Patent Publication Number: US-6664282-B2

Title: Synthesis of [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo [1,5-a]imidazol-2 (3H)- one compounds

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This a division of allowed Application Ser. No. 09/659,370 filed on Sep. 12, 2000, that was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 60/154,443, filed Sep. 17, 1999, whose disclosures are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates generally to the combinatorial synthesis of [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one derivatives. More specifically, the invention provides novel [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds as well as novel combinatorial libraries comprised of many such compounds, and methods of synthesizing the libraries. 
     BACKGROUND INFORMATION 
     The process of discovering new therapeutically active compounds for a given indication involves the screening of all compounds from available compound collections. From the compounds tested one or more structure(s) is selected as a promising lead. A large number of related analogs are then synthesized to develop a structure-activity relation-ship and select one or more optimal compounds. With traditional one-at-a-time synthesis and biological testing of analogs, this optimization process is long and labor intensive. 
     Adding significant numbers of new structures to the compound collections used in the initial screening step of the discovery and optimization process cannot be accomplished with traditional one-at-a-time synthesis methods, except over a time frame of months or even years. Faster methods are needed that permit the preparation of up to thousands of related compounds in a matter of days or a few weeks. This need is particularly evident when it comes to synthesizing more complex compounds, such as the [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds of the present invention. 
     Solid-phase techniques for the synthesis of peptides have been extensively developed and combinatorial libraries of peptides have been prepared with great success. During the past four years there has been substantial development of chemically synthesized combinatorial libraries (SCLs) made up of peptides. 
     The preparation and use of synthetic peptide combinatorial libraries has been described for example by Dooley in U.S. Pat. No. 5,367,053; Huebner in U.S. Pat. No. 5,182,366; Appel et al in WO PCt 92/09300; Geysen in published European Patent Application 0 138 855 and Pimmg in U.S. Pat. No. 5,143,854. Such SCLs provide the efficient synthesis of an extraordinary number of various peptides in such libraries and the rapid screening of the library that identifies lead pharmaceutical peptides. 
     Peptides have been, and remain, attractive targets for drug discovery. Their high affinities and specificities toward biological receptors as well as the ease with which large peptide libraries can be combinatorially synthesized make them attractive drug targets. The screening of peptide libraries has led to the identification of many biologically-active lead compounds. However, the therapeutic application of peptides is limited by their poor stability and bioavailability in vivo. Therefore, there is a need to synthesize and screen compounds that can maintain high affinity and specificity toward biological receptors, while exhibiting improved pharmacological properties relative to peptides. 
     Combinatorial approaches have recently been extended to “organic” or non-peptide libraries. 
     Significantly, many biologically active compounds contain the imidazole moiety. Such compounds are conformationally constrained scaffolds, are quite common in nature and many imidazole-containing natural products have been isolated encompassing a wide range of biological activities. The imidazole ring system is of particular importance because it is present in the essential amino acid histidine. The histidine residues are found at the active site of ribonuclease and several other enzymes. Drugs such as cimetidine were designed with histamine itself as the starting point [C. R. Ganellin, in  Medicinal Chemistry , ed. S. M. Roberts and B. J. Price, Academic Press, London, 1985, p. 93; G. J. Durant, Chem Soc. Rev., 1985, 84, 375]. 
     Several other classes of drugs are based on the imidazole ring. 2-Nitroimidazole (azomycin) is a naturally occurring antibiotic and some synthetic nitroimidazoles are active against intestinal infections (Reviews:  Nitroimidazoles; Chemistry; Pharmacology and Clinical Applications , eds. A. Breccia, B. Cavalleri, and G. E. Adams, Plenum Press, New York, 1982; J. H. Boyer,  Nitrazoles, VCH, Deerfield Beach, Fla.,  1986). 
     Imidazole-containing moieties are found in many biologically active compounds and are known to have useful therapeutic implications. There is a need to further study and develop large numbers of [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds and their binding to biological receptors. These compounds of the present invention are principally derived from the synthesis of dipeptides, but the dipeptides are substantially modified. In short, they are chemically modified through, acylation and cyclization via Bischler-Naprielski reaction into the subject [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one, thus providing mixtures and individual compounds of substantial diversity. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention provides a rapid approach for combinatorial synthesis and screening of individual compounds and libraries of [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds. The present invention further provides libraries and individual compounds and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of Formula I. The present invention also relates to the preparation of synthetic combinatorial libraries of organic compounds and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of Formula I, wherein R 1 , R 2  and R 3  have the meanings provided below.                    
     The present invention has several benefits and advantages. One benefit is the provision of a new synthesis for bicyclic [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds. The present invention provides a large array of diverse [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds that can be screened for biological activity, and as described below, are biologically active. 
     An advantage of the invention is that individual compounds can be prepared or libraries containing a plurality of compounds can be prepared. 
     Another benefit of the invention is that the yield of bicyclic compound produced is relatively great compared to that obtained in prior syntheses of the parental compound. 
     Still further benefits and advantages of the invention will be apparent to the skilled worker from the discussion that follows. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to the preparation and use of synthetic combinatorial libraries and individual compounds of a [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one also referred to as a imidazo-imidizol-one that correspond in structure to Formula I, and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts:                    
     wherein: 
     R 1  and R 2  are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom (hydrido), C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 10  substituted alkyl, C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl, C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl, and a C 3 -C 7  substituted cycloalkyl group. 
     R 3  is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 10  substituted alkyl, C 2 -C 10  alkenyl, C 2 -C 10  substituted alkenyl, C 2 -C 10  alkynyl, C 2 -C 10  substituted alkynyl, C 3 -C 7  substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl, C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl, C 7 -C 16  phenylalkenyl, C 7 -C 6  phenylalkenyl and a C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkenyl group. 
     In one embodiment of the above bicyclic imidazo-imidizol-one of Formula I, wherein 
     R 1  and R 2  are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, methyl, benzyl, 2-butyl, aminobutyl, N,N-dimethylaminobutyl, N-methylaminobutyl, N-methyl-N-benzylaminobutyl, 2-methylpropyl, methylsulfinylethyl, methylthioethyl, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl, N,N-dimethyl-aminopropyl, N′,N′,N′-trimethylguanidinopropyl, N′,N′,N′-tribenzylguanidinopropyl, N′,N′-dibenzylguanidinopropyl, N′-methylguanidinopropyl, hydroxymethyl, 1-hydroxyethyl, 2-propyl, N-methyl-3-indolylmethyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, 4-hydroxybenzyl, propyl, butyl, cyclohexylmethyl, phenyl, 2-naphthylmethyl, and a 4-imidazolylmethyl substituent; and 
     R 3  is selected from the group consisting of a 1-phenyl-1-cyclopropyl, 1-phenylbutyl, 2-phenylbutyl, 3-fluorobenzyl, 3-bromobenzyl, α,α,α-trifluoro-m-xylyl, p-xylyl, 4-fluorobenzyl, 3-methoxybenzyl, 4-bromobenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, 4-ethoxybenzyl, 4-isobutyl-a-methyl-benzyl, 3,4-dichlorobenzyl, 3,5-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-benzyl, 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-ethyl, 4-biphenylmethyl, β-methyl-styryl, 2-(trifluoromethyl)-styryl, 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl, 3,4-dihydroxybenzyl, 2-methoxystyryl, 3,4-dihydroxystyryl, 2-hydroxystyryl, phenyl, 4-chlorostyryl, 3-methoxyphenyl, 4-isopropylphenyl, 4-vinylphenyl, 4-fluorophenyl, 4-bromophenyl, 3,4-dimethoxystyryl, 4-hydroxyphenyl, trans-styryl, 3,4-dimethylphenyl, 3-fluoro-4-methylphenyl, 3-bromo-4-methyl-phenyl, 3-iodo-4-methyl-phenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 4-biphenyl, 3,4-difluorophenyl, m-tolyl, benzyl, phenethyl, 3-methoxy-4-methylphenyl, 3-phenylpropyl, 4-butylphenyl, 3,5-dimethylphenyl, 3,5-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl, 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl, 4-ethyl-4-biphenyl, 3,4,5-triethoxyphenyl, propyl, hexyl, isopropyl, 2-butyl, isobutyl, 2-pentyl, isovaleryl, 3-heptyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl, trans-2-pentenyl, 1-ethyl-1-pentenyl, p-tolyl, p-anisyl, t-butyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexylmethyl, dicyclohexylmethyl, cyclohexylpropyl, cycloheptyl, methyl, 2-methylcyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclopentylethyl, 2-furyl, cyclohexylethyl, 4-methylcyclohexyl, 4-tert-butyl-cyclohexyl, 1-adamantyl, 4-methylcyclohexylmethyl, 1,3-pentadienyl, 2-buten-2-yl, 2-norbornanemethyl, 1-adamantanemethyl, and a 3-pentyl, 2-thiophene substituent. 
     In one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the R groups are those as immediately defined above. 
     In the above Formula the stereochemistry of the chiral R 1  group can independently be in the R or S configuration, or a mixture of the two. For instance, as will be described in further detail below, the R 1  group can be the side chain substituent of the α-carbon of various amino acids. The amino acids can be in the L- or D-configuration, resulting in the same R group varying only in its stereochemistry. As a consequence of an R 1  substituent being in one or both or two stereoconfigurations, the R 1  group is usually illustrated bonded to the bicyclic ring by a wavy line. 
     It is also noted that a compound of Formula I can exist in two tautomeric forms; i.e., in the keto or enol forms. Those two tautomeric forms are illustrated in Formula IA, below.                    
     For convenience, a contemplated compound of Formula I (IA) is usually depicted and discussed as being in the keto form (imidazo-imidizol-one) with the understanding that both keto and enol forms are present in equilibrium. 
     Formulas of the two tautomers in both stereoconfigurations are shown below.                    
     In any of the Formulas herein, the term “C 1 -C 10  alkyl” denotes a straight or branched chain radical such as a methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, amyl, tert-amyl, hexyl, heptyl, decyl group and the like. The term “lower alkyl” denotes a C 1 -C 4  alkyl group. A preferred “C 1 -C 10  alkyl” group is a methyl group. 
     The term “C 2 -C 10  alkenyl” denotes a radical such as a vinyl, allyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-pentenyl, 4-pentenyl, 2-hexenyl, 3-hexenyl, 4-hexenyl, 5-hexenyl, 2-heptenyl, 3-heptenyl, 4-heptenyl, 5-heptenyl, 6-heptenyl and a 2-decenyl group and the like, as well as dienes and trienes of straight and branched chains containing up to ten carbon atoms and at least one carbon-to-carbon (ethylenic) double bond. 
     The term “C 2 -C 10  alkynyl” denotes a radical such as ethynyl, propynyl, butynyl, pentynyl, hexynyl, heptynyl, decynyl and the like, as well as di- and triynes of straight and branched chains containing up to ten carbon atoms and at least one carbon-to-carbon (acetylenic) triple bond. 
     The term “C 2 -C 10  substituted alkyl”, “C 2 -C 10  substituted alkenyl” and “C 2 -C 10  substituted alkenyl” denote that the above C 1 -C 10  alkyl group and C 2 -C 10  alkenyl and alkynyl groups are substituted by one or more, and preferably one or two, halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 7  substituted cycloalkyl, naphthyl, substituted naphthyl, adamantyl, abietyl, thiofuranyl, indolyl, substituted indolyl, amino, protected amino, (monosubstituted) amino, protected (monosubstituted) amino, (disubstituted) amino, guanidino, (monosubstituted) guanidino, (disubstituted) guanidino, (trisubstituted) guanidino, imidazolyl pyrolidinyl, C 1 -C 7  acyloxy, nitro, heterocycle, substituted heterocycle, C 1 -C 4  alkyl ester, carboxy, protected carboxy, carbamoyl, carbamoyloxy, carboxamide, protected carboxamide, cyano, methylsulfonylamino, methylsulfonyl, sulfhydryl, C 1 -C 4  alkylthio, C 1 -C 4  alkyl sulfonyl or C 1 -C 4  alkoxy groups. The substituted alkyl groups can be substituted once or more, and preferably once or twice, with the same or with different substituents. 
     Examples of the above substituted alkyl groups include the cyanomethyl, nitromethyl, chloromethyl, hydroxymethyl, tetrahydro-pyranyloxymethyl, trityloxymethyl, propionyloxymethyl, aminomethyl, carboxymethyl, allyloxycarbonylmethyl, allylcarbonyl-aminomethyl, carbamoyloxymethyl, methoxymethyl, ethoxymethyl, t-butoxymethyl, acetoxymethyl, chloromethyl, bromomethyl, iodomethyl, 6-hydroxy-hexyl, 2,4-dichloro(n-butyl), 2-amino(isopropyl), 2-carbamoyloxyethyl chloroethyl, bromoethyl, fluoroethyl, iodoethyl, chloropropyl, bromopropyl, fluoropropyl, iodopropyl and the like. 
     In preferred embodiments of the subject invention, C 1 -C 1  alkyl, C 2 -C 10  alkenyl, C 2 -C 10  alkynyl, C 1 -C 10  substituted alkyl, C 2 -C 10  substituted alkenyl, or C 2 -C 10  substituted alkynyl, are more preferably C 1 -C 7  or C 2 -C 7 , respectively, and more preferably, C 1 -C 6  or C 2 -C 6  as is appropriate for unsaturated substituents. However, it should be appreciated by those of skill in the art that one or a few carbons usually can be added to an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted, without substantially modifying the structure and function of the subject compounds and that, therefore, such additions would not depart from the spirit of the invention. 
     The term “C 1 -C 4  alkoxy” as used herein denotes groups that are ether groups containing up to four carbon atoms such as methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, t-butoxy and like groups. A preferred C 1 -C 4  alkoxy group is methoxy. 
     The term “C 1 -C 7  acyloxy” denotes a carboxy group-containing substituent containing up seven carbon atoms such as formyloxy, acetoxy, propanoyloxy, butanoyloxy, pentanoyloxy, hexanoyloxy, heptanoyloxy, benzoyloxy and the like. 
     Similarly, the term “C 1 -C 7  acyl” encompasses groups such as formyl, acetyl, propionoyl, butyroyl, pentanoyl, hexanoyl, heptanoyl, benzoyl and the like. 
     The substituent term “C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl” includes the cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or cycloheptyl rings. The substituent term “C 3 -C 7  substituted cycloalkyl” indicates an above cycloalkyl ring substituted by a halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocycle, substituted heterocycle, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, carboxy, protected carboxy, amino, or protected amino. 
     The substituent term “C 5 -C 7  cycloalkenyl” indicates a substituent that is itself a 1-, 2-, or 3-substituted cyclopentenyl ring, a 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-substituted cyclohexenyl ring or a 1-, 2-, 3-,4- or 5-substituted cycloheptenyl ring, whereas the term “substituted C 3 -C 7  cycloalkenyl” denotes the above C 3 -C 7  cycloalkenyl rings substituted by a C 1 -C 10  alkyl radical, halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, carboxy, protected carboxy, amino, or protected amino. 
     The term “heterocyclic ring” or “heterocycle” denotes an optionally substituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring that has 1 to 4 heteroatoms, such as oxygen, sulfur and/or nitrogen, in particular nitrogen either alone or in conjunction with sulfur or oxygen ring atoms. These five-membered or six-membered rings can be fully unsaturated or partially unsaturated, with fully unsaturated rings being preferred. 
     Preferred heterocyclic rings include pyridino, pyrimidino, and pyrazino, furano, and thiofurano rings. The heterocyles can be substituted or unsubstituted as for example, with such substituents as those described in relation to substituted phenyl or substituted naphthyl. 
     The term “C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl” or “C 7 -C 16  aralkyl” denotes a C 1 -C 10  alkyl group substituted at any position by a phenyl ring. Examples of such a group include benzyl, 2-phenylethyl, 3-phenyl(n-prop-1-yl), 4-phenyl(hex-1-yl), 3-phenyl(n-am-2-yl), 3-phenyl(sec-butyl), and the like. A preferred C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl group is the benzyl group. 
     The term “C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkyl” denotes an above C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl group substituted on the C 1 -C 10  alkyl portion with one or more, and preferably one or two, groups selected from the group consisting of a halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, keto, C 2 -C 3  cyclic ketal phenyl, amino, protected amino, C 1 -C 7  acyloxy, nitro, carboxy, protected carboxy, carbamoyl, carbamoyloxy, cyano, N-(methyl-sulfonylamino) or C 1 -C 4  alkoxy group, whose phenyl group portion can be substituted with 1 or 2 groups selected from the group consisting of a halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, nitro, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 6  substituted alkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, carboxy, protected carboxy, carboxymethyl, protected carboxymethyl, hydroxymethyl, protected hydroxymethyl, aminomethyl, protected aminomethyl, amino, (monosubstituted) amino, (disubstituted) amino, a N-(methylsulfonylamino) group, or a phenyl group that is itself substituted or unsubstituted. When either the C 1 -C 10  alkyl portion or the phenyl portion or both are mono- or di-substituted, the substituents can be the same or different. 
     Examples of “C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkyl” include groups such as 2-phenyl-1-chloroethyl, 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)eth-1-yl, 2,6-dihydroxy-4-phenyl(n-hex-2-yl), 5-cyano-3-methoxy-2-phenyl(n-pent-3-yl), 3-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)n-prop-1-yl, 4-chloro-3-aminobenzyl, 6-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-carboxy(n-hex-1-yl), 5-(4-aminomethyl-phenyl)-3-(aminomethyl)(n-pent-2-yl), 5-phenyl-3-keto-(n-pent-1-yl), 4-(4-aminophenyl)-4-(I.4-oxetanyl)(n-but-1-yl), and the like. 
     The term “C 7 -C 16  phenylalkenyl” denotes a C 1 -C 10  alkenyl group substituted at any position by a phenyl ring. The term “C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkenyl” denotes a C 7 -C 16  arylalkenyl group substituted on the C 1 -C 10  alkenyl portion. Substituents can the same as those as defined above in relation to C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl and C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkyl. A preferred C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkenyl is 3-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-propenyl. 
     The term “substituted phenyl” specifies a phenyl group substituted at one or more positions, preferably at one or two positions, with moieties selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 10  substituted alkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, carboxy, protected carboxy, carboxymethyl, protected carboxymethyl, hydroxymethyl, protected hydroxymethyl, amino, protected anilino, (monosubstituted)amino, protected (monosubstituted) amino, (disubstituted)amino, trifluoromethyl, N-(methylsulfonylamino), or phenyl that is itself substituted or unsubstituted such that, for example, a biphenyl group results. 
     Illustrative substituents embraced by the term “substituted phenyll” include a mono- or di(halo)phenyl group such as 4-chlorophenyl, 2,6-dichlorophenyl, 2,5-dichlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 3-chlorophenyl, 3-bromophenyl, 4-bromophenyl, 3,4-dibromophenyl, 3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl, 2-fluorophenyl and the like; a mono or di(hydroxy)phenyl groups such as 4-hydroxyphenyl, 3-hydroxyphenyl, 2,4-dihydroxyphenyl, the protected hydroxy derivatives thereof and the like; a nitrophenyl group such as 3- or 4-nitrophenyl, a cyanophenyl group for example, 4-cyanophenyl; a mono- or di(lower alkyl)phenyl group such as 4-methylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, 2-methylphenyl, 4-(isopropyl)phenyl, 4-ethylphenyl, 3-(n-prop-1-yl)phenyl and the like: a mono or di(alkoxyl)phenyl group for example, 2,6-dimethoxyphenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 3-ethoxyphenyl, 4-(isopropoxy)phenyl, 4-(t-butoxy)phenyl, 3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl, 3-(4-methylphenoxy)phenyl, and the like; 3- or 4-trifluoromethylphenyl; a mono- or dicarboxyphenyl or (protected carboxy)phenyl group such as 4-carboxyphenyl or 2,4-di(protected carboxy)phenyl; a mono-or di(hydroxymethyl)phenyl or (protected hydroxymethyl)phenyl such as 3-(protected hydroxymethyl)phenyl or 3,4-di(hydroxymethyl)phenyl; a mono- or di(aminomethyl) phenyl or (protected aminomethyl)phenyl such as 2-(aminomethyl)phenyl or 2,4-(protected aminomethyl) phenyl; or a mono- or di(N-(methylsulfonylamino))phenyl such as 3-(N-(methylsulfonylamino))phenyl. Also, the term “substituted phenyl” represents disubstituted phenyl groups wherein the substituents are different. For example, 3-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl, 3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl, 2-methoxy-4-bromophenyl, 4-ethyl-2-hydroxyphenyl, 3-hydroxy-4-nitrophenyl, 2-hydroxy-4-chlorophenyl and the like are contemplated. 
     The term “substituted naphthyl” specifies a naphthyl group substituted with one or more, and preferably one or two moieties selected from the group consisting of a halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, carboxy, protected carboxy, carboxymethyl, protected carboxymethyl, hydroxymethyl, protected hydroxymethyl, amino, protected amino, (monosubstituted) amino, protected (monosubstituted)amino, (disubstituted) amino trifluoromethyl, or a N-(methylsulfonylamino) group. Examples of substituted naphthyl include 2-(methoxy)naphthyl and 4-(methoxy)naphthyl. 
     The term “substituted indolyl” specifies a indolyl group substituted, either at the nitrogen or carbon, or both, with one or more, and preferably one or two, moieties selected from the group consisting of a halogen, hydroxy, protected hydroxy, cyano, nitro, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, C 1 -C 10  substituted alkyl, C 1 -C 10  alkenyl, C 7 -C 16  phenylalkyl, C 7 -C 16  substituted phenylalkyl, C 1 -C 6  alkoxy, carboxy, protected carboxy, carboxymethyl, protected carboxymethyl, hydroxymethyl, protected hydroxymethyl, amino, protected amino, monosubstituted amino, or a disubstituted amino group. 
     Examples of the term “substituted indolyl” includes such groups as 6-fluoro, 5-fluoro, 5-bromo, 5-hydroxy, 5-methyl, 6-methyl, 7-methyl, 1-methyl, 1-ethyl, 1-benzyl, 1-napthylmethyl, and the like. An example of a disubstituted indolyl is 1-methyl-5-methyl indolyl. 
     The terms “halo” and “halogen” refer to the fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo groups. 
     The term “(monosubstituted)amino” refers to an amino group with one substituent selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted phenyl, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, and C 7 -C 16  arylalkyl, wherein the latter three substituent terms are as defined above. The (monosubstituted)amino can additionally have an amino-protecting group as encompassed by the term “protected (monosubstituted)amino.” 
     The term “(disubstituted)amino” refers to amino groups with two substituents selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted phenyl, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, and C 7 -C 16  arylalkyl wherein the latter three substituent terms are as described above. The two substituents can be the same or different. 
     The terms “(monosubstituted)guanidino”, “(disubstituted)guanidino.” and “(trisubstituted)-guanidino” are used to mean that a guanidino group is substituted with one, two, or three substituents, respectively. The substituents can be any of those as defined above in relation to (monosubstituted)-amino and (disubstituted)amino and, where more than one substituent is present, the substituents can be the same or different. 
     The terms “(monosubstituted) imidizol-one imidazole, “(disubstituted) imidizol-one imidazole.” and “(trisubstituted) imidizol-one imidazole” mean compounds in which the imidizol-one imidazole group is substituted with one, two, or three substituents, respectively. The substituents can be any of those as defined above in relation to a (monosubstituted)-amino or (disubstituted)amino group and where more than one substituent is present. The substituents can be the same or different. 
     The term “amino-protecting group” as used herein refers to one or more selectively removable substituents on the amino group commonly employed to block or protect the amino functionality. The term “protected (monosubstituted)amino” means there is an amino-protecting group on the monosubstituted amino nitrogen atom. In addition, the term “protected carboxamide” means there is an amino-protecting group present replacing the proton of the amido nitrogen so that di-N-alkylation. 
     Examples of such amino-protecting groups include the formyl (“For”) group, the trityl group (Trt), the phthalimido group, the trichloroacetyl group, the chloroacetyl, bromoacetyl, and iodoacetyl groups. Urethane blocking groups, such as t-butoxy-carbonyl (“Boc”), 2-(4-biphenylyl)propyl(2)-oxycarbonyl (“Bpoc”), 2-phenylpropyl(2)oxycarbonyl (“Poc”), 2-(4-xenyl)-isopropoxycarbonyl, 1,1-diphenylethyl(1)oxycarbonyl, 1,1-diphenylpropyl(1)oxycarbonyl, 2-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl) propyl(2)oxycarbonyl (“Ddz”), 2-(p-5-toluyl)propyl-(2) oxycarbonyl, cyclo-pentanyloxycarbonyl, 1-methylcyclopentanyl-oxycarbonyl, cyclohexanyloxycarbonyl, 1-methyl-cyclohexanyloxycarbonyl, 2-methylcyclohexanyloxycarbonyl, 2-(4-toluylsulfonyl)ethoxycarbonyl, 2-(methylsulfonyl)ethoxycarbonyl, 2-(triphenylphosphino)ethoxycarbonyl, 9-fluoroenylmethoxycarbonyl (“Fmoc”), 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxycarbonyl, allyloxycarbonyl, 1-(trimethylsilylmethyl)prop-1-enyloxycarbonyl, 5-benz-isoxalylmethoxycarbonyl, 4-acetoxybenzyloxycarbonyl, 2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl, 2-ethynyl(2)propoxycarbonyl, cyclopropylmethoxycarbonyl, isobornyloxycarbonyl, 1-piperidyloxycarbonyl, benzyloxycarbonyl (“Z”), 4-phenylbenzyloxycarbonyl, 2-methylbenzyloxycarbonyl, α-2,4,5,-tetramethylbenzyloxycarbonyl (“Tmz”), 4-methoxybenzyl-oxycarbonyl, 4-fluorobenzyloxycarbonyl, 4-chloro-benzyloxycarbonyl, 3-chlorobenzyloxycarbonyl, 2-chlorobenzyloxycarbonyl, dichlorobenzyloxycarbonyl, 4-bromobenzyloxycarbonyl, 3-bromobenzyloxycarbonyl, 4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl, 4-cyanobenzyIioxycarbonyl, 4-(decyloxy)benzyloxycarbonyl, and the like, the benzoylmethylsulfonyl group, dithiasuccinoyl (“Dts’) group, the 2-(nitro)phenylsulfenyl group (“Nps’), the diphenylphosphine oxide group, and like amino-protecting groups. The species of amino-protecting group employed is usually not critical so long as the derivatized amino group is stable to the conditions of the subsequent reactions and can be removed at the appropriate point without disrupting the remainder of the compound. Preferred amino-protecting groups are Boc and Fmoc. 
     Further examples of amino-protecting groups embraced to by the above term are well known in organic synthesis and the peptide art and are described by, for example T. W. Greene and P. G. M. Wuts,  Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis,  2 nd  ed., John Wiley and Sons. New York., Chapter 7, 1991; M. Bodanzsky,  Principles of Peptide Synthesis,  1 st  and 2 nd  revised eds., Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984 and 1993; and Stewart and Young,  Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis,  2 nd  ed., Pierce Chemical Co, Rockford. IL 1984. 
     The related term “protected amino” defines an amino group substituted with an amino-protecting group discussed above. 
     The term “carboxy-protecting group” as used herein refers to one of the ester derivatives of the carboxylic acid group commonly employed to block or protect the carboxylic acid group while reactions are carried out on other functional groups on the compound. Examples of such carboxylic acid protecting groups include 4-nitrobenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl, 2,4-dimethoxybenzyl, 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzyl, 2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl, pentamethylbenzyl, 3,4-methylene-dioxybenzyl, benzhydryl, 4,4′-methoxytrityl, 4,4′,4″-trimethoxytrityl, 2-phenylprop-2-yl, trimethylsilyl, t-butyldimethylsilyl, 2,2,2-trichloroethyl, β-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl, β-[di(n-butyl)methylsilyl]ethyl, p-toluenesulfonylethyl, 4-nitrobenzyl-sulfonylethyl, allyl, cinnamyl, 1-(trimethylsilylmethyl)-prop-1-en-3-yl, and like moieties. The species of carboxy-protecting group employed is also usually not critical so long as the derivatized carboxylic acid is stable to the conditions of subsequent reactions and can be removed at the appropriate point without disrupting the remainder of the molecule. 
     Further examples of these groups are found in E. Haslam,  Protective Groups in Organic Chemistry , J. G. W. McOmie Ed., Plenum Press, New York 1973, Chapter 5 and T. W. Greene and P. G. M. Wuts,  Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis  2 nd  ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1991, Chapter 5, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. A related term is “protected-carboxy”, which refers to a carboxy group substituted with one of the above carboxy-protecting groups. 
     The term “hydroxy-protecting group” refers to readily cleavable groups bonded to hydroxyl groups, such as the tetrahydropyranyl, 2-methoxyprop-2-yl, 1-ethoxyeth-1-yl, methoxymethyl, β-methoxyethoxymethyl, methylthiomethyl, t-butyl, t-amyl, trityl, 4-methoxytrityl, 4,4′-dimethoxytrityl, 4,4′,4″-trimethoxytrityl, benzyl, allyl, trimethylsilyl, (t-butyl)dimethylsilyl and 2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl groups, and the like. The species of hydroxy-protecting groups is also usually not critical so long as the derivatized hydroxyl group is stable to the conditions of subsequent reaction(s) and can be removed at the appropriate point without disrupting the remainder of the compound. 
     Further examples of hydroxy-protecting groups are described by C. B. Reese and E Haslam,  Protective Groups in Organic Chemistry , J. G. W. McOmie, Ed., Plentun Press, New York 1973, Chapters 3 and 4, respectively, and T. W. Greene and P. G. M. Wuts,  Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis,  2 nd  ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1991, Chapters 2 and 3, whose disclosures are also incorporated by reference. 
     The substituent term “C 1 -C 4  alkylthio” refers to sulfide groups such as methylthio, ethylthio, n-propylthio, isopropylthio, α-butylthio, t-butylthio and like groups. 
     The substituent term “C 1 -C 4  alkylsulfoxide” indicates sulfoxide groups such as methylsulfoxide, ethylsulfoxide, α-propylsulfoxide, iso-propyl-sulfoxide, n-butylsulfoxide, sec-butylsulfoxide, and the like. 
     The term “C 1 -C 4  alkylsulfonyl” encompasses groups such as methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, n-propylsulfonyl, isopropylsulfonyl, a-butylsulfonyl, t-butylsulfonyl, and the like. 
     Phenylthio, phenyl sulfoxide, and phenylsulfonyl compounds are known in the art and these have their art-recognized definitions. By “substituted phenylthio”, “substituted phenyl sulfoxide”, and “substituted phenylsulfonyl”, is meant that the phenyl can be substituted as described above in relation to “substituted phenyl.” 
     The substituent terms “cyclic C 2 -C 10  alkylene”, “substituted cyclic C 2 -C 10  alkylene”, “cyclic C 2 -C 10  heteroalkylene.” and “substituted cyclic C 2 -C 10  heteroakylene” defines a cyclic group bonded (“fused”) to the phenyl radical. The cyclic group can be saturated or contain one or two double bonds. Furthermore, the cyclic group can have one or two methylene groups replaced by one or two oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur atoms. 
     The cyclic alkylene or heteroalkylene group can be substituted once or twice by substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, protected-hydroxy, carboxy, protected-carboxy, keto, ketal, C 1 -C 4  alkoxycarbonyl, C 1 -C 4  alkanoyl, C 1 -C 10  alkyl, carbamoyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 , alkylthio, C 1 -C 4  alkylsulfoxide, C 1 -C 4  alkylsulfonyl, halo, amino, protected-amino, hydroxymethyl and a protected-hydroxymethyl group. 
     A cyclic alkylene or heteroalkylene group fused onto the benzene radical can contain two to ten ring members, but it preferably contains four to six members. Examples of such saturated cyclic groups include a bicyclic ring system that is a 2,3-dihydroindanyl or a tetralin ring. When the cyclic groups are unsaturated, examples occur when the resultant bicyclic ring system is a naphthyl ring or indanyl. 
     An example of a cyclic group that can be fused to a phenyl radical that has two oxygen atoms and that is fully saturated is dioxanyl. Examples of fused cyclic groups that each contain one oxygen atom and one or two double bonds occur when the phenyl ring is fused to a furyl, pyranyl, dihydrofuryl or dihydropyranyl ring. Cyclic groups that each have one nitrogen atom and contain one or two double more double bonds are illustrated where the phenyl is fused to a pyridino or pyrano ring. An example of a fused ring system having one nitrogen and two phenyl radicals is a carbozyl group. Examples of cyclic groups that each have one sulfur atom and contain one or two double bonds occur where the benzene ring is fused to a thieno, thiopyrano, dihydrothieno, or dihydrothiopyrano ring. Examples of cyclic groups that contain two heteroatoms selected from sulfur and nitrogen and one or two double bonds occur where the phenyl ring is fused to a thiazolo, isothiazolo, dihydrothiazolo or dihydroisothiazolo ring. Examples of cyclic groups that contain two heteroatoms selected from oxygen and nitrogen and one or two double bonds occur where the benzene ring is fused to an oxazole, isoxazole, dihydroxazole or dihydroisoxazole ring. Examples of cyclic groups that contain two nitrogen heteroatoms and one or two double bonds occur where the benzene ring is fused to a pyrazolo, imidazolo, dihydropyrazolo or dihydroimidazolo ring. 
     Examples of cyclic groups that each have one nitrogen atom and contain one or two double more double bonds occur when the phenyl is fused to a pyridino or pyrano ring. An example of a fused ring system having one nitrogen and two phenyl radicals is a carbozyl group. Examples of cyclic groups that each have one sulfur atom and contain one or two double bonds occur when the phenyl is fused to a thieno, thiopyrano, dihydrothieno, or dihydrothiopyrano ring. 
     Examples of cyclic groups that contain two heteroatoms selected from sulfur and nitrogen and one or two double bonds occur when the phenyl ring is fused to a thiazolo, isothiazolo, dihydrothiazolo or dihydroisothiazolo ring. Examples of cyclic groups that contain two heteroatoms selected from oxygen and nitrogen and one or two double bonds occur when the benzene ring, is fused to an oxazolo, isoxazolo, dihydroox-azolo or dihydroisoxazolo ring. Examples of cyclic groups which contain two nitrogen heteroatoms and one or two double bonds occur when the benzene ring is fused to a pyrazolo, Imidazolo, dihydropyrazolo or dihydroimidazolo ring. 
     Pharmaceutical Compositions 
     A pharmaceutical composition for treating infections, pain, or other indications treatable by a contemplated imidazo-imidazol-one is administered to a subject in need of the medication at dosage levels of about 0.7 to about 7000 mg per day, and preferably about 1 to about 500 mg per day, for a normal human adult of approximately 70 kg of body weight. This broadly translates into a dosage of about 0.01 to about 100 mg/kg of body weight per day of an imidizo-imidazol-one compound of Formula I as active ingredient. The specific dosages employed, however, can be varied depending upon the requirements of the patient, the severity of the condition being treated, and the activity of the compound being employed. The determination of optimum dosages for a particular situation is within the skill of the art. 
     One or more of the imidizo-imidazol-one compounds of Formula I can be present as a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt. The term “pharmaceutically-acceptable salt” encompasses those salts that form with the carboxylate anions or ammonium cations and include salts formed with the organic and inorganic cations and anions discussed below. Furthermore, the term includes salts that form by standard acid-base reactions with basic groups (such as amino groups) and organic or inorganic acids. Such acids include hydrochloric, sulfuric, phosphoric, acetic, succinic, citric lactic, maleic, fumaric, palmitic, cholic, pamoic, mucic, D-glutamic, d-camphoric, glutaric, phthalic, tartaric, lauricc, stearic, salicyclic, methanesulfonic, benzenesulfonic, sorbic, picric, benzoic, cinnamic, and like acids. 
     The term “organic or inorganic cation” refers to counterions for the carboxylate anion of a carboxylate salt. The counter-ions are chosen from the alkali and alkaline earth metals, (such as lithium, sodium, potassium, barium and calcium): ammonium; and the organic cations such as (dibenzylammonium, benzylammonium, 2-hydroxymethylammonium, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium, phenylethylbenzyl ammonium, dibebenzylethylenediammoniurn, and like cations). Other cations encompassed by the above term include the protonated form of procaine, quinine and N-methylglucosamine, and the protonated forms of basic amino acids such as glycine, ornithine, histidine, phenylglycine, lysine and arginine. Furthermore, any zwitterionic form of the instant compounds formed by a carboxylic acid and an amino group is referred to by this term. A preferred cation for the carboxylate anion is the sodium cation. 
     A compound of Formula I can also be present as a solvate and hydrate. Thus, these compounds can crystallize with, for example, waters of hydration, or one, a number of, or any fraction thereof of molecules of the mother liquor solvent. The solvates and hydrates of such compounds are included within the scope of this invention. 
     One or more of the contemplated compounds can be in the biologically active ester form, such as the non-toxic, metabolically-labile ester-form. Such ester forms induce increased blood levels and prolong the efficacy of the corresponding non-esterified forms of the compounds. Ester groups that can be used include the lower alkoxymethyl groups (C 1 -C 4  alkoxymethyl) for example, methoxymethyl, ethoxymethyl, isopropoxymethyl and the like; the —(C 1 -C 4 ) alkoxyethyl groups, for example methoxyethyl, ethoxyethyl, propxyethyl, iso-propoxyethyl, and the like, the 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-ylmethyl groups such as 5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-ylmethyl, 5-phenyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-ylmethyl, and the like, the C 1 -C 3  alkylthiomethyl groups, for example methylthiomethyl, ethylthiomethyl, isopropylthiomethyl, and the like, the acyloxymethyl groups, for example pivaloyloxymethyl, pivaloyloxyethyl, a-acetoxymethyl, and the like, the ethoxycarbonyl-1-methyl group, the a-acetoxyethyl, the 3-phthalidyl or 5,6-dimethylphtalidyl groups, the 1-(C 1 -C 4  alkyloxycarbonyloxy)ethyl groups such as the 1-(ethoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl group, and the 1-(C 1 -C 4  alkylaminocarbonyloxy)ethyl groups such as the 1-methylaminocarbonyloxyethyl group. 
     For preparing pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, inert, pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are used. The pharmaceutical carrier can be either solid or liquid. Solid form preparations include, for example, powders, tablets, dispersible granules, capsules, cachets, and suppositories. 
     A solid carrier can be one or more substances that can also act as diluents, flavoring agents, solubilizers, lubricants, suspending agents, binders, or tablet disintegrating agents; it can also be an encapsulating material. 
     In powders, the carrier is generally a finely divided solid that is in a mixture with the finely divided active component. In tablets, the active compound is mixed with the carrier having the necessary binding properties in suitable proportions and compacted in the shape and size desired. 
     For preparing pharmaceutical composition in the form of suppositories, a low-melting wax such as a mixture of fatty acid glycerides and cocoa butter is first melted and the active ingredient is dispersed therein by, for example, stirring. The molten homogeneous mixture is then poured into convenient-sized molds and allowed to cool and solidify. 
     Powders and tablets preferably contain between about 5% to about 70% by weight of the active ingredient. Suitable carriers include, for example, magnesium carbonate, magnesium stearate, talc, lactose, sugar, pectin, dextrin, starch, tragacanth, methyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, a low-melting wax, cocoa butter and the like. 
     A pharmaceutical composition can include the formulation of the active compound with encapsulating material as a carrier providing a capsule in which the active component (with or without other carriers) is surrounded by a carrier, which is thus in association with it. In a similar manner, cachets are also included. 
     Tablets, powders, cachets, and capsules can be used as solid dosage forms suitable for oral administration. 
     Liquid pharmaceutical compositions include, for example, solutions suitable for oral or parenteral administration, or suspensions, and emulsions suitable for oral administration. Sterile water solutions of the active component or sterile solutions of the active component in solvents comprising water, ethanol, or propylene glycol are examples of liquid compositions suitable for parenteral administration. 
     Sterile solutions can be prepared by dissolving the active component in the desired solvent system, and then passing the resulting solution through a membrane filter to sterilize it or, alternatively, by dissolving the sterile compound in a previously sterilized solvent under sterile conditions. 
     Aqueous solutions for oral administration can be prepared by dissolving the active compound in water and adding suitable flavorants, coloring agents, stabilizers, and thickening agents as desired. Aqueous suspensions for oral use can be made by dispersing the finely divided active component in water together with a viscous material such as natural or synthetic gums, resins, methyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and other suspending agents known to the pharmaceutical formulation art. 
     Preferably, the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dosage form. In such form, the composition is divided into unit doses containing appropriate quantities of the active urea. The unit dosage form can be a packaged preparation, the package containing discrete quantities of the preparation, for example, packeted tablets, capsules, and powders in vials or ampules. The unit dosage form can also be a capsule, cachet, or tablet itself, or it can be the appropriate number of any of these packaged forms. 
     Library Synthesis and Use 
     As used herein, a chemical or combinatorial ” library” is an intentionally created collection of a plurality of structurally similar, but different molecules. By “structurally similar”, it is meant that the constituent compounds of a library have the same ring structure; i.e., a bicyclic imidizo-imidazol-one ring, and at least two positions at which substituents are bonded to the ring structure. It is preferred that the member compounds of the library also have the same substitution pattern of substituent groups; i.e., that the at least two substituents be bonded to the same ring positions in each member compound. The molecule members of the library are different in that each member has at least one different substituent group from the other members of the library. A library can contain two to thousands or millions of member compounds. 
     A particular library can also be comprised of members whose substituent groups are all different from each other. Thus, where the shared ring structure contains substituent groups at a plurality of positions, a library can be prepared in which the member molecules contain different groups at each position. 
     Alternatively, a plurality of sub-libraries or sets can also be prepared in which a first set has a first substituent that is held constant for all of the members (is present in all members) of the set, whereas the groups at the other substituent positions are different and constitute a mixture of groups at each substituent position. A second set of that plurality has a second, different, first substituent, and the same mixture of different groups at the other substituent positions. A third set of that plurality has a third, different first substituent, and the same mixture of different groups at the other substituent positions, and so on until one decides to stop making sets with different first substituents. Such set pluralities of structurally similar, but different compounds are also often referred to as libraries of libraries, and are particularly useful in ascertaining which compound or compounds of a library are active in an assay of choice. 
     A library can be prepared by the synthetic means discussed below or otherwise herein and screened for biological activity in a variety of formats (e.g. libraries of soluble molecules). Libraries of compounds can be attached to resin beads, silica chips or other solid supports). The libraries can be screened in any variety of assays, such as those detailed below as well as others useful for assessing the biological activity of imidazo-imidazol-ones. The libraries typically contain at least one active compound and are generally prepared such that the compounds are in equimolar quantities. 
     The nonsupport-bound library mixtures prepared herein were screened in solution in radio-receptor inhibition assays described in detail hereinafter. Deconvolution of highly active mixtures can then be carried out by iterative, or positional scanning methods. These techniques, the iterative approach or the positional scanning approach, can be utilized for finding other active compounds within the libraries of the present invention using any one of the below-described assays or others well known in the art. 
     The iterative approach is well-known and is set forth in general in Houghten et al.,  Nature,  354, 84-86 (1991) and Dooley et al.,  Science,  266, 2019-2022 (1994), both of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the iterative approach, for example, sub-libraries of a molecule having three variable groups are made wherein the first variable substituent is defined (known and held constant) within the sub-library. Each of the compounds with the defined variable group is reacted separately with each of the other possibilities at the second variable group position and the third variable position is a mixture of all of the possible substituents to form a plurality of sub-libraries whose first two substituent groups are known. These sub-libraries are each assayed to define the identity of the second variable in the sub-library having the highest activity in the screen of choice. 
     A new sub-library with the first two variable positions defined is separately reacted with each of the other possibilities at the remaining undefined variable position. As before, the identity of the third variable position in the sub-library having the highest activity is determined. 
     If more variables exist, this process is repeated for all variables, yielding the compound with each variable contributing to the highest desired activity in the screening process. Promising compounds from this process can then be synthesized on larger scale in traditional single-compound synthetic methods for further biological investigation. 
     The positional-scanning approach has been described for various libraries as described, for example, in R. Houghten et al. PCT/US91/08694 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,762, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. The positional scanning approach is used as described below in the preparation and screening of the libraries. 
     In the positional scanning approach, sub-libraries are made defining only one variable substituent with each set of sub-libraries and all possible sub-libraries with each single variable substituent defined (and all other possibilities at all of the other variable positions) is made and tested. From the instant description one skilled in the art can synthesize libraries wherein two fixed substituent positions are defined at a time. From the assaying of each single-variable defined library, the optimum substituent at that position is determined, pointing to the optimum or at least a series of compounds having a maximum of the desired biological activity. Thus, the number of sub-libraries for compounds with a single substituent position defined is the number of different substituents desired at that position, and the number of all the compounds in each sub-library is the product of the number of substituents at each of the other variables. 
     The [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one libraries and compounds of Formula I can be prepared according to the general reaction Scheme 1, which for ease of description is shown using single amino acids. The reaction scheme shown forms a single compound or enantiomeric pair of compounds of Formula I. Where libraries are desired, a mixture of amino acids (Boc-R 1 aa-OH or Boc-R 2 aa-OH), or carboxylic acids (R 3 —CO 2 H) is used for at least one of the coupling steps. 
     The individual compounds and libraries are prepared using solid-phase techniques. The solid-phase resin, here, p-methylbenzhydrylamine resin (p-MBHA), is indicated in Scheme 1 by the large circle and dash.                    
     Starting from p-methylbenzhydrylamine (MBHA) resin-bound N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) amino acid 1 (Boc-R 1 aa-OH), the Boc group was removed using a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and dichloromethane (DCM). The resulting amine salt was neutralized, and the resulting primary amine was N-acylated with a second Boc-protected amino acid (Boc-R 2 aa-OH) as before, to provide the resin bound-monopeptide 2. 
     Following removal of the Boc protecting group using 55% of trifluoroacetic acid in dichloromethane, the resulting free amine was acylated with a carboxylic acid 3 (R 3 —CO 2 H) in dimethylformamide (DMF) using diisopropylcarbodiimide (DICI) and hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) to effect coupling. The bicyclic [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]-imidazol-2(3H)-one 4 was obtained via cyclization using the conditions of Bischler-Napieralski, with 25-fold excess of phosphorus oxychloride (POCl 3 ) in refluxing 1,4-dioxane in the presence of a 30-fold excess of anion exchange resin (AG® 3-X4) [Bischler, A.; Napieralski, B.  Chem. Ber., ( 1893), 26, 1903; W. M. Whaley, T. R. Govindachari,  Org. React.,  6, 74 (1951); T. Kametani et al.,  Tetrahedron,  27, 5367 (1971); G. Fodor et al.,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,  11, 919 (1972); G. Fodor, S. Nagubandi,  Tetrahedron,  36, 1279 (1980); idem,  Heterocycles,  15, 165 (1981)]. More recent syntheses using freshly distilled POCl 3  in the absence of the anion exchange resin have provided yields in the range of about 80 percent. The desired products were readily obtained following cleavage from the resin with anhydrous HF in anisole to provide compound 4. 
     Following the strategy described in Scheme 1, with the parallel synthesis approach, commonly referred to as the “tea-bag” method [Houghten et al., Nature, 354: 84-86 (1991)], libraries are synthesized with 33 different amino acids to provide the R group at R 1 , 33 different amino acids to provide the R group at R 2 , and 92 different carboxylic acids to provide the R group at R 3 , in which the individual building blocks were varied, while fixing the remaining two positions. 
     Any variety of amino acids can be used with the present invention as described above to prepare a vast array of bicyclic [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]-imidazol-2(3H)-one with different R 1 , R 2  and R 3  groups. As described above, thirty-three first amino acids were coupled to the resin, which amino acids provide the R 1  substituent group. The thirty-three amino acids included Ala, Phe, Gly, His(DNP), Ile, Lys(CBZ), Leu, Met, Arg(Tos), Nva, Ser(Bzl), Thr(Bzl), Val, Tyr(CHO), Tyr(BrZ), Nle, Cha, ala, phe, his(DNP), ile, lys(CBZ), leu, met, arg(Tos), ser(Bzl), thr(Bzl), val, trp(CHO), tyr(BrZ), nle, nva, cha. 
     After the above-described 33 reactions and removal of the BOC protecting group, a single amino acid (valine) was coupled as the second amino acid, thereby providing the R 2  group. After removal of the second BOC group, a single carboxylic acid, acetic acid, was coupled to provide the R 3  group for the 33 different compounds. Those compounds were thereafter cyclized to form compounds of Formula I and cleaved from the resin. 
     Another set or sub-library of 33 compounds was prepared by reacting a single amino acid (valine) with the resin to provide one R 1  group. After removal of the BOC protecting group, each of the above 33 amino acids was then separately coupled to provide 33 resin-linked peptides with the same R 1  group and one of the 33 different R 2  groups. On removing the second BOC group, a single carboxylic acid (acetic acid) was bonded to the free amino group to provide a single R 3  group for the resin-linked peptides. Theses compounds were also cyclized to form compounds of Formula I, and cleaved from the resin. 
     In a third set or sub-library preparation, a single amino acid (valine) was coupled to the resin to provide a single R 1  group, the BOC group was removed and a second amino acid (valine) was coupled to provide a single R 2  group and form a dipeptide. After removal of the second BOC group, the dipeptide was separately reacted with each of the 92 carboxylic acids listed in Table 2, below, to provide 92 different R 3  groups. The acylated peptides were thereafter cyclized, cleaved from the solid support resin and recovered. Assays using those compounds are discussed hereinafter. 
     As used herein, abbreviations for the various amino acid side-chain protecting groups are as follows: “Trt” for trityl, “tBu’ for tert-butyl, “Boc” or “BOC” for tert-butoxycarbonyl, “Tos” for toluenesulfonyl or tosyl, “DNP” for dinitrophenyl, “Bzl” for benzyl, “CHO” for formyl, “Brz” for 2-bromobenzyloxycarbonyl and “CBZ” for carbobenzoxy. As can be seen from the side chains exemplified in the table below, it should be appreciated from the above-described embodiments of R 1  and R 2  are merely illustrative of the R groups that can be present. Following usual notation, L-amino acids are referred to with an initial capital letter as in Val, whereas D-amino acids are referred to with an initial lower case letter as in ala. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Amino acid name 
                 Side chain R 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 Full 
                 3-letter code 
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                 Glycine 
                 Gly 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Alanine 
                 Ala 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Valine 
                 Val 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leucine 
                 Leu 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Isoleucine 
                 Ile 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lysine 
                 Lys 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Serine 
                 Ser 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Threonine 
                 Thr 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phenylalanine 
                 Phe 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyrosine 
                 Tyr 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Norvaline 
                 Nva 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Norleucine 
                 Nle 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Naphthylalanine 
                 Nal 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cyclohexylalanine 
                 Cha 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Methionine 
                 Met 
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phenylglycine 
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     A variety of carboxylic acids can also be used in the acylation step of the reaction of Scheme 1, thereby providing a wide array of substituents at the R 3  position of the bicyclic [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one. Ninety-two carboxylic acids were used in preparing the [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one libraries. The ninety-two R 3  groups were provided by the following carboxylic acids: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Exemplary Carboxylic Acids 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 1-Phenyl-1-Cyclopropanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Phenylbutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Phenylbutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 m-Tolylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Fluorophenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Bromophenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 α,α,α-Trifluoro-m-tolyl-acetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 p-Tolylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Fluorophenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Methoxyphenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Bromophenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methoxyphenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Ethoxyphenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Isobutyl-α-methylphenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dichlorophenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,5-Bis(Trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)propionic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Biphenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 α-Methylcinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-(Trifluoromethyl)cinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 (3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)acetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-(Methylenedioxy)phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Methoxycinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-(Methylenedioxy)cinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Hydroxycinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Benzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Chlorocinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 m-Anisic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Isopropylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Vinylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Fluorobenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Bromobenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dimethoxycinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 trans-Cinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dimethylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Fluoro-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Bromo-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Iodo-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dichlorobenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Biphenylcarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Difluorobenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 m-Toluic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Hydrocinnamic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Methoxy-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Phenylbutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Butylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,5-Dimethylbenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,5-Bis(Trifluoromethyl)benzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dimethoxybenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Ethyl-4-biphenylcarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3,4,5-Triethoxybenzoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Butyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Heptanoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Isobutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 (+/−)-2-Methylbutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Isovaleric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Methylvaleric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methylvaleric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 (+/−)-2-Ethylhexanoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Crotonic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Vinylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 trans-3-Hexenoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Ethyl-2-Hexenoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 p-Toluic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 p-Anisic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Trimethylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 tert-Butylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Dicyclohexylacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexanebutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cycloheptanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Acetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Methylcyclopropanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclobutanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclopentanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 3-Cyclopentylpropionic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Furoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexanepropionic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methyl-1-Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-tert-Butyl-Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 1-Adamantanecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methylcyclohexaneacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2,4-Hexadienoic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 Tiglic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Norbornaneacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 1-Adamantaneacetic Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Ethylbutyric Acid 
               
               
                   
                 2-Thiophenecarboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
    
    
     EXAMPLE 1 
     Individual Syntheses of [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]-imidazol-2 (3H)-ones 
     The compounds listed below were prepared following the synthetic route illustrated and discussed in regard to Scheme 1, above. A total of 158 individual compound syntheses or pools were carried out, with 73 of those reactions yielding either no product, starting material or other than the expected product. The reason for the apparent failures is not completely understood, but is believed to be due to steric hindrance. Recent syntheses with about twenty compounds indicated yields of product in each synthesis when freshly distilled POCl 3  was used in the synthesis. The reagent used for the preparation of each of the three “R” groups; i.e., the amino acid or carboxylic acid, is listed in the three columns labeled R 1 , R 2  and R 3 , respectively. Mass spectral data from the syntheses are shown in the right hand-most column of the table below. 
     
       
         
           
               
            
               
                   
               
               
                 I 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Single 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 major 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 peak 
               
               
                 Pool 
                   
                   
                 R 3   
                 MW ] 
                 M + H 
                 (MW) 
               
               
                 # 
                 R 1   
                 R 2   
                 (Acid) 
                 (calc) 
                 (calc) 
                 found 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                 Gly 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 179.11 
                 180.11 
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 Ala 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 193.12 
                 194.12 
                 194.1 
               
               
                 3 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.1 
               
               
                 4 
                 Leu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.2 
               
               
                 5 
                 Ile 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.1 
               
               
                 6 
                 Ser 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 209.12 
                 210.12 
               
               
                 7 
                 Thr 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 223.13 
                 224.13 
               
               
                 8 
                 Lys 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 250.16 
                 251.16 
               
               
                 9 
                 Arg 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 278.19 
                 279.19 
                 279.6 
               
               
                 10 
                 Met 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 253.12 
                 254.12 
               
               
                 11 
                 Nle 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.2 
               
               
                 12 
                 Nva 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.2 
               
               
                 13 
                 Cha 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 275.2 
                 276.20 
                 276.2 
               
               
                 14 
                 Phe 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 269.15 
                 270.15 
               
               
                 15 
                 Tyr 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 285.15 
                 286.15 
               
               
                 16 
                 Trp 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 387.16 
                 388.16 
               
               
                 17 
                 His(DNP) 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 425.14 
                 426.14 
                 426.2 
               
               
                 18 
                 ala 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 193.12 
                 194.12 
                 194.1 
               
               
                 19 
                 val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.2 
               
               
                 20 
                 leu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.2 
               
               
                 21 
                 ile 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.2 
               
               
                 22 
                 ser 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 209.12 
                 210.12 
               
               
                 23 
                 thr 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 223.13 
                 224.13 
               
               
                 24 
                 lys 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 250.16 
                 251.16 
               
               
                 25 
                 arg 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 264.17 
                 265.17 
               
               
                 26 
                 met 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 253.12 
                 254.12 
               
               
                 27 
                 nle 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.2 
               
               
                 28 
                 nva 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.2 
               
               
                 29 
                 cha 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 275.2 
                 276.20 
                 276.2 
               
               
                 30 
                 phe 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 269.15 
                 270.15 
                 270.2 
               
               
                 31 
                 tyr 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 285.15 
                 286.15 
                 286.2 
               
               
                 32 
                 trp 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 308.16 
                 309.16 
               
               
                 33 
                 his(DNP) 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 425.14 
                 426.14 
                 462 
               
               
                 34 
                 Val 
                 Gly 
                 Acetic 
                 179.11 
                 180.11 
                 180.1 
               
               
                 35 
                 Val 
                 Ala 
                 Acetic 
                 193.12 
                 194.12 
                 194.1 
               
               
                 36 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.1 
               
               
                 37 
                 Val 
                 Leu 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.1 
               
               
                 38 
                 Val 
                 Ile 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.1 
               
               
                 39 
                 Val 
                 Ser 
                 Acetic 
                 209.12 
                 210.12 
               
               
                 40 
                 Val 
                 Thr 
                 Acetic 
                 223.13 
                 224.13 
               
               
                 41 
                 Val 
                 Lys 
                 Acetic 
                 250.16 
                 251.16 
                 251.2 
               
               
                 42 
                 Val 
                 Arg 
                 Acetic 
                 278.19 
                 279.19 
                 279.2 
               
               
                 43 
                 Val 
                 Met 
                 Acetic 
                 253.12 
                 254.12 
               
               
                 44 
                 Val 
                 Nle 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.1 
               
               
                 45 
                 Val 
                 Nva 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.1 
               
               
                 46 
                 Val 
                 Cha 
                 Acetic 
                 275.2 
                 276.20 
                 276.2 
               
               
                 47 
                 Val 
                 Phe 
                 Acetic 
                 269.15 
                 270.15 
                 270.1 
               
               
                 48 
                 Val 
                 Tyr 
                 Acetic 
                 285.15 
                 286.15 
                 286.1 
               
               
                 49 
                 Val 
                 Trp 
                 Acetic 
                 387.16 
                 388.16 
               
               
                 50 
                 Val 
                 His 
                 Acetic 
                 425.14 
                 426.14 
                 426.2 
               
               
                 51 
                 Val 
                 Ala 
                 Acetic 
                 193.12 
                 194.12 
                 194.1 
               
               
                 52 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.1 
               
               
                 53 
                 Val 
                 Leu 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.1 
               
               
                 54 
                 Val 
                 Ile 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.2 
               
               
                 55 
                 Val 
                 Ser 
                 Acetic 
                 209.12 
                 210.12 
               
               
                 56 
                 Val 
                 Thr 
                 Acetic 
                 223.13 
                 224.13 
               
               
                 57 
                 Val 
                 Lys 
                 Acetic 
                 250.16 
                 251.16 
                 251.2 
               
               
                 58 
                 Val 
                 Arg 
                 Acetic 
                 278.19 
                 279.19 
                 279.2 
               
               
                 59 
                 Val 
                 Met 
                 Acetic 
                 253.12 
                 254.12 
                 254.1 
               
               
                 60 
                 Val 
                 nle 
                 Acetic 
                 235.17 
                 236.17 
                 236.1 
               
               
                 61 
                 Val 
                 nva 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.1 
               
               
                 62 
                 Val 
                 cha 
                 Acetic 
                 275.2 
                 276.20 
                 276.2 
               
               
                 63 
                 Val 
                 phe 
                 Acetic 
                 269.15 
                 270.15 
                 270.1 
               
               
                 64 
                 Val 
                 tyr 
                 Acetic 
                 285.15 
                 286.15 
                 286.1 
               
               
                 65 
                 Val 
                 trp 
                 Acetic 
                 308.16 
                 309.16 
               
               
                 66 
                 Val 
                 his 
                 Acetic 
                 425.14 
                 426.14 
                 426.1 
               
               
                 67 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Phenyl-1- 
                 323.2 
                 324.20 
                 324.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cyclopropane- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 68 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Phenyl-butyric 
                 325.22 
                 326.22 
                 326.2 
               
               
                 69 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Phenyl-butyric 
                 325.22 
                 326.22 
                 326.2 
               
               
                 70 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 m-Tolylacetic 
                 311.2 
                 312.20 
                 312.2 
               
               
                 71 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Fluoro- 
                 315.17 
                 316.17 
                 316.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 72 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Bromo- 
                 375.11 
                 376.11 
                 376.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 73 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (α,α,α-Trifluoro- 
                 365.17 
                 366.17 
                 366.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 m-Tolyl)acetic 
               
               
                 74 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 p-Tolylacetic 
                 311.2 
                 312.20 
                 312.2 
               
               
                 75 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Fluoro- 
                 315.17 
                 316.17 
                 316.1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 76 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methoxy- 
                 327.19 
                 328.19 
                 328.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 77 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Bromo- 
                 375.11 
                 376.11 
                 376.1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 78 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methoxy- 
                 327.19 
                 328.19 
                 328.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 79 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Ethoxy- 
                 341.21 
                 342.21 
                 342.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 80 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Isobutyl- 
                 367.26 
                 368.26 
                 368.1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 alpha- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methylphenyl- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 81 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Dichloro- 
                 365.11 
                 366.11 
                 366.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 82 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,5-Bis- 
                 433.16 
                 434.16 
                 434.1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Trifluoro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methyl)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                 83 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-(3,4- 
                 371.22 
                 372.22 
                 372.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Dimethoxy- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenyl)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic 
               
               
                 84 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Biphenyl- 
                 373.22 
                 374.22 
                 374.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 85 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 α-Methyl- 
                 323.2 
                 324.20 
                 324.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cinnamic 
               
               
                 86 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-(Trifluoro- 
                 377.17 
                 378.17 
                 378.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methyl)cinnamic 
               
               
                 87 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (3,4-Dimethoxy- 
                 357.21 
                 358.21 
                 358.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenyl)acetic 
               
               
                 88 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-(Methylene- 
                 329.17 
                 330.17 
                 330.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dioxy)phenyl- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 89 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Methoxy- 
                 339.19 
                 340.19 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cinnamic 
               
               
                 90 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-(Methylene- 
                 353.17 
                 354.17 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 dioxy)cinnamic 
               
               
                 91 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Hydroxy- 
                 325.18 
                 326.18 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cinnamic 
               
               
                 92 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Benzoic 
                 283.17 
                 284.17 
                 284.2 
               
               
                 93 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Chloro- 
                 343.15 
                 344.15 
                 344.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cinnamic 
               
               
                 94 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 m-Anisic 
                 313.18 
                 314.18 
               
               
                 95 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Isopropyl- 
                 325.22 
                 326.22 
                 326.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 96 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Vinylbenzoic 
                 309.18 
                 310.18 
               
               
                 97 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Fluoro-benzoic 
                 301.16 
                 302.16 
                 302.2 
               
               
                 98 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Bromo-benzoic 
                 361.1 
                 362.10 
               
               
                 99 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Dimethoxy- 
                 369.21 
                 370.21 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cinnamic 
               
               
                 100 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Hydroxy- 
                 299.16 
                 300.16 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 101 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 trans-Cinnamic 
                 309.18 
                 310.18 
                 310.2 
               
               
                 102 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Dimethyl- 
                 311.2 
                 312.20 
                 312.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 103 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Fluoro-4- 
                 315.17 
                 316.17 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methylbenzoic 
               
               
                 104 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Bromo-4- 
                 375.11 
                 376.11 
                 376.1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methylbenzoic 
               
               
                 105 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Iodo-4- 
                 423.08 
                 424.08 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methylbenzoic 
               
               
                 106 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Dichloro- 
                 351.09 
                 352.09 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 107 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Biphenyl- 
                 373.22 
                 374.22 
                 374.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 108 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Difluoro- 
                 319.15 
                 320.15 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 109 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 m-Toluic 
                 297.18 
                 298.18 
                 298.2 
               
               
                 110 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Phenylacetic 
                 297.18 
                 298.18 
                 298.2 
               
               
                 111 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Hydrocinnamic 
                 311.2 
                 312.20 
                 312.2 
               
               
                 112 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methoxy-4- 
                 327.42 
                 328.42 
                 328.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methylbenzoic 
               
               
                 113 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Phenylbutyric 
                 325.22 
                 326.22 
                 326.2 
               
               
                 114 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Butylbenzoic 
                 339.23 
                 340.23 
                 340.2 
               
               
                 115 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,5-Dimethyl- 
                 311.2 
                 312.20 
                 312.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 116 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,5-Bis- 
                 419.14 
                 420.14 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Trifluoro- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methyl)benzoic 
               
               
                 117 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Dimethoxy- 
                 343.19 
                 344.19 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 benzoic 
               
               
                 118 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Ethyl-4- 
                 387.23 
                 388.23 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 biphenyl- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 119 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4,5-Tri- 
                 373.2 
                 374.20 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 methoxybenzoic 
               
               
                 120 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4,5-Tri- 
                 415.25 
                 416.25 
                 416.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 ethoxy-benzoic 
               
               
                 121 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Butyric 
                 249.18 
                 250.18 
                 250.2 
               
               
                 122 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Heptanoic 
                 291.23 
                 292.23 
                 292.2 
               
               
                 123 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Isobutyric 
                 249.18 
                 250.18 
                 250.2 
               
               
                 124 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (+/−)-2-Methyl- 
                 263.2 
                 264.20 
                 264.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 butyric 
               
               
                 125 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Isovaleric 
                 263.2 
                 264.20 
                 264.2 
               
               
                 126 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methylvaleric 
                 277.22 
                 278.22 
                 278.2 
               
               
                 127 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methylvaleric 
                 277.22 
                 278.22 
                 278.2 
               
               
                 128 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (+/−)-2-Ethyl- 
                 305.25 
                 306.25 
                 306.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexanoic 
               
               
                 129 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Crotonic 
                 247.17 
                 248.17 
               
               
                 130 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Vinylacetic 
                 247.17 
                 248.17 
                 248.2 
               
               
                 131 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 trans-3-Hexenoic 
                 275.2 
                 276.20 
                 276.3 
               
               
                 132 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Ethyl-2- 
                 303.23 
                 304.23 
                 304.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexenoic 
               
               
                 133 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 p-Toluic 
                 297.18 
                 298.18 
                 298.2 
               
               
                 134 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 p-Anisic 
                 313.18 
                 314.18 
                 314.2 
               
               
                 135 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Trimethylacetic 
                 263.2 
                 264.20 
                 264.1 
               
               
                 136 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 tert-Butylacetic 
                 277.22 
                 278.22 
                 278.2 
               
               
                 137 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 289.22 
                 290.22 
                 290.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 138 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexyl- 
                 303.23 
                 304.23 
                 304.3 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 139 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Dicyclohexyl- 
                 385.31 
                 386.31 
                 386.4 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 140 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 331.26 
                 332.26 
                 332.3 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 butyric 
               
               
                 141 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cycloheptane- 
                 303.23 
                 304.23 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 142 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic 
                 221.15 
                 222.15 
                 222.2 
               
               
                 143 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Methyl- 
                 261.18 
                 262.18 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cyclopropane- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 144 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclobutane- 
                 261.18 
                 262.18 
                 262.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 145 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclopentane- 
                 275.2 
                 276.20 
                 276.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 146 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Cyclopentyl- 
                 303.23 
                 304.23 
                 304.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic 
               
               
                 147 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Furoic 
                 273.15 
                 274.15 
               
               
                 148 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 317.25 
                 318.25 
                 318.3 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic 
               
               
                 149 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methyl-1- 
                 303.23 
                 304.23 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cyclohexane- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 150 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-tert-Butyl- 
                 345.28 
                 346.28 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cyclohexane- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 151 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Adamantane- 
                 355.26 
                 356.26 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                 152 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methylcyclo- 
                 317.25 
                 318.25 
                 318.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexaneacetic 
               
               
                 153 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2,4-Hexadienoic 
                 273.18 
                 274.18 
               
               
                 154 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Tiglic 
                 261.18 
                 262.18 
               
               
                 155 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Norbornane- 
                 315.23 
                 316.23 
                 316.2 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 156 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Adamantane- 
                 355.26 
                 356.26 
                 356.3 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic 
               
               
                 157 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Ethylbutyric 
                 277.22 
                 278.22 
                 278.2 
               
               
                 158 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Thiophene- 
                 351.09 
                 352.09 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     NMR product data for individual compounds from five syntheses carried out following the reaction route outlined above are provided below for compounds corresponding in structure to compound 4b of Scheme 1. Those compounds are referred to as compounds 4b 1-5 .                    
     Product data: 
     4 b 1 :  1 H NMR (500 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 6.85-7.27 (m, 10H), 5.25-5.35 (t, 1H), 3.75-3.85 (s, 2H), 3.4-3.6 (dd, 2H), 2.57 (s, 3H); HRMS (FAB) m/z 318.1590 found (M+H] + , 318.1606 calculated for C 20 H 20 N 3 O + . 
     4b 2 :  1 H NMR (500 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 4.85-4.95 (m, 1H), 2.60 (s, 3H), 2.54-2.59 (m, 1H), 2.23 (s, 1H), 1.25-1.26 (d, 3H), 0.89-0.90 (d, 3H); HRMS (FAB) m/z 193.1214 found (M] + , 193.1215 calculated for C 10 H 15 N 3 O. 
     4b 3 :  1 H NMR (500 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 7.15-7.41 (m, 5H), 4.8-5.0 (m, 2H), 3.97 (s, 2H) 2.59 (s, 3H), 1.27-1.28 (d, 3H), 0.90-0.92 (d, 3H); HRMS (FAB) m/z 269.1528 found (M] + , 269.1528 calculated for C 16  H 19 N 3 O. 
     4b 4 :  1 H NMR (500 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 5.64 (s, 1H), 4.14 (s, 3H), 3.30 (s, 1H), 2.43 (s, 3H), 1.85-1.90 (dd, 6H); HRMS (FAB) m/z 193.1207 found (M] + , 193.1215 calculated for C 10 H 15 N 3 O. 
     4b 5 :  1 H NMR (500 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 5.59-5.72 (m, 2H), 5.18-5.20 (d, 1H), 2.68-2.85 (m, 3H), 2.44 (d, 3H), 2.37 (s, 1H), 1.0-1.1 (dd, 6H). LCMS (ES) m/z 208.1 found [M+H] + , 208.14 calculated for C 11 H 18 N 3 O + . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Compound 
                 R 1   
                 R 2   
                 R 3   
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 4b 1   
                 benzyl 
                 benzyl 
                 methyl 
               
               
                   
                 4b 2   
                 2-propyl 
                 methyl 
                 methyl 
               
               
                   
                 4b 3   
                 2-propyl 
                 benzyl 
                 methyl 
               
               
                   
                 4b 4   
                 methyl 
                 2-propyl 
                 methyl 
               
               
                   
                 4b 5   
                 benzyl 
                 benzyl 
                 2-propyl 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 2 
     Binding Inhibition of the Rat Brain Mu Receptor by [3,5,7]-1H-Imidazo[1,5-a]-imidazol-2(3H)-one Compounds 
     The previously prepared [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]-imidazol-2(3H)-one library of individual compounds was screened for the ability to inhibit the binding of [ 3 H] [D-Ala 2  MePhe 4  Gly 5 -ol]enkephalin (DAMGO) that is known to bind specifically to the mu opiate receptor present in rat brain homogenates following literature procedures. [Dooley et al.,  Science,  266:2019(1994); U.S. Pat. No. 5,763,193.] 
     Preparation of rat brain membranes and the receptor binding assay were carried out as described in Dooley et al.,  Life Sci.,  52:1509(1993). Each tube in the screening assay contained 0.08 mg of compound mixture per milliliter, 0.5 mL of membrane suspension (0.1 mg of protein), 7 nM  3 H-labeled DAMGO [specific activity 36 Ci/mmol, obtained from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) repository through Chiron Mimotopes PeptideSystems (San Diego, Calif.) and 50 mL of peptide mixture in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.4). The final volume was 0.65 mL. The results of these screenings are shown in the table, below, wherein the “R” groups are as discussed for Example 1. The results are reported as percent inhibition of DAMGO binding. 
     [3,5,7]-1H-Imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one Compound Binding Inhibition of [ 3 H]DAMGO 
     
       
         
           
               
            
               
                   
               
               
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 % 
               
               
                 Pool 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Minus 
                 % 
                 Inhibi- 
               
               
                 # 
                 R 1   
                 R 2   
                 R 3   
                 Mean 
                 NSB* 
                 Bound 
                 tion 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 3 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 974.05 
                 666.05 
                 70 
                 30 
               
               
                 4 
                 Leu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 980.1 
                 672.10 
                 70 
                 30 
               
               
                 5 
                 Ileu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1052.8 
                 744.80 
                 78 
                 22 
               
               
                 11 
                 Nle 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 756.05 
                 448.05 
                 47 
                 53 
               
               
                 12 
                 Nva 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 998.7 
                 690.70 
                 72 
                 28 
               
               
                 18 
                 Ala 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 989.15 
                 681.15 
                 71 
                 29 
               
               
                 19 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1027.75 
                 719.75 
                 75 
                 25 
               
               
                 20 
                 Leu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 787.6 
                 479.60 
                 50 
                 50 
               
               
                 21 
                 Ileu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 833.5 
                 525.50 
                 55 
                 45 
               
               
                 27 
                 Nle 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 871.25 
                 563.25 
                 59 
                 41 
               
               
                 28 
                 Nva 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 932.9 
                 624.90 
                 66 
                 34 
               
               
                 29 
                 Cha 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 891.65 
                 583.65 
                 61 
                 39 
               
               
                 30 
                 Phe 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 929.9 
                 621.90 
                 65 
                 35 
               
               
                 34 
                 Val 
                 Gly 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 956.4 
                 648.40 
                 68 
                 32 
               
               
                 35 
                 Val 
                 Ala 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 753.5 
                 445.50 
                 47 
                 53 
               
               
                 36 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 940.6 
                 632.60 
                 66 
                 34 
               
               
                 37 
                 Val 
                 Leu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 932.9 
                 624.90 
                 66 
                 34 
               
               
                 38 
                 Val 
                 Ileu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 687.75 
                 379.75 
                 40 
                 60 
               
               
                 39 
                 Val 
                 Ser 
                 Acetic Acid 
               
               
                 41 
                 Val 
                 Lys 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 858.1 
                 550.10 
                 58 
                 42 
               
               
                 42 
                 Val 
                 Arg 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 581.65 
                 273.65 
                 29 
                 71 
               
               
                 44 
                 Val 
                 Nle 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 947.55 
                 639.55 
                 67 
                 33 
               
               
                 45 
                 Val 
                 Nv 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 902.55 
                 594.55 
                 62 
                 38 
               
               
                 46 
                 Val 
                 Ch 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 881.4 
                 573.40 
                 60 
                 40 
               
               
                 47 
                 Val 
                 Ph 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 897.8 
                 589.80 
                 62 
                 38 
               
               
                 48 
                 Val 
                 Tyr 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 728.5 
                 420.50 
                 44 
                 56 
               
               
                 51 
                 Val 
                 Ala 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 902.75 
                 594.75 
                 62 
                 38 
               
               
                 52 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 959.85 
                 651.85 
                 68 
                 32 
               
               
                 53 
                 Val 
                 Leu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 988.95 
                 680.95 
                 71 
                 29 
               
               
                 54 
                 Val 
                 Ileu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 815.2 
                 507.20 
                 53 
                 47 
               
               
                 59 
                 Val 
                 Met 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 874.75 
                 566.75 
                 59 
                 41 
               
               
                 60 
                 Val 
                 Nle 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 902.8 
                 594.80 
                 62 
                 38 
               
               
                 61 
                 Val 
                 Nva 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 677.65 
                 369.65 
                 39 
                 61 
               
               
                 62 
                 Val 
                 Cha 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 805 
                 497.00 
                 52 
                 48 
               
               
                 63 
                 Val 
                 Phe 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 854.35 
                 546.35 
                 57 
                 43 
               
               
                 64 
                 Val 
                 Tyr 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 710.9 
                 402.90 
                 42 
                 58 
               
               
                 67 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Phenyl-1-cyclo- 
                 830 
                 522.00 
                 55 
                 45 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propanecarboxylic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 68 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Phenylbutyric 
                 935.45 
                 627.45 
                 66 
                 34 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 69 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Phenylbutyric 
                 900.1 
                 592.10 
                 62 
                 38 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 70 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 m-Tolylacetic 
                 954.15 
                 646.15 
                 68 
                 32 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 71 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Fluoro- 
                 853.7 
                 545.70 
                 57 
                 43 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 72 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Bromo- 
                 563 
                 255.00 
                 27 
                 73 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 73 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (α,α,α,α-Trifluoro- 
                 967.25 
                 659.25 
                 69 
                 31 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 m-tolyl)acetic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 74 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 p-Tolylacetic 
                 858.65 
                 550.65 
                 58 
                 42 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 75 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Fluoro- 
                 758.2 
                 450.20 
                 47 
                 53 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 76 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methoxy- 
                 854 
                 546.00 
                 57 
                 43 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 77 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Bromo- 
                 682.95 
                 374.95 
                 39 
                 61 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 78 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methoxy- 
                 775.2 
                 467.20 
                 49 
                 51 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 79 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Ethoxy- 
                 929.1 
                 621.10 
                 65 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 81 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Diclhloro- 
                 988.3 
                 680.30 
                 71 
                 29 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 82 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,5-Bis- 
                 911.65 
                 603.65 
                 63 
                 37 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Trifluoromethyl)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 84 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Biphenylacetic 
                 850.4 
                 542.40 
                 57 
                 43 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 87 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (3,4-Dimethoxy- 
                 870.35 
                 562.35 
                 59 
                 41 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenyl)acetic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 88 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Methylenedioxy)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 cinnamic Acid 
               
               
                 107 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Biphenyl- 
                 804.2 
                 496.20 
                 52 
                 48 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 110 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Phenylacetic Acid 
                 818.7 
                 510.70 
                 54 
                 46 
               
               
                 113 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Phenylbutyric 
                 716.3 
                 408.30 
                 43 
                 57 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 121 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Butyric Acid 
                 826.45 
                 518.45 
                 54 
                 46 
               
               
                 122 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Heptanoic Acid 
                 817.3 
                 509.30 
                 53 
                 47 
               
               
                 123 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Isobutyric Acid 
                 832.5 
                 524.50 
                 55 
                 45 
               
               
                 124 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (+/−)-2- 
                 901.85 
                 593.85 
                 62 
                 38 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Methylbutyric 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 125 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Isovaleric Acid 
                 763.7 
                 455.70 
                 48 
                 52 
               
               
                 126 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methylvaleric 
                 918.7 
                 610.70 
                 64 
                 36 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 127 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methylvaleric 
                 909.6 
                 601.60 
                 63 
                 37 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 128 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (+/−)-2- 
                 881.35 
                 573.35 
                 60 
                 40 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Ethylhexanoic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 135 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Trimethylacetic 
                 931.85 
                 623.85 
                 65 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 136 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 tert-Butylacetic 
                 991 
                 683.00 
                 72 
                 28 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 137 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 933.35 
                 625.35 
                 66 
                 34 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 138 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cycloexylacetic 
                 877.8 
                 569.80 
                 60 
                 40 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 139 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Dicyclo- 
                 928.85 
                 620.85 
                 65 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 140 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cycloheptane- 
                 615.55 
                 307.55 
                 32 
                 68 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxyic Acid 
               
               
                 142 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 946.05 
                 638.05 
                 67 
                 33 
               
               
                 144 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclobutane- 
                 867.3 
                 559.30 
                 59 
                 41 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 145 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclopentane- 
                 986.9 
                 678.90 
                 71 
                 29 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 146 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Cyclopentyl- 
                 945.85 
                 637.85 
                 67 
                 33 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic Acid 
               
               
                 148 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 890.8 
                 582.80 
                 61 
                 39 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic Acid 
               
               
                 152 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methyl-cyclo- 
                 770.1 
                 462.10 
                 48 
                 52 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexaneacetic Acid 
               
               
                 155 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Norbornane- 
                 918.35 
                 610.35 
                 64 
                 36 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic Acid 
               
               
                 156 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Adamantane- 
                 925.85 
                 617.85 
                 65 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic Acid 
               
               
                 157 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Thiophene- 
                 930.35 
                 622.35 
                 65 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 *NSB = non-specific binding.  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 3 
     Binding Inhibition of the Guinea Pig Brain Kappa Receptor by [3,5,7]-1H-Imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one Compounds 
     The above-prepared library of individual compounds was screened for the ability to inhibit the binding of tritiated Compound U69,593 that is known to bind specifically to the kappa opiate receptor present in guinea pig brain homogenates following literature procedures. [Dooley et al.,  J. Biol. Chem,  273(30) 18848-18856 (1998)] 
     Briefly, guinea pig cortices and cerebella were homogenized in 40 mL of Buffer A [50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4] at 4° C. Homogenates were centrifuged [Beckman® J2-HC, 35,300× g] for 10 minutes. The pellets were resuspended in fresh buffer and incubated at 37° C. for 40 minutes. Following incubation, the suspensions were centrifuged as before, the resulting pellets resuspended in 100 volumes of Tris buffer, and the suspensions combined. Membrane suspensions were prepared and used on the same day. Protein content of the crude homogenates was determined by the method of Bradford,  Anal. Biochem.,  72:248-252 (1976). 
     Each assay tube contained 0.5 mL of membrane suspension, 3 nm of tritiated Compound U69,593 [(5a,7a,8b)-(−)-N-methyl-N-(7-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-oxaspiro(4,5)dec-8-yl)-benzeneacetamide; Lahti et al.,  European J. Pharmacol.,  109:281-284(199-85)] in a total volume of 0.65 mL. Assay tubes were incubated for 2.5 hours a 25° C. The assay was then filtered through GF-B filters on a Tomec™ harvester (Orange, Conn.). The filters were subsequently washed with 6 mL of 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4 at 4° C. Bound radioactivity was counted on a Wallace™ Beta-plate Liquid Scintillation Counter (Piscataway, N.J.). Unlabeled U50,488 [(trans-(dl)-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl]-benzeneacetamide) methane sulfonate hydrate; Lahti et al.,  Life Sci.,  31:2257-xx(1982) and Von Voightlander et al.,  J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.,  224:7 (1983)]was used as a competitive inhibitor to generate a standard curve and determine nonspecific binding. The results of these assays are shown in the table, below, wherein the “R” groups are as discussed for Example 1. 
     [3,5,7]-1H-Imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one Compound Binding Inhibition of [ 3 H]U69,593 
     
       
         
           
               
            
               
                   
               
               
                 
                   
                     
                     
                         
                         
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 % 
               
               
                 Pool 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Minus 
                 % 
                 Inhibi- 
               
               
                 # 
                 R 1   
                 R 2   
                 R 3   
                 Mean 
                 NSB 
                 Bound 
                 tion 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 3 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1468.8 
                 561.80 
                 54.228 
                 45.772 
               
               
                 4 
                 Leu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1895.55 
                 988.55 
                 95.420 
                 4.580 
               
               
                 5 
                 Ileu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1684.45 
                 777.45 
                 75.043 
                 24.957 
               
               
                 11 
                 Nle 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1736.15 
                 829.15 
                 80.034 
                 19.966 
               
               
                 12 
                 Nva 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1680.95 
                 773.95 
                 74.706 
                 25.294 
               
               
                 18 
                 Ala 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1818.85 
                 911.85 
                 88.016 
                 11.984 
               
               
                 19 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1783.25 
                 876.25 
                 84.580 
                 15.420 
               
               
                 20 
                 Leu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1621.8 
                 714.80 
                 68.996 
                 31.004 
               
               
                 21 
                 Ileu 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1496.7 
                 589.70 
                 56.921 
                 43.079 
               
               
                 27 
                 Nle 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1734.3 
                 827.30 
                 79.855 
                 20.145 
               
               
                 28 
                 Nva 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1607.35 
                 700.35 
                 67.601 
                 32.399 
               
               
                 29 
                 Cha 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1821.55 
                 914.55 
                 88.277 
                 11.723 
               
               
                 30 
                 Phe 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1682.8 
                 775.80 
                 74.884 
                 25.116 
               
               
                 34 
                 Val 
                 Gly 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1726.65 
                 819.65 
                 79.117 
                 20.883 
               
               
                 35 
                 Val 
                 Ala 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1711.9 
                 804.90 
                 77.693 
                 22.307 
               
               
                 36 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1787.35 
                 880.35 
                 84.976 
                 15.024 
               
               
                 37 
                 Val 
                 Leu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1559.4 
                 652.40 
                 62.973 
                 37.027 
               
               
                 38 
                 Val 
                 Ileu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1618.1 
                 711.10 
                 68.639 
                 31.361 
               
               
                 39 
                 Val 
                 Ser 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1723.65 
                 816.65 
                 78.827 
                 21.173 
               
               
                 41 
                 Val 
                 Lys 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1444.2 
                 537.20 
                 51.853 
                 48.147 
               
               
                 42 
                 Val 
                 Arg 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1406.35 
                 499.35 
                 48.200 
                 51.800 
               
               
                 44 
                 Val 
                 Nle 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 2049.7 
                 1142.70 
                 110.299 
                 −10.299 
               
               
                 45 
                 Val 
                 Nv 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1790.45 
                 883.45 
                 85.275 
                 14.725 
               
               
                 46 
                 Val 
                 Ch 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 2169 
                 1262.00 
                 121.815 
                 −21.815 
               
               
                 47 
                 Val 
                 Ph 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1989.3 
                 1082.30 
                 104.469 
                 −4.469 
               
               
                 48 
                 Val 
                 Tyr 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1784 
                 877.00 
                 84.653 
                 15.347 
               
               
                 51 
                 Val 
                 Ala 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1645.8 
                 738.80 
                 71.313 
                 28.687 
               
               
                 52 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1681.35 
                 774.35 
                 74.744 
                 25.256 
               
               
                 53 
                 Val 
                 Leu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 2008.85 
                 1101.85 
                 106.356 
                 −6.356 
               
               
                 54 
                 Val 
                 Ileu 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1947.25 
                 1040.25 
                 100.410 
                 −0.410 
               
               
                 59 
                 Val 
                 Met 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1724.95 
                 817.95 
                 78.953 
                 21.047 
               
               
                 60 
                 Val 
                 Nle 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1755.4 
                 848.40 
                 81.892 
                 18.108 
               
               
                 61 
                 Val 
                 Nva 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1433.75 
                 526.75 
                 50.845 
                 49.155 
               
               
                 62 
                 Val 
                 Cha 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1776.3 
                 869.30 
                 83.909 
                 16.091 
               
               
                 63 
                 Val 
                 Phe 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1786.7 
                 879.70 
                 84.913 
                 15.087 
               
               
                 64 
                 Val 
                 Tyr 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1545.5 
                 638.50 
                 61.631 
                 38.369 
               
               
                 67 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Phenyl-1-cyclo 
                 1784.1 
                 877.10 
                 84.662 
                 15.338 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propanecarboxylic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 68 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Phenylbutyric 
                 2013.3 
                 1106.30 
                 106.786 
                 −6.786 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 69 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Phenylbutyric 
                 1602.75 
                 695.75 
                 67.157 
                 32.843 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 70 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 m-Tolylacetic Acid 
                 2019.55 
                 1112.55 
                 107.389 
                 −7.389 
               
               
                 71 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Fluoro- 
                 1541.5 
                 634.50 
                 61.245 
                 38.755 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 72 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Bromo- 
                 1588.15 
                 681.15 
                 65.748 
                 34.252 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 73 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (α,α,α,α-Trifluoro- 
                 1717.2 
                 810.20 
                 78.205 
                 21.795 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 m-tolyl)acetic 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 74 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 p-Tolylacetic Acid 
                 1407.25 
                 500.25 
                 48.287 
                 51.713 
               
               
                 75 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Fluoro- 
                 1643.95 
                 736.95 
                 71.134 
                 28.866 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 76 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methoxy- 
                 1859.1 
                 952.10 
                 91.902 
                 8.098 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 77 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Bromo- 
                 1670.1 
                 763.10 
                 73.658 
                 26.342 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 78 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methoxy- 
                 1812.05 
                 905.05 
                 87.360 
                 12.640 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 79 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Ethoxy- 
                 1842.9 
                 935.90 
                 90.338 
                 9.662 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 81 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4-Diclhloro 
                 1831.35 
                 924.35 
                 89.223 
                 10.777 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 82 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,5-Bis- 
                 1638.3 
                 731.30 
                 70.589 
                 29.411 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Trifluoromethyl)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Phenylacetic Acid 
               
               
                 84 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Biphenylacetic 
                 1628.3 
                 721.30 
                 69.624 
                 30.376 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 87 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (3,4- 
                 1749.65 
                 842.65 
                 81.337 
                 18.663 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Dimethoxyphenyl)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic Acid 
               
               
                 88 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3,4- 
                 1739.6 
                 832.60 
                 80.367 
                 19.633 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 (Methylenedioxy)- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Cinnamic Acid 
               
               
                 107 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Biphenyl- 
                 2089.6 
                 1182.60 
                 114.151 
                 −14.151 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 110 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Phenylacetic Acid 
                 1667.95 
                 760.95 
                 73.451 
                 26.549 
               
               
                 113 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Phenylbutyric 
                 1545.15 
                 638.15 
                 61.597 
                 38.403 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 121 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Butyric Acid 
                 1533.45 
                 626.45 
                 60.468 
                 39.532 
               
               
                 122 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Heptanoic Acid 
                 1443.7 
                 536.70 
                 51.805 
                 48.195 
               
               
                 123 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Isobutyric Acid 
                 1498.8 
                 591.80 
                 57.124 
                 42.876 
               
               
                 124 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (+/−)-2-Methyl- 
                 1555.85 
                 648.85 
                 62.630 
                 37.370 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 butyric Acid 
               
               
                 125 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Isovaleric Acid 
                 1553.3 
                 646.30 
                 62.384 
                 37.616 
               
               
                 126 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Methylvaleric 
                 1666.5 
                 759.50 
                 73.311 
                 26.689 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 127 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methylvaleric 
                 1592.6 
                 685.60 
                 66.178 
                 33.822 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 128 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 (+/−)-2-Ethyl- 
                 1503.35 
                 596.35 
                 57.563 
                 42.437 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexanoic Acid 
               
               
                 135 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Trimethylacetic 
                 1623.6 
                 716.60 
                 69.170 
                 30.830 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 136 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 tert-Butylacetic 
                 1741.9 
                 834.90 
                 80.589 
                 19.411 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 137 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 2249.85 
                 1342.85 
                 129.619 
                 −29.619 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 138 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cycloexylacetic 
                 1639.3 
                 732.30 
                 70.685 
                 29.315 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Acid 
               
               
                 139 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Dicyclohexyl- 
                 1515.95 
                 608.95 
                 58.779 
                 41.221 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic Acid 
               
               
                 140 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cycloheptane- 
                 1424 
                 517.00 
                 49.903 
                 50.097 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxyic Acid 
               
               
                 142 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Acetic Acid 
                 1728.8 
                 821.80 
                 79.324 
                 20.676 
               
               
                 144 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclobutane- 
                 1447.5 
                 540.50 
                 52.172 
                 47.828 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 145 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclopentane- 
                 1544.15 
                 637.15 
                 61.501 
                 38.499 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                 146 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 3-Cyclopentyl- 
                 1622.75 
                 715.75 
                 69.088 
                 30.912 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic Acid 
               
               
                 148 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 Cyclohexane- 
                 1839.1 
                 932.10 
                 89.971 
                 10.029 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 propionic Acid 
               
               
                 152 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 4-Methylcyclo- 
                 1515.1 
                 608.10 
                 58.697 
                 41.303 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 hexaneacetic Acid 
               
               
                 155 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Norbornane- 
                 1622.25 
                 715.25 
                 69.040 
                 30.960 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic Acid 
               
               
                 156 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 1-Adamantane- 
                 1723.4 
                 816.40 
                 78.803 
                 21.197 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 acetic Acid 
               
               
                 157 
                 Val 
                 Val 
                 2-Thiophene- 
                 1473.05 
                 566.05 
                 54.638 
                 45.362 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 carboxylic Acid 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 4 
     Preparation of Libraries of (3,5,7]-1H-Imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one Compounds 
     Libraries of [3,5,7]-1H-imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol-2(3H)-one compounds are prepared analogously to the preparation of individual compounds discussed in Example 1. However, whereas a single reagent was used to provide each of the R groups of the intermediates prepared in the syntheses of the individual compounds of Example 1, both single reactants and mixtures of reactants are used to provide the R 1 , R 2  and R 3  groups for the different library pools of mixed compounds. As is discussed in treated detail below, 33 library pools are prepared in which R 1  is an individual amino acid side chain, with separate pools containing mixtures of 33 amino acids of different side chains (R 2 ) and 92 different carboxylic acid chains (R 3 ). 
     Where individual reactants are used to provide a particular R group, the procedures of Example 1 are followed. Where mixtures are desired at a particular R group, the protected amino acids or carboxylic acids are provided in mixtures. The mixtures used to provide the various R groups are listed in the table, below, with the relative molar amount of each reactant being listed. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Mixtures of Reactants Used to Prepare 
               
               
                 [3,5,7]-1H-Imidazo[1,5-a]imidazol- 
               
               
                 2(3H)-one Mixed Compound Library 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Ratio 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 R 1   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Boc-amino acids Reagent 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Ala 
                 0.95 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Phe 
                 0.81 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-Gly 
                 1.00 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-His(DNP) 
                 0.85 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Ile 
                 1.16 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Lys(CBZ) 
                 1.05 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Leu 
                 1.08 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Met 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Arg(Tos) 
                 1.42 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Ser(Bzl) 
                 1.30 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Thr(Bzl) 
                 1.60 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Val 
                 1.14 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Trp(CHO) 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Tyr(BrZ) 
                 1.26 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Ala 
                 0.95 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Phe 
                 0.81 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-His(DNP) 
                 0.85 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Ile 
                 1.16 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Lys(CBZ) 
                 1.05 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Leu 
                 1.08 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Met 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Arg(Tos) 
                 1.42 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Ser(Bzl) 
                 1.30 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Thr(Bzl) 
                 1.60 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Val 
                 1.14 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Trp(CHO) 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Tyr(BrZ) 
                 1.26 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Norvaline 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Norvaline 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Norleucine 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Norleucine 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Cyclohexylalanine 
                 1.50 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Cyclohexylalanine 
                 1.50 
               
               
                   
                 R 2   
               
               
                   
                 Boc-amino acids Reagent 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Ala 
                 0.95 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Phe 
                 0.81 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-Gly 
                 1.00 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-His(DNP) 
                 0.85 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Ile 
                 1.16 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Lys(CBZ) 
                 1.05 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Leu 
                 1.08 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Met 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Arg(Tos) 
                 1.42 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Ser(Bzl) 
                 1.30 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Thr(Bzl) 
                 1.60 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Val 
                 1.14 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Trp(CHO) 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Tyr(BrZ) 
                 1.26 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Ala 
                 0.95 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Phe 
                 0.81 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-His(DNP) 
                 0.85 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Ile 
                 1.16 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Lys(CBZ) 
                 1.05 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Leu 
                 1.08 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Met 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Arg(Tos) 
                 1.42 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Ser(Bzl) 
                 1.30 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Thr(Bzl) 
                 1.60 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Val 
                 1.14 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Trp(CHO) 
                 0.89 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Tyr(BrZ) 
                 1.26 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Norvaline 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Norvaline 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Norleucine 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Norleucine 
                 1.15 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-L-Cyclohexylalanine 
                 1.50 
               
               
                   
                 Boc-D-Cyclohexylalanine 
                 1.50 
               
               
                   
                 R 3   
               
               
                   
                 Carboxylic acid Reagent 
               
               
                   
                 1-Phenyl-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic Acid 
                 1.00 
               
               
                   
                 2-Phenylbutyric Acid 
                 1.20 
               
               
                   
                 3-Phenylbutyric Acid 
                 2.60 
               
               
                   
                 m-Tolylacetic Acid 
                 1.80 
               
               
                   
                 3-Fluorophenylacetic Acid 
                 0.84 
               
               
                   
                 3-Bromophenylacetic Acid 
                 0.61 
               
               
                   
                 (α,α,α-Trifluoro-m-Tolyl)acetic Acid 
                 0.61 
               
               
                   
                 p-Tolylacetic Acid 
                 1.36 
               
               
                   
                 4-Fluorophenylacetic Acid 
                 1.04 
               
               
                   
                 3-Methoxyphenylacetic Acid 
                 1.17 
               
               
                   
                 4-Bromophenylacetic Acid 
                 0.88 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methoxyphenylacetic Acid 
                 1.80 
               
               
                   
                 4-Ethoxyphenylacetic Acid 
                 1.40 
               
               
                   
                 4-Isobutyl-α-methylphenylacetic Acid 
                 1.70 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dichloro-phenylacetic Acid 
                 0.81 
               
               
                   
                 3,5-Bis-(Trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic Acid 
                 0.50 
               
               
                   
                 3-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)propionic Acid 
                 2.20 
               
               
                   
                 4-Biphenylacetic Acid 
                 1.40 
               
               
                   
                 α-Methylcinnamic Acid 
                 1.95 
               
               
                   
                 2-(Trifluoromethyl)cinnamic Acid 
                 1.03 
               
               
                   
                 (3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)acetic Acid 
                 1.44 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-(Methylenedioxy)phenylacetic Acid 
                 1.27 
               
               
                   
                 2-Methoxycinnamic Acid 
                 5.60 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-(Methylenedioxy)cinnamic Acid 
                 10.40 
               
               
                   
                 2-Hydroxy-cinnamic Acid 
                 4.90 
               
               
                   
                 Benzoic Acid 
                 1.28 
               
               
                   
                 4-Chlorocinnamic Acid 
                 2.95 
               
               
                   
                 m-Anisic Acid 
                 1.52 
               
               
                   
                 4-Isopropylbenzoic Acid 
                 3.00 
               
               
                   
                 4-Vinylbenzoic Acid 
                 1.50 
               
               
                   
                 4-Fluorobenzoic Acid 
                 1.22 
               
               
                   
                 4-Bromobenzoic Acid 
                 0.59 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dimethoxycinnamic Acid 
                 7.27 
               
               
                   
                 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid 
                 7.61 
               
               
                   
                 trans-Cinnamic Acid 
                 4.20 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dimethylbenzoic Acid 
                 2.44 
               
               
                   
                 3-Fluoro-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
                 0.75 
               
               
                   
                 3-Bromo-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
                 0.86 
               
               
                   
                 3-Iodo-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
                 0.84 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dichlorobenzoic Acid 
                 0.39 
               
               
                   
                 4-Biphenylcarboxylic Acid 
                 5.10 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Difluorobenzoic Acid 
                 0.45 
               
               
                   
                 m-Toluic Acid 
                 1.60 
               
               
                   
                 Phenylacetic Acid 
                 1.00 
               
               
                   
                 Hydrocinnamic Acid 
                 2.50 
               
               
                   
                 3-Methoxy-4-methylbenzoic Acid 
                 2.10 
               
               
                   
                 4-Phenylbutyric Acid 
                 3.00 
               
               
                   
                 4-Butylbenzoic Acid 
                 2.60 
               
               
                   
                 3,5-Dimethylbenzoic Acid 
                 1.94 
               
               
                   
                 3,5-Bis-(Trifluoromethyl)Benzoic Acid 
                 0.96 
               
               
                   
                 3,4-Dimethoxybenzoic Acid 
                 3.08 
               
               
                   
                 4-Ethyl-4-biphenylcarboxylic Acid 
                 0.92 
               
               
                   
                 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoic Acid 
                 1.46 
               
               
                   
                 3,4,5-Triethoxybenzoic Acid 
                 2.37 
               
               
                   
                 Butyric Acid 
                 3.39 
               
               
                   
                 Heptanoic Acid 
                 3.51 
               
               
                   
                 Isobutyric Acid 
                 3.11 
               
               
                   
                 (+/−)-2-Methylbutyric Acid 
                 6.25 
               
               
                   
                 Isovaleric Acid 
                 6.36 
               
               
                   
                 3-Methylvaleric Acid 
                 5.06 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methylvaleric Acid 
                 3.32 
               
               
                   
                 (+/−)-2-Ethylhexanoic Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 Crotonic Acid 
                 5.26 
               
               
                   
                 Vinylacetic Acid 
                 1.30 
               
               
                   
                 trans-3-Hexenoic Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 2-Ethyl-2-hexenoic Acid 
                 11.63 
               
               
                   
                 p-Toluic Acid 
                 2.28 
               
               
                   
                 p-Anisic Acid 
                 5.38 
               
               
                   
                 Trimethylacetic Acid 
                 4.24 
               
               
                   
                 tert-Butylacetic Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid 
                 3.51 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexylacetic Acid 
                 3.95 
               
               
                   
                 Dicyclohexylacetic Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexanebutyric Acid 
                 3.33 
               
               
                   
                 Cycloheptanecarboxylic Acid 
                 2.60 
               
               
                   
                 Acetic Acid 
                 2.65 
               
               
                   
                 2-Methylcyclopropanecarboxylic Acid 
                 2.42 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclobutanecarboxylic Acid 
                 2.77 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclopentanecarboxylic Acid 
                 3.03 
               
               
                   
                 3-Cyclopentylpropionic Acid 
                 3.71 
               
               
                   
                 2-Furoic Acid 
                 4.44 
               
               
                   
                 Cyclohexanepropionic Acid 
                 2.80 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methyl-1-cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid 
                 5.92 
               
               
                   
                 4-tert-Butyl-cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid 
                 6.64 
               
               
                   
                 1-Adamantanecarboxylic Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 4-Methylcyclohexaneacetic Acid 
                 4.79 
               
               
                   
                 2,4-Hexadienoic Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 Tiglic Acid 
                 4.59 
               
               
                   
                 2-Norbornaneacetic Acid 
                 5.45 
               
               
                   
                 1-Adamantaneacetic Acid 
                 11.16 
               
               
                   
                 2-Ethylbutyric Acid 
                 * 
               
               
                   
                 2-Thiophenecarboxylic Acid 
                 1.16 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 *—ratio not determined  
               
            
           
         
       
     
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