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  2. Substituted acyclic sulfonamides as human cannabinoid-1 receptor inverse agonists

Substituted acyclic sulfonamides as human cannabinoid-1 receptor inverse agonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2007 Apr 15;17(8):2184-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.01.087.
Helen E Armstrong 1 Amy Galka Linus S Lin Thomas J Lanza Jr James P Jewell Shrenik K Shah Ravi Guthikonda Quang Truong Linda L Chang Grace Quaker Vincent J Colandrea Xinchun Tong Junying Wang Sherry Xu Tung M Fong Chun-Pyn Shen Julie Lao Jing Chen Lauren P Shearman D Sloan Stribling Kimberly Rosko Alison Strack Sookhee Ha Lex Van der Ploeg Mark T Goulet William K Hagmann
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Abstract

Sulfonamide analogues of the potent CB1R inverse agonist taranabant were prepared and optimized for potency and selectivity for CB1R. They were variably more potent than the corresponding amide analogues. The most potent representative 22 had good pharmacokinetic and brain levels, but was modestly active in blocking CB1R agonist-mediated hypothermia.

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