma, hepatoma, pro-myelocytic leukemia, and mantle cell lymphoma.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein D 1 is

3. A method for treating a cancer in a mammal, comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from:

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(2-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(4-methylisothiazol-5-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(4-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(2-methoxy-5-methylphenyl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(2-methoxypyridin-3-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

3-(6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-4-yl)-2-methylbenzonitrile;

4,6-bis(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

3-(6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-4-yl)-4-methylbenzonitrile;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(4-methoxypyridin-3-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(5-fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(5-chloro-2-methylphenyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(6-amino-2-methylpyridin-3-yl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-4-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-4-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-2(3H)-thione;

6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-4-(4-methylpyridin-3-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-2-thiol;

3-(6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-4-yl)-4-methylbenzonitrile;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-74(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)amino)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-74(2-methylpyridin-3-yl)amino)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

3-(6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-4-yl)-4-methylbenzamide;

3-(6-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-methyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-4-yl)-2-methylbenzamide;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-((2-methylpyridin-3-yl)oxy)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-5-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-((3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)amino)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(3,5-dichloropyridin-4-yl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(3-methylpyridin-4-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-7-(o-tolyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(2-fluoro-5-methoxyphenyl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(2,4-dimethylthiazol-5-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-7-(2-methoxy-6-methylpyridin-3-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one;

7-(cyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one; and

tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and hydrates thereof,

wherein said cancer is selected from B-acute lymphocytic leukemia, Burkitt's lymphoma, diffuse large cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, primary plasma cell leukemia, atypical carcinoid lung cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, cervix cancer, colon cancer, gastric cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, medulloblastoma, melanoma, neuroblastoma, esophageal cancer, osteosarcoma, ovarian cancer, renal carcinoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, small cell lung carcinoma, NUT midline carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B cell lymphoma with germinal center phenotype, Hodgkin's lymphoma, activated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, primary neuroectodermal tumor, pancreatic cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, malignant glioma, thyroid cancer, Barrett's adenocarcinoma, hepatoma, pro-myelocytic leukemia, and mantle cell lymphoma.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the cancer:

(a) exhibits overexpression, translocation, amplification, or rearrangement of a myc family oncoprotein;

(b) results from aberrant regulation of BET proteins;

(c) relies on pTEFb (Cdk9/cyclin T) and BET proteins to regulate oncogenes;

(d) is associated with upregulation of BET responsive genes CDK6, Bcl2, TYRO3, MYB, and/or hTERT; or

(e) is associated with a viral infection.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

(a) the cancer exhibiting overexpression, translocation, amplification, or rearrangement of a myc family oncoprotein is selected from B-acute lymphocytic leukemia, Burkitt's lymphoma, diffuse large cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, primary plasma cell leukemia, atypical carcinoid lung cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, cervix cancer, colon cancer, gastric cancer, glioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, medulloblastoma, nodular melanoma, superficial spreading melanoma, neuroblastoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, osteosarcoma, ovarian cancer, renal clear cell carcinoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and small cell lung carcinoma;

(b) the cancer resulting from aberrant regulation of BET proteins is selected from NUT midline carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer, esophageal cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, and colon cancer;

(c) the cancer relying on pTEFb (Cdk9/cyclin T) and BET proteins to regulate oncogenes is selected from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B cell lymphoma with germinal center phenotype, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, neuroblastoma, primary neuroectodermal tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, and breast cancer;

(d) the cancer associated with upregulation of BET responsive genes CDK6, Bcl2, TYRO3, MYB, and hTERT is selected from pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, glioblastoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, malignant glioma, bladder cancer, medulloblastoma, thyroid cancer, melanoma, multiple myeloma, Barrett's adenocarcinoma, hepatoma, pro-myelocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, small cell lung cancer, and renal carcinoma; or

(e) the viral infection is selected from Epstein-Barr Virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, Kaposi's sarcoma associated virus, human papilloma virus, Merkel cell polyomavirus, and human cytomegalovirus.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the compound is administered in combination with another anticancer agent.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the anticancer agent is selected from ABT-737, Azacitidine, Barasertib, Olaparib, Selumetinib, BEZ235, Bleomycin Sulfate, Bortezomib, Busulfan, Camptothecin, Cisplatin, Cyclophosphamide, CVT387, Cytarabine, Dacarbazine, DAPT, Decitabine, Dexamethasone, Doxorubicin, Etoposide, Everolimus, Alvocidib, Ganetespib, Gefitinib, Idarubicin, Ifosfamide, IFNa2a, Melphalan, temozolomide, Metformin, Mitoxantrone, Paclitaxel, Phenformin, Midostaurin, Vemurafenib, Pomalidomide Prednisone, Rapamycin, Lenalidomide, Ruxolitinib, Sorafenib, Sunitinib, SU11274, Vinblastine, Vincristine, Vinorelbine, Vorinostat, and Degrasyn.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2019
From: ZENITH CAPITAL CORP.
To: ZENITH EPIGENETICS LTD.
Reel/Frame 050052/0509 →
GENERAL CONVEYANCE AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 14, 2019
From: RVX THERAPEUTICS INC.
To: ZENITH EPIGENTICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 050053/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2019
From: LIU, SHUANG; DUFFY, BRYAN CORDELL; WANG, RUIFANG; JIANG, MAY XIAOWU; MARTIN, GREGORY SCOTT; QUINN, JOHN FREDERICK; ZHAO, HE; ELLIS, MICHAEL; YOUNG, PETER RONALD
To: RVX THERAPEUTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 050053/0352 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2019
From: LIU, SHUANG; QUINN, JOHN FREDERICK; DUFFY, BRYAN CORDELL; WANG, RUIFANG; JIANG, MAY XIAOWU; MARTIN, GREGORY SCOTT; ZHAO, HE; ELLIS, MICHAEL; WAGNER, GREGORY STEVEN
To: ZENITH EPIGENETICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 050053/0460 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2019
From: ZENITH EPIGENETICS CORP.
To: ZENITH CAPITAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 050053/0705 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15459886 · Mar 15, 2017
Division 14900138
Provisional Application 61911668 · Dec 4, 2013
Provisional Application 61837830 · Jun 21, 2013
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