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Discovery of novel tetrahydroisoquinoline-containing pyrimidines as ALK inhibitors
Raghavendra Achary1, Jeong In Yun2, Chi Min Park3
1Bio & Drug Discovery Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 305-600, Republic of Korea; Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 305-550, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Exploration of the two-position side chain of pyrimidine in LDK378 with tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) led to discovery of 8 and 17 as highly potent ALK inhibitors. THIQs 8 and 17 showed encouraging in vitro and in vivo xenograft efficacies, comparable with those of LDK378. Although THIQ analogs (8a-o and 17a-i) prepared were not as active as their parent compounds, both 8 and 17 have significant inhibitory activities against various ALK mutant enzymes including G1202R, indicating that this series of compounds could be further optimized as useful ALK inhibitors overcoming the resistance issues found from crizotinib and LDK378.
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