Synthesis and activity of substituted heteroaromatics as positive allosteric modulators for α4β2α5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Zhuang Jin, Pasha Khan, Youseung Shin, Jingyi Wang, Li Lin, Michael D. Cameron, Jon M. Lindstrom, Paul J. Kenny, Theodore M. Kamenecka

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Abstract

The design and synthesis of a series of substituted heteroaromatic α4β2α5 positive allosteric modulators is reported. The optimization and development of the heteroaromatic series was carried out from NS9283, and several potent analogues, such as 3-(5-(pyridin-3-yl)-2H-tetrazol-2- yl)benzonitrile (5k) and 3,3′-(2H-tetrazole-2,5-diyl)dipyridine (12h) with good in vitro efficacy were discovered.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)674-678
Number of pages5
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Positive allosteric modulators
  • Substituted heteroaromatics
  • α4β2α5

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