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  2. Discovery and expanded SAR of 4,4-disubstituted quinazolin-2-ones as potent T-type calcium channel antagonists

Discovery and expanded SAR of 4,4-disubstituted quinazolin-2-ones as potent T-type calcium channel antagonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Sep 1;20(17):5147-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.07.010.
Kelly-Ann S Schlegel 1 Zhi-Qiang Yang Thomas S Reger Youheng Shu Rowena Cube Kenneth E Rittle Phung Bondiskey Mark G Bock George D Hartman Cuyue Tang Jeanine Ballard Yuhsin Kuo Thomayant Prueksaritanont Cindy E Nuss Scott M Doran Steven V Fox Susan L Garson Richard L Kraus Yuxing Li Victor N Uebele John J Renger James C Barrow
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  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA. kelly_ann_bieber@merck.com
Abstract

The discovery and synthesis of 4,4-disubstituted quinazolinones as T-type Calcium Channel antagonists is reported. Based on lead compounds 2 and 3, a focused SAR campaign driven by the optimization of potency, metabolic stability, and pharmacokinetic profile identified 45 as a potent T-type Ca(2+) channel antagonist with minimized PXR activation. In vivo, 45 suppressed seizure frequency in a rat model of absence epilepsy and showed significant alterations of sleep architecture after oral dosing to rats as measured by EEG.

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