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  3. Design, synthesis, and structure-affinity relationship studies in NK1 receptor ligands based on azole-fused quinolinecarboxamide moieties

Design, synthesis, and structure-affinity relationship studies in NK1 receptor ligands based on azole-fused quinolinecarboxamide moieties

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2008 Jul 15;16(14):6850-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.05.067.
Andrea Cappelli 1,  Germano Giuliani,  Maurizio Anzini,  Daniela Riitano,  Gianluca Giorgi,  Salvatore Vomero
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Affiliation

  • 1 Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico and European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via A. Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy. [email protected]
PMID: 18554914 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.05.067
Abstract

The substituent in position 2 of the quinoline nucleus of NK(1) receptor ligands 5 has been constrained into different five-membered heterocyclic moieties in order to obtain information on the binding site pocket interacting with this apparently critical portion of ligands 5. This structure-affinity relationship study led to the discovery of novel tricyclic NK(1) receptor ligands 6 showing affinity in the nanomolar range to the sub-micromolar one. The systematic structure variation suggests that electronic features of the tricyclic moiety play a role in modulating the interaction of these amide derivatives with their receptor.

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