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US 6,635,644 B2Granted
Inhibitors of p38
AssigneeVertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
InventorsFrancesco Salituro, Guy Bemis, Huai Gao, Ghotas Evindar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
Claims16
A compound having the formula:
- or tautomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
- wherein:
- HET is a 5-7-membered heterocycle with 1 to 4 ring N, S or O atoms, which heterocycle is substituted with 1 to 3 C1-C4 branched or straight chain alkyl groups;
- wherein HET is optionally substituted with halo, cyano, N(R′)2, OR′CO2R′, CON(R′)2, or SO2N(R2)2;
- X is O or NR′;
- n is 1 to 3;
- each R′ is independently selected from hydrogen, (C1-C3)-alkyl, (C2-C3)-alkenyl or alkynyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from halo, methoxy, cyano, nitro, amino, hydroxy, methyl or ethyl;
- or a 5-6 membered heterocyclic ring system optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents independently selected from halo, methoxy, cyano, nitro, amino, hydroxy, methyl, or ethyl;
- R1 is selected from hydrogen, (C1-C3)-alkyl, OH, or O—(C1-C3)-alkyl;
- R2 is selected from hydrogen, (C1-C3)-alkyl, or (C2-C3)-alkenyl;
- each optionally substituted with —N(R′)2, —OR′, SR′, —C(O)—N(R′)2, —S(O2)—N(R′)2, —C(O)—OR′, or R3;
- and
- R3 is selected from 5-6 membered aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring systems.
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A composition comprising a compound according to claim land a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.