N-linked heterocyclic receptor agonists for the treatment of diabetes and metabolic disorders

1. A compound of Formula (I):

wherein,

X, Y and Z are each independently selected from the group consisting of N and C(R 3 );

the subscript r is 0, 1, 2 or 3;

the subscript s is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and the sum of r+s is ≦4;

the subscript q is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;

L is —(CH 2 ) n — wherein the subscript n is 2, 3 or 4, and optionally at least one CH 2 is replaced by O, NR 5 , S, S(O) or S(O) 2 , and any remaining CH 2 is optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C 1-4 alkyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl and C 1-4 haloalkyl;

Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group, optionally substituted with one, two, three, four or five R 6 substituents; wherein the heteroaryl is selected from the group consisting of pyridyl, furanyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, triazolyl, imidazolyl, isoxazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, pyridazinyl, pyrazinyl, and pyrimidinyl; and when n is 2, the aryl is substituted with one, two, three, four or five R 6 substituents;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 substituted alkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, C 3-7 subsituted cycloalkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 2-10 alkynyl, —X 1 —C(O)R a , —X 1 —C(O)OR a , —X 1 —C(O)NR a R b , —S(O) 2 R a , 4- to 7-membered heterocyclyl group, aryl and a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group, wherein each of said cycloalkyl group, heterocyclyl group, aryl group and heteroaryl group is optionally substituted with from one, two, three or four substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halo, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 substituted alkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 2-10 alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, —CN, —NR a C(O)R b , —NR a C(O)NR a R b , —NO 2 , —OR a , —NR a R b , —C(O)R a , —C(O)OR a , —C(O)NR a R b , —SR a , —S(O)R a , —S(O) 2 R a , —NR a S(O) 2 R b , and —S(O) 2 NR a R b , or optionally R a and R b are combined to form a 4-, 5- or 6- membered ring, and X 1 is selected from the group consisting of a bond, C 1-4 alkylene, C 2-6 alkenylene, C 2-6 alkynylene, —C(O)—, and —C(O)(CH 2 ) 1-4 —, wherein the aliphatic portions of X 1 are optionally substituted with one, two or three groups selected from the group consisting of halo, C 1-4 alkyl, and C 1-4 substituted alkyl;

each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of halo, C 1-5 alkyl, C 1-5 substituted alkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, C 3-7 substituted cycloalkyl, —C(O)R a , —C(O)OR a , —C(O)NR a R b , —OR a , —NR a R b , —NR a C(O)R b , —S(O)R a , —S(O) 2 R a and —S(O) 2 NR a R b , and wherein when the subscript q is 2, 3, or 4, two R 2 groups can optionally cyclize to form a ring;

each R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, aryl and —OR a ; provided that when L-Ar is —O—CH 2 —Ar, R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, and —OR a ;

R 4 is selected from the group consisting of H, halo, C 1-6 alkyl, and C 1-6 substituted alkyl;

R 5 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, C 3-6 cycloalkyl, —C(O)R a and —S(O) 2 R a ;

each R 6 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 substituted alkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 2-10 alkynyl, —CN, —NO 2 , —OR a , —NR a R b , —C(O)R a , —C(O)OR a , —C(O)NR a R b , —NR a C(O)R b , —NR a C(O)OR b , —NR a C(O)NR a R b , —SR a , —S(O)R a , S(O) 2 R a , —NR a SR b , —NR a S(O)R b , —NR a S(O) 2 R b , —S(O) 2 NR a R b , a 4- to 7-membered heterocyclyl group, aryl and a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group, wherein each of said heterocyclyl groups, said aryl and heteroaryl groups are optionally substituted with from one to four substituents independently selected from halo, oxo, C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 haloalkyl, C 3-7 cycloalkyl, —CN, —NO 2 , —OR a , —NR a R b , —C(O)R a , —C(O)OR a , —C(O)NR a R b , —NR a C(O)R b , —NR a C(O)OR b , —NR a C(O)NR a R b , —SR a , —S(O)R a , —S(O) 2 R a , —NR a S(O)R b , —NR a S(O) 2 R b and —S(O) 2 NR a R b or optionally R a and R b are combined to form a 4-, 5- or 6-membered ring;

and each R a and R b is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 haloalkyl, C 3-10 cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 2-10 alkynyl, aryl, 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl and arylC 1-4 alkyl; and wherein the aliphatic portions of each of said R a and R b is optionally substituted with from one to three groups selected from the group consisting of halo, —OR n , —OC(O)R n , —OC(O)N(R n ) 2 , —SR n , —S(O)R n , —S(O) 2 R 2 , —S(O) 2 N(R n ) 2 , —NR n S(O) 2 R n , —C(O)N(R n ) 2 , —C(O)R n , —NR n C(O)R n , —NR n C(O)N(R n ) 2 , —C(O)OR n , —NR n C(O)OR n , —CN, —NO 2 , —N(R n ) 2 and —NR n S(O) 2 N(R n ) 2 , wherein each R n is independently H, C 1-3 haloalkyl or an unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl; and wherein the aryl and heteroaryl portions are optionally substituted with from one to three groups selected from halo, —OR m , —OC(O)N(R m ) 2 , —SR m , —S(O)R m , —S(O) 2 R m , —S(O) 2 N(R m ) 2 , —NR m S(O) 2 R m , —C(O)N(R m ) 2 , —C(O)R m , —NR m C(O)R m , —NR m C(O)N(R m ) 2 , —C(O)OR m , —NR m C(O)OR m , —CN, —NO 2 , —N(R m ) 2 and —NR m S(O) 2 N(R m ) 2 , wherein each R m is independently H, C 1-3 haloalkyl or an unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, stereoisomer, and/or ester thereof.

2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the ring having X, Y and Z is selected from the group consisting of

3. The compound of claim 2 , wherein the ring having X, Y and Z is selected from the group consisting of

4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each R 6 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, halo, —NR a R b , —NR a C(O)R b , —S(O)R a , —S(O) 2 R a , C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 haloalkyl, substituted heteroaryl and unsubstituted heteroaryl.

5. The compound of claim 4 wherein each R 6 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, fluoro, chloro, methyl, ethyl, —CF 3 , imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, triazolyl, tetrazolyl, —S(O)R a , and —S(O) 2 R a .

6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein Ar is a six-membered aryl optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 R 6 substituents or a heteroaryl, optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 R 6 substituents.

7. The compound of claim 6 , wherein Ar is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted six-membered aryl, optionally substituted pyridyl, optionally substituted pyrimidinyl, optionally substituted pyrazinyl, and optionally substituted pyridazinyl.

8. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the subscript n is 2.

9. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of —X 1 —C(O)R a , —X 1 —C(O)OR a , optionally substituted aryl group and optionally substituted heteroaryl group.

10. The compound of claim 9 , wherein R 1 is —C(O)OR a , pyrimidine optionally substituted with from one to two substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halo, C 3-6 cycloalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl, and C 1-10 substituted alkyl, or oxadiazole.