Design and syntheses of 1,6-naphthalene derivatives as selective HCMV protease inhibitors

J Med Chem. 2004 Apr 8;47(8):1893-9. doi: 10.1021/jm030540h.

Abstract

Through high throughput screening of various libraries, substituted styryl naphthalene 6 was identified as an HCMV protease inhibitor. Optimization of various regions of the lead molecule using parallel synthesis resulted in 1,6-substituted naphthalenes 19d-i. These compounds displayed good potency and were selective over elastase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin. The optimization approach on lead compound 6 in three different regions of the molecule using parallel solution-phase synthesis and the corresponding SAR are discussed in detail.

MeSH terms

  • 2-Naphthylamine / analogs & derivatives
  • 2-Naphthylamine / chemical synthesis*
  • 2-Naphthylamine / chemistry
  • Cytomegalovirus / chemistry*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Naphthalenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry
  • Protease Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Protease Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Serine Endopeptidases / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfonamides / chemical synthesis*
  • Sulfonamides / chemistry

Substances

  • C,C,C-trifluoro-N-(5-(2-pyridin-2-ylvinyl)naphthalen-2-yl)methanesulfonamide
  • Naphthalenes
  • Protease Inhibitors
  • Sulfonamides
  • 2-Naphthylamine
  • Serine Endopeptidases
  • assemblin