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Design, synthesis, and SAR of macrocyclic tertiary carbinamine BACE-1 inhibitors
Stacey R Lindsley1, Keith P Moore, Hemaka A Rajapakse
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Abstract:
This Letter describes the design and synthesis of tertiary carbinamine macrocyclic inhibitors of the beta-secretase (BACE-1) enzyme. These macrocyclic inhibitors, some of which incorporate novel P2 substituents, display a 2- to 100-fold increase in potency relative to the previously described acyclic analogs while affording greater stability.
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