# Patent

## Title
Bicyclic derivatives as modulators of ion channels

## Abstract

Bicyclic derivatives having formula (I) and a composition thereof are useful as ion channel antagonists:

## Background
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/429,801, filed May 8, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,786,137, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional application Ser. No. 60/679,691, filed May 10, 2005. The entire contents of both applications are incorporated herein by reference.


TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Na channels are central to the generation of action potentials in all excitable cells such as neurons and myocytes. They play key roles in excitable tissue including brain, smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, skeletal muscle, the peripheral nervous system, spinal cord and airway. As such they play key roles in a variety of disease states such as epilepsy (See, Moulard, B. and D. Bertrand (2002) “Epilepsy and sodium channel blockers” Expert Opin. Ther. Patents 12(1): 85-91)), pain (See, Waxman, S. G., S. Dib-Hajj, et al. (1999) “Sodium channels and pain” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96(14): 7635-9 and Waxman, S. G., T. R. Cummins, et al. (2000) “Voltage-gated sodium channels and the molecular pathogenesis of pain: a review” J Rehabil Res Dev 37(5): 517-28), myotonia (See Meola, G. and V. Sansone (2000) “Therapy in myotonic disorders and in muscle channelopathies” Neurol Sci 21(5): S953-61 and Mankodi, A. and C. A. Thornton (2002) “Myotonic syndromes” Curr Opin Neurol 15(5): 545-52), ataxia (See Meisler, M. H., J. A. Kearney, et al. (2002) “Mutations of voltage-gated sodium channels in movement disorders and epilepsy” Novartis Found Symp 241: 72-81), multiple sclerosis (See Black, J. A., S. Dib-Hajj, et al. (2000) “Sensory neuron-specific sodium channel SNS is abnormally expressed in the brains of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and humans with multiple sclerosis” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97(21): 11598-602, and Renganathan, M., M. Gelderblom, et al. (2003) “Expression of Na(v)1.8 sodium channels perturbs the firing patterns of cerebellar purkinje cells” Brain Res 959(2): 235-42), irritable bowel (See, Su, X., R. E. Wachtel, et al. (1999) “Capsaicin sensitivity and voltage-gated sodium currents in colon sensory neurons from rat dorsal root ganglia” Am J Physiol 277(6 Pt 1): GI 180-8, and Laird, J. M., V. Souslova, et al. (2002) “Deficits in visceral pain and referred hyperalgesia in Nav1.8 (SNS/PN3)-null mice” J Neurosci 22(19): 8352-6), urinary incontinence and visceral pain (See, Yoshimura, N., S. Seki, et al. (2001) “The involvement of the tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel Na(v)1.8 (PN3/SNS) in a rat model of visceral pain” J Neurosci 21(21): 8690-6), as well as an array of psychiatry dysfunctions such as anxiety and depression (See, Hurley, S. C. (2002) “Lamotrigine update and its use in mood disorders” Ann Pharmacother 36(5): 860-73).
Voltage gated Na channels comprise a gene family consisting of 9 different subtypes (NaV1.1-NaV1.9). As shown in Table A, these subtypes show tissue specific localization and functional differences (See, Goldin, A. L. (2001) “Resurgence of sodium channel research” Annu Rev Physiol 63: 871-94). Three members of the gene family (NaV1.8, 1.9, 1.5) are resistant to block by the well-known Na channel blocker TTX, demonstrating subtype specificity within this gene family. Mutational analysis has identified glutamate 387 as a critical residue for TTX binding (See Noda, M., H. Suzuki, et al. (1989) “A single point mutation confers tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin insensitivity on the sodium channel II” FEBS Lett 259(1): 213-6).







TABLE A







Abbreviations: CNS = central nervous system,


PNS = peripheral nervous sytem, DRG =


dorsal root ganglion, TG = Trigeminal ganglion):










Na





isoform
Tissue
TTX IC50
Indications














NaV1.1
CNS, PNS soma
10
nM
Pain, Epilepsy,



of neurons


neurodegeneration


NaV1.2
CNS, high in
10
nM
Neurodegeneration



axons


Epilepsy


NaV1.3
CNS, embryonic,
15
nM
Pain



injured nerves





NaV1.4
Skeletal muscle
25
nM
Myotonia


NaV1.5
Heart
2
μM
Arrythmia, long QT


NaV1.6
CNS widespread,
6
nM
Pain, movement



most abundant


disorders


NaV1.7
PNS, DRG,
25
nM
Pain, Neuroendocrine



terminals


disorders



neuroendocrine





NaV1.8
PNS, small
>50
μM
Pain



neurons in






DRG & TG





NaV1.9
PNS, small
1
μM
Pain



neurons in






DRG & TG









In general, voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs) are responsible for initiating the rapid upstroke of action potentials in excitable tissue in nervous system, which transmit the electrical signals that compose and encode normal and aberrant pain sensations. Antagonists of NaV channels can attenuate these pain signals and are useful for treating a variety of pain conditions, including but not limited to acute, chronic, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain. Known NaV antagonists, such as TTX, lidocaine (See Mao, J. and L. L. Chen (2000) “Systemic lidocaine for neuropathic pain relief” Pain 87(1): 7-17.) bupivacaine, phenyloin (See Jensen, T. S. (2002) “Anticonvulsants in neuropathic pain: rationale and clinical evidence” Eur J Pain 6 (Suppl A): 61-8), lamotrigine (See, Rozen, T. D. (2001) “Antiepileptic drugs in the management of cluster headache and trigeminal neuralgia” Headache 41 Suppl 1: S25-32 and Jensen, T. S. (2002) “Anticonvulsants in neuropathic pain: rationale and clinical evidence” Eur J Pain 6 (Suppl A): 61-8.), and carbamazepine (See Backonja, M. M. (2002) “Use of anticonvulsants for treatment of neuropathic pain” Neurology 59(5 Suppl 2): S14-7), have been shown to be useful attenuating pain in humans and animal models.
Hyperalgesia (extreme sensitivity to something painful) that develops in the presence of tissue injury or inflammation reflects, at least in part, an increase in the excitability of high-threshold primary afferent neurons innervating the site of injury. Voltage sensitive sodium channels activation is critical for the generation and propagation of neuronal action potentials. There is a growing body of evidence indicating that modulation of NaV currents is an endogenous mechanism used to control neuronal excitability (See Goldin, A. L. (2001) “Resurgence of sodium channel research” Annu Rev Physiol 63: 871-94.). Several kinetically and pharmacologically distinct voltage-gated sodium channels are found in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. The TTX-resistant current is insensitive to micromolar concentrations of tetrodotoxin, and displays slow activation and inactivation kinetics and a more depolarized activation threshold when compared to other voltage-gated sodium channels. TTX-resistant sodium currents are primarily restricted to a subpopulation of sensory neurons likely to be involved in nociception. Specifically, TTX-resistant sodium currents are expressed almost exclusively in neurons that have a small cell-body diameter; and give rise to small-diameter slow-conducting axons and that are responsive to capsaicin. A large body of experimental evidence demonstrates that TTX-resistant sodium channels are expressed on C-fibers and are important in the transmission of nociceptive information to the spinal cord.
Intrathecal administration of antisense oligo-deoxynucleotides targeting a unique region of the TTX-resistant sodium channel (NaV1.8) resulted in a significant reduction in PGE2-induced hyperalgesia (See, Khasar, S. G., M. S. Gold, et al. (1998) “A tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium current mediates inflammatory pain in the rat” Neurosci Lett 256(1): 17-20). More recently, a knockout mouse line was generated by Wood and colleagues, which lacks functional NaV1.8. The mutation has an analgesic effect in tests assessing the animal's response to the inflammatory agent carrageenan (See, Akopian, A. N., V. Souslova, et al. (1999) “The tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel SNS has a specialized function in pain pathways” Nat Neurosci 2(6): 541-8.). In addition, deficit in both mechano- and thermoreception were observed in these animals. The analgesia shown by the Nav1.8 knockout mutants is consistent with observations about the role of TTX-resistant currents in nociception.
Immunohistochemical, in-situ hybridization and in-vitro electrophysiology experiments have all shown that the sodium channel NaV1.8 is selectively localized to the small sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglion and trigeminal ganglion (See, Akopian, A. N., L. Sivilotti, et al. (1996) “A tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channel expressed by sensory neurons” Nature 379(6562): 257-62.). The primary role of these neurons is the detection and transmission of nociceptive stimuli. Antisense and immunohistochemical evidence also supports a role for NaV1.8 in neuropathic pain (See, Lai, J., M. S. Gold, et al. (2002) “Inhibition of neuropathic pain by decreased expression of the tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel, NaV1.8” Pain 95(1-2): 143-52, and Lai, J., J. C. Hunter, et al. (2000) “Blockade of neuropathic pain by antisense targeting of tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in sensory neurons” Methods Enzymol 314: 201-13.). NaV1.8 protein is upregulated along uninjured C-fibers adjacent to the nerve injury. Antisense treatment prevents the redistribution of NaV1.8 along the nerve and reverses neuropathic pain. Taken together the gene-knockout and antisense data support a role for NaV1.8 in the detection and transmission of inflammatory and neuropathic pain.
In neuropathic pain states there is a remodeling of Na channel distribution and subtype. In the injured nerve, expression of NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 are greatly reduced whereas expression of the TTX sensitive subunit NaV1.3 is 5-10 fold upregulated (See, Dib-Hajj, S. D., J. Fjell, et al. (1999) “Plasticity of sodium channel expression in DRG neurons in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain.” Pain 83(3): 591-600.) The timecourse of the increase in NaV1.3 parallels the appearance of allodynia in animal models subsequent to nerve injury. The biophysics of the NaV1.3 channel is distinctive in that it shows very fast repriming after inactivation following an action potential. This allows for sustained rates of high firing as is often seen in the injured nerve (See Cummins, T. R., F. Aglieco, et al. (2001) “Nav1.3 sodium channels: rapid repriming and slow closed-state inactivation display quantitative differences after expression in a mammalian cell line and in spinal sensory neurons” J Neurosci 21(16): 5952-61.). NaV1.3 is expressed in the central and peripheral systems of man. NaV1.9 is similar to NaV1.8 as it is selectively localized to small sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglion and trigeminal ganglion (See Fang, X., L. Djouhri, et al. (2002). “The presence and role of the tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel Na(v)1.9 (NaN) in nociceptive primary afferent neurons.” J Neurosci 22(17): 7425-33.). It has a slow rate of inactivation and left-shifted voltage dependence for activation (See Dib-Hajj, S., J. A. Black, et al. (2002) “NaN/Nav1.9: a sodium channel with unique properties” Trends Neurosci 25(5): 253-9.). These two biophysical properties allow NaV1.9 to play a role in establishing the resting membrane potential of nociceptive neurons. The resting membrane potential of NaV1.9 expressing cells is in the −55 to −50 mV range compared to −65 mV for most other peripheral and central neurons. This persistent depolarization is in large part due to the sustained low-level activation of NaV1.9 channels. This depolarization allows the neurons to more easily reach the threshold for firing action potentials in response to nociceptive stimuli. Compounds that block the NaV1.9 channel may play an important role in establishing the set point for detection of painful stimuli. In chronic pain states, nerve and nerve ending can become swollen and hypersensitive exhibiting high frequency action potential firing with mild or even no stimulation. These pathologic nerve swellings are termed neuromas and the primary Na channels expressed in them are NaV1.8 and NaV1.7 (See, Kretschmer, T., L. T. Happel, et al. (2002) “Accumulation of PN1 and PN3 sodium channels in painful human neuroma-evidence from immunocytochemistry” Acta Neurochir (Wien) 144(8): 803-10; discussion 810.). NaV1.6 and NaV1.7 are also expressed in dorsal root ganglion neurons and contribute to the small TTX sensitive component seen in these cells. NaV1.7 in particular my therefore be a potential pain target in addition to it's role in neuroendocrine excitability (See Klugbauer, N., L. Lacinova, et al. (1995) “Structure and functional expression of a new member of the tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-activated sodium channel family from human neuroendocrine cells” Embo J 14(6): 1084-90).
NaV1.1 (See Sugawara, T., E. Mazaki-Miyazaki, et al. (2001) “Nav1.1 mutations cause febrile seizures associated with afebrile partial seizures.” Neurology 57(4): 703-5.) and NaV1.2 (See, Sugawara, T., Y. Tsurubuchi, et al. (2001) “A missense mutation of the Na+ channel alpha II subunit gene Na(v)1.2 in a patient with febrile and afebrile seizures causes channel dysfunction” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98(11): 6384-9) have been linked to epilepsy conditions including febrile seizures. There are over 9 genetic mutations in NaV1.1 associated with febrile seizures (See Meisler, M. H., J. A. Kearney, et al. (2002) “Mutations of voltage-gated sodium channels in movement disorders and epilepsy” Novartis Found Symp 241: 72-81)
Antagonists for NaV1.5 have been developed and used to treat cardiac arrhythmias. A gene defect in NaV1.5 that produces a larger noninactivating component to the current has been linked to long QT in man and the orally available local anesthetic mexilitine has been used to treat this condition (See Wang, D. W., K. Yazawa, et al. (1997) “Pharmacological targeting of long QT mutant sodium channels.” J Clin Invest 99(7): 1714-20).
Several Na channel blockers are currently used or being tested in the clinic to treat epilepsy (See, Moulard, B. and D. Bertrand (2002) “Epilepsy and sodium channel blockers” Expert Opin. Ther. Patents 12(1): 85-91.); acute (See, Wiffen, P., S. Collins, et al. (2000) “Anticonvulsant drugs for acute and chronic pain” Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3), chronic (See Wiffen, P., S. Collins, et al. (2000) “Anticonvulsant drugs for acute and chronic pain” Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3, and Guay, D. R. (2001) “Adjunctive agents in the management of chronic pain” Pharmacotherapy 21(9): 1070-81), inflammatory (See, Gold, M. S. (1999) “Tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ currents and inflammatory hyperalgesia.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96(14): 7645-9), and neuropathic pain (See, Strichartz, G. R., Z. Zhou, et al. (2002) “Therapeutic concentrations of local anaesthetics unveil the potential role of sodium channels in neuropathic pain” Novartis Found Symp 241: 189-201, and Sandner-Kiesling, A., G. Rumpold Seitlinger, et al. (2002) “Lamotrigine monotherapy for control of neuralgia after nerve section” Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 46(10): 1261-4); cardiac arrhythmias (See, An, R. H., R. Bangalore, et al. (1996) “Lidocaine block of LQT-3 mutant human Na+ channels” Circ Res 79(1): 103-8, and Wang, D. W., K. Yazawa, et al. (1997) “Pharmacological targeting of long QT mutant sodium channels” J Clin Invest 99(7): 1714-20); neuroprotection (See, Taylor, C. P. and L. S. Narasimhan (1997) “Sodium channels and therapy of central nervous system diseases” Adv Pharmacol 39: 47-98) and as anesthetics (See Strichartz, G. R., Z. Zhou, et al. (2002) “Therapeutic concentrations of local anaesthetics unveil the potential role of sodium channels in neuropathic pain.” Novartis Found Symp 241: 189-201).
Various animal models with clinical significance have been developed for the study of sodium channel modulators for numerous different pain indications. E.g., malignant chronic pain, see, Kohase, H., et al., Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2004; 48(3):382-3; femur cancer pain (see, Kohase, H., et al., Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2004; 48(3):382-3); non-malignant chronic bone pain (see, Ciocon, J. O. et al., J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994; 42(6):593-6); rheumatoid arthritis (see, Calvino, B. et al., Behav Brain Res. 1987; 24(1):11-29); osteoarthritis (see, Guzman, R. E., et al., Toxicol Pathol. 2003; 31(6):619-24); spinal stenosis (see, Takenobu, Y. et al., J Neurosci Methods. 2001; 104(2):191-8); Neuropathic low back pain (see, Hines, R., et al., Pain Med. 2002; 3(4):361-5; Massie, J. B., et al., J Neurosci Methods. 2004; 137(2):283-9;
neuropathic low back pain (see, Hines, R., et al., Pain Med. 2002; 3(4):361-5; Massie, J. B., et al., J Neurosci Methods. 2004; 137(2):283-9); myofascial pain syndrome (see, Dalpiaz & Dodds, J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2002; 16(1):99-104; Sluka K A et al., Muscle Nerve. 2001; 24(1):37-46); fibromyalgia (see, Bennet & Tai, Int J Clin Pharmacol Res. 1995; 15(3):115-9); temporomandibular joint pain (see, Ime H, Ren K, Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1999; 67(1):87-97); chronic visceral pain, including, abdominal (see, Al-Chaer, E. D., et al., Gastroenterology. 2000; 119(5):1276-85); pelvic/perineal pain, (see, Wesselmann et al., Neurosci Lett. 1998; 246(2):73-6); pancreatic (see, Vera-Portocarrero, L. B., et al., Anesthesiology. 2003; 98(2):474-84); IBS pain (see, Verne, G. N., et al., Pain. 2003; 105(1-2):223-30; La J H et al., World Gastroenterol. 2003; 9(12):2791-5); chronic headache pain (see, Willimas & Stark, Cephalalgia. 2003; 23(10):963-71); migraine (see, Yamamura, H., et al., J Neurophysiol. 1999; 81(2):479-93); tension headache, including, cluster headaches (see, Costa, A., et al., Cephalalgia. 2000; 20(2):85-91); chronic neuropathic pain, including, post-herpetic neuralgia (see, Attal, N., et al., Neurology. 2004; 62(2):218-25; Kim & Chung 1992, Pain 50:355); diabetic neuropathy (see, Beidoun A et al., Clin J Pain. 2004; 20(3):174-8; Courteix, C., et al., Pain. 1993; 53(1):81-8); HIV-associated neuropathy (see, Portegies & Rosenberg, Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001; 145(15):731-5; Joseph E K et al., Pain. 2004; 107(1-2):147-58; Oh, S. B., et al., J. Neurosci. 2001; 21(14):5027-35); trigeminal neuralgia (see, Sato, J., et al., Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2004; 97(1):18-22; Imamura Y et al., Exp Brain Res. 1997; 116(1):97-103); Charcot-Marie Tooth neuropathy (see, Sereda, M., et al., Neuron. 1996; 16(5):1049-60); hereditary sensory neuropathies (see, Lee, M. J., et al., Hum Mol Genet. 2003; 12(15):1917-25); peripheral nerve injury (see, Attal, N., et al., Neurology. 2004; 62(2):218-25; Kim & Chung 1992, Pain 50:355; Bennett & Xie, 1988, Pain 33:87; Decostered, I. & Woolf, C. J., 2000, Pain 87:149; Shir, Y. & Seltzer, Z. 1990; Neurosci Lett 115:62); painful neuromas (see, Nahabedian & Johnson, Ann Plast Surg. 2001; 46(1):15-22; Devor & Raber, Behav Neural Biol. 1983; 37(2):276-83); ectopic proximal and distal discharges (see, Liu, X. et al., Brain Res. 2001; 900(1):119-27); radiculopathy (see, Devers & Galer, (see, Clin J Pain. 2000; 16(3):205-8; Hayashi N et al., Spine. 1998; 23(8):877-85); chemotherapy induced neuropathic pain (see, Aley, K. O., et al., Neuroscience. 1996; 73(1):259-65); radiotherapy-induced neuropathic pain;
post-mastectomy pain (see, Devers & Galer, Clin J Pain. 2000; 16(3):205-8); central pain (Cahana, A., et al., Anesth Analg. 2004; 98(6):1581-4), spinal cord injury pain (see, Hains, B. C., et al., Exp Neurol. 2000; 164(2):426-37); post-stroke pain; thalamic pain (see, LaBuda, C. J., et al., Neurosci Lett. 2000; 290(1):79-83); complex regional pain syndrome (see, Wallace, M. S., et al., Anesthesiology. 2000; 92(1):75-83; Xantos D et al., J Pain. 2004; 5(3 Suppl 2):S1); phanton pain (see, Weber, W. E., Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001; 145(17):813-7; Levitt & Heyback, Pain. 1981; 10(1):67-73); intractable pain (see, Yokoyama, M., et al., Can J Anaesth. 2002; 49(8):810-3); acute pain, acute post-operative pain (see, Koppert, W., et al., Anesth Analg. 2004; 98(4):1050-5; Brennan, T. J., et al., Pain. 1996; 64(3):493-501); acute musculoskeletal pain; joint pain (see, Gotoh, S., et al., Ann Rheum Dis. 1993; 52(11):817-22); mechanical low back pain (see, Kehl, L. J., et al., Pain. 2000; 85(3):333-43); neck pain; tendonitis; injury/exercise pain (see, Sesay, M., et al., Can J Anaesth. 2002; 49(2):137-43); acute visceral pain, including, abdominal pain; pyelonephritis; appendicitis; cholecystitis; intestinal obstruction; hernias; etc (see, Giambernardino, M. A., et al., Pain. 1995; 61(3):459-69); chest pain, including, cardiac Pain (see, Vergona, R. A., et al., Life Sci. 1984; 35(18):1877-84); pelvic pain, renal colic pain, acute obstetric pain, including, labor pain (see, Segal, S., et al., Anesth Analg. 1998; 87(4):864-9); cesarean section pain; acute inflammatory, burn and trauma pain; acute intermittent pain, including, endometriosis (see, Cason, A. M., et al., Horm Behay. 2003; 44(2):123-31);
acute herpes zoster pain; sickle cell anemia; acute pancreatitis (see, Toma, H; Gastroenterology. 2000; 119(5):1373-81); breakthrough pain; orofacial pain, including, sinusitis pain, dental pain (see, Nusstein, J., et al., J Endod. 1998; 24(7):487-91; Chidiac, J. J., et al., Eur J Pain. 2002; 6(1):55-67); multiple sclerosis (MS) pain (see, Sakurai & Kanazawa, J Neurol Sci. 1999; 162(2):162-8); pain in depression (see, Greene B, Curr Med Res Opin. 2003; 19(4):272-7); leprosy pain; behcet's disease pain; adiposis dolorosa (see, Devillers & Oranje, Clin Exp Dermatol. 1999; 24(3):240-1); phlebitic pain; Guillain-Barre pain; painful legs and moving toes; Haglund syndrome; erythromelalgia pain (see, Legroux-Crespel, E., et al., Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2003; 130(4):429-33); Fabry's disease pain (see, Germain, D. P., J Soc Biol. 2002; 196(2):183-90); Bladder and urogenital disease, including, urinary incontinence (see, Berggren, T., et al., J Urol. 1993; 150(5 Pt 1):1540-3); hyperactivity bladder (see, Chuang, Y. C., et al., Urology. 2003; 61(3):664-70); painful bladder syndrome (see, Yoshimura, N., et al., J. Neurosci. 2001; 21(21):8690-6); interstitial cyctitis (IC) (see, Giannakopoulos& Campilomatos, Arch Ital Urol Nefrol Androl. 1992; 64(4):337-9; Boucher, M., et al., J Urol. 2000; 164(1):203-8); and prostatitis (see, Mayersak, J. S., Int Surg. 1998; 83(4):347-9; Keith, I. M., et al., J Urol. 2001; 166(1):323-8).
Voltage-gated calcium channels are membrane-spanning, multi-subunit proteins that open in response to membrane depolarization, allowing Ca entry from the extracellular milieu. Calcium channels were initially classified based on the time and voltage-dependence of channel opening and on the sensitivity to pharmacological block. The categories were low-voltage activated (primarily T-type) and high-voltage activated (L, N, P, Q or R-type). This classification scheme was replaced by a nomenclature based upon the molecular subunit composition, as summarized in Table B (Hockerman G H, Peterson B Z, Johnson B D, Catterall W A. 1997. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 37: 361-96; Striessnig J. 1999. Cell Physiol Biochem 9: 242-69). There are four primary subunit types that make up calcium channels—α1, α2δ, β and γ (See, e.g., De Waard et al. Structural and functional diversity of voltage-activated calcium channels. In Ion Channels, (ed. T. Narahashi) 41-87, (Plenum Press, New York, 1996)). The α1 subunit is the primary determinant of the pharmacological properties and contains the channel pore and voltage sensor (Hockerman et al., 1997; Striessnig, 1999). Ten isoforms of the α1 subunit are known, as indicated in Table I below. The α2δ subunit consists of two disulfide linked subunits, α2, which is primarily extracellular and a transmembrane δ subunit. Four isoforms of α2δ are known, α2δ-1, α2δ-2, a2δ-3 and α2δ-4. The β subunit is a non-glycosylated cytoplasmic protein that binds to the α1 subunit. Four isoforms are known, termed β1 to β4. The γ subunit is a transmembrane protein that has been biochemically isolated as a component of Cav1 and Cav2 channels. At least 8 isoforms are known (γ1 to γ8) [Kang M G, Campbell K P. 2003. J Biol Chem 278: 21315-8]. The nomenclature for voltage-gated calcium channels is based upon the content of the α1 subunit, as indicated in Table I. Each type of α1 subunit can associate with a variety of β, α2δ or γ subunits, so that each Cav type corresponds to many different combinations of subunits.










TABLE B






Cav Nomenclature
α1 subunit
Pharmacological name








Cav1.1
α1S
L-type



Cav1.2
α1C
L-type



Cav1.3
α1D
L-type



Cav1.4
α1F




Cav2.1
α1A
P- or Q-type



Cav2.2
α1B
N-type



Cav2.3
α1E
R-type



Cav3.1
α1G
T-type



Cav3.2
α1H
T-type



Cav3.3
α1I
T-type









Cav2 currents are found almost exclusively in the central and peripheral nervous system and in neuroendocrine cells and constitute the predominant forms of presynaptic voltage-gated calcium current. Presynaptic action potentials cause channel opening and neurotransmitter release is steeply dependent upon the subsequent calcium entry. Thus, Cav2 channels play a central role in mediating neurotransmitter release.
Cav2.1 and Cav2.2 contain high affinity binding sites for the peptide toxins ω-conotoxin-MVIIC and ω-conotoxin-GVIA, respectively, and these peptides have been used to determine the distribution and function of each channel type. Cav2.2 is highly expressed at the presynaptic nerve terminals of neurons from the dorsal root ganglion and neurons of lamina I and II of the dorsal horn (Westenbroek R E, Hoskins L, Catterall W A. 1998. J Neurosci 18: 6319-30; Cizkova D, Marsala J, Lukacova N, Marsala M, Jergova S, et al. 2002. Exp Brain Res 147: 456-63). Cav2.2 channels are also found in presynaptic terminals between second and third order interneurons in the spinal cord. Both sites of neurotransmission are very important in relaying pain information to the brain.
Pain can be roughly divided into three different types: acute, inflammatory, and neuropathic. Acute pain serves an important protective function in keeping the organism safe from stimuli that may produce tissue damage. Severe thermal, mechanical, or chemical inputs have the potential to cause severe damage to the organism if unheeded. Acute pain serves to quickly remove the individual from the damaging environment. Acute pain by its very nature generally is short lasting and intense. Inflammatory pain on the other had may last for much longer periods of time and it's intensity is more graded. Inflammation may occur for many reasons including tissue damage, autoimmune response, and pathogen invasion. Inflammatory pain is mediated by an “inflammatory soup” that consists of substance P, histamines, acid, prostaglandin, bradykinin, CGRP, cytokines, ATP, and neurotransmitter release. The third class of pain is neuropathic and involves nerve damage that results in reorganization of neuronal proteins and circuits yielding a pathologic “sensitized” state that can produce chronic pain lasting for years. This type of pain provides no adaptive benefit and is particularly difficult to treat with existing therapies.
Pain, particularly neuropathic and intractable pain is a large unmet medical need. Millions of individuals suffer from severe pain that is not well controlled by current therapeutics. The current drugs used to treat pain include NSAIDS, COX2 inhibitors, opioids, tricyclic antidepressants, and anticonvulsants. Neuropathic pain has been particularly difficult to treat as it does not respond well to opiods until high doses are reached. Gabapentin is currently the favored therapeutic for the treatment of neuropathic pain although it works in only 60% of patients where it shows modest efficacy. The drug is however very safe and side effects are generally tolerable although sedation is an issue at higher doses.
Validation of Cav2.2 as a target for the treatment of neuropathic pain is provided by studies with ziconotide (also known as ω-conotoxin-MVIIA), a selective peptide blocker of this channel (Bowersox S S, Gadbois T, Singh T, Pettus M, Wang Y X, Luther R R. 1996. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 279: 1243-9; Jain K K. 2000. Exp. Opin. Invest. Drugs 9: 2403-10; Vanegas H, Schaible H. 2000. Pain 85: 9-18) In man, intrathecal infusion of Ziconotide is effective for the treatment of intractable pain, cancer pain, opioid resistant pain, and neuropathic pain. The toxin has an 85% success rate for the treatment of pain in humans with a greater potency than morphine. An orally available antagonist of Cav2.2 should have similar efficacy without the need for intrathecal infusion. Cav2.1 and Cav2.3 are also in neurons of nociceptive pathways and antagonists of these channels could be used to treat pain.
Antagonists of Cav2.1, Cav2.2 or Cav2.3 should also be useful for treating other pathologies of the central nervous system that apparently involve excessive calcium entry. Cerebral ischaemia and stroke are associated with excessive calcium entry due to depolarization of neurons. The Cav2.2 antagonist ziconotide is effective in reducing infarct size in a focal ischemia model using laboratory animals, suggesting that Cav2.2 antagonists could be used for the treatment of stroke. Likewise, reducing excessive calcium influx into neurons may be useful for the treatment of epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia and other classes of dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, amnesia, or neuronal damage caused by poison or other toxic substances.
Cav2.2 also mediates release of neurotransmitters from neurons of the sympathetic nervous system and antagonists could be used to treat cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, and congestive heart failure.
Unfortunately, as described above, the efficacy of currently used sodium channel blockers and calcium channel blockers for the disease states described above has been to a large extent limited by a number of side effects. These side effects include various CNS disturbances such as blurred vision, dizziness, nausea, and sedation as well more potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac failure. Accordingly, there remains a need to develop additional Na channel and Ca channel antagonists, preferably those with higher potency and fewer side effects. Unfortunately, as described above, the efficacy of currently used sodium channel blockers and calcium channel blockers for the disease states described above has been to a large extent limited by a number of side effects. These side effects include various CNS disturbances such as blurred vision, dizziness, nausea, and sedation as well more potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac failure. Accordingly, there remains a need to develop additional Na channel and Ca channel antagonists, preferably those with higher potency and fewer side effects.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It has now been found that compounds of this invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels and calcium channels. These compounds have the general formula I:




or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
These compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions are useful for treating or lessening the severity of a variety of diseases, disorders, or conditions, including, but not limited to, acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain, arthritis, migraine, cluster headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, general neuralgias, epilepsy or epilepsy conditions, neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, myotonia, arrhythmia, movement disorders, neuroendocrine disorders, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence, visceral pain, osteoarthritis pain, postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head or neck pain, severe or intractable pain, nociceptive pain, breakthrough pain, postsurgical pain, or cancer pain.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
General Formula
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I that are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels and calcium channels.




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, and said ring Z is optionally substituted with z occurrence of RZ;
z is 0-4;
RZ is selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5;
ring B is a 5-7 membered, monocyclic, unsaturated or aromatic ring with at least one heteroatom independently selected from N, O, S, or NH;
wherein ring B, together with the phenyl ring fused thereto is optionally substituted with w occurrence of W—RW;
w is 0-4;
wherein W is a bond or a C1-C6 straight or branched alkylidene chain, wherein up to two non-adjacent methylene units other than the carbon atom attached to ring B are optionally and independently replaced by —CO—, —CS—, —COCO—, —CONR2—, —CONR2NR2—, —CO2—, —OCO—, —NR2CO2—, —O—, —NR2CONR2—, —OCONR2—, —NR2NR2, —NR2NR2CO—, —NR2CO—, —S—, —SO, —SO2—, —NR2—, —SO2NR2—, NR2SO2—, or —NR2SO2NR2—; and
RW is independently selected from halo, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, OR6, SR6, S(O)R2, SO2R2, NH2, N(R2)2, or COOR2;
Q is a bond or is a C1-C6 straight or branched alkylidene chain, wherein up to two non-adjacent methylene units of Q are optionally and independently replaced by —CO—, —CS—, —COCO—, —CONR2—, —CONR2NR2—, —CO2—, —OCO—, —NR2CO2—, —O—, —NR2CONR2—, —OCONR2—, —NR2NR2, —NR2NR2CO—, —NR2CO—, —S—, —SO, —SO2—, —NR2—, —SO2NR2—, NR2SO2—, —NR2SO2NR2—, or a spirocycloalkylene moiety;
RQ is a C1-6 aliphatic group, 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 RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5;
RN is R2;
q is 0 or 1;
R1 is oxo, ═NN(R6)2, ═NN(R7)2, ═NN(R6R7), R6, or (CH2)n—Y;
wherein n is 0, 1, or 2;
Y is halo, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, OH, SR6, S(O)R6, SO2R6, NH2, NHR6, N(R6)2, NR6R8, COOH, COOR6, or OR6; or
two R1 on adjacent ring atoms, taken together, form 1,2-methylenedioxy or 1,2-ethylenedioxy;
R2 is hydrogen or C1-C6 aliphatic, wherein each R2 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently selected from R1, R4, or R5;
R3 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 R1, R2, R4, or R5;
R4 is OR5, OR6, OC(O)R6, OC(O)R5, OC(O)OR6, OC(O)OR5, OC(O)N(R6)2, OC(O)N(R5)2, OC(O)N(R6R5), OP(O)(OR6)2, OP(O)(OR5)2, OP(O)(OR6)(OR5), SR6, SR5, S(O)R6, S(O)R5, SO2R6, SO2R5, SO2N(R6)2, SO2N(R5)2, SO2NR5R6, SO3R6, SO3R5, C(O)R5, C(O)OR5, C(O)R6, C(O)OR6, C(O)N(R6)2, C(O)N(R5)2, C(O)N(R5R6), C(O)N(OR6)R6, C(O)N(OR5)R6, C(O)N(OR6)R5, C(O)N(OR5)R5, C(NOR6)R6, C(NOR6)R5, C(NOR5)R6, C(NOR5)R5, N(R6)2, N(R5)2, N(R5R6), NR5C(O)R5, NR6C(O)R6, NR6C(O)R5, NR6C(O)OR6, NR5C(O)OR6, NR6C(O)OR5, NR5C(O)OR5, NR6C(O)N(R6)2, NR6C(O)NR5R6, NR6C(O)N(R5)2, NR5C(O)N(R6)2, NR5C(O)NR5R6, NR5C(O)N(R5)2, NR6SO2R6, NR6SO2R5, NR5SO2R5, NR6SO2N(R6)2, NR6SO2NR5R6, NR6SO2N(R5)2, NR5SO2NR5R6, NR5SO2N(R5)2, N(OR6)R6, N(OR6)R5, N(OR5)R5, N(OR5)R6, P(O)(OR6)N(R6)2, P(O)(OR6)N(R5R6), P(O)(OR6)N(R5)2, P(O)(OR5)N(R5R6), P(O)(OR5)N(R6)2, P(O)(OR5)N(R5)2, P(O)(OR6)2, P(O)(OR5)2, or P(O)(OR6)(OR5);
R5 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 3 R′ substituents;
R6 is H or C1-C6 aliphatic, wherein R6 is optionally substituted with a R7 substituent;
R7 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, and each R7 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently chosen from 1-1, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH2)m—Z′ wherein m is 0-2;
Z′ is selected from halo, CN, NO2, C(halo)3, CH(halo)2, CH2(halo), —OC(halo)3, —OCH(halo)2, —OCH2(halo), OH, S—(C1-C6) aliphatic, S(O)—(C1-C6) aliphatic, SO2—(C1-C6)aliphatic, NH2, NH—(C1-C6)aliphatic, N((C1-C6)aliphatic)2, N((C1-C6)aliphatic)R8, COON, C(O)O(—(C1-C6)aliphatic), or O—(C1-C6)aliphatic;
R8 is acetyl, C6-C10 aryl sulfonyl, or C1-C6 alkyl sulfonyl; and
provided that:
(i) when ring Z is 3-phenyl-oxazol-2-yl, RN is hydrogen, and Q is O, then RQ is not butyl; and
(ii) when ring Z is 3-methyl-thiazol-2-yl, and RN is hydrogen, and Q is O, then RQ is not methyl.
DEFINITION
For purposes of this invention, the chemical elements are identified in accordance with the Periodic Table of the Elements, CAS version, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 75th Ed. Additionally, general principles of organic chemistry are described in “Organic Chemistry”, Thomas Sorrell, University Science Books, Sausalito: 1999, and “March's Advanced Organic Chemistry”, 5th Ed., Ed.: Smith, M. B. and March, J., John Wiley & Sons, New York: 2001, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
As described herein, compounds of the invention may optionally be substituted with one or more substituents, such as are illustrated generally above, or as exemplified by particular classes, subclasses, and species of the invention. It will be appreciated that the phrase “optionally substituted” is used interchangeably with the phrase “substituted or unsubstituted.” In general, the term “substituted”, whether preceded by the term “optionally” or not, refers to the replacement of hydrogen radicals in a given structure with the radical of a specified substituent. Unless otherwise indicated, an optionally substituted group may have a substituent at each substitutable (i.e., having the requisite valency available for a given substituent) position of the group, and when more than one position in any given structure may be substituted with more than one substituent selected from a specified group, the substituent may be either the same or different at every position. Combinations of substituents envisioned by this invention are preferably those that result in the formation of stable or chemically feasible compounds. The term “stable”, as used herein, refers to compounds that are not substantially altered when subjected to conditions to allow for their production, detection, and preferably their recovery, purification, and use for one or more of the purposes disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a stable compound or chemically feasible compound is one that is not substantially altered when kept at a temperature of 40° C. or less, in the absence of moisture or other chemically reactive conditions, for at least a week.
The term “aliphatic” or “aliphatic group”, as used herein, means a straight-chain (i.e., unbranched) or branched, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon chain that is completely saturated or that contains one or more units of unsaturation. Unless otherwise specified, aliphatic groups contain 1-20 aliphatic carbon atoms. In some embodiments, aliphatic groups contain 1-10 aliphatic carbon atoms. In other embodiments, aliphatic groups contain 1-8 aliphatic carbon atoms. In still other embodiments, aliphatic groups contain 1-6 aliphatic carbon atoms, and in yet other embodiments aliphatic groups contain 1-4 aliphatic carbon atoms. Suitable aliphatic groups include, but are not limited to, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl groups. The term “cycloaliphatic” means a monocyclic hydrocarbon, bicyclic, or tricyclic hydrocarbon that is completely saturated or that contains one or more units of unsaturation, but which is not aromatic and has a single point of attachment to the rest of the molecule. In some embodiments, “cycloaliphatic” refers to a monocyclic C3-C8 hydrocarbon or bicyclic C8-C12 hydrocarbon that is completely saturated or that contains one or more units of unsaturation, but which is not aromatic, that has a single point of attachment to the rest of the molecule wherein any individual ring in said bicyclic ring system has 3-7 members.
Unless otherwise specified, the term “heterocycle”, “heterocyclyl”, “heterocycloaliphatic”, or “heterocyclic” as used herein means non-aromatic, monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic ring systems in which one or more ring atoms in one or more ring members is an independently selected heteroatom. Heterocyclic ring can be saturated or can contain one or more unsaturated bonds. In some embodiments, the “heterocycle”, “heterocyclyl”, or “heterocyclic” group has three to fourteen ring members in which one or more ring members is a heteroatom independently selected from oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or phosphorus, and each ring in the ring system contains 3 to 7 ring members.
The term “heteroatom” means oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, or silicon (including, any oxidized form of nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or silicon; the quaternized form of any basic nitrogen or; a substitutable nitrogen of a heterocyclic ring, for example N (as in 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrolyl), NH (as in pyrrolidinyl) or NR+ (as in N-substituted pyrrolidinyl)).
The term “unsaturated”, as used herein, means that a moiety has one or more units of unsaturation.
The term “alkoxy”, or “thioalkyl”, as used herein, refers to an alkyl group, as previously defined, attached to the principal carbon chain through an oxygen (“alkoxy”) or sulfur (“thioalkyl”) atom.
The term “aryl” used alone or as part of a larger moiety as in “aralkyl”, “aralkoxy”, or “aryloxyalkyl”, refers to monocyclic, bicyclic, and tricyclic ring systems having a total of five to fourteen ring carbon atoms, wherein at least one ring in the system is aromatic and wherein each ring in the system contains 3 to 7 ring carbon atoms. The term “aryl” may be used interchangeably with the term “aryl ring”.
The term “heteroaryl”, used alone or as part of a larger moiety as in “heteroaralkyl” or “heteroarylalkoxy”, refers to monocyclic, bicyclic, and tricyclic ring systems having a total of five to fourteen ring members, wherein at least one ring in the system is aromatic, at least one ring in the system contains one or more heteroatoms, and wherein each ring in the system contains 3 to 7 ring members. The term “heteroaryl” may be used interchangeably with the term “heteroaryl ring” or the term “heteroaromatic”.
The term “alkylidene chain” refers to a straight or branched carbon chain that may be fully saturated or have one or more units of unsaturation and has two points of attachment to the rest of the molecule.
The term “spirocycloalkylene” refers to a cycloaliphatic ring that has two points of attachment from the same carbon atom to the rest of the molecule.
Unless otherwise stated, structures depicted herein are also meant to include all isomeric (e.g., enantiomeric, diastereomeric, and geometric (or conformational)) forms of the structure; for example, the R and S configurations for each asymmetric center, (Z) and (E) double bond isomers, and (Z) and (E) conformational isomers. Therefore, single stereochemical isomers as well as enantiomeric, diastereomeric, and geometric (or conformational) mixtures of the present compounds are within the scope of the invention. Unless otherwise stated, all tautomeric forms of the compounds of the invention are within the scope of the invention. Additionally, unless otherwise stated, structures depicted herein are also meant to include compounds that differ only in the presence of one or more isotopically enriched atoms. For example, compounds having the present structures except for the replacement of hydrogen by deuterium or tritium, or the replacement of a carbon by a 13C— or 14C-enriched carbon are within the scope of this invention. Such compounds are useful, for example, as analytical tools or probes in biological assays.
Specific Embodiments
In one embodiment, q is 0. In another embodiment, q is 1.
In one embodiment, Z is an optionally substituted ring selected from:







In certain embodiments of the compounds of the present invention, Z is selected from:







wherein Z has up to two substituents selected from R1, R2, or R5.
In other embodiments, Z is selected from:




Or, Z is formula a-i-a.
In other embodiments, Z is selected from:




In certain embodiments of the present invention, Z is selected from:




Or, Z is selected from:




Or, Z is selected from:




In certain embodiments, Z is selected from:




In certain embodiments, Z is selected from:




In certain embodiments, Z is selected from:




In other embodiments, Z is selected from:




In other embodiments, Z is selected from:




In certain embodiments, Z is selected from:




In certain embodiments, Z is selected from:




In other embodiments, Z is selected from:




According to one embodiment of formula (I), R1 is oxo. Or R1 is ═NN(R6)2, ═NN(R7)2, or ═NN(R6R7). According to another embodiment, R1 is R6.
According to one embodiment, R1 is (CH2)n-Y. Or, R1 is Y.
Exemplary Y includes halo, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, OH, SH, S(C1-4 aliphatic), S(O)(C1-4 aliphatic), SO2(C1-4 aliphatic), NH2, NH(C1-4 aliphatic), N(C1-4 aliphatic)2, NR(C1-4 aliphatic)R8, COOH, COO(C1-4 aliphatic) or O(C1-4 aliphatic). Or, two R1 on adjacent ring atoms, taken together, form 1,2-methylenedioxy or 1,2-ethylenedioxy. In another embodiment, Y is halo, OH, SH, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, COOH, or C(O)O(C1-C4 alkyl). In another embodiment, R1 is selected from halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, OH, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, C(O)NH2, NH2, NH(C1-4 alkyl), N(C1-4 alkyl)2, NHC(O)C1-4 alkyl, 1-pyrrolidinyl, 1-piperidinyl, 1-morpholinyl, or C(O)C1-4 alkyl.
In another embodiment, R1 is (CH2)n—Y. In one embodiment, n is 0 or 1. Or, n is 2. In one embodiment, Y is halo, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, OR6, SR6, S(O)R6, SO2R6, N(R6)2, NR6R8, or COOR6. In another embodiment, Y is halo, OH, SH, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, or C(O)O(C1-C4 alkyl).
In one embodiment, two R1 on adjacent ring atoms, taken together, form 1,2-methylenedioxy or 1,2-ethylenedioxy.
According to another preferred embodiment of formula (I), R2 is a straight or branched (C1-C6) alkyl or (C2-C6)alkenyl or alkynyl, optionally substituted with up to two R1 substitutions.
In one embodiment, R2 is C1-C6 aliphatic. In another embodiment, R2 is a C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl. In another embodiment, R2 is C1-C4 alkyl. In another embodiment, R2 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently selected from R1 or R4. Or, R2 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently selected from R1 or R5.
In one embodiment, R3 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents independently selected from R1, R2, R4, or R5. Exemplary cycloaliphatics include cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, or cycloheptyl. In another embodiment, R3 is a C6-C10 aryl, optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents, independently selected from R1, R2, R4, or R5. Exemplary aryl rings include phenyl or naphthyl. In another embodiment, R3 is a C3-C8 heterocyclic, optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents, independently selected from R1, R2, R4, or R5. Exemplary heterocyclic rings include azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, or thiomorpholinyl. In another embodiment, R3 is a C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents, independently selected from R1, R2, R4, or R5. Exemplary heteroaryl rings include pyridyl, pyrazyl, triazinyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl, thiophenyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, imidazolyl, triazolyl, thiadiazolyl, pyrimidinyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, indolizinyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indolinyl, indazolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzothiazolyl, purinyl, cinnolinyl, phthalazine, quinazolinyl, quinaoxalinyl, naphthylidinyl, or pteridinyl.
In one embodiment, R4 is selected from OR5 or OR6. Or, R4 is selected from OC(O)R6 or OC(O)R5. In another embodiment, R4 is selected from C(O)R5, C(O)OR5, C(O)R6, C(O)OR6, C(O)N(R6)2, C(O)N(R5)2, or C(O)N(R5R6). In yet another embodiment, R4 is selected from N(R6)2, N(R5)2, or N(R5R6). Or, R4 is selected from NR5C(O)R5, NR6C(O)R6, NR6C(O)R5, NR6C(O)N(R6)2, NR6C(O)NR5R6, NR6C(O)N(R5)2, NR5C(O)N(R6)2, NR5C(O)NR5R6, or NR5C(O)N(R5)2.
In one embodiment, R5 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, optionally substituted with up to 3 R1 substituents. Exemplary cycloaliphatics include cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, or cycloheptyl. In another embodiment, R5 is a C6-C10 aryl, optionally substituted with up to 3 R1 substituents. Exemplary aryl rings include phenyl or naphthyl. In another embodiment, R5 is a C3-C8 heterocyclic, optionally substituted with up to 3 R1 substituents. Exemplary heterocyclic rings include azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, or thiomorpholinyl. In another embodiment, R5 is a C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 3 R1 substituents. Exemplary heteroaryl rings include pyridyl, pyrazyl, triazinyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl, thiophenyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, imidazolyl, triazolyl, thiadiazolyl, pyrimidinyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, indolizinyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indolinyl, indazolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzothiazolyl, purinyl, cinnolinyl, phthalazine, quinazolinyl, quinaoxalinyl, naphthyridinyl, or pteridinyl.
In one embodiment, R6 is H. In another embodiment, R6 is C1-C6 aliphatic, preferably, C1-C6 alkyl. Or, R6 is C1-C6 aliphatic optionally substituted with a R7 substituent.
In one embodiment, R7 is, a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently chosen from H, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH2)m—Z′ wherein m is 0-2. Exemplary cycloaliphatics include cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, or cycloheptyl. In another embodiment, R7 is a C6-C10 aryl, optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently chosen from H, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH2)m—Z′ wherein m is 0-2. Exemplary aryl rings include phenyl or naphthyl. Or, R7 is a C3-C8 heterocyclic, optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently chosen from H, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH2)m—Z′ wherein m is 0-2. Exemplary heterocyclic rings include azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, or thiomorpholinyl. Or, R7 is a C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently chosen from H, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH2)m—Z′ wherein m is 0-2. Exemplary heteroaryl rings include pyridyl, pyrazyl, triazinyl, furanyl, pyrrolyl, thiophenyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, imidazolyl, triazolyl, thiadiazolyl, pyrimidinyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, indolizinyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, indolinyl, indazolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzothiazolyl, purinyl, cinnolinyl, phthalazine, quinazolinyl, quinaoxalinyl, naphthyridinyl, or pteridinyl.
In one embodiment, Z′ is selected from halo, CN, NO2, C(halo)3, CH(halo)2, CH2(halo), —OC(halo)3, —OCH(halo)2, —OCH2(halo), OH, S—(C1-C6) aliphatic, S(O)—(C1-C6) aliphatic, SO2—(C1-C6)aliphatic, NH2, NH—(C1-C6)aliphatic, N((C1-C6)aliphatic)2, COOH, C(O)O(—(C1-C6)aliphatic), or O—(C1-C6)aliphatic.
In one embodiment, Q is a bond.
In another embodiment, Q is O, S, or NR2. In embodiment, Q is O. Or, Q is S. Or, Q is NR2. Or, Q is NH or N(C1-C6) alkyl.
In another embodiment, Q is a C1-C6 straight or branched alkylidene chain, wherein up to one methylene unit of Q is replaced by O, S, OCO, NH, or N(C1-C4 alkyl).
In another embodiment, Q is a C1-C6 alkyl, wherein one methylene group is replaced by a spirocycloalkylene group such as spirocyclopropylene.
In another embodiment, Q is —X2—(X1)p—, wherein:
X2 is a bond, or C1-C6 aliphatic, optionally substituted with up to two substituents independently selected from R1, R4, or R5; and
p is 0 or 1; and
X1 is O, S, or NR2.
In one embodiment, X2 is C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkylidene. Or, X2 is C1-C6 alkyl optionally substituted with R1 or R4. In one embodiment, X2 is a bond. In one embodiment, X2 is selected from —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —(CH2)3—, —C(Me)2-, —CH(Me)—, —C(Me)=CH—, —CH═CH—, —CH(Ph)-, —CH2—CH(Me)—, —CH(Et)-, or —CH(i-Pr)-.
In certain embodiments, X1 is NH. Or, X1 is —N(C1-C4 alkyl)-.
In one embodiment, p is 0.
In another embodiment, p is 1 and X1 is O.
In another embodiment, p is 1, and X1 is S.
In another embodiment, p is 1, and X1 is NR2. Preferably, RN is hydrogen.
In one embodiment, RQ is a C1-6 aliphatic group, wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5.
In another embodiment, RQ is a 3-8-membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic monocyclic ring having 0-3 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N, or NH, wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5. In one embodiment, RQ is optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents selected from halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, OH, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, C(O)NH2, NH2, NH(C1-4 alkyl), N(C1-4 alkyl)2, NHC(O)C1-4 alkyl, or C(O)C1-4 alkyl.
In one embodiment, RQ is optionally substituted phenyl, wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5. In one embodiment, RQ is phenyl optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents selected from halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, OH, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, C(O)NH2, NH2, NH(C1-4 alkyl), N(C1-4 alkyl)2, NHC(O)C1-4 alkyl, or C(O)C1-4 alkyl.
In one embodiment, RQ is optionally substituted naphthyl, wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5. In one embodiment, RQ is naphthyl optionally substituted with up to 5 substituents selected from halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, OH, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, C(O)NH2, NH2, NH(C1-4 alkyl), N(C1-4 alkyl)2, NHC(O)C1-4 alkyl, or C(O)C1-4 alkyl.
Or, RQ is an optionally substituted 3-8 membered cycloaliphatic ring, wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5. In one embodiment, RQ is selected from optionally substituted cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl.
Or, RQ is an optionally substituted 5-6 membered monocyclic, unsaturated, partically saturated, or aromatic ring containing up to 3 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N, or NH. Or, RQ is a 3-7 membered monocyclic, heterocyclic ring.
In one embodiment, RQ is selected from an optionally substituted ring selected from:







In another embodiment, RQ is selected from any of rings i-xiv or xvi, wherein said ring is fused to an optionally substituted phenyl ring.
In another embodiment, RQ is selected from an optionally substituted ring selected from pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, or pyridazinyl.
In another embodiment, RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from:




In another embodiment, RQ is any one of the above rings xvii-xxiv, wherein said ring is fused to an optionally substituted phenyl ring.
In another embodiment, RQ is 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 RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5. In one embodiment, RQ is optionally substituted naphthyl. Or, RQ is an optionally substituted 8-10 membered, bicyclic, heteroaromatic ring. Or, RQ is an optionally substituted, 8-10 membered, bicyclic, heterocyclic ring.
In one embodiment, RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from:




In another embodiment, RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from:




In another embodiment, RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from:




In another embodiment, RQ is selected from the following:
















In another embodiment, RQ 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.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-A-i:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-A-ii:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-B-i:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-B-ii:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-C-i:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-C-ii:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-D-i:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-D-ii:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-E-i:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula I-E-ii:




wherein ring Z, RN, Q, and RQ are as defined above.
In another embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of Table 1 below.








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Preparation of Embodiments
The compounds of the present invention may be prepared readily using methods known in the art. Illustrated below in Scheme 1 is one such method for preparing the compounds of the present invention.




Uses, Formulation and Administration
Pharmaceutically Acceptable Compositions
As discussed above, the present invention provides compounds that are inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium ion channels and/or calcium channels, and thus the present compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions including, but not limited to acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain, arthritis, migraine, cluster headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, general neuralgias, epilepsy or epilepsy conditions, neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, myotonia, arrhythmia, movement disorders, neuroendocrine disorders, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and incontinence. Accordingly, in another aspect of the present invention, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions are provided, wherein these compositions comprise any of the compounds as described herein, and optionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle. In certain embodiments, these compositions optionally further comprise one or more additional therapeutic agents.
It will also be appreciated that certain of the compounds of present invention can exist in free form for treatment, or where appropriate, as a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof. According to the present invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, salts of such esters, or any other adduct or derivative which upon administration to a patient in need is capable of providing, directly or indirectly, a compound as otherwise described herein, or a metabolite or residue thereof.
As used herein, the term “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” refers to those salts which are, within the scope of sound medical judgement, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of humans and lower animals without undue toxicity, irritation, allergic response and the like, and are commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio. A “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” means any non-toxic salt or salt of an ester of a compound of this invention that, upon administration to a recipient, is capable of providing, either directly or indirectly, a compound of this invention or an inhibitorily active metabolite or residue thereof. As used herein, the term “inhibitorily active metabolite or residue thereof” means that a metabolite or residue thereof is also an inhibitor of a voltage-gated sodium ion channel or calcium channel.
Pharmaceutically acceptable salts are well known in the art. For example, S. M. Berge, et al. describe pharmaceutically acceptable salts in detail in J. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1977, 66, 1-19, incorporated herein by reference. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of this invention include those derived from suitable inorganic and organic acids and bases. Examples of pharmaceutically acceptable, nontoxic acid addition salts are salts of an amino group formed with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid and perchloric acid or with organic acids such as acetic acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, succinic acid or malonic acid or by using other methods used in the art such as ion exchange. Other pharmaceutically acceptable salts include adipate, alginate, ascorbate, aspartate, benzenesulfonate, benzoate, bisulfate, borate, butyrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, citrate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, formate, fumarate, glucoheptonate, glycerophosphate, gluconate, hemisulfate, heptanoate, hexanoate, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxy-ethanesulfonate, lactobionate, lactate, laurate, lauryl sulfate, malate, maleate, malonate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, nitrate, oleate, oxalate, palmitate, pamoate, pectinate, persulfate, 3-phenylpropionate, phosphate, picrate, pivalate, propionate, stearate, succinate, sulfate, tartrate, thiocyanate, p-toluenesulfonate, undecanoate, valerate salts, and the like. Salts derived from appropriate bases include alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium and N+(C1-4alkyl)4 salts. This invention also envisions the quaternization of any basic nitrogen-containing groups of the compounds disclosed herein. Water or oil-soluble or dispersable products may be obtained by such quaternization. Representative alkali or alkaline earth metal salts include sodium, lithium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and the like. Further pharmaceutically acceptable salts include, when appropriate, nontoxic ammonium, quaternary ammonium, and amine cations formed using counterions such as halide, hydroxide, carboxylate, sulfate, phosphate, nitrate, loweralkyl sulfonate and aryl sulfonate.
As described above, the pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of the present invention additionally comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant, or vehicle, which, as used herein, includes any and all solvents, diluents, or other liquid vehicle, dispersion or suspension aids, surface active agents, isotonic agents, thickening or emulsifying agents, preservatives, solid binders, lubricants and the like, as suited to the particular dosage form desired. Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sixteenth Edition, E. W. Martin (Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa., 1980) discloses various carriers used in formulating pharmaceutically acceptable compositions and known techniques for the preparation thereof. Except insofar as any conventional carrier medium is incompatible with the compounds of the invention, such as by producing any undesirable biological effect or otherwise interacting in a deleterious manner with any other component(s) of the pharmaceutically acceptable composition, its use is contemplated to be within the scope of this invention. Some examples of materials which can serve as pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, but are not limited to, ion exchangers, alumina, aluminum stearate, lecithin, serum proteins, such as human serum albumin, buffer substances such as phosphates, glycine, sorbic acid, or potassium sorbate, partial glyceride mixtures of saturated vegetable fatty acids, water, salts or electrolytes, such as protamine sulfate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, potassium hydrogen phosphate, sodium chloride, zinc salts, colloidal silica, magnesium trisilicate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylates, waxes, polyethylene-polyoxypropylene-block polymers, wool fat, sugars such as lactose, glucose and sucrose; starches such as corn starch and potato starch; cellulose and its derivatives such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose and cellulose acetate; powdered tragacanth; malt; gelatin; talc; excipients such as cocoa butter and suppository waxes; oils such as peanut oil, cottonseed oil; safflower oil; sesame oil; olive oil; corn oil and soybean oil; glycols; such a propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol; esters such as ethyl oleate and ethyl laurate; agar; buffering agents such as magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide; alginic acid; pyrogen-free water; isotonic saline; Ringer's solution; ethyl alcohol, and phosphate buffer solutions, as well as other non-toxic compatible lubricants such as sodium lauryl sulfate and magnesium stearate, as well as coloring agents, releasing agents, coating agents, sweetening, flavoring and perfuming agents, preservatives and antioxidants can also be present in the composition, according to the judgment of the formulator.
Uses of Compounds and Pharmaceutically Acceptable Compositions
In yet another aspect, a method for the treatment or lessening the severity of acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain, arthritis, migraine, cluster headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, general neuralgias, epilepsy or epilepsy conditions, neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, myotonia, arrhythmia, movement disorders, neuroendocrine disorders, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence, visceral pain, osteoarthritis pain, postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head or neck pain, severe or intractable pain, nociceptive pain, breakthrough pain, postsurgical pain, or cancer pain is provided comprising administering an effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, a method for the treatment or lessening the severity of acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain is provided comprising administering an effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition to a subject in need thereof. In certain other embodiments, a method for the treatment or lessening the severity of radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head pain, or neck pain is provided comprising administering an effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition to a subject in need thereof. In still other embodiments, a method for the treatment or lessening the severity of severe or intractable pain, acute pain, postsurgical pain, back pain, tinnitis or cancer pain is provided comprising administering an effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition to a subject in need thereof.
In certain embodiments of the present invention an “effective amount” of the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable composition is that amount effective for treating or lessening the severity of one or more of acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain, arthritis, migraine, cluster headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, general neuralgias, epilepsy or epilepsy conditions, neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, myotonia, arrhythmia, movement disorders, neuroendocrine disorders, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence, visceral pain, osteoarthritis pain, postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head or neck pain, severe or intractable pain, nociceptive pain, breakthrough pain, postsurgical pain, tinnitis or cancer pain.
The compounds and compositions, according to the method of the present invention, may be administered using any amount and any route of administration effective for treating or lessening the severity of one or more of acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain, arthritis, migraine, cluster headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, general neuralgias, epilepsy or epilepsy conditions, neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, myotonia, arrhythmia, movement disorders, neuroendocrine disorders, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence, visceral pain, osteoarthritis pain, postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head or neck pain, severe or intractable pain, nociceptive pain, breakthrough pain, postsurgical pain, tinnitis or cancer pain. The exact amount required will vary from subject to subject, depending on the species, age, and general condition of the subject, the severity of the infection, the particular agent, its mode of administration, and the like. The compounds of the invention are preferably formulated in dosage unit form for ease of administration and uniformity of dosage. The expression “dosage unit form” as used herein refers to a physically discrete unit of agent appropriate for the patient to be treated. It will be understood, however, that the total daily usage of the compounds and compositions of the present invention will be decided by the attending physician within the scope of sound medical judgment. The specific effective dose level for any particular patient or organism will depend upon a variety of factors including the disorder being treated and the severity of the disorder; the activity of the specific compound employed; the specific composition employed; the age, body weight, general health, sex and diet of the patient; the time of administration, route of administration, and rate of excretion of the specific compound employed; the duration of the treatment; drugs used in combination or coincidental with the specific compound employed, and like factors well known in the medical arts. The term “patient”, as used herein, means an animal, preferably a mammal, and most preferably a human.
The pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of this invention can be administered to humans and other animals orally, rectally, parenterally, intracisternally, intravaginally, intraperitoneally, topically (as by powders, ointments, or drops), bucally, as an oral or nasal spray, or the like, depending on the severity of the infection being treated. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention may be administered orally or parenterally at dosage levels of about 0.01 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg and preferably from about 1 mg/kg to about 25 mg/kg, of subject body weight per day, one or more times a day, to obtain the desired therapeutic effect.
Liquid dosage forms for oral administration include, but are not limited to, pharmaceutically acceptable emulsions, microemulsions, solutions, suspensions, syrups and elixirs. In addition to the active compounds, the liquid dosage forms may contain inert diluents commonly used in the art such as, for example, water or other solvents, solubilizing agents and emulsifiers such as ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, dimethylformamide, oils (in particular, cottonseed, groundnut, corn, germ, olive, castor, and sesame oils), glycerol, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, polyethylene glycols and fatty acid esters of sorbitan, and mixtures thereof. Besides inert diluents, the oral compositions can also include adjuvants such as wetting agents, emulsifying and suspending agents, sweetening, flavoring, and perfuming agents.
Injectable preparations, for example, sterile injectable aqueous or oleaginous suspensions may be formulated according to the known art using suitable dispersing or wetting agents and suspending agents. The sterile injectable preparation may also be a sterile injectable solution, suspension or emulsion in a nontoxic parenterally acceptable diluent or solvent, for example, as a solution in 1,3-butanediol. Among the acceptable vehicles and solvents that may be employed are water, Ringer's solution, U.S.P. and isotonic sodium chloride solution. In addition, sterile, fixed oils are conventionally employed as a solvent or suspending medium. For this purpose any bland fixed oil can be employed including synthetic mono- or diglycerides. In addition, fatty acids such as oleic acid are used in the preparation of injectables.
The injectable formulations can be sterilized, for example, by filtration through a bacterial-retaining filter, or by incorporating sterilizing agents in the form of sterile solid compositions which can be dissolved or dispersed in sterile water or other sterile injectable medium prior to use.
In order to prolong the effect of a compound of the present invention, it is often desirable to slow the absorption of the compound from subcutaneous or intramuscular injection. This may be accomplished by the use of a liquid suspension of crystalline or amorphous material with poor water solubility. The rate of absorption of the compound then depends upon its rate of dissolution that, in turn, may depend upon crystal size and crystalline form. Alternatively, delayed absorption of a parenterally administered compound form is accomplished by dissolving or suspending the compound in an oil vehicle. Injectable depot forms are made by forming microencapsule matrices of the compound in biodegradable polymers such as polylactide-polyglycolide. Depending upon the ratio of compound to polymer and the nature of the particular polymer employed, the rate of compound release can be controlled. Examples of other biodegradable polymers include poly(orthoesters) and poly(anhydrides). Depot injectable formulations are also prepared by entrapping the compound in liposomes or microemulsions that are compatible with body tissues.
Compositions for rectal or vaginal administration are preferably suppositories which can be prepared by mixing the compounds of this invention with suitable non-irritating excipients or carriers such as cocoa butter, polyethylene glycol or a suppository wax which are solid at ambient temperature but liquid at body temperature and therefore melt in the rectum or vaginal cavity and release the active compound.
Solid dosage forms for oral administration include capsules, tablets, pills, powders, and granules. In such solid dosage forms, the active compound is mixed with at least one inert, pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier such as sodium citrate or dicalcium phosphate and/or a) fillers or extenders such as starches, lactose, sucrose, glucose, mannitol, and silicic acid, b) binders such as, for example, carboxymethylcellulose, alginates, gelatin, polyvinylpyrrolidinone, sucrose, and acacia, c) humectants such as glycerol, d) disintegrating agents such as agar-agar, calcium carbonate, potato or tapioca starch, alginic acid, certain silicates, and sodium carbonate, e) solution retarding agents such as paraffin, absorption accelerators such as quaternary ammonium compounds, g) wetting agents such as, for example, cetyl alcohol and glycerol monostearate, h) absorbents such as kaolin and bentonite clay, and i) lubricants such as talc, calcium stearate, magnesium stearate, solid polyethylene glycols, sodium lauryl sulfate, and mixtures thereof. In the case of capsules, tablets and pills, the dosage form may also comprise buffering agents.
Solid compositions of a similar type may also be employed as fillers in soft and hard-filled gelatin capsules using such excipients as lactose or milk sugar as well as high molecular weight polyethylene glycols and the like. The solid dosage forms of tablets, dragees, capsules, pills, and granules can be prepared with coatings and shells such as enteric coatings and other coatings well known in the pharmaceutical formulating art. They may optionally contain opacifying agents and can also be of a composition that they release the active ingredient(s) only, or preferentially, in a certain part of the intestinal tract, optionally, in a delayed manner. Examples of embedding compositions that can be used include polymeric substances and waxes. Solid compositions of a similar type may also be employed as fillers in soft and hard-filled gelatin capsules using such excipients as lactose or milk sugar as well as high molecular weight polyethylene glycols and the like.
The active compounds can also be in microencapsulated form with one or more excipients as noted above. The solid dosage forms of tablets, dragees, capsules, pills, and granules can be prepared with coatings and shells such as enteric coatings, release controlling coatings and other coatings well known in the pharmaceutical formulating art. In such solid dosage forms the active compound may be admixed with at least one inert diluent such as sucrose, lactose or starch. Such dosage forms may also comprise, as is normal practice, additional substances other than inert diluents, e.g., tableting lubricants and other tableting aids such a magnesium stearate and microcrystalline cellulose. In the case of capsules, tablets and pills, the dosage forms may also comprise buffering agents. They may optionally contain opacifying agents and can also be of a composition that they release the active ingredient(s) only, or preferentially, in a certain part of the intestinal tract, optionally, in a delayed manner. Examples of embedding compositions that can be used include polymeric substances and waxes.
Dosage forms for topical or transdermal administration of a compound of this invention include ointments, pastes, creams, lotions, gels, powders, solutions, sprays, inhalants or patches. The active component is admixed under sterile conditions with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and any needed preservatives or buffers as may be required. Ophthalmic formulation, eardrops, and eye drops are also contemplated as being within the scope of this invention. Additionally, the present invention contemplates the use of transdermal patches, which have the added advantage of providing controlled delivery of a compound to the body. Such dosage forms are prepared by dissolving or dispensing the compound in the proper medium. Absorption enhancers can also be used to increase the flux of the compound across the skin. The rate can be controlled by either providing a rate controlling membrane or by dispersing the compound in a polymer matrix or gel.
As described generally above, the compounds of the invention are useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium ion channels or calcium channels, preferably N-type calcium channels. In one embodiment, the compounds and compositions of the invention are inhibitors of one or more of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2, and thus, without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, the compounds and compositions are particularly useful for treating or lessening the severity of a disease, condition, or disorder where activation or hyperactivity of one or more of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2 is implicated in the disease, condition, or disorder. When activation or hyperactivity of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2, is implicated in a particular disease, condition, or disorder, the disease, condition, or disorder may also be referred to as a “NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8 or NaV1.9-mediated disease, condition or disorder” or a “CaV2.2-mediated condition or disorder”. Accordingly, in another aspect, the present invention provides a method for treating or lessening the severity of a disease, condition, or disorder where activation or hyperactivity of one or more of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2 is implicated in the disease state.
The activity of a compound utilized in this invention as an inhibitor of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2 may be assayed according to methods described generally in the Examples herein, or according to methods available to one of ordinary skill in the art.
It will also be appreciated that the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of the present invention can be employed in combination therapies, that is, the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions can be administered concurrently with, prior to, or subsequent to, one or more other desired therapeutics or medical procedures. The particular combination of therapies (therapeutics or procedures) to employ in a combination regimen will take into account compatibility of the desired therapeutics and/or procedures and the desired therapeutic effect to be achieved. It will also be appreciated that the therapies employed may achieve a desired effect for the same disorder (for example, an inventive compound may be administered concurrently with another agent used to treat the same disorder), or they may achieve different effects (e.g., control of any adverse effects). As used herein, additional therapeutic agents that are normally administered to treat or prevent a particular disease, or condition, are known as “appropriate for the disease, or condition, being treated”. For example, exemplary additional therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to: nonopioid analgesics (indoles such as Etodolac, Indomethacin, Sulindac, Tolmetin; naphthylalkanones such sa Nabumetone; oxicams such as Piroxicam; para-aminophenol derivatives, such as Acetaminophen; propionic acids such as Fenoprofen, Flurbiprofen, Ibuprofen, Ketoprofen, Naproxen, Naproxen sodium, Oxaprozin; salicylates such as Asprin, Choline magnesium trisalicylate, Diflunisal; fenamates such as meclofenamic acid, Mefenamic acid; and pyrazoles such as Phenylbutazone); or opioid (narcotic) agonists (such as Codeine, Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Levorphanol, Meperidine, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Propoxyphene, Buprenorphine, Butorphanol, Dezocine, Nalbuphine, and Pentazocine). Additionally, nondrug analgesic approaches may be utilized in conjunction with administration of one or more compounds of the invention. For example, anesthesiologic (intraspinal infusion, neural blocade), neurosurgical (neurolysis of CNS pathways), neurostimulatory (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, dorsal column stimulation), physiatric (physical therapy, orthotic devices, diathermy), or psychologic (cognitive methods-hypnosis, biofeedback, or behavioral methods) approaches may also be utilized. Additional appropriate therapeutic agents or approaches are described generally in The Merck Manual, Seventeenth Edition, Ed. Mark H. Beers and Robert Berkow, Merck Research Laboratories, 1999, and the Food and Drug Administration website, www.fda.gov, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The amount of additional therapeutic agent present in the compositions of this invention will be no more than the amount that would normally be administered in a composition comprising that therapeutic agent as the only active agent. Preferably the amount of additional therapeutic agent in the presently disclosed compositions will range from about 50% to 100% of the amount normally present in a composition comprising that agent as the only therapeutically active agent.
The compounds of this invention or pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof may also be incorporated into compositions for coating an implantable medical device, such as prostheses, artificial valves, vascular grafts, stents and catheters. Accordingly, the present invention, in another aspect, includes a composition for coating an implantable device comprising a compound of the present invention as described generally above, and in classes and subclasses herein, and a carrier suitable for coating said implantable device. In still another aspect, the present invention includes an implantable device coated with a composition comprising a compound of the present invention as described generally above, and in classes and subclasses herein, and a carrier suitable for coating said implantable device. Suitable coatings and the general preparation of coated implantable devices are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,099,562; 5,886,026; and 5,304,121. The coatings are typically biocompatible polymeric materials such as a hydrogel polymer, polymethyldisiloxane, polycaprolactone, polyethylene glycol, polylactic acid, ethylene vinyl acetate, and mixtures thereof. The coatings may optionally be further covered by a suitable topcoat of fluorosilicone, polysaccarides, polyethylene glycol, phospholipids or combinations thereof to impart controlled release characteristics in the composition.
Another aspect of the invention relates to inhibiting one or more of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2 activity in a biological sample or a patient, which method comprises administering to the patient, or contacting said biological sample with a compound of formula I or a composition comprising said compound. The term “biological sample”, as used herein, includes, without limitation, cell cultures or extracts thereof; biopsied material obtained from a mammal or extracts thereof; and blood, saliva, urine, feces, semen, tears, or other body fluids or extracts thereof.
Inhibition of one or more of NaV1.1, NaV1.2, NaV1.3, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, NaV1.6, NaV1.7, NaV1.8, NaV1.9, or CaV2.2 activity in a biological sample is useful for a variety of purposes that are known to one of skill in the art. Examples of such purposes include, but are not limited to, the study of sodium ion channels in biological and pathological phenomena; and the comparative evaluation of new sodium ion channel inhibitors.
EXAMPLES




General methods. 1H NMR (400 MHz) and 13C NMR (100 MHz) spectra were obtained as solutions in deuteriochloroform (CDCl3), deuterium oxide (H2O), or dimethyl sulfoxide-D6 (DMSO). Mass spectra (MS) were obtained using an Applied Biosystems API EX LC/MS system equipped with a Phenomenex 50×4.60 mm luna-5μ C18 column. The LC/MS eluting system was 10-99% acetonitrile in H2O with 0.035% v/v trifluoroacetic acid using a 4.5 minute linear gradient and a flow rate of 4.0 mL/minute. Preparative HPLC was preformed using a Gilson HPLC system equipped with a Phenomenex 50×21.2 mm luna-5μ A C18 column. The preparative HPLC eluting system was 5-99% acetonitrile in H2O with 0.035% v/v trifluoroacetic acid using a 12 minute linear gradient and a flow rate of 30.0 mL/minute. Silica gel chromatography was performed using silica gel-60 with a particle size of 230-400 mesh. Microwave reactions were performed using an Emerys Optimizer. Pyridine, dichloromethane (CH2Cl2), tetrahydrofuran (THF), dimethylformamide (DMF), triethylamine (Et3N), and diisopropylamine (DIEA) were from Aldrich Sure-Seal bottles kept under dry nitrogen. All reactions were stirred magnetically unless otherwise noted. Unless specified otherwise, all temperatures refer to internal reaction temperatures.
N-Formylindoline




General procedure 1: A mixture of indoline (145 g, 1.2 mol) and formic acid (90%, 92 g, 1.8 mol) was brought to reflux in toluene with removal of water via a Dean-Stark apparatus. After 6 hours the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, washed with water and concentrated in vacuo. N-formylindoline (158 g, 1.1 mol, 88% yield) was isolated as an off-white solid and used in the next step without further purification. Mixture of rotamers: 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.92 (s, 0.85H), 8.51 (s, 0.15H), 8.06 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 0.15H), 7.26-7.16 (m, 3.85H), 7.16-7.02 (m, 1H), 4.13-4.02 (m, 2H), 3.21-3.12 (dt, 2H).
N-Formyl-5-(chlorosulfonyl)indoline




General procedure 2: N-Formylindoline (88 g, 0.6 mol) was added portionwise over a period of 30 minutes to mechanically stirred chlorosulfonic acid (348 g, 3.0 mol) at 0° C. Upon completion of the addition, the solution was heated to 100° C. until gas evolution ceased. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into crushed ice. The resulting precipitate was filtered, washed with water, and dried in vacuo to obtain the sulfonyl chloride (123 g, 0.5 mol, 83% yield) as a white solid. 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 9.03 (s, 0.7H), 8.58 (s, 0.3H), 8.25 (d, 0.3H), 7.91-7.84 (m, 2H), 7.30 (d, 0.7H), 4.27 (m, 0.6H), 4.17 (m, 1.4H), 3.36-3.24 (dt, 2H).
2,3-Dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




A mixture of N-formyl-5-(chlorosulfonyl)indoline (60 g, 0.26 mol) and 2-amino thiazole (25 g, 0.26 mol) in pyridine (250 mL) was heated to 60° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into ice/water. The solid was filtered, co-evaporated with toluene until completely dry and used in the next step without further purification. The crude material was brought to reflux in EtOH/KOH (600 mL, 15-20% KOH). After 2 hours a part of the ethanol was removed in vacuo and the light brown precipitate was filtered and crystallized from ethanol. The sulfonamide (39 g, 62% yield) was isolated with a purity of 90% according to HPLC-MS. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.33-7.30 (m, 2H), 6.87 (d, J=3.8 Hz, 1H), 6.36-6.34 (m, 2H), 5.80 (s, 1H), 3.42 (dt, J=12.0, 4.3 Hz, 2H), 2.88 (t, J=8.5 Hz, 2H).
General Procedure 3:




To a stirring solution of 2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (56 mg, 0.2 mmol), HATU (76 mg, 0.2 mmol) and Et3N (0.1 mL, 0.6 mmol) in DMF (2.0 mL) was added the carboxylic acid (0.2 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 17 hours. Complete product formation was seen by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). The reaction mixture was filtered and purified by Gilson preparative HPLC (10-99% CH3CN) to give the desired product.
1-(2,4-Dichloro-benzoyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 3. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 12.70 (s, 1H), 8.22 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.82 (d, J=1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.74-7.58 (m, 4H), 7.26 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 6.83 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 3.79 (t, J=8.3 Hz, 2H), 3.16 (t, J=8.3 Hz, 2H). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=454.3; tR=2.94 min.
1-[2-(2-Methoxy-phenyl)-acetyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 3: 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 12.66 (s, 1H), 8.08 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.63-7.60 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.24 (m, 2H), 7.17 (dd, J=7.4, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.00-6.98 (m, 1H), 6.91 (dt, J=10.2, 3.7 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 4.24 (t, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 3.78 (s, 2H), 3.75 (s, 3H), 3.22 (t, J=8.5 Hz, 2H). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=430.3; tR=2.71 min.
1-[3-(5-Chloro-indol-1-yl)propionyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 3: 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 12.64 (s, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.60-7.58 (m, 4H), 7.51 (d, J=3.1 Hz, 1H), 7.24 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 7.13 (dd, J=8.7, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 6.42 (dd, J=3.1, 0.7 Hz, 1H), 4.50 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 4.05 (t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 3.13 (t, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 3.02 (t, J=6.6 Hz, 2H). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=487.3; tR=3.04 min.
1-[2-(8-Trifluoromethyl-quinolin-4-yloxy)-acetyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to general procedure 3: 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 12.85 (s, 1H), 9.01 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 8.70 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 8.36 (d, J=6.9 Hz, 1H), 8.21 (d, 0.1=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.92-7.78 (m, 3H), 7.41 (t, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 6.97 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 5.53 (s, 2H), 4.43 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 3.45 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 2H). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=535.3; tR=2.83 min.
1-(2-Chloro-acetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




To a stirring solution of 2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (2.35 g, 8.36 mmol) in DMF (10 mL), at −75° C., was added triethylamine (1.16 mL, 8.36 mmol) followed by chloroacetyl chloride (1.88 g, 16.7 mmol). The mixture was stirred at −75° C. for 1 h. The reaction showed product formation by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). After quenching with MeOH and allowing the mixture to warm to room temperature, the solvents were removed in vacuo. The mixture was purified via column chromatography (2% MeOH in CH2Cl2) to obtain the desired amide (1.95 g, 5.9 mmol, 70% yield). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=359.3; tR=2.46 min.
General Procedure 4:




1-(2-Chloro-acetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (30 mg, 0.08 mmol) and the respective amines (0.25 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (0.3 mL) and stirred at room temperature for 3 to 72 hours. In order to reach complete conversion, some reactions were heated to 150° C. for 300 sec using a microwave reactor. Complete product formation was observed by LC/MS. The reaction mixture was filtered and purified by Gilson preparative HPLC (5-99% CH3CN) to isolate the desired product.
1-[2-(3-Fluoro-phenylamino)-acetyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 4. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 19 hours, 70% conversion was observed by LC/MS. The reaction mixture was heated at 150° C. for 300 seconds, via microwave, according to general procedure 4. Complete conversion to product was observed. Purified according to general procedure 4 to obtain the desired amine. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=433.20; tR=2.91 min.
1-[2-(3-Methyl-piperidin-1-yl)-acetyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 4. Complete conversion was observed after stirring at room temperature for 19 hours. The reaction was purified according to General Procedure 4. LC/MS (10-99%), M/Z: M+1 obs=421.00; tR=1.91 min.
1H-Indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




To a solution of 2,3-dihydro-1H-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (10.0 g, 35.0 mmol) in water (250 mL), was added MnO2 (18.0 g, 213 mmol) in a single portion. The reaction mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 19 hours. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature and filtered through celite. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was precipitated from CH2Cl2/MeOH: 50/50 to give the desired indole (0.98 g, 3.5 mmol, 10% yield) as a white solid. 1H NMR (D2O) δ 7.99 (d, 1H), 7.41 (d, 1H), 7.21 (d, 1H), 7.09 (d, 1H), 6.80 (d, 1H), 6.29 (d, 1H), 6.25 (d, 1H).
General Procedure 5:




To a stirring solution of 1H-Indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (56 mg, 0.2 mmol), fluoro-N,N,N′-tetramethylformamidinium hexafluorophosphate (53 mg, 0.2 mmol) and DIEA (0.105 mL, 0.6 mmol) in DMF (1.0 mL) was added the acid (0.2 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature 19 hours. The reaction showed complete conversion by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). The reaction mixture was filtered and purified by Gilson preparative HPLC (10-99% CH3CN) to give the desired product.
1-(3,4-Dichloro-benzoyl)-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to general procedure 5. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 8.39 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 8.18 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.06 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.88 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.83 (dd, J=8.7, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.76 (dd, J=8.3, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.61 (d, J=3.8 Hz, 1H), 7.26 (d, J=4.5 Hz, 1H), 6.92 (dd, J=3.8, 0.6 Hz, 1H), 6.83 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=453; tR=3.11 min.
1-[2-(3-Chloro-4-fluoro-phenoxy)-acetyl]-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 5: 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 8.42 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 8.14 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.05 (d, J=3.8 Hz, 1H), 7.78 (dd, J=8.7, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.45-7.42 (m, 1H), 7.39-7.35 (m, 1H), 7.25 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 7.13-7.09 (m, 1H), 6.98 (dd, J=3.8, 0.4 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 1H), 5.58 (s, 2H). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=466.3; tR=3.09 min.
3,4-Dihydro-2H-quinoline-1-carbaldehyde




Synthesized according to general procedure 1. 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-quinoline (25.0 g, 23.7 mL, 0.19 mol) and formic acid (13.8 g, 11.6 mL, 1.2 mol) were used for this reaction. Completion of reaction observed after two hours by LC/MS (10-99%). The mixture was purified via column chromatography using 20-50% EtOAc/Hexanes to obtain the amide (25 g, 0.15 mol, 82% yield) as a clear oil. LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=161.8; tR=2.41 min.
1-Formyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonyl chloride




Chlorosulfonic acid (8.0 mL, 0.12 mol) was added portionwise, over a 10 minute period, to 3,4-Dihydro-2H-quinoline-1-carbaldehyde (3.67 g 0.024 mol) at 0° C. (opposite addition was not possible because 3,4-Dihydro-2H-quinoline-1-carbaldehyde was a sticky syrup). Further steps of synthesis followed general procedure 2 to obtain the desired sulfonyl chloride (5.6 g, 0.022 mmol, 92% yield). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=260.0; tR=2.97 min.
1-Formyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




1-Formyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonyl chloride (10.0 g, 0.04 mol) was added to a stirring solution of 2-aminothiazole (3.9 g, 0.04 mol) in pyridine (15 mL), under N2 at 0° C. This mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and was stirred for 19 hours. The mixture was purified via silica gel chromatography using 10% MeOH in CH2Cl2 to obtain the sulfonamide (1.50 g, 0.005 mmol, 12% yield). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=324.3; tR=2.21 min.
1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




A solution of 1-Formyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (0.50 g, 1.6 mmol) and KOH (0.75 g, 13.4 mmol) in EtOH (5.0 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. The formed precipitate was filtered and washed with 1:1-EtOH:ET2O to obtain the desired amine (480 mg, 1.6 mmol, 100% yield) as a white solid. LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=296.3; tR=1.90 min.
General Procedure 6:




To a stirring solution of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (50 mg, 0.17 mmol), Et3N (17 mg, 24 μl, 0.17 mmol) and CH2Cl2 (0.5 mL) was added the acid chloride (0.17 mmol). The solution stirred at room temperature for 30 min. Formation of product was observed by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). Reaction mixture was purified via Gilson preparative HPLC (10-99% CH3CN—H2O).
1-(2-Phenoxy-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to general procedure 6. LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=430.3; tR=1.78 min.
1-(4-Trifluoromethyl-benzoyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 6. LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=468.1; tR=2.33 min.
1-(2-Chloro-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Under N2, a solution of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (50 mg, 0.17 mmol), Et3N (17 mg, 24 μl, 0.17 mmol) and CH2Cl2 (0.5 mL) was cooled to 0° C. Chloroacetyl chloride (77 mg, 56 μl, 0.68 mmol) was added dropwise, over a period of 10 minutes. This reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours. The mixture was purified via silica gel chromatography using 2% MeOH in CH2Cl2 to obtain the amide (30 mg, 0.08 mmol, 47% yield). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=372.1; tR=2.51 min.
General Procedure 7:




A solution of 1-(2-chloro-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (50 mg, 0.13 mmol), 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (53 mg, 0.40 mmol) and DMF (0.30 mL) was heated to 150° C. for 300 seconds using a microwave reactor. Purification with Gilson preparative HPLC (10-99% CH3CN) gave the desired product.
1-(2-3,4-Dihydro-2H-quinolin-1-yl-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to general procedure 7. LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=469.4; tR=3.06 min.
1-[2-(3,3-Difluoro-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-acetyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 7. LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=443.3; tR=2.00 min.
2-(2,2,2-Trifluoro-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




2-(2,2,2-Trifluoro-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonyl chloride (8.4 g, 0.03 mol) was dissolved in pyridine (10 mL) and heated to 60° C. 2-Aminothiazole (2.5 g, 0.03 mol) was added slowly and the reaction mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 1 hour. Complete conversion to product was observed by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). The crude reaction mixture was then purified via column chromatography using 5% MeOH/CH2Cl2 to obtain the sulfonamide (7.0 g, 0.018 mmol, 70% yield). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=392.0; tR=2.65 min.
1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




2-(2,2,2-Trifluoro-acetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (5.0 g, 0.013 mol), was suspended in EtOH (50 mL). After slowly adding KOH (3.0 g, 0.05 mol) over 5 minutes, the solution started to clear. After an additional 10 minutes of stirring, the formed precipitate was filtered, washed several times with EtOH, and dried under high vacuum to give the amine (3.0 g, 0.012 mmol, 95% yield). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=296.2; tR=0.66 min.
General Procedure 8:




To a stirring solution of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (30 mg, 0.10 mmol) and carboxylic acid (0.10 mmol) in DMF (0.3 mL), was added Et3N (30 mg, 42 μl, 0.30 mmol) and HATU (40 mg, 0.10 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h. Complete product formation was observed by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). Purification via Gilson preparative HPLC (5-99% CH3CN) gave the desired product.
2-(2,4-Dichloro-benzoyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 8. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=468.1; tR=3.00 min.
2-[2-(7-Chloro-indol-1-yl)-acetyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 8. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=487.3; tR=3.07 min.
General Procedure 9:




To a stirring solution of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (30 mg, 0.10 mmol) and Et3N (30 mg, 42 μl, 0.30 mmol), in DMF (0.3 mL), at 0° C., was added dropwise the acid chloride. After stirring at 0° C. for 1 h, the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 72 h. Complete conversion was seen by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). The products were purified by GILSON preparative HPLC (5-99% CH3CN).
2-(2-Phenoxy-propionyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 9. 2-Phenoxy-propionyl chloride was added at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 72 h. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=444.2; tR=2.75 min.
2-(2-Fluoro-benzoyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-7-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 9. 2-Fluorobenzoyl chloride was added and the mixture was stirred for 1 h at 0° C., followed by warming to room temperature. Reaction was complete after 3 h. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=418.1; tR=2.68 min.
2,2,2-Trichloro-1-(1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-ethanone




Under N2, at 0° C., trichloroacetyl chloride (0.57 mL, 5.0 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirring solution of isoindoline (1.0 g, 5.0 mmol), Et3N (0.7 mL, 0.51 g, 5.0 mmol) and CH2Cl2 (20 mL). The solution was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. After evaporating the solvents in vacuo, the mixture was purified via silica gel chromatography using 8:2 hexanes/EtOAc to obtain the desired amide (1.2 g, 4.6 mmol, 91% yield). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=265.9; tR=3.51 min.
2-(2,2,2-Trichloro-acetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonyl chloride




2,2,2-Trichloro-1-(1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-ethanone (250 mg, 0.95 mmol) was added portionwise to chlorosulfonic acid (1.0 mL, 15 mmol), under N2, at −78° C. After warming to room temperature, the mixture was poured into ice/water and extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was then evaporated in vacuo and purification via silica gel chromatography using 8/2 hexanes/EtOAc to give the desired sulfonyl chloride (190 mg, 0.52 mmol, 55% yield). 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.92-8.06 (m, 3H), 7.52-7.82 (m, 2H), 5.38 (s, 2H), 4.99 (s, 2H).
2-(2,2,2-Trichloro-acetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




2-(2,2,2-Trichloro-acetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonyl chloride (0.25 g, 0.7 mmol), was added to a stirring solution of 2-aminothiazole (0.07 g, 0.7 mmol) and pyridine (57 μl, 0.7 mmol) and heated to 60° C. for 1 h. The reaction mixture was then partitioned between CH2Cl2 and aqueous 1N HCl solution. The organic layer was concentrated in vacuo and purified via silica gel chromatography (3% MeOH in CH2Cl2) to give the sulfonamide as a tan solid (200 mg, 0.5 mmol, 67% yield). LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=426.0; tR=2.88 min.
2,3-Dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




2-(2,2,2-Trichloro-acetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (0.10 g, 0.23 mmol) and KOH (0.03 g, 0.46 mmol) were stirred in a mixture of EtOH (0.5 mL) and H2O (0.13 mL) for 19 h at room temperature. The solution was acidified with acetic acid and concentrated in vacuo. The white solid was used in the next step without further purification. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=282.3; tR=2.62 min.
2-[2-(3-Chloro-4-fluoro-phenoxy)-acetyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide




2-(3-Chloro-4-fluorophenoxy)acetyl chloride (52 mg, 0.23 mmol) was added to a stirring solution of 2,3-Dihydro-1H-isoindole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (65 mg, 0.23 mmol), Et3N (64 μl, 0.46 mmol) and CH2Cl2 (500 μl), under N2. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Product formation was observed by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). Purification by Gilson preparative HPLC (10-99% CH3CN) gave the desired amide. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=468.1; tR=2.95 min.
1-(2-Chloroethyl)-N-(thiazol-2-yl)indoline-5-sulfonamide




To a stirring solution of 2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-5-sulfonic acid thiazol-2-ylamide (10.0 g, 35.6 mmol), Et3N (5.0 mL, 3.6 g, 35.6 mmol), and DMF (10.0 mL), under N2, was added 1-bromo-2-chloroethane (2.9 mL, 5.1 grams, 35.6 mmol). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. The mixture was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The organic portion was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was purified via silica gel chromatography using 3% MeOH in CH2Cl2 to obtain the desired amine (3.1 g, 9.0 mmol, 25% yield) as a clear oil. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.39-7.37 (m, 2H), 6.83 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 6.43 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 6.28 (s, 1H), 4.23 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 3.88 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 3.47 (t, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 3.33 (s, 1H), 2.94 (t, J=3.7 Hz, 2H). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=344.0; tR=2.88 min.
1-(2-(quinolin-8-ylamino)ethyl)-N-(thiazol-2-yl)indoline-5-sulfonamide




General procedure 10: A stirring solution of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-N-(thiazol-2-yl)indoline-5-sulfonamide (50 mg, 0.15 mmol), 8-aminoquinoline (65 mg, 0.45 mmol), and DMF (1.0 mL) was heated via microwave at 150° C. for 600 seconds. Complete conversion was seen by LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN). The products were purified by Gilson preparative HPLC (5-99% CH3CN). LC/MS (10-99%) M/Z: M+1 obs=452.03; tR=2.08 min.
1-(2-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylamino)ethyl)-N-(thiazol-2-yl)indoline-5-sulfonamide




Synthesized according to General Procedure 10. LC/MS (10-99% CH3CN), M/Z: M+1 obs=458.30; tR=2.47 min.
Analytical data for selected compounds of the present invention is shown below in Table 2.









TABLE 2






LC/MS
LC/RT


Compd No.
M + 1
min

















1
430.5
2.8


2
450.3
2.82


3
404.3
2.65


4
418.1
2.73


5
430.5
2.6


6
441.
2.95


7
400.1
2.68


8
444.2
2.75


9
478.1
3.28


10
430.3
2.71


11
450.3
2.91


12
430.2
2.69


13
469.2
3.12


14
434.3
2.68


15
469.5
2.25


16
458.5
3.09


17
453.
2.91


18
442.3
2.57


19
482.1
3.07


20
453.1
2.84


21
498.1
3.1


22
452.3
2.08


23
464.2
2.94


24
429.3
2.18


25
444.2
2.85


26
206.1
2.79


27
468.1
2.95


28
137.3
2.79


29
430.3
1.91


30
468.3
2.92


31
431.
2.9


32
513.1
3.07


33
513.
3.52


34
405.
2.81


35
443.3
2.31


36
483.
3.13


37
484.2
2.87


38
452.1
2.99


39
444.3
1.95


40
420.3
2.63


41
443.5
2.3


42
435.
2.92


43
414.
2.84


44
489.3
2.4


45
550.5
2.81


46
466.3
3.09


47
149.1
2.73


48
467.1
3.18


49
450.3
2.86


50
420.1
2.75


51
276.1
3.08


52
514.2
3.1


53
465.
3.11


54
426.3
2.84


55
428.
2.95


56
468.
2.7


57
504.3
3.13


58
500.
3.22


59
470.3
3.18


60
236.1
3.04


61
451.2
3.02


62
464.3
2.9


63
260.1
3.03


64
469.2
3.2


65
466.
3.


66
441.3
2.03


67
484.
3.12


68
483.2
3.19


69
487.3
3.07


70
436.1
1.76


71
536.2
2.91


72
431.
2.9


73
436.
2.68


74
436.
2.66


75
421.
1.91


76
454.1
1.92


77
452.3
2.08


78
292.3
3.07


79
444.5
2.97


80
432.2
2.93


81
441.3
2.03


82
434.5
2.8


83
434.3
2.6


84
498.
3.03


85
437.5
2.


86
418.1
2.84


87
453.1
2.84


88
429.3
2.2


89
455.9
3.25


90
245.9
3.03


91
464.3
3.03


92
122.3
2.99


93
472.2
3.28


94
472.1
2.67


95
436.1
1.71


96
418.1
1.39


97
445.
3.16


98
518.
3.4


99
429.3
2.2


100
431.3
2.16


101
469.4
3.06


102
436.
3.06


103
418.1
2.68


104
421.2
2.04


105
500.
3.25


106
470.2
3.27


107
414.3
2.81


108
475.
2.81


109
454.3
2.76


110
432.3
2.71


111
464.3
2.29


112
416.3
2.68


113
430.3
1.78


114
418.3
1.55


115
434.3
2.75


116
246.1
2.93


117
436.2
3.18


118
423.
2.89


119
418.2
2.63


120
490.3
3.02


121
501.3
3.11


122
536.3
2.7


123
418.1
2.68


124
472.3
2.95


125
431.
2.96


126
453.
3.11


127
488.1
2.94


128
416.
2.91


129
417.2
1.25


130
454.2
3.22


131
242.3
2.92


132
468.1
2.33


133
484.
3.12


134
430.3
2.85


135
532.2
3.59


136
468.1
3.


137
473.1
2.27


138
444.3
2.94


139
487.
3.45


140
549.3
2.79


141
528.2
3.15


142
472.2
3.29


143
417.
3.12


144
433.3
3.02


145
444.
2.9


146
532.2
3.53


147
451.
3.1


148
464.3
3.02


149
464.
2.87


150
486.2
3.23


151
468.1
3.


152
564.5
2.9


153
443.2
1.73


154
482.3
3.13


155
472.
3.18


156
507.
3.47


157
458.3
2.47


158
467.3
3.05


159
444.3
2.77


160
462.3
2.95


161
393.2
1.34


162
452.1
2.96


163
402.
3.12


164
454.3
2.92


165
445.3
2.86


166
454.3
2.81


167
501.
3.28


168
444.2
2.64


169
443.3
2.


170
458.3
2.47


171
430.3
0.64


172
488.2
3.38


173
476.1
3.25


174
478.
2.95


175
457.5
2.05


176
452.1
2.81


177
487.
2.99


178
430.5
2.77


179
435.
3.18


180
526.1
3.39


181
430.5
2.87


182
431.3
2.16


183
482.3
3.07


184
463.2
2.72


185
465.2
3.16


186
514.
3.08


187
442.3
2.86


188
400.3
2.65


189
412.3
2.86


190
444.3
2.88


191
432.1
3.06


192
444.3
2.91


193
430.
2.59


194
535.3
2.83


195
416.3
2.8


196
436.3
2.75


197
414.3
2.85


198
433.2
2.91


199
416.
2.59


200
469.3
2.86


201
451.
2.91


202
454.2
3.22


203
466.2
2.76


204
453.3
3.04


205
490.
3.38


206
486.3
2.78


207
454.3
2.91


208
521.1
3.53


209
487.3
3.04









Assays for Detecting and Measuring NaV Inhibition Properties of Compound
Optical Methods for Assaying NaV Inhibition Properties of Compounds:
Compounds of the invention are useful as antagonists of voltage-gated sodium ion channels. Antagonist properties of test compounds were assessed as follows. Cells expressing the NaV of interest were placed into microtiter plates. After an incubation period, the cells were stained with fluorescent dyes sensitive to the transmembrane potential. The test compounds were added to the microtiter plate. The cells were stimulated with either a chemical or electrical means to evoke a NaV dependent membrane potential change from unblocked channels, which was detected and measured with trans-membrane potential-sensitive dyes. Antagonists were detected as a decreased membrane potential response to the stimulus. The optical membrane potential assay utilized voltage-sensitive FRET sensors described by Gonzalez and Tsien (See, Gonzalez, J. E. and R. Y. Tsien (1995) “Voltage sensing by fluorescence resonance energy transfer in single cells” Biophys J 69(4): 1272-80, and Gonzalez, J. E. and R. Y. Tsien (1997) “Improved indicators of cell membrane potential that use fluorescence resonance energy transfer” Chem Biol 4(4): 269-77) in combination with instrumentation for measuring fluorescence changes such as the Voltage/Ion Probe Reader (VIPR®) (See Gonzalez, J. E., K. Oades, et al. (1999) “Cell-based assays and instrumentation for screening ion-channel targets” Drug Discov Today 4(9): 431-439).
VIPR® Optical Membrane Potential Assay Method with Chemical Stimulation
Cell Handling and Dye Loading
24 hours before the assay on VIPR, CHO cells endogenously expressing a NaV1.2 type voltage-gated NaV are seeded in 96-well poly-lysine coated plates at 60,000 cells per well. Other subtypes are performed in an analogous mode in a cell line expressing the NaV of interest.

    1) On the day of the assay, medium is aspirated and cells are washed twice with 225 pit of Bath Solution #2 (BS#2).
    2) A 15 uM CC2-DMPE solution is prepared by mixing 5 mM coumarin stock solution with 10% Pluronic 127 1:1 and then dissolving the mix in the appropriate volume of BS#2.
    3) After bath solution is removed from the 96-well plates, the cells are loaded with 80 μl of the CC2-DMPE solution. Plates are incubated in the dark for 30 minutes at room temperature.
    4) While the cells are being stained with coumarin, a 15 μL oxonol solution in BS#2 is prepared. In addition to DiSBAC2(3), this solution should contain 0.75 mM ABSC1 and 30 μL veratridine (prepared from 10 mM EtOH stock, Sigma #V-5754).
    5) After 30 minutes, CC2-DMPE is removed and the cells are washed twice with 225 μL of BS#2. As before, the residual volume should be 40 μL.
    6) Upon removing the bath, the cells are loaded with 80 pit of the DiSBAC2(3) solution, after which test compound, dissolved in DMSO, is added to achieve the desired test concentration to each well from the drug addition plate and mixed thoroughly. The volume in the well should be roughly 121 μL. The cells are then incubated for 20-30 minutes.
    7) Once the incubation is complete, the cells are ready to be assayed on VIPR® with a sodium addback protocol. 120 μL of Bath solution #1 is added to stimulate the NaV dependent depolarization. 200 μL tetracaine was used as an antagonist positive control for block of the NaV channel.


Analysis of VIPR® Data
Data are analyzed and reported as normalized ratios of background-subtracted emission intensities measured in the 460 nm and 580 nm channels. Background intensities are then subtracted from each assay channel. Background intensities are obtained by measuring the emission intensities during the same time periods from identically treated assay wells in which there are no cells. The response as a function of time is then reported as the ratios obtained using the following formula:




  
    R
    ⁡
    
      (
      t
      )
    
  
  =
  
    
      (
      
        
          intensity
          
            460
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
        -
        
          background
          
            460
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
      
      )
    
    
      (
      
        
          intensity
          
            580
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
        -
        
          background
          
            580
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
      
      )
    
  




The data is further reduced by calculating the initial (Ri) and final (Rf) ratios. These are the average ratio values during part or all of the pre-stimulation period, and during sample points during the stimulation period. The response to the stimulus R═Rf/Ri is then calculated. For the Na+ addback analysis time windows, baseline is 2-7 sec and final response is sampled at 15-24 sec.
Control responses are obtained by performing assays in the presence of a compound with the desired properties (positive control), such as tetracaine, and in the absence of pharmacological agents (negative control). Responses to the negative (N) and positive (P) controls are calculated as above. The compound antagonist activity A is defined as:




  A
  =
  
    
      
        R
        -
        P
      
      
        N
        -
        P
      
    
    *
    100.
  




where R is the ratio response of the test compound

Solutions [mM]
Bath Solution #1: NaCl 160, KCl 4.5, CaCl2 2, MgCl2 1, HEPES 10, pH 7.4 with NaOH
Bath Solution #2 TMA-Cl 160, CaCl2 0.1, MgCl2 1, HEPES 10, pH 7.4 with KOH (final K concentration  ̃5 mM)
CC2-DMPE: prepared as a 5 mM stock solution in DMSO and stored at −20° C.
DiSBAC2(3): prepared as a 12 mM stock in DMSO and stored at −20° C.
ABSC1: prepared as a 200 mM stock in distilled H2O and stored at room temperature
Cell Culture
CHO cells are grown in DMEM (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium; GibcoBRL #10569-010) supplemented with 10% FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum, qualified; GibcoBRL #16140-071) and 1% Pen-Strep (Penicillin-Streptomycin; GibcoBRL #15140-122). Cells are grown in vented cap flasks, in 90% humidity and 10% CO2, to 100% confluence. They are usually split by trypsinization 1:10 or 1:20, depending on scheduling needs, and grown for 2-3 days before the next split.
VIPR® Optical Membrane Potential Assay Method with Electrical Stimulation
The following is an example of how NaV1.3 inhibition activity is measured using the optical membrane potential method #2. Other subtypes are performed in an analogous mode in a cell line expressing the NaV of interest.
HEK293 cells stably expressing NaV1.3 are plated into 96-well microtiter plates. After an appropriate incubation period, the cells are stained with the voltage sensitive dyes CC2-DMPE/DiSBAC2(3) as follows.
Reagents
100 mg/mL Pluronic F-127 (Sigma #P2443), in dry DMSO
10 mM DiSBAC2(3) (Aurora #00-100-010) in dry DMSO
10 mM CC2-DMPE (Aurora #00-100-008) in dry DMSO
200 mM ABSC1 in H2O
Hank's Balanced Salt Solution (Hyclone #SH30268.02) supplemented with 10 mM HEPES (Gibco #15630-080)
Loading Protocol
2×CC2-DMPE=20 μM CC2-DMPE: 10 mM CC2-DMPE is vortexed with an equivalent volume of 10% pluronic, followed by vortexing in required amount of HBSS containing 10 mM HEPES. Each cell plate will require 5 mL of 2×CC2-DMPE. 50 μL of 2×CC2-DMPE is to wells containing washed cells, resulting in a 10 μM final staining concentration. The cells are stained for 30 minutes in the dark at RT.
2×DISBAC2(3) with ABSC1=6 μM DISBAC2(3) and 1 mM ABSC1: The required amount of 10 mM DISBAC2(3) is added to a 50 ml conical tube and mixed with 1 μL 10% pluronic for each mL of solution to be made and vortexed together. Then HBSS/HEPES is added to make up 2× solution. Finally, the ABSC1 is added.
The 2×DiSBAC2(3) solution can be used to solvate compound plates. Note that compound plates are made at 2× drug concentration. Wash stained plate again, leaving residual volume of 50 Add 50 uL/well of the 2×DiSBAC2(3) w/ABSC1. Stain for 30 minutes in the dark at RT.
The electrical stimulation instrument and methods of use are described in ION Channel Assay Methods PCT/US01/21652, herein incorporated by reference. The instrument comprises a microtiter plate handler, an optical system for exciting the coumarin dye while simultaneously recording the coumarin and oxonol emissions, a waveform generator, a current- or voltage-controlled amplifier, and a device for inserting electrodes in well. Under integrated computer control, this instrument passes user-programmed electrical stimulus protocols to cells within the wells of the microtiter plate.
Reagents
Assay Buffer #1
140 mM NaCl, 4.5 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl2, 1 mM MgCl2, 10 mM HEPES, 10 mM glucose, pH 7.40, 330 mOsm
Pluronic stock (1000×): 100 mg/mL pluronic 127 in dry DMSO
Oxonol stock (3333×): 10 mM DiSBAC2(3) in dry DMSO
Coumarin stock (1000×): 10 mM CC2-DMPE in dry DMSO
ABSC1 stock (400×): 200 mM ABSC1 in water
Assay Protocol
Insert or use electrodes into each well to be assayed.
Use the current-controlled amplifier to deliver stimulation wave pulses for 3 s. Two seconds of pre-stimulus recording are performed to obtain the un-stimulated intensities. Five seconds of post-stimulation recording are performed to examine the relaxation to the resting state.
Data Analysis
Data are analyzed and reported as normalized ratios of background-subtracted emission intensities measured in the 460 nm and 580 nm channels. Background intensities are then subtracted from each assay channel. Background intensities are obtained by measuring the emission intensities during the same time periods from identically treated assay wells in which there are no cells. The response as a function of time is then reported as the ratios obtained using the following formula:




  
    R
    ⁡
    
      (
      t
      )
    
  
  =
  
    
      (
      
        
          intensity
          
            460
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
        -
        
          background
          
            460
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
      
      )
    
    
      (
      
        
          intensity
          
            580
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
        -
        
          background
          
            580
            ⁢
            
              
            
            ⁢
            nm
          
        
      
      )
    
  




The data is further reduced by calculating the initial (Ri) and final (Rf) ratios. These are the average ratio values during part or all of the pre-stimulation period, and during sample points during the stimulation period. The response to the stimulus R═Rf/Ri is then calculated.
Control responses are obtained by performing assays in the presence of a compound with the desired properties (positive control), such as tetracaine, and in the absence of pharmacological agents (negative control). Responses to the negative (N) and positive (P) controls are calculated as above. The compound antagonist activity A is defined as:




  A
  =
  
    
      
        R
        -
        P
      
      
        N
        -
        P
      
    
    *
    100.
  




where R is the ratio response of the test compound.

Electrophysiology Assays for NaV Activity and Inhibition of Test Compounds
Patch clamp electrophysiology was used to assess the efficacy and selectivity of sodium channel blockers in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Rat neurons were isolated from the dorsal root ganglions and maintained in culture for 2 to 10 days in the presence of NGF (50 ng/ml) (culture media consisted of NeurobasalA supplemented with B27, glutamine and antibiotics). Small diameter neurons (nociceptors, 8-12 μm in diameter) have been visually identified and probed with fine tip glass electrodes connected to an amplifier (Axon Instruments). The “voltage clamp” mode has been used to assess the compound's IC50 holding the cells at −60 mV. In addition, the “current clamp” mode has been employed to test the efficacy of the compounds in blocking action potential generation in response to current injections. The results of these experiments have contributed to the definition of the efficacy profile of the compounds.
VOLTAGE-CLAMP Assay in DRG Neurons
TTX-resistant sodium currents were recorded from DRG somata using the whole-cell variation of the patch clamp technique. Recordings were made at room temperature ( ̃22° C.) with thick walled borosilicate glass electrodes (WPI; resistance 3-4 MΩ) using an Axopatch 200B amplifier (Axon Instruments). After establishing the whole-cell configuration, approximately 15 minutes were allowed for the pipette solution to equilibrate within the cell before beginning recording. Currents were lowpass filtered between 2-5 kHz and digitally sampled at 10 kHz. Series resistance was compensated 60-70% and was monitored continuously throughout the experiment. The liquid junction potential (−7 mV) between the intracellular pipette solution and the external recording solution was not accounted for in the data analysis. Test solutions were applied to the cells with a gravity driven fast perfusion system (SF-77; Warner Instruments).
Dose-response relationships were determined in voltage clamp mode by repeatedly depolarizing the cell from the experiment specific holding potential to a test potential of +10 mV once every 60 seconds. Blocking effects were allowed to plateau before proceeding to the next test concentration.
Solutions
Intracellular solution (in mM): Cs—F (130), NaCl (10), MgCl2 (1), EGTA (1.5), CaCl2 (0.1), HEPES (10), glucose (2), pH=7.42, 290 mOsm.
Extracellular solution (in mM): NaCl (138), CaCl2 (1.26), KCl (5.33), KH2PO4 (0.44), MgCl2 (0.5), MgSO4 (0.41), NaHCO3 (4), Na2HPO4 (0.3), glucose (5.6), HEPES (10), CdCl2 (0.4), NiCl2 (0.1), TTX (0.25×10−3).
CURRENT-CLAMP Assay for NaV Channel Inhibition Activity of Compounds
Cells were current-clamped in whole-cell configuration with a Multiplamp 700A amplifier (Axon Inst). Borosilicate pipettes (4-5 MOhm) were filled with (in mM):150 K-gluconate, 10 NaCl, 0.1 EGTA, 10 Hepes, 2 MgCl2, (buffered to pH 7.34 with KOH). Cells were bathed in (in mM): 140 NaCl, 3 KCl, 1 MgCl, 1 CaCl, and 10 Hepes). Pipette potential was zeroed before seal formation; liquid junction potentials were not corrected during acquisition. Recordings were made at room temperature.
Activity data for selected compounds against NaV1.3 channel is displayed below in Table 4. The activity range is as follows:
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Many modifications and variations of the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the scope, as is apparent to those skilled in the art. The specific embodiments described herein are offered by way of example only.

## Claims

1. A method of treating or lessening the severity of a disease, disorder, or condition selected from acute, chronic, neuropathic, or inflammatory pain, visceral pain, osteoarthritis pain, radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head or neck pain, severe or intractable pain, nociceptive pain, breakthrough pain, postsurgical pain, or cancer pain, comprising the step of administering to said patient an effective amount of a compound according to formula I, formula I-A-i, formula I-B-i, formula I-C-i, formula I-D-i, formula I-E-i, formula I-A-ii, formula I-B-ii, formula I-C-ii, formula I-D-ii, or formula I-E-ii:






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 0, S, N, or NH, and said ring Z is optionally substituted with z occurrence of RZ;
z is 0-4;
RZ is selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5;
ring B is a 5-7 membered, monocyclic, unsaturated or aromatic ring with at least one heteroatom independently selected from N, O, S, or NH;
wherein ring B, together with the phenyl ring fused thereto is optionally substituted with w occurrence of W—Rw;
w is 0-4;
wherein W is a bond or a C1-C6 straight or branched alkylidene chain, wherein up to two non-adjacent methylene units other than the carbon atom attached to ring B are optionally and independently replaced by —CO—, —CS—, —COCO—, —CONR2—, —CONR2NR2—, —CO2—, —OCO—, —NR2CO2—, —O—, —NR2CONR2—, —OCONR2—, —NR2NR2, —NR2NR2CO—, —NR2CO—, —S—, —SO, —SO2—, —NR2—, —SO2NR2—, NR2SO2—, or —NR2SO2NR2—; and
RW is independently selected from halo, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, OR6, SR6, S(O)R2, SO2R2, NH2, N(R2)2, or COOR2;
Q is a bond or is a C1-C6 straight or branched alkylidene chain, wherein up to two non-adjacent methylene units of Q are optionally and independently replaced by —CO—, —CS—, —COCO—, —CONR2—, —CONR2NR2—, —CO2—, —OCO—, —NR2CO2—, —O—, —NR2CONR2—, —OCONR2—, —NR2NR2, —NR2NR2CO—, —NR2CO—, —S—, —SO, —SO2—, —NR2—, —SO2NR2—, NR2SO2—, —NR2SO2NR2—, or a spirocycloalkylene moiety;
RQ is a C1-6 aliphatic group, a 3-8-membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated monocyclic ring having 0-3 heteroatoms independently selected from 0, 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 0, S, N, or NH;
wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 4 substituents selected from R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5;
RN is R2;
q is 0 or 1;
R1 is oxo, ═NN(R6)2, ═NN(R7)2, ═NN(R6R7), R6, or (CH2)n—Y;
wherein n is 0, 1, or 2;
Y is halo, CN, NO2, CF3, OCF3, OH, SR6, S(O)R6, SO2R6, NH2, NHR6, N(R6)2, NR6R8, COOH, COOR6, or OR6; or
two R1 on adjacent ring atoms, taken together, form 1,2-methylenedioxy or 1,2-ethylenedioxy;
R2 is hydrogen or C1-C6 aliphatic, wherein each R2 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently selected from R1, R4, or R5;
R3 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 R1, R2, R4, or R5;
R4 is OR5, OR6, OC(O)R6, OC(O)R5, OC(O)OR6, OC(O)OR5, OC(O)N(R6)2, OC(O)N(R5)2, OC(O)N(R6R5), OP(O)(OR6)2, OP(O)(OR5)2, OP(O)(OR6)(OR5), SR6, SR5, S(O)R6, S(O)R5, SO2R6, SO2R5, SO2N(R6)2, SO2N(R5)2, SO2NR5R6, SO3R6, SO3R5, C(O)R5, C(O)OR5, C(O)R6, C(O)OR6, C(O)N(R6)2, C(O)N(R5)2, C(O)N(R5R6), C(O)N(OR6)R6, C(O)N(OR5)R6, C(O)N(OR6)R5, C(O)N(OR5)R5, C(NOR6)R6, C(NOR6)R5, C(NOR5)R6, C(NOR5)R5, N(R6)2, N(R5)2, N(R5R6), NR5C(O)R5, NR6C(O)R6, NR6C(O)R5, NR6C(O)OR6, NR5C(O)OR6, NR6C(O)OR5, NR5C(O)OR5, NR6C(O)N(R6)2, NR6C(O)NR5R6, NR6C(O)N(R5)2, NR5C(O)N(R6)2, NR5C(O)NR5R6, NR5C(O)N(R5)2, NR6SO2R6, NR6SO2R5, NR5SO2R5, NR6SO2N(R6)2, NR6SO2NR5R6, NR6SO2N(R5)2, NR5SO2NR5R6, NR5SO2N(R5)2, N(OR6)R6, N(OR6)R5, N(OR5)R5, N(OR5)R6, P(O)(OR6)N(R6)2, P(O)(OR6)N(R5R6), P(O)(OR6)N(R5)2, P(O)(OR5)N(R5R6), P(O)(OR5)N(R6)2, P(O)(OR5)N(R5)2, P(O)(OR6)2, P(O)(OR5)2, or P(O)(OR6)(OR5);
R5 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, optionally substituted with up to 3 R1 substituents;
R6 is H or C1-C6 aliphatic, wherein R6 is optionally substituted with a R7 substituent;
R7 is a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic, C6-C10 aryl, C3-C8 heterocyclic, or C5-C10 heteroaryl ring, and each R7 is optionally substituted with up to 2 substituents independently chosen from H, C1-C6 aliphatic, or (CH2)m—Z′ wherein m is 0-2;
Z′ is selected from halo, CN, NO2, C(halo)3, CH(halo)2, CH2(halo), —OC(halo)3, —OCH(halo)2, —OCH2(halo), OH, S—(C1-C6) aliphatic, S(O)—(C1-C6) aliphatic, SO2—(C1-C6)aliphatic, NH2, NH—(C1-C6)aliphatic, N((C1-C6)aliphatic)2, N((C1-C6)aliphatic)R8, COOH, C(O)O(—(C1-C6)aliphatic), or O—(C1-C6)aliphatic; and
R8 is acetyl, C6-C10 aryl sulfonyl, or C1-C6 alkyl sulfonyl.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the disease, condition, or disorder is implicated in the activation or hyperactivity of voltage-gated sodium channels.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the disease, condition, or disorder is radicular pain, sciatica, back pain, head pain, neck pain, or neuropathies.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the disease, condition, or disorder is severe or intractable pain, acute pain, post-surgical pain, back pain, or cancer pain.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the disease, condition, or disorder is implicated in the activation or hyperactivity of voltage-gated calcium channels.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the disease, condition, or disorder is acute, chronic, neuropathic, inflammatory pain, or inflammatory breakthrough pain.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein Z is selected from:

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein RZ is selected from R1, R2, or R5.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein z is 0-2.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein RZ is selected from a hydrogen, halo, 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 selected from R1, R2, R4, or R5.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein RZ is selected from hydrogen, Cl, C1-C6 straight or branched alkyl, C2-C6 straight or branched alkenyl, or C2-C6 straight or branched alkynyl.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein RN is hydrogen.

13. The method 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 0, S, OCO, NH, N(C1-C4 alkyl), or a spirocycloalkylene group.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein Q is —X2—(X1)p—,
wherein:
X2 is a bond or C1-C6 aliphatic, optionally substituted with up to two substituents independently selected from R1, R4, or R5;
p is 0 or 1; and
X1 is O, S, or NR2.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein X2 is a bond, C1-C6 alkyl, or C2-C6 alkylidene, and said alkyl and alkylidene are independently and optionally substituted with R1 or R4.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein X2 is selected from a bond, —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —(CH2)3—, —C(Me)2-, —CH(Me)—, —C(Me)═CH—, —CH═CH—, —CH(Ph)—, —CH2—CH(Me)—, —CH(Et)—, or —CH(i-Pr)—.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein RQ is an optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein RQ is optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents selected from halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, OH, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C1-4 alkoxy, trifluoromethoxy, C(O)NH2, NH2, NH(C1-4 alkyl), N(C1-4 alkyl)2, NHC(O)C1-4 alkyl, or C(O)C1-4 alkyl.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein RQ is selected from:

20. The method according to claim 1, wherein RQ is an optionally substituted 3-8 membered cycloaliphatic ring.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl.

22. The method according to claim 1, wherein RQ 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.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from:

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein RQ is optionally fused to an optionally substituted phenyl ring.

25. The method according to claim 1, wherein RQ is an optionally substituted 8-10-membered bicyclic, heterocyclic or heteroaromatic, ring.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein RQ is an optionally substituted ring selected from:

27. The method according to claim 22 or claim 25, wherein RQ is selected from pyrrolidin-1-yl, 3,3-difluoropyrrolidin-1-yl, piperidin-1-yl, 3-methyl-piperidin-1-yl, 4-methyl-piperidin-1-yl, 4,5-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.

28. The method according to claim 1, wherein said compound is selected from the following table















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