Bicyclic derivatives as modulators of ion channels

1. A compound of formula I:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;

wherein:

ring Z is a 5-7 membered unsaturated or aromatic ring having at least one ring heteroatom selected from O, S, N, or NH; wherein Z is optionally fused to ring A;

wherein A is an optionally substituted 5-7 membered unsaturated or aromatic ring; and wherein Z or Z taken together with said fused ring A is substituted with up to z occurrence of R Z ;

z is 0 to 4;

each R Z is independently selected from R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , or R 5 ;

q is 1 or 2;

Q is a bond or a C1-C6 straight or branched saturated alkylidine chain, wherein up to two non-adjacent methylene units of Q are optionally and independently replaced by —CO—, —CS—, —COCO—, —CONR 2 —, —CONR 2 NR 2 —, —CO 2 —, —OCO—, —NR 2 CO 2 —, —O—, —NR 2 CONR 2 —, —OCONR 2 —, —NR 2 NR 2 —, —NR 2 NR 2 CO—, —NR 2 CO—, —S—, —SO, —SO 2 —, —NR 2 —, —SO 2 NR 2 —, NR 2 SO 2 —, —NR 2 SO 2 NR 2 —, or a spirocycloalkylene moiety;

R Q is a 3-8-membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated monocyclic ring having 0-3 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N, or NH, or an 8-12 membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated bicyclic ring system having 0-5 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N, or NH; wherein R Q is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents independently selected from R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , or R 5 ;

R M and R N are independently R 2 ;

R 1 is oxo, ═NN(R 6 ) 2 , ═NN(R 7 ) 2 , ═NN(R 6 R 7 ), R 6 , or (CH 2 )—Y;

n is 0, 1, or 2;

Y is halo, CN, NO 2 , CF 3 , OCF 3 , OH, SR 6 , S(O)R 6 , SO 2 R 6 , NH 2 , NHR 6 , N(R 6 ) 2 , NR 6 R 8 , COOH, COOR 6 , or OR 6 ; or two R 1 on adjacent ring atoms, taken together, form 1,2-methylenedioxy or 1,2-ethylenedioxy;

R 2 is hydrogen or C1-C6 aliphatic, wherein each R 2 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently selected from R 1 , R 4 , or R 5 ;

R 3 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents, independently selected from R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , or R 5 ;

R 4 is OR 5 , OR 6 , OC(O)R 6 , OC(O)R 5 , OC(O)OR 6 , OC(O)OR 5 , OC(O)N(R 6 ) 2 , OC(O)N(R 5 ) 2 , OC(O)N(R 6 R 5 ), OP(O)(OR 6 ) 2 , OP(O)(OR 5 ) 2 , OP(O)(OR 6 )(OR 5 ), SR 6 , SR 5 , S(O)R 6 , S(O)R 5 , SO 2 R 6 , SO 2 R 5 , SO 2 N(R 6 ) 2 , SO 2 N(R 5 ) 2 , SO 2 NR 5 R 6 , SO 3 R 6 , SO 3 R 5 , C(O)R 5 , C(O)OR 5 , C(O)R 6 , C(O)OR 6 , C(O)N(R 6 ) 2 , C(O)N(R 5 ) 2 , C(O)N(R 5 R 6 ), C(O)N(OR 6 )R 6 , C(O)N(OR 5 )R 6 , C(O)N(OR 6 )R 5 , C(O)N(OR 5 )R 5 , C(NOR 6 )R 6 , C(NOR 6 )R 5 , C(NOR 5 )R 6 , C(NOR 5 )R 5 , N(R 6 ) 2 , N(R 5 ) 2 , N(R 5 R 6 ), NR 5 C(O)R 5 , NR 6 C(O)R 6 , NR 6 C(O)R 5 , NR 6 C(O)OR 6 , NR 5 C(O)OR 6 , NR 6 C(O)OR 5 , NR 5 C(O)OR 5 , NR 6 C(O)N(R 6 ) 2 , NR 6 C(O)NR 5 R 6 , NR 6 C(O)N(R 5 ) 2 , NR 5 C(O)N(R 6 ) 2 , NR 5 C(O)NR 5 R 6 , NR 5 C(O)N(R 5 ) 2 , NR 6 SO 2 R 6 , NR 6 SO 2 R 5 , NR 5 SO 2 R 5 , NR 6 SO 2 N(R 6 ) 2 , NR 6 SO 2 NR 5 R 6 , NR 6 SO 2 N(R 5 ) 2 , NR 5 SO 2 NR 5 R 6 , NR 5 SO 2 N(R 5 ) 2 , N(OR 6 )R 6 , N(OR 6 )R 5 , N(OR 5 )R 5 , N(OR 5 )R 6 , P(O)(OR 6 )N(R 6 ) 2 , P(O)(OR 6 )N(R 5 R 6 ), P(O)(OR 6 )N(R 5 ) 2 , P(O)(OR 5 )N(R 5 R 6 ), P(O)(OR 5 )N(R 6 ) 2 , P(O)(OR 5 )N(R 5 ) 2 , P(O)(OR 6 ) 2 , P(O)(OR 5 ) 2 , or P(O)(OR 6 )(OR 5 );

R 5 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 3 R 1 substituents;

R 6 is H or C1-C6 aliphatic, wherein R 6 is optionally substituted with a R 7 substituent;

R 7 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, and each R 7 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently selected from H, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH 2 ) m —Z′ wherein m is 0-2;

Z′ is selected from halo, CN, NO 2 , C(halo) 3 , CH(halo) 2 , CH 2 (halo), —OC(halo) 3 , —OCH(halo) 2 , —OCH 2 (halo), OH, S—(C1-C6) aliphatic, S(O)—(C1-C6) aliphatic, SO 2 —(C1-C6)aliphatic, NH 2 , NH—(C1-C6)aliphatic, N((C1-C6)aliphatic) 2 , N((C1-C6)aliphatic)R 8 , COOH, C(O)O(—(C1-C6)aliphatic), or O—(C1-C6)aliphatic;

R 8 is acetyl, C6-C10 aryl sulfonyl, or C1-C6 alkyl sulfonyl; and

provided that said compound is not N-[4-cyano-5-(methylthio)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]-1,2-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-6-quinolinesulfonamide.

2. The compound according to claim 1 , Z is an optionally substituted ring selected from:

3. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein A is phenyl.

4. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein z is 0-2.

5. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein each R Z is independently selected from R 1 , R 2 , or R 5 .

6. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein each R Z is independently selected from a hydrogen, halo, OR 6 , a C1-C6 aliphatic, or an optionally substituted group independently selected from C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring; wherein said cycloaliphatic, said aryl, said heterocyclic, or said heteroaryl is optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents independently selected from R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , or R 5 .

7. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein each R Z is independently selected from hydrogen, halo, O(C1-C6 alkyl), C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or phenyl.

8. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R M is hydrogen.

9. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R N is hydrogen.

10. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein Q is selected from a bond, or a C1-C6 straight or branched alkylidene chain, wherein up to two methylene units of said alkylidene is independently replaced by O, S, OCO, NH, N(C1-C4 alkyl), or a spirocycloalkylene group.

11. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein Q is —X 2 —(X 1 ) p —,

wherein:

X 2 is a bond or C1-C6 aliphatic, optionally substituted with up to two substituents independently selected from R 1 , R 4 , or R 5 ;

p is 0 or 1; and

X 1 is O, S, or NR 2 .

12. The compound according to claim 11 , wherein X 2 is a bond, C1-C6 alkyl, or C2-C6 alkylidene, and said alkyl and alkylidene are independently and optionally substituted with R 1 or R 4 .

13. The compound according to claim 12 , wherein X 2 is selected from a bond, —CH 2 —, —CH 2 —CH 2 —, —(CH 2 ) 3 —, —C(Me) 2 -, —CH(Me)-, —CH(Ph)—, —CH 2 —CH(Me)-, —CH(Et)-, or —CH(i-Pr)—.

14. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl.

15. The compound according to claim 14 , wherein R Q is optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents independently selected from halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, OH, C1-C4 alkyl, C2-C4 alkenyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, C(O)NH 2 , NH 2 , NH(C 1-4 alkyl), N(C 1-4 alkyl) 2 , NHC(O)C 1-4 alkyl, or C(O)C 1-4 alkyl.

16. The compound according to claim 15 , wherein R Q is selected from:

17. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted 3-8 membered cycloaliphatic ring.

18. The compound according to claim 17 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted ring selected from cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl.

19. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted 5-6 membered monocyclic, unsaturated, partially substituted, or aromatic ring containing up to 3 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N, or NH.

20. The compound according to claim 19 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted ring selected from:

21. The compound according to claim 20 , wherein R Q is optionally fused to an optionally substituted phenyl ring.

22. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted 8-10-membered bicyclic, heterocyclic or heteroaromatic, ring.

23. The compound according to claim 22 , wherein R Q is an optionally substituted ring selected from:

24. The compound according to claim 19 or claim, wherein R Q is selected from pyrrolidin-1-yl, 3,3-difluoropyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, 3-methyl-piperidin-1-yl, 4-methyl-piperidin-1-yl, 4,4-difluoropiperidin-1-yl, 4,5-dimethyl-4-morpholin-1-yl, 2,6-dimethyl-morpholin-4-yl, indol-1-yl, 4-fluoro-indol-1-yl, 5-chloro-indol-1-yl, 7-chloro-indol-1-yl, tetrahydroquinolin-1-yl, 7-trifluoromethyl-tetrahydroquinolin-1-yl, 6-methyl-tetrahydroquinolin-1-yl, 6-chloro-tetrahydroquinolin-1-yl, tetrahydro-isoquinolin-2-yl, 7-chloro-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-2-yl, 7-trifluoromethyl-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-2-yl, 7-fluoro-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-2-yl, 6-methyl-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-2-yl, 8-trifluoromethyl-quinolin-4-yl, pyridine-3-yl, or pyridine-4-yl.

25. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is selected from formula I-A or formula I-C:

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27. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to any one of claims 1 - 26 , and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant, or a vehicle.