1. Academic Validation
  2. 8-Methoxyquinoline-5-carboxamides as PDE4 inhibitors: a potential treatment for asthma

8-Methoxyquinoline-5-carboxamides as PDE4 inhibitors: a potential treatment for asthma

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2002 Jun 17;12(12):1613-5. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00223-8.
George M Buckley 1 Nicola Cooper Hazel J Dyke Fiona P Galleway Lewis Gowers Alan F Haughan Hannah J Kendall Christopher Lowe Robert Maxey John G Montana Robert Naylor Janet Oxford Joanna C Peake C Louise Picken Karen A Runcie Verity Sabin Andrew Sharpe Julie B H Warneck
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Celltech R&D, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge CB1 6GS, UK.
Abstract

A series of bicyclic heteroaryl ring systems was considered as a replacement for the 3-cyclopentyloxy-4-methoxyphenyl moiety in rolipram resulting in the discovery of 8-methoxyquinoline-5-carboxamides as potent inhibitors of phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4).

Figures