IP Library Granted Patent US 11,242,327
Granted Patent B2
US 11,242,327 · App. 16/613,397 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Analgesic compounds

Inventors: Chad Daniel Hopkins (San Diego, CA); Joseph Robert Pinchman (San Diego, CA); Kevin Duane Bunker (Escondido, CA); Deborah Helen Slee (Encinitas, CA); Brant Clayton Boren (San Diego, CA); Mehmet Kahraman (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Recurium IP Holdings, LLC
C07D277/28A61P25/04A61P29/00C07C211/38C07C211/40C07C215/08C07C217/52C07C229/14C07C235/14C07C237/04C07C271/24C07D213/38C07D235/14C07D239/26C07D263/56C07D277/64
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Patent No.
US 11,242,327
App. No.
16/613,397
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are compounds of Formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Ie), (If), (Ig), (Ih), (Ik), (Im), (In), (Io), (Ip), (Iq), (Ir), (Is) and (It), methods of synthesizing compounds of Formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Ie), (If), (Ig), (Ih), (Ik), (Im), (In), (Io), (Ip), (Iq), (Ir), (Is) and (It), and methods of using compounds of Formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Ie), (If), (Ig), (Ih), (Ik), (Im), (In), (Io), (Ip), (Iq), (Ir), (Is) and (It) as an analgesic.

Claims (41)

1. A compound selected from:

wherein:

each X 11 , each X 12 , each X 13 , and each X 14 are independently hydrogen, deuterium, an unsubstituted C 1-4 alkyl, fluoro or chloro, provided that at least two of X 11 is fluoro or chloro, provided that at least two of X 12 is fluoro or chloro, provided that at least two of X 13 is fluoro or chloro, provided that at least two of X 14 is fluoro or chloro;

each X 9 , is independently deuterium, fluoro or chloro;

R 5F , R 5H , R 5J , R 5K and R 5L are independently hydrogen, deuterium or an unsubstituted C 1-4 alkyl;

R 5C is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, an unsubstituted C 1-4 alkyl and C(═O)R 12 ;

R 4a and R 4b are independently hydrogen, deuterium, an unsubstituted C 1-4 alkyl, a hydroxy substituted C 1-4 alkyl or —C(X 16 ) 3 , provided that at least one of R 4a and R 4b is —C(X 16 ) 3 ;

R 12 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, an unsubstituted C 1-30 alkyl and an unsubstituted C 2-30 alkenyl;

each X 16 is independently hydrogen, deuterium, an unsubstituted C 1-4 alkyl, fluoro or chloro, provided that at least two of X 16 is fluoro or chloro;

Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 are independently nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur;

each X E , each X L , each X N , ech X P , each X Q , each X R are independently deuterium, chloro or fluoro; and

p5, p11, p13, p14, p15 and p16 are independently 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2. The compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of Formula (Ie).

3. The compound of claim 2 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 4a is —C(X 16 ) 3 ; and R 4b is hydrogen.

4. The compound of claim 2 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.

5. The compound of claim 2 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 5C is C(═O)R 12 .

6. A method for reducing or at least partially preventing pain or fever comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in need thereof.

7. A method for reducing or at least partially preventing pain or fever comprising contacting a cell in the central and/or peripheral nervous system of a subject with an effective amount of a compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in need thereof.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing at least one of an opioid analgesic and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the opioid analgesic is selected from the group consisting of morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, pethidine, methadone, pentazocine, sufentanil, levorphanol, dihydrocodeine, nalbuphine, butorphanol, tramadol, meptazinol, buprenorphine, dipipanone, alfentanil, remifentanil, oxymorphone, tapentadol, propoxyphene and hydromorphone; and wherein the NSAID is selected from the group consisting of celecoxib, ketorolac, ketoprofen, indomethacin, sulindac, etodolac, mefenamic acid, meclofenamic acid, meclofenamate sodium, flufenamic acid, tolmetin, diclofenac, diclofenac sodium, ibuprofen, naproxen, naproxen sodium, fenoprofen, flurbiprofen, oxaprozin, piroxicam, meloxicam, ampiroxicam, droxicam, lornoxicam, cinnoxicam, sudoxicam, and tenoxicam.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the pain is selected from the group consisting of acute pain, post-operative pain, chronic pain, nociceptive pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, neuropathic pain, migraine, visceral pain, mixed pain, lower back pain, cancer pain and fibromyalgia pain.

11. The compound of claim 2 , wherein Z 1 is sulfur.

12. The compound of claim 11 , wherein p5 is 0.

13. The compound of claim 11 , wherein R 5C is hydrogen.

14. The compound of claim 2 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 4a is —C(X 16 ) 3 ; and R 4b is an unsubstituted C 1-4 alkyl.

15. The compound of claim 3 , wherein each X 16 is fluoro.

16. The compound of claim 14 , wherein each X 16 is fluoro.

17. The compound of claim 4 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

18. The compound of claim 4 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

19. The compound of claim 4 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

20. The compound of claim 4 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

21. The compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.

22. The compound of claim 5 , wherein R 12 is an unsubstituted C 14-22 alkenyl.

23. The compound of claim 22 , wherein R 12 is selected from the group consisting of —(CH 2 ) 7 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CH( 2 ) 4 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 7 , CH=CH(CH 2 ) 7 ,CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 7 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CH(CH 2 ) 4 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 7 CH=CH(CH 2 ) 7 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 7 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 9 CH=CH(CH 2 ) 5 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 3 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CH(CH 2 ) 4 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 11 CH=CH(CH 2 ) 7 CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 3 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH 3 and —(CH 2 ) 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH=CHCH 2 CH 3 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2025
From: RECURIUM IP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: KTHERA, LLC
Reel/Frame 070653/0373 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2020
From: KALYRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: RECURIUM IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 051422/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2019
From: HOPKINS, CHAD DANIEL; PINCHMAN, JOSEPH ROBERT; BUNKER, KEVIN DUANE; SLEE, DEBORAH HELEN; BOREN, BRANT CLAYTON; KAHRAMAN, MEHMET
To: KALYRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051009/0244 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62506512 · May 15, 2017
Related Publication 20200270221A1 · Aug 27, 2020