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US 2006/0223850 A1Published application
8-(3-Biaryl)phenylquinoline phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors
AssigneeMerck Frosst Canada, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Dube, Laurence Dube, Michel Gallant, Patrick Lacombe, Denis Deschenes, Dwight Macdonald
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Abstract
Novel substituted 8-phenylquinolines represented by Formula (I), wherein the phenyl group at the 8-position contains an aryl or heteroaryl substituent in the meta position, are PDE4 inhibitors.
Claims29
A compound represented by Formula (I):
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein
- S1, S2, and S3 are independently
- 1. H,
- 2. —OH,
- 3. halogen,
- 4. —C1-C6alkyl,
- 5. —O—C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens, or —CN;
- R1 is
- 1. —(C1-C6alkyl)-SOn—(C1-C6alkyl) group, optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents;
- wherein each substituent is independently a halogen, —OH and —CN,
- 2. —C(O)—O-aryl,
- 3. —C(O)—NH-aryl,
- 4. —C(O)—NH-heterocycle or N-oxide thereof,
- 5. —C(O)—NH—C1-C6alkyl,
- 6. —C(O)—NH-cycloC3-C6alkyl,
- 7. —C1-C6alkyl, optionally substituted with 1 to 6 halogens and 1 hydroxy,
- 8. —COOH,
- 9. —C1-C6alkyl-COOH,
- 10. —O—C1-C6alkyl,
- 11. —cycloC3-C6alkyl,
- 12. —C3-C6alkyl-heterocycle,
- 13. aryl,
- 14. heterocycle,
- 15. carbonyl,
- 16. carbamoyl, or
- 17. —SOn—(C1-C6alkyl);
- each n is independently 0, 1, or 2;
- Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently an aryl or heterocycle or an N-oxide thereof;
- R2 is
- 1. Hydrogen,
- 2. aryl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from halogen,
- 3. heterocycle optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 4. —C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from hydroxy and halogen,
- 5. —COOH,
- 6. 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 7. —SOn—(C1-C6alkyl),
- 8. —N(H)—S(O)n—C1-C6alkyl,
- 9. —O—C1-C6alkyl substituents each optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 10. —C(O)—N(H)—C3-C6cycloalkyl, or
- 11. —C(O)—C1-C6alkyl;
- R3 is
- 1. Hydrogen,
- 2. —C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with hydroxy, —S(O)nC1-C6alkyl, heterocycle, or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 halogens,
- 3. aryl or C6-C12cycloalkyl optionally substituted with phenyl, —C1-C6alkyl, —S(O)nC1-C6alkyl, —C(O)—O—C1-C6alkyl, —COOH, hydroxy-C1-C6alkyl- or 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 4. heterocycle or optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from phenyl, halogen, C1-C6alkyl, hydroxyC1-C6alkyl, —COOH, —C(O)—O—C1-C6alkyl,
- 5. amino,
- 6. —C(O)—O—C1-C6alkyl,
- 7. —C1-C6alkyl-O-phenyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 8. —C1-C6alkyl-phenyl optionally substituted with 1 or 2 substituents selected from hydroxy and halo,
- 9. —COOH,
- 10. Halogen,
- 11. —SOn—(C1-C6alkyl),
- 12. —N(H)—S(O)n—C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogen,
- 13. —N(H)—C(O)—C1-C6alkyl,
- 14. —N(H)-heterocycle optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 15. —N(H)-aryl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 16. —N(H)—C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 17. —C(O)—N(H)—C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 18. —C(O)—NH—C3-C6cycloalkyl,
- 19. —O—C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens or phenyl optionally substituted with 1, 2, or 3 halogen;
- R4 is
- 1. H,
- 2. Halogen,
- 3. —CN
- 4. —C1-C6alkyl,
- 5. —O—C1-C6alkyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 halogens,
- 6. —C1-C6alkyl-phenyl with phenyl optionally substituted with halogen, or
- 7. Oxo.
65 more elements
29-32. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.