Patent Application: US-84273797-A

Abstract:
a solid phase method for the synthesis of a plurality of differently substituted thiophenes with a wide variety of side - chain substituents as compounds of potential therapeutic interest is disclosed . the thiophenes are prepared by acylation of a substrate - bound primary or secondary amine with cyanoacetic acid and reaction of the resulting cyanoacetamide with an isothiocyanate in the presence of a base . alkylation with an appropriate alkyl halide , followed by thorpe - ziegier - cyclization yields differently substituted , support - bound 3 - aminothiophenes . these may be screened on the substrate or cleaved from the substrate and then screened in solution . alternatively , the resin - bound 3 - amino thiophenes or the synthetic intermediates can be subjected to further synthetic transformations on the support , which permits the preparation of further therapeutically interesting compounds . the efficient synthesis of a wide variety of thiophenes using automated synthesis technology of the present method makes these compounds attractive candidates for the generation and rapid screening of diverse thiophene - based libraries . the method disclosed here provides an easy and fast access to highly diverse heterocyclic compounds of therapeutic interest , amenable to automatization .

Description:
the application of the present invention is the rapid preparation and screening , preferably in parallel and simultaneous fashion , of a large number of differently substituted thiophenes of the general formula i ## str1 ## wherein a is a hydrogen atom or a group of formula ## str2 ## wherein r 5 is alkylene optionally substituted with hydrogen , alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , alkoxy , aryloxy , cyano , hydroxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino , diarylamino or halogen ; r 6 is hydrogen , alkyl optionally substituted with hydroxy , halogen , cyano , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino or diarylamino ; or aralkyl ; r 5 and r 6 may be covalently linked to each other by a covalent bond or an additional alkylene group r 5 , preferentially giving rise to a fragment of the type shown below ## str3 ## wherein n and m are integers between 0 and 15 , preferentially 0 and 3 ; r 7 is hydrogen , alkyl , alkyl substituted with hydroxy , alkoxy , aryloxy , alkylthio , arylthio , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino or diarylamino ; aralkyl , aryl , aryl substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl ; r 1 is hydrogen , alkyl optionally substituted with hydroxy , halogen , cyano , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino or diarylamino ; or aralkyl ; r 1 may be covalently linked to a , r 5 , r 6 and / or r 7 , in which case -- r 1 -- a -- or -- r 1 -- r 5 -- represents low alkylene , preferentially methylene , ethylene or propylene , unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl , hydroxy , alkoxycarbonyl , alkoxy or dialkylamino , -- r 1 -- r 6 -- represents ethylene or propylene , unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl , hydroxy , alkoxy or dialkylamino , and / or -- r 1 -- r 7 -- represents methylene , propylene or butylene unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl , hydroxy , alkoxycarbonyl , alkoxy or dialkylamino ; r 2 is alkyl optionally substituted with aryl , heteroaryl , alkoxy , aryloxy , cyano , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino , diarylamino or halogen ; aryl optionally substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl ; heteroaryl optionally substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl ; and r 3 is cyano , nitro , -- co -- r &# 39 ; or -- c ( oh )-- r &# 39 ;, r &# 39 ; being alkyl , alkyl substituted with halogen , aryl , aryl substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl or heteroaryl ; or -- so 2 r &# 34 ;, r &# 34 ; being alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl . r 4 is hydrogen or coz , z being substituted or unsubstituted alkyl , aryl , arylamino or alkylamino ; and or of the general formula ii ## str4 ## wherein s is a substrate , l is a chemical bond or a linker , a &# 39 ; is a chemical bond or a group of formula ## str5 ## wherein r 5 is alkylene optionally substituted with hydrogen , alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , alkoxy , aryloxy , cyano , hydroxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino , diarylamino or halogen ; r 6 is hydrogen , alkyl optionally substituted with hydroxy , halogen , cyano , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino or diarylamino ; or aralkyl ; r 5 and r 6 may be covalently linked to each other by a covalent bond or an additional alkylene group r 5 , preferentially giving rise to a fragment of the type shown below ## str6 ## wherein n and m are integers between 0 and 15 , preferentially 0 and 3 ; r 7 is hydrogen , alkyl , alkyl substituted with hydroxy , alkoxy , aryloxy , alkylthio , arylthio , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino or diarylamino ; aralkyl , aryl , aryl substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl ; r 1 is hydrogen , alkyl optionally substituted with hydroxy , halogen , cyano , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino or diarylamino ; or aralkyl ; r 1 may be covalently linked to a , r 5 , r 6 and / or r 7 , in which case -- r 1 -- a -- or -- r 1 -- r 5 -- represents low alkylene , preferentially methylene , ethylene or propylene , unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl , hydroxy , alkoxycarbonyl , alkoxy or dialkylamino , -- r 1 -- r 6 -- represents ethylene or propylene , unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl , hydroxy , alkoxy or dialkylamino , and / or -- r 1 -- r 7 -- represents methylene , propylene or butylene unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl , hydroxy , alkoxycarbonyl , alkoxy or dialkylamino ; r 2 is alkyl optionally substituted with aryl , heteroaryl , alkoxy , aryloxy , cyano , hydroxy , dialkylamino , arylalkylamino , diarylamino or halogen ; aryl optionally substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl ; heteroaryl optionally substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl ; and r 3 is cyano , nitro , -- co -- r &# 39 ; or -- c ( oh )-- r &# 39 ;, r &# 39 ; being alkyl , alkyl substituted with halogen , aryl , aryl substituted with alkyl , aryl , heteroaryl , halogen , alkoxy , aryloxy , dialkylamino , alkylarylamino , diarylamino , halogen , cyano , alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl or heteroaryl ; or -- so 2 r &# 34 ;, r &# 34 ; being alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl . r 4 is hydrogen or coz , z being substituted or unsubstituted alkyl , aryl , arylamino or alkylamino ; presently in drug development , high throughput screening is playing a key role . high throughput screening generally incorporates automation and robotics , thus making it possible to screen thousands of compounds in one or more bioassays in a short period of time . this technique has created the need for an automated production of large numbers of different compounds for being screened . a robotic , fully automated system for the production and screening of highly diverse compounds as potential lead - candidates will dramatically speed up the discovery and optimization of new leads for all types of human diseases . traditionally , new compounds for lead - discovery or structural analogues for lead - optimization have been synthesized by multiple step linear syntheses . linear syntheses involve the sequential reactions of several separate reactants in order to obtain the final product . linear syntheses require the isolation , purification and characterization by spectroscopic and other analytical tools of the intermediate reaction products . such a linear synthesis is therefore a very time consuming process , which requires a high skill in the synthetic organic chemical art . since this traditional way of producing compounds is too inefficient for fully exploiting the screening - potential of presently available systems for high throughput screening , synthetic methodology is required , which permits the automated synthesis of large numbers of different compounds . parallel solid phase synthesis is today one of the fastest ways of producing arrays of single compounds or arrays of defined mixtures of compounds . however , there are still only few methods available for the parallel solid phase synthesis of organic compounds other than peptides or oligonucleotides . a principal disadvantage associated with peptidic or other bio - oligomeric leads is their low metabolic stability , due to in vivo proteolysis . for this reason , other type of compounds with a higher metabolic stability would be more attractive as leads . of special interest in this context are small heterocyclic and heteroaromatic compounds , which have been proven to be very useful in many applications . also as drugs for the treatment of different human metabolic disorders , small heterocyclic compounds have played and are playing a decisive role . for this reason , the solid phase synthesis of heterocyclic compounds is a highly demanded technology , which will be extremely valuable for the fast production of large numbers of potential leads for high volume throughput screening . thiophenes are important core structures for biologically active compounds . ( s . gronowitz , adv . heterocycl . chem . 1963 , 1 , 1 ; h . d . hartough , chem . heterocycl . compd . 1952 , 3 , 1 ; m . chaykovsky et al ., j . med . chem . 1973 , 16 , 188 ; a . michiel van rhee et . al , j . med . chem . 1996 , 39 , 398 - 406 ). the most frequent application of thiophene derivatives ( ullmanns encyklopadie der technischen chemie , 4th ed ., verlag chemie , weinheim 1983 , volume 23 , pp 222 - 223 ) has been their use as antibiotics , such as cefalonium , and as antiparasitics ( tibrofan , atrican , citenazone , nifurzid ). thiophene derivatives have for instance also been used as analgetics ( tinoridine , diethylthiambutene ), anti - inflammatories ( suprofen , tiaprofenic acid ), antihelmintics ( morantel , pyrantel , thenium chlosylate ), anticholinergics ( heteronium bromide , oxitefonium bromide , penthienate bromide , tiquizinium bromide , thihexinol methylbromide , thiemonium bromide ), antihistaminics ( chlorothen , thenalidine , methaphenilene , methapyrilene , thenyldiamine ) and antiussives ( tipepidine ). thiophene derivatives have been used as anticholesteremics ( bryant , h . u . ; grese , t . a ., can . pat . appl . ca 2 , 117 , 853 ( 1995 ), chemical abstracts 1995 , 123 , 339713y ) or for the treatment of disorders associated with amyloidogenic peptides ( lunn , w . h . w ., pct int . appl . wo 95 17 , 095 ( 1995 ), chemical abstracts 1995 , 123 , 339715a ). many more thiophenes than those described so far may be postulated , however , to be potential drug candidates . to achieve the preparation and screening of a large number of compounds with thiophene - core - structure , the present invention provides a solid phase synthesis for thiophenes in which variable substituent groups are independently attached to a common central thiophene ring . the generally recognized advantages of solid phase synthesis are the absence of purification steps of intermediates or the final product , as well as the possibility of automation . due to these features , a solid phase synthesis of thiophenes dramatically increases the synthesis efficiency for these therapeutically important compounds . an overall illustration of the solid phase synthesis of thiophenes is shown in reaction scheme 1 . ## str7 ## in the following description of this invention , r is intended to be an organic radical . alkyl is intended to mean lower straight , cyclic , fused or branched alkyl having 1 to 15 carbon atoms , preferentially 1 to 6 carbon atom s . aryl is intended to mean phenyl or phenyl substituted with alkyl or phenyl , or phenyl fused with cycloalkyl , or polycyclic aromatic systems such as naphthyl , anthracenyl , phenanthrenyl , fluorenyl , etc . alkylene is intended to mean lower straight , cyclic , fused or branched alkylene having 1 to 15 carbon atoms , preferentially 1 to 6 carbon atoms . heteroaryl is intended to mean any of the possible isomeric , unsubstituted or alkyl - substituted pyrrolyl , furyl , thienyl , imidazolyl , pyrazolyl , triazolyl , tetrazolyl , oxazolyl , thiazolyl , oxadiazolyl , thiadiazolyl , pyridyl , pyrazinyl , pyrimidinyl and pyridazinyl , as well as the corresponding benzo and dibenzo derivatives or other fused ring - systems thereof . heteroaryl is also intended to mean the partially or fully hydrogenated derivatives of the heterocyclic systems enumerated above . alkoxy is intended to mean -- o - alkyl and aryloxy is intended to mean -- o - aryl . cyano is intended to mean -- cn , hydroxy is intended to mean -- oh , amino is intended to mean -- nh 2 and nitro is intended to mean -- no 2 . dialkylamino is intended to mean -- n ( alkyl ) 2 . alkylarylamino is intended to mean -- n ( alkyl )( aryl ) and diarylamino is intended to mean -- n ( aryl ) 2 . halogen is intended to mean -- f , -- cl , -- br and -- i . aralkyl is intended to mean - alkylene - aryl . alkylthio is intended to mean -- s - alkyl and arylthio is intended to mean -- s - aryl . alkoxycarbonyl is intended to mean -- co -- o - alkyl and aminocarbonyl is intended to mean -- co -- n ( alkyl ) 2 , -- co -- n ( alkyl )( aryl ) or -- co -- n ( aryl ) 2 . acylamino is intended to mean -- n ( alkyl )- co - alkyl or -- n ( alkyl )- co - aryl . a leaving group is intended to be a group or atom capable of existing in solution as a negatively charged species , or a positively charged group or atom . in this synthesis , an organic molecule of the general formula hn ( r 6 )-- r 5 -- n ( r 1 ) h or ho 2 c -- ch ( r 7 )-- n ( r 1 ) p , p being a protecting group , is attached to a substrate s via a linker l by well precedented methods , optionally followed by a deprotection step , in such a way , that a free primary or secondary amino group is generated on the support . the substrate may be any insoluble or partially insoluble material , to which compounds may be covalently attached . preferentially , the substrates may be selected from the group consisting of polystyrene , polyethylene glycol ( peg ), polyethylene glycol attached to polystyrene ( e . g . tentagel ), polyamides , polysaccharides and silicates . depending on the type of substrate chosen , different types of solvents or protecting groups may be used . most preferentially , in the case of diamines attached to a substrate , a polystyrene resin or tentagel resin , covalently attached to a wang linker ( wang , s . j . am . chem . soc . 1973 , 95 , 1328 - 1333 ), may first be treated with phosgene or a phosgene equivalent such as 4 - nitrophenyl chloroformate or carbonyldiimidazole , in a suitable solvent such as dcm , thf , toluene , dmf or mixtures thereof , optionally in the presence of a base , such as pyridine , and then with an excess of a diamine such as ethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- dimethylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- diethylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- dipropylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- diisopropylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- dibutylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- dihexylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- dibenzylethylenediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- di ( 1 - hydroxymethyl ) propylethylenediamine , piperazine , 2 - methylpiperazine , 2 , 6 - dimethylpiperazine , 2 , 5 - dimethylpiperazine , 1 , 4 - diazacycloheptane , 6 - hydroxy - 1 , 4 - diazacycloheptane , 6 - acetoxy - 1 , 4 - diazacycloheptane , 1 , 2 - diaminopropane , 1 , 3 - diaminopropane , 1 , 3 - diamino - 2 - propanol , n , n &# 39 ;- dimethyl - 1 , 3 - propanediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- diethyl - 1 , 3 - propanediamine , 2 , 2 - dimethyl - 1 , 3 - propanediamine , n , n &# 39 ;, 2 - trimethyl - 1 , 3 - propanediamine , 1 , 4 - diaminobutane , n , n &# 39 ;- dipropyl - 1 , 4 - butanediamine , n , n &# 39 ;- diethylbutane - 1 , 4 - diamine , n , n &# 39 ;- dimethyl - 2 - butene - 1 , 4 - diamine , n , n &# 39 ;- diethyl - 2 - butene - 1 , 4 - diamine , n , n &# 39 ;- diethyl - 2 - butyne - 1 , 4 - diamine , 1 , 5 - diaminopentane , 1 , 3 - diaminopentane , 1 , 2 - diaminocyclohexane , 1 , 3 - diaminocyclohexane , 1 , 4 - diaminocyclohexane , 1 , 3 - bis ( aminomethyl ) cyclohexane , 1 , 4 - bis ( aminomethyl ) cyclohexane , 4 , 4 &# 39 ;- bipiperidine , 1 -[ 2 -( 3 - pyridylmethylamino ) ethyl ]- piperazine , 1 -( 2 - aminoethyl ) piperazine , 4 - aminomethylpiperidine , 3 -( 4 - aminobutyl ) piperidine , 5 - amino - 2 , 2 , 4 - trimethyl - 1 - cyclopentanemethylamine , 4 , 4 &# 39 ;- diaminodicyclohexylmethane , o - xylylenediamine , m - xylylenediamine , p - xylylenediamine or isophoronediamine , to give a substrate - bound diamine of the general formula [ polystyrene ]-[ wang linker ]- o -- co -- n ( r 6 )-- r 5 -- n ( r 1 ) h . the preparation of such substrate - bound diamines has occasionally been described in literature ( e . g . hiroshige , m . ; hauske , j . r . ; zhou , p . j . am . chem . soc . 1995 , 117 , 11590 - 11591 ; zaragoza , f . tetrahedron lett . 1995 , 36 , 8677 - 8678 ; dixit , d . m . ; leznoff , c . c . israel j . chem . 1978 , 17 , 248 - 252 ; dixit , d . m . ; leznoff , c . c . j . chem . soc . , chem . commun . 1977 , 798 - 799 ; kaljuste , k . ; unden , a . tetrahedron lett . 1995 , 36 , 9211 - 9214 ). in the case of protected amino acids attached to a substrate , a polystyrene resin or tentagel , covalently attached to a rink linker ( h . rink , tetrahedron lett . 1987 , 28 , 3787 ), may be acylated with a derivative of a side - chain and nitrogen - protected ( e . g . fmoc ) amino acid , such as fmoc - glycine , fmoc - phenylglycine , fmoc - sarcosine , fmoc - alanine , fmoc - valine , fmoc - norvaline , fmoc - leucine , fmoc - isoleucine , fmoc - norleucine , fmoc - penicillamine , fmoc - arginine , fmoc - asparagine , fmoc - aspartic acid , fmoc - citrulline , fmoc - glutamine , fmoc - glutamic acid , fmoc - proline , fmoc - hydroxyproline , fmoc - phenylalanine , fmoc - tyrosine , fmoc - tryptophan , fmoc - threonine , fmoc - histidine , fmoc - serine , fmoc - cysteine , fmoc - methionine , fmoc - lysine , fmoc - statine or fmoc - omithine , by well established procedures , for example with the in situ generated symmetric anhydride of these amino acid derivatives . most of the fmoc - amino acids and some of the resulting substrate - bound fmoc - amino acids are commercially available . after this acylation step , the nitrogen protecting group may be removed by well established methods , such as treatment with piperidine in dmf in the case of an fmoc - protecting group , to give a substrate - bound amino acid of the general formula [ polystyrene or tentagel ]-[ rink linker ]- nh -- co -- c ( r 7 ) h -- n ( r 1 ) h . also non - natural amino acid derivatives may be attached to a substrate - bound rink amide linker and converted , by an optional deprotection step , into support - bound amino acids of the type 1 ( scheme 1 ). the substrate - bound primary or secondary amine 1 may then be acylated with an appropriate cyanoacetic acid derivative of the general structure nc -- ch 2 -- cox , x being a leaving group , preferentially with the in situ generated symmetric anhydride ( zaragoza , f . tetrahedron letters . 1995 , 36 , 8677 - 8678 ). alternatively , other , in situ generated or isolated derivatives of cyanoacetic acid may be used as acylating reagents , such as the mixed anhydrides derived from alkyl chloroformates and cyanoacetic acid , or the imidazolide or other types of activated esters , such as the n - hydroxybenzotriazolyl ester or n - hydroxysuccinyl ester or other activated esters , obvious to those skilled in the art . alternatively , a cyanoacetic acid derivative may be directly reacted with a rink linker attached to a substrate , to give a derivative of the general formula [ substrate ]-[ rink linker ]- nh -- co -- ch 2 -- cn . this corresponds to the case , where a &# 39 ; ( scheme 1 ) is a chemical bond and a is hydrogen . the resulting , resin bound cyanoacetamide 2 may then be treated with an excess of an aromatic or aliphatic isothiocyanate of the general structure r 2 -- ncs in an appropriate solvent such as dmf or thf , in the presence of a base , preferentially 1 , 8 - diazabicyclo [ 5 . 4 . 0 ] undec - 7 - ene ( dbu ). the group r 2 may be straight or branched alkyl groups , such as methyl , ethyl , propyl , isopropyl , butyl , including n - butyl , sec - butyl , iso - butyl , tert - butyl , pentyl , hexyl , heptyl , octyl , etc ., and their variants , straight or branched alkylene chains such as methylene , 1 , 2 - ethylene , 1 , 1 - ethylene , propylene , etc . linked to cycloalkyl groups , substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups such as phenyl , naphthyl , biphenylyl or monovalent radicals of substituted or unsubstituted heterocycles and heteroaromatics such as pyridyl , thienyl , pyrrolyl , furyl , piperidinyl , pyrrolidinyl , etc . additionally , r 2 may be substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups or substituted or unsubstituted heterocycles or heteroaromatics . all these groups may also be substituted with functional groups such as f , cl , br , i , conr 2 , co 2 r , cn , no 2 , sr , sor , so 2 r , so 2 nr 2 , or or nr 2 , r being low alkyl or aryl . the resulting intermediate product 3 may then be alkylated at the sulphur atom with an alkylating agent of the general structure x -- ch 2 -- r 3 , x being a leaving group for nucleophilic displacement and r 3 being an electron withdrawing group such as an acyl group r &# 39 ; co --, r &# 39 ; being substituted or unsubstituted alkyl , substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl , substituted or unsubstituted aryl , a cyano group , a formyl group , a nitro group , a sulfonyl group r &# 34 ; so 2 --, r &# 34 ; being substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl , an aminocarbonyl group -- con ( r ) 2 , r being independently low alkyl or aryl , an alkoxycarbonyl group or an aryl group substituted with one or more electron withdrawing substituents , in an appropriate solvent such as dmf , dcm , acetonitrile or thf , either under neutral or acidic conditions . the leaving group x may be , for instance cl --, br --, i --, -- ocor , -- oh 2 + or -- oso 2 r &# 34 ;. when this alkylation is completed , the resulting , s - alkylated intermediate may be treated with a base , such as dbu , guanidines , potassium hexamethyldisilazide or alcoholates , in an appropriate solvent such as dmf , thf , alcoholes or acetonitrile , thereby inducing a thorpe - ziegler - cyclization to the substrate - bound thiophene ii . the choice of base and solvent may depend on the type of substrate used . cleaving of the linker of the substrate - bound thiophene ii may release the 3 - aminothiophene derivative i into solution . cleavage conditions will depend upon the type of substrate and linker chosen . e . g ., in the case of a polystyrene resin with a wang linker or a rink linker , treatment of the support - bound thiophene ii with neat tfa or tfa / dcm mixtures may lead to a cleavage of the linker . alternatively , further chemical transformations may be carried out with the substrate - bound thiophene ii . these comprise the acylation at the 3 - amino group with e . g . carboxylic acid derivatives , sulfonic acid derivatives , isocyanates or isothiocyanates . in the case where r 3 =-- cor &# 39 ;, r &# 39 ; being hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl , the reduction of the keto group in the resin bound thiophene ii may yield a primary or secondary alcohol , which may be cleaved from the support or first acylated with carboxylic acid derivatives , sulfonic acid derivatives , isocyanates or isothiocyanates either at the hydroxy group or at the amino group , the site of acylation depending on the precise reaction conditions , and then cleaved from the support . alternatively , in the case where r 3 =-- cor &# 39 ;, -- cor &# 39 ;, r &# 39 ; being hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl , the keto - or formyl - group of the substrate - bound thiophene ii may be chemically transformed in numerous ways , obvious to those skilled in the art . it may be converted into a hydrazone or an oxime , it may be reductively aminated or reacted with organometallic reagents or condensed with ch - acidic compounds such as nitroalkanes , 1 , 3 - dicarbonyl compounds , malononitrile , disulfonyl methanes , etc . each of these reactions may be performed by conventional means , readily apparent to those skilled in the art . using this synthetic method , arrays of thiophene derivatives ii or i may be constructed with the help of a device for parallel solid phase synthesis . this may be either the pin method developed by geysen et al . ( j . immunol . meth . 1987 , 102 , 259 - 274 ) or a device with several reactors for solid phase synthesis ( containers with a permeable wall ), which permits the automated addition of reagents and solvents , as well as the removal of the solvents from the reactors by simultaneous or individual application of a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the permeable wall of the reactors . such an array may be prepared on a multiple organic synthesizer ( e . g . &# 34 ; act 496 &# 34 ; of &# 34 ; advanced chemtech &# 34 ;) by individually reacting under the conditions specified below different amines attached to a substrate and located in individual containers , first with a cyanoacetic acid derivative and then with different isothiocyanates of the general structure r 2 -- ncs in the presence of a base . the resulting intermediates 3 may then be alkylated at the sulphur atom with an alkylating agent of the general structure x -- ch 2 -- r 3 , x being a leaving group for nucleophilic displacement and r 3 being an electron withdrawing group , either under neutral or acidic conditions , to give , after treatment with dbu and optional cleavage from the support , an array of different thiophene derivatives ii . the present invention also permits the synthesis of arrays of mixtures of 3 - aminothiophene derivatives . this can be achieved either by the &# 34 ; split and mix &# 34 ; method ( sepetov , n . f ., krchnak , v ., stankova , m ., wade , s ., lam , k . s ., and lebl proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 1995 , 92 , 5426 - 5430 ) or by using mixtures of the corresponding reagents . by virtue of the present invention basically two different types of arrays of thiophenes i or ii may be constructed : fully combinatorial arrays ( fca ) and not - fully combinatorial arrays ( nfca ). by fca we refer to arrays of substituted thiophenes , in which all the possible combinations of a set of selected building blocks ( r - groups ) are realized . as an example , a fca of n thiophenes may be prepared by selecting n diamines , m isothiocyanates and p haloketones so that n × m × p = n , and synthesizing all the possible combinations of diamine / isothiocyanate / haloketone . the selection of building blocks may be done with regard to the expected properties of the members of the array . by nfca we refer to arrays of substituted thiophenes , in which only a selection of the possible combinations of a set of selected building blocks is realized . as an example , a nfca of n thiophenes may be prepared by first selecting n diamines , m isothiocyanates and p haloketones so that n × m × p & gt ; n . then a selection of n thiophenes from all the n × m × p theoretically possible thiophenes is done by grouping all the n × m × p possible thiophenes into n groups of thiophenes with similar expected properties and selecting from each of these groups one thiophene , which is then synthesized . the selection of building blocks and of thiophenes may be done with regard to the expected properties of the members of the array . for the preparation of such arrays of compounds , the exact positions of the is substrate does , by itself , not give any structural information about the compound prepared on this particular batch of substrate . for this reason , the spatial arrangement of the substrate is irrelevant . structural information will be accessible from the records of the sequences of reagents added to each batch of substrate . in every step of the preparation of a fca or a nfca , the exact location of one substrate - container within the array of containers and the structure of the different reagents added to this container is recorded , so that the precise structure of the thiophene resulting from one given container can always be deduced . the resulting arrays of 2 - aminothiophenes may then be screened by comparing the individual thiophenes in terms of their ability to bind to a particular receptor or to induce a particular biological process or to catalyze a biological or chemical reaction . this can be achieved basically in two different ways . one possibility may be the screening of the substrate - bound thiophenes ii , e . g . against a soluble receptor . this could for instance be a radioactively labelled peptide or enzyme , which would easily permit to determine the binding - strength of a given substrate - bound thiophene ii to this peptide by washing away the excess of radioligand used and determining the remaining radioactivity of each substrate - bound thiophene ii - peptide complex . alternatively , as a further example , catalytic activity of the different substrate - bound thiophenes ii for a given biological process or a chemical reaction may be measured by comparing the speed at which this biological process or a chemical reaction takes place in the presence and in the absence of a given substrate - bound thiophene ii . the second option for screening may consist in screening the thiophenes i , after having cleaved the linker of the substrate - bound thiophenes ii and using appropriately charged and indexed microtiter plates of similar multiwell arrangements , in solution against an optionally substrate - bound receptor or enzyme . the screening of soluble small molecules is conventional and well known . typically , radioassays are being used , in which the competitive binding of the radiolabelled , natural ligand of a given receptor and the compound to be tested for binding to this receptor is investigated . an example would be a screening against the cholecystokinine receptors , which are widely distributed throughout the central and peripheral nervous system and mediate numerous physiological responses . crude membrane homogenates may be prepared according to the procedure described by chang et al . 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( east ) dd 275 , 870 20 . laliberte , r . antibacterial 5 - aminothieno [ 3 , 4 - d ] pyridmidine - 4 ( 3h )- one derivatives . chemical abstracts 1972 , 76 , 140867g , u . s . pat . no . 3 , 644 , 357 ; ayerst , mckenna and harrison ltd . 21 . laliberte , r . amebicidal 2 , 4 - diamino - 3 - thiophenecarboxylic acid . chemical abstracts 1970 , 73 , 3785c , u . s . pat . no . 3 , 506 , 669 ; american home products corp . to a suspension of wang resin ( 45 . 0 g , 42 . 3 mmol , novabiochem , loading : 0 . 94 mmol / g ) in dcm ( 600 ml ) first pyridine ( 52 ml ) and then a solution of 4 - nitrophenyl chloroformate ( 43 . 0 g , 231 mmol ) was added . after shaking for 3 h at room temperature the mixture was filtered , the resin was washed with dcm ( 5 × 300 ml ) and then added to a cold solution of piperazine ( 38 . 2 g , 444 mmol ) in dmf ( 600 ml ). the resulting mixture was stirred for 13 h , filtered and the resin was washed extensively with dmf , dcm and methanol . after drying approx . 45 g of the carbamate - resin 1 was obtained . to the dcm - swollen resin 1 ( 0 . 20 g , approx . 0 . 2 mmol ) a solution of cyanoacetic acid ( 0 . 17 g , 2 . 02 mmol ) in dmf ( 1 . 5 ml ) and dcm ( 1 . 5 ml ) was added , followed by the addition of diisopropylcarbodiimide ( 0 . 14 ml , 0 . 89 mmol ). the resulting mixture was shaken for 3 h , filtered , washed with dmf ( 3 × 6 ml ) and treated once more with cyanoacetic acid and diisopropylcarbodiimide as above for 3 h , to give , after washing with dmf , the resin bound cyanoacetamide 2 . a solution of phenyl isothiocyanate ( 0 . 24 ml , 2 . 02 mmol ) in dmf ( 2 ml ) was added to the resin 2 , followed by the addition of dbu ( 0 . 7 ml ). the mixture was shaken for 18 h , filtered , and the resin was extensively washed with dmf . a solution of 2 , 4 - dichlorophenacyl chloride ( 0 . 48 g , 2 . 16 mmol ) in dmf ( 2 ml ) was then added to the resin and the mixture was shaken for 20 h . after filtration and washing with dmf , the resin was suspended in a mixture of dbu ( 1 ml ) and dmf ( 2 ml ) and shaken for 20 h . after filtration the resin was carefully washed with dmf , methanol , dcm and 10 % acoh in dcm . it was then suspended in dcm ( 2 ml ) and tfa ( 2 ml ) and shaken for 3 h . filtration , washing with dcm and concentration of the filtrates yielded 145 mg of [ 2 -( phenylamino ) 4 - amino - 5 -( 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl ) thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate as an oil . hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 21 . 7 min , 91 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 10 - 3 . 20 ( s , br , 4h ), 3 . 55 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 12 ( t , j = 8 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 22 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 33 ( t , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 40 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 47 ( dd , j = 8 . 0 , 2 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 69 ( d , j = 2 . 0 hz , 1h ), 8 . 9 ( s , br , 2h ), 9 . 50 ( s , 1h ); 13 c nmr ( 100 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 42 . 62 ( t ), 96 . 63 ( s ), 104 . 05 ( s ), 115 . 5 ( q , j = 291 hz , cf 3 ), 121 . 15 ( d ), 124 . 76 ( d ), 127 . 45 ( d ), 129 . 32 ( d ), 129 . 49 ( d ), 129 . 55 ( d ), 130 . 72 ( s ), 134 . 31 ( s ), 139 . 07 ( s ), 140 . 25 ( s ), 156 . 01 ( s ), 157 . 90 ( s ), 158 . 09 ( q , j = 37 hz , cf 3 - co 2 ), 162 . 85 ( s ), 180 . 70 ( s ); ir ( kbr ): ν 3445 , 3000 , 2600 , 2500 , 1690 cm - 1 ; ms m / z 477 , 475 ( mh + ); hrms calcd . for c 22 h 20 cl 2 n 4 o 2 s : 474 . 0681 . found : 474 . 0684 . an array of eighty different thiophenes has been prepared in the following way : into eighty reactors of the multiple organic synthesizer &# 34 ; act 496 &# 34 ; of &# 34 ; advanced chemtech &# 34 ; the four diamines piperazine , n , n &# 39 ;- dibenzylethylenediamine , 1 , 4 - diazacycloheptane and 1 , 2 - diaminocyclohexane , previously attached to a wang resin via a carbamate - group , were equally distributed [ 100 mg ( approx . 0 . 1 mmol ) of each resin - bound diamine into each of twenty reactors ]. then all the samples of resin - bound diamine were acylated with cyanoacetic acid anhydride ( 2 × 3 h ) as described above . when this acylation was completed , the resulting resin - bound cyanoacetamides were reacted with five different isothiocyanates ( 3 - methoxypropyl isothiocyanate , 3 -( trifluoromethyl ) phenyl isothiocyanate , 2 , 3 - dichlorophenyl isothiocyanate , 4 - diethylaminophenyl isothiocyanate and 1 - naphthyl isothiocyanate ) in the presence of dbu ( as described above ) in such a way , that each of the four different cyanoacetamides were treated with all of the five isothiocyanates . after this reaction , the resulting , resin - bound intermediates 3 were treated with four different alpha - bromoketones ( 2 , 5 - dimethoxyphenacyl bromide , 1 , 1 , 1 - trifluoro - 3 - bromo - 2 - propanone , 4 - phenylphenacyl bromide and 2 - bromoacetylnaphthalene ) in 10 % acoh in dmf in such a way , that all possible combinations of diamine - isothiocyanate - bromoketone were realized . after cyclization with dbu , the resulting resin - bound thiophenes were cleaved from the resin by treatment with 60 % tfa in dcm ( 5 h ), yielding an array of eighty different thiophenes in purities of 30 → 90 % ( hplc ). following the procedure given above , the following thiophene derivatives i have been prepared : ## str8 ## ( 2 - phenylamino - 4 - amino - 5 - benzoylthiophen - 3 - yl ) piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 17 . 9 min , 76 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 03 - 3 . 25 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 50 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 11 ( t , j = 7 . 4 hz , 1h ), 7 . 31 ( d , j = 7 . 4 hz , 2h ), 7 . 32 - 7 . 38 ( m , 2h ), 7 . 40 - 7 . 51 ( m , 3h ), 7 . 61 ( dd , j = 7 . 4 , 1 . 8 hz , 2h ), 8 . 80 - 9 . 30 ( m , 2h ), 9 . 39 ( s , 1h ); 13 c nmr ( 100 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 40 . 03 ( t ), 42 . 66 ( t ), 95 . 58 ( s ), 104 . 49 ( s ), 115 . 5 ( q , j = 291 hz ), 120 . 59 ( d ), 124 . 25 ( d ), 126 . 82 ( d ), 128 . 28 ( d ), 129 . 40 ( d ), 130 . 19 ( d ), 140 . 54 ( s ), 141 . 46 ( s ), 156 . 09 ( s ), 156 . 87 ( s ), 158 . 47 ( q , j = 37 hz ), 163 . 15 ( s ), 184 . 48 ( s ); ir ( kbr ): ν 3450 , 2994 , 2709 , 2504 , 1674 , 1448 cm - 1 ; ms m / z 407 ( mh + ), 321 . hrms calcd . for ( c 22 h 22 n 4 o 2 s ): 406 . 1459 . found : 406 . 1464 . ## str9 ## [ 2 - phenylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 4 - chlorobenzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 21 . 3 min , 63 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 10 - 3 . 25 ( s , br , 4h ), 3 . 55 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 05 - 7 . 65 ( m , 7h ), 7 . 94 ( d , j = 7 . 5 hz , 2h ). ## str10 ## [ 2 - phenylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 21 . 7 min , 91 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 10 - 3 . 20 ( s , br , 4h ), 3 . 55 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 12 ( t , j = 8 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 22 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 33 ( t , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 40 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 47 ( dd , j = 8 . 0 , 2 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 69 ( d , j = 2 . 0 hz , 1h ), 8 . 9 ( s , br , 2h ), 9 . 50 ( s , 1h ); 13 c nmr ( 100 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 42 . 62 ( t ), 96 . 63 ( s ), 104 . 05 ( s ), 115 . 5 ( q , j = 291 hz ), 121 . 15 ( d ), 124 . 76 ( d ), 127 . 45 ( d ), 129 . 32 ( d ), 129 . 49 ( d ), 129 . 55 ( d ), 130 . 72 ( s ), 134 . 31 ( s ), 139 . 07 ( s ), 140 . 25 ( s ), 156 . 01 ( s ), 157 . 90 ( s ), 158 . 09 ( q , j = 37 hz ), 162 . 85 ( s ), 180 . 70 ( s ); ir ( kbr ): ν 3445 , 3000 , 2600 , 2500 , 1690 cm - 1 ; ms m / z 477 , 475 ( mh + ); hrms calcd . for ( c 22 h 20 cl 2 n 4 o 2 s ): 474 . 0681 . found : 474 . 0684 . ## str11 ## ( 5 - trifluoroacetyl - 2 - phenylamino - 4 - aminothiophen - 3 - yl ) piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 8 . 8 min , 90 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 10 - 3 . 25 ( s , br , 4h ), 3 . 55 - 3 . 90 ( m , 4h ), 5 . 61 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 14 ( t , j = 7 . 8 hz , 1h ), 7 . 37 ( t , j = 7 . 8 hz , 2h ), 7 . 55 ( d , j = 7 . 8 hz , 2h ), 9 . 02 ( s , br , 2h ), 10 . 65 ( s , 1h ); ir ( kbr ): ν 2944 , 2480 , 1783 , 1500 cm - 1 ; ms m / z 399 ( mh + ). ## str12 ## [ 2 - ethylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 18 . 5 min , 74 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 1 . 10 ( t , j = 6 . 9 hz , 3h ), 3 . 02 - 3 . 25 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 45 - 3 . 95 ( m , 6h ), 7 . 42 ( d , j = 8 . 1 hz , 1h ), 7 . 50 ( dd , j = 8 . 1 , 1 . 5 hz , 1h ), 7 . 59 ( m , 1h ), 7 . 70 ( d , j = 1 . 5 hz , 1h ), 8 . 90 - 9 . 30 ( m , 2h ); 13 c nmr ( 100 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 14 . 02 ( q ), 41 . 53 ( t ), 42 . 56 ( t ), 97 . 5 ( q , j = 291 hz ), 127 . 46 ( d ), 128 . 16 ( s ), 128 . 86 ( s ), 129 . 23 ( d ), 129 . 59 ( d ), 130 . 77 ( s ), 134 . 07 ( s ), 139 . 51 ( s ), 156 . 91 ( s ), 158 . 46 ( q , j = 37 hz ), 163 . 46 ( s ), 163 . 79 ( s ), 179 . 46 ( s ); ir ( kbr ): ν 2980 , 2492 , 1674 , 1621 , 1586 , 1488 cm - 1 ; ms m / z 429 , 427 ( mh + ), 341 . ## str13 ## ( 2 - ethylamino - 4 - amino - 5 - benzoylthiophen - 3 - yl ) piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 14 . 2 min , 29 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 1 . 04 ( t , j = 7 . 0 hz , 3h ), 3 . 05 - 3 . 25 ( m , 6h ), 3 . 45 - 3 . 90 ( m , 4h ), 8 . 54 ( m , 1h ), 8 . 90 ( m , 2h ). ## str14 ## ( 2 - benzylamino - 4 - amino - 5 - benzoylthiophen - 3 - yl ) piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 18 . 1 min , 38 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 10 - 3 . 20 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 45 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 4 . 34 ( s , br , 2h ), 7 . 20 - 7 . 55 ( m , 10h ), 8 . 90 ( s , br , 2h ). ## str15 ## [ 2 - benzylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 4 - fluoro benzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 3 . 05 - 3 . 20 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 52 - 3 . 76 ( m , 4h ), 4 . 35 ( s , br , 2h ), 7 . 23 - 7 . 38 ( m , 7h ), 7 . 61 ( m , 2h ), 8 . 95 ( s , br , 2h ). ## str16 ## ( 2 - isobutylamino - 4 - amino - 5 - benzoylthiophen - 3 - yl ) piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 17 . 5 min , 47 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 0 . 80 - 0 . 90 ( m , 6h ), 1 . 92 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 05 - 3 . 25 ( m , 6h ), 3 . 50 - 3 . 90 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 42 - 7 . 62 ( m , 5h ), 8 . 90 ( m 2h ). ## str17 ## [ 2 - tert - butylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 4 - chlorobenzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 20 . 8 min , 30 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 1 . 32 ( s , 9h ), 3 . 10 - 3 . 20 ( s , br , 4h ), 3 . 55 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 53 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 64 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 8 . 90 ( m , 2h ). ## str18 ## [ 2 -( tert - butylamino )- 4 - amino - 5 -( 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 19 . 2 min , 80 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 1 . 31 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 05 - 3 . 20 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 40 - 3 . 68 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 21 ( s , br , 1h ), 7 . 46 ( d , j = 7 . 5 hz , 1h ), 7 . 52 ( dd , j = 7 . 5 , 1 . 5 hz , 1h ), 7 . 72 ( d , j = 1 . 5 hz , 2h ), 9 . 00 ( m , 2h ). ## str19 ## [ 2 -( 4 - dimethylaminophenylamino )- 4 - amino - 5 - benzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 10 . 8 min , 41 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 2 . 95 ( s , 6h ), 3 . 10 - 3 . 20 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 55 - 3 . 80 ( m , 4h ), 6 . 94 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 18 ( d , j = 8 . 0 hz , 2h ), 7 . 42 ( m , 3h ), 7 . 52 ( m , 2h ), 8 . 90 ( s , br , 2h ), 9 . 20 ( s , 1h ); ms m / z 450 ( mh + ), 317 . ## str20 ## [ 2 -( 3 - methoxypropylamino ) 4 - amino - 5 -( 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl )- thiophen - 3 - yl ] piperazin - 1 - ylmethanone trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 15 . 3 min , 82 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 1 . 72 ( m , 2h ), 3 . 08 ( m , 2h ), 3 . 18 ( s , br , 5h ), 3 . 30 ( s , br , 4h ), 3 . 45 - 3 . 71 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 41 ( dd , j = 8 . 0 , 1 . 5 hz , 1h ), 7 . 53 ( dd , j = 8 . 0 , 1 . 0 hz , 1h ), 7 . 59 ( m , 1h ), 7 . 70 ( m , 1h ), 8 . 95 ( s , br , 2h ). ## str21 ## 2 - phenylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl ) thiophene - 3 - carboxylic acid 3 -( aminomethyl ) benzylamide trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 25 . 1 min , 59 % pure . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , dmso - d 6 ) δ 4 . 00 ( m , 2h ), 4 . 45 ( m , 2h ), 7 . 05 - 7 . 70 ( m , 12h ), 8 . 20 ( m , 3h ). ## str22 ## 2 - phenylamino - 4 - amino - 5 - benzoylthiophene - 3 - carboxylic acid 2 - aminoethylamide trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 71 . 3 min , 43 % pure . ## str23 ## 2 - phenylamino - 4 - amino - 5 -( 4 - nitrobenzoyl ) thiophene - 3 - carboxylic acid 2 - aminocyclohexylamide trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 15 . 5 min and 23 . 4 min , two diastereomers , 58 % pure . ## str24 ## 2 - ethylamino - 4 - amino - 5 - benzoylthiophene - 3 - carboxylic acid benzyl - 2 -( benzylamino ) ethylamide trifluoroacetate hplc ( lichrosorb rp 18 , acetonitrile / water gradient , monitored at 254 nm ): elution at 25 . 1 min , 27 % pure . the above description is illustrative and not restrictive . various modifications and variations of the invention will become apparent to those of skill in the art upon review of this disclosure . merely by way of example a wide variety of process times , reaction temperature as well as different ordering of certain processing steps may be utilized . the scope of the invention should , therefore , be determined , not with reference to the above description , but instead should be determined with reference to the appended claims along with their full scope of equivalents .