1. Academic Validation
  2. Substituted pyrazoles as hepatoselective HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors: discovery of (3R,5R)-7-[2-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-isopropyl-5-(4-methyl-benzylcarbamoyl)-2H-pyrazol-3-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyheptanoic acid (PF-3052334) as a candidate for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia

Substituted pyrazoles as hepatoselective HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors: discovery of (3R,5R)-7-[2-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-isopropyl-5-(4-methyl-benzylcarbamoyl)-2H-pyrazol-3-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyheptanoic acid (PF-3052334) as a candidate for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia

  • J Med Chem. 2008 Jan 10;51(1):31-45. doi: 10.1021/jm070849r.
Jeffrey A Pfefferkorn 1 Chulho Choi Scott D Larsen Bruce Auerbach Richard Hutchings William Park Valerie Askew Lisa Dillon Jeffrey C Hanselman Zhiwu Lin Gina H Lu Andrew Robertson Catherine Sekerke Melissa S Harris Alexander Pavlovsky Graeme Bainbridge Nicole Caspers Mark Kowala Bradley D Tait
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Affiliation

  • 1 Pfizer Global Research and Development, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA. jeffrey.a.pfefferkorn@pfizer.com
Abstract

In light of accumulating evidence that aggressive LDL-lowering therapy may offer increased protection against coronary heart disease, we undertook the design and synthesis of a novel series of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors based upon a substituted pyrazole template. Optimizing this series using both structure-based design and molecular property considerations afforded a class of highly efficacious and hepatoselective inhibitors resulting in the identification of (3 R,5 R)-7-[2-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-isopropyl-5-(4-methyl-benzylcarbamoyl)-2 H-pyrazol-3-yl]-3,5-dihydroxy-heptanoic (PF-3052334) as a candidate for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.

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