Selective β3 adrenergic agonists
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorsThomas Alan Crowell, Charles David Jones, Anthony John Shuker
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Abstract
The present invention is in the field of medicine, particularly in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity. More specifically, the present invention relates to selective β3 receptor agonists useful in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity. The invention provides compounds and methods of treating type II diabetes and obesity, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof compounds of the Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
Claims2
A pharmaceutical formulation comprising a compound represented by the following structural Formula (I):
- wherein:
- X1 is —OCH2—, —SCH2—, or a bond;
- R1 is a heterocycle of the formula:
- R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, or aryl;
- R4 is:
- 1) an optionally substituted heterocycle selected from the group consisting of pyrazolyl, pyrazolinyl, imidazolyl, isoxazolyl, triazolyl, tetrazolyl, oxazolyl, 1,3-dioxolonyl, thiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, pyrazinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, oxazolidonyl, oxazolidinedionyl and imidazolidinonyl;
- or
- 2) a moiety selected from the group consisting of:
- X2 is a bond, or a 1 to 5 carbon straight or branched alkylene;
- R5 is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
- R6 is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
- or R5 and R6 combine with the carbon to which each is attached to form a C3-C6 cycloalkyl;
- or R6 combines with X2 and the carbon to which each is attached to form a C3-C8 cycloalkyl;
- R7 is hydrogen, hydroxy, cyano, oxo, COnR2, —CONHR2, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C1-C4 optionally substituted alkyl, (CH2)n aryl, (CH2)nheterocycle, (CH2)n optionally substituted aryl, or (CH2)n optionally substituted heterocycle;
- R8 is independently hydrogen, halo, or C1-C4 alkyl;
- R9 is halo, CN, OR10, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, CO2R2, CONR11R12, CONH(C1-C4 alkyl or C1-C4 alkoxy), SR2, CSNHR2, CSNR11R12, SO2R2, SOR2, NR11R12, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heterocycle, or C2-C4 alkenyl substituted with CN, CO2R2, or CONR11R12;
- R10 is C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, (CH2)nC3-C8 cycloalkyl, (CH2)naryl, (CR2)nheterocycle, (CH2)nC3-C8 optionally substituted cycloalkyl, (CH2)n optionally substituted aryl, or (CH2)n optionally substituted heterocycle;
- R11 and R12 are independently hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, aryl, (CH2)naryl, or combine with the nitrogen to which each is bound to form morpholinyl, piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, or piperazinyl;
- R13 is hydrogen, halo, aryl, or C1-C4 alkyl;
- m is 0 or 1;
- n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;
- provided that when R4 is
- then R9 is not (C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl;
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
- and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents or excipients.
A pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of the formula:
- wherein
- X2 is —CH2—, —CH2CH2— or —CH2CH2CH2;
- R2 is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl or aryl;
- R3 is hydrogen or CH3;
- R5 and R6 are both hydrogen, halo or C1-C4 alkyl;
- R9 is OR10;
- R10 is aryl or pyridyl wherein either is optionally substituted with CONR11R12, CN, CO2R2 or NR2SO2R2;
- R11 and R12 are independently hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, aryl, (CH2)naryl, or combine with the nitrogen to which each is bound to form morpholinyl, piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl or piperazinyl;
- and
- R13 is hydrogen or halo.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.