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  2. Synthesis and activity of 4,5-diarylimidazoles as human CB1 receptor inverse agonists

Synthesis and activity of 4,5-diarylimidazoles as human CB1 receptor inverse agonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Mar 1;15(5):1441-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.12.078.
Christopher W Plummer 1 Paul E Finke Sander G Mills Junying Wang Xinchun Tong George A Doss Tung M Fong Julie Z Lao Marie-Therese Schaeffer Jing Chen Chun-Pyn Shen D Sloan Stribling Lauren P Shearman Alison M Strack Lex H T Van der Ploeg
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. christopher_plummer@merck.com
Abstract

Structure-activity relationship studies directed toward the optimization of 4,5-diarylimidazole-2-carboxamide analogs as human CB1 receptor inverse agonists resulted in the discovery of the two amide derivatives 24a and b (hCB1 IC50 = 6.1 and 4.0 nM) which also demonstrated efficacy in overnight feeding studies in the rat for reduction in both food intake and overall body weight.

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