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Facile synthesis of tetracyclic azepine and oxazocine derivatives and their potential as MAPKAP-K2 (MK2) inhibitors

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Jan 15;22(2):1068-72. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.11.113.
Ashwin U Rao 1 Dong Xiao Xianhai Huang Wei Zhou James Fossetta Dan Lundell Fang Tian Prashant Trivedi Robert Aslanian Anandan Palani
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  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA. [email protected]
Abstract

Facile synthesis of two new series of tetracyclic azepine and oxazocine analogs is described. These analogs were evaluated for their potential as MAPKAP-K2 (MK2) inhibitors and several were found to be potent at inhibiting MK2 with a non-ATP competitive binding mode.

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