INHIBITORS OF PROTEIN ISOPRENYL TRANSFERASES

• Main Authors: BARR, KENNETH, J, FAKHHOURY, STEPHEN, A, KALVIN, DOUGLAS, M, SWENSON, ROLF, E, SZCZEPANKIEWICZ, BRUCE, AUGERI, DAVID, J, WINN, MARTIN, ROSENBERG, SAUL, H, SHEN, WANG, O'CONNOR, STEPHEN, J, LARSEN, JOHN, J, HAMILTON, ANDREW, D, LIU, GANG, TASKER, ANDREW, S, SEBTI, SAID, M, DONNER, BERNARD, G, JANOWICK, DAVID, A, WASICAK, JAMES, T, SULLIVAN, GERARD, M, SORENSON, BRYAN, K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.02.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

Compounds having formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1 is selected from: (a) hydrogen, (b) loweralkyl, (c) alkenyl, (d) alkoxy, (e) thioalkoxy, (f) halogen, (g) haloalkyl, (h) aryl-L2 - and (i) heterocyclic - L3; R2 is selected from the group consisting of: (a) formula (II), (b) -C(O)NH-CH(R14)-C(O)OR15, (c) formula (III), (d) -C(O)NH-CH(R14)-C(O)NHSO2R16, (e) -C(O)NH-CH(R14)-tetrazolyl, (f) -C(O)NH-heterocyclic, and (g) -C(O)NH-CH(R14)-C(O)NR17R18; R3 is pyridyl, substituted pyridyl, imidazolyl, or substituted imidazolyl; R4 is selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl, haloalkyl, halogen, aryl, arylakyl, heterocyclic, and (heterocyclic)alkyl; and L1 is absent or is selected from (a) -L4-N(R4)-L5-, (b) -L4-O-L5-, (c) -L4-S(O)n-L5-, (d) -L4-L6-C(W)-N(R5)-L5-, (e) -L4-L6-S(O)m-N(R7)-L5-, (f) -L4-N(R7)-C(W)-L7-L5-, (g) -L4-N(R7)-S(O)p-L7-L5-, (h) C2-C4-alkylene optionally substituted with 1 or 2 hydroxy groups, (i) C2-to-C4-alkenylene, and (j) C2-to-C4-alkynylene, are inhibitors of protein isoprenyl transferases. Also disclosed are protein isoprenyl transferase inhibiting compositions and a method of inhibiting protein isoprenyl transferases.