Boronic ester and acid compounds, synthesis and uses

• US 7,531,526 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2008
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited)
• Inventors: Adams, Julian, Grenier, Louis, Plamondon, Louis, Stein, Ross L., Ma, Yu-Ting, Baevsky, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Shiao; Rei-Tsang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Coppins; Janet L
• Application Number:
  US12/006,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20080132678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• Field of Search: 544/229, 546/13, 548/405, 549/213, 514/64
• US Class Current: 514/64
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/00 Medicinal preparations containing peptides peptides containing beta-lactam rings A61K31/00; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, A61K31/00; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type A61K31/48; containing macromolecular compounds having statistically distributed amino acid units A61K31/74; medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies A61K39/00; medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients, e.g. peptides as drug carriers, A61K47/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 11/06 Antiasthmatics
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/00 Drugs for dermatological disorders
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/06 Antipsoriatics
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 19/00 Drugs for skeletal disorders
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 19/02 for joint disorders, e.g. arthritis, arthrosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 19/10 for osteoporosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 29/00 Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g. antirheumatic agents; Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAID]
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/00 Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/04 Antibacterial agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/18 for HIV
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 35/00 Antineoplastic agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 37/00 Drugs for immunological or allergic disorders
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 37/06 Immunosuppressants, e.g. drugs for graft rejection
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 43/00 Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups A61P1/00-A61P41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 9/00 Drugs for disorders of the cardiovascular system
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 5/025 Boronic and borinic acid compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 5/04 Esters of boric acids
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 5/06 Dipeptides
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 5/06043 Leu-amino acid
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 5/06139 : with the first amino acid being heterocyclic
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 5/06191 : containing heteroatoms different from O, S, or N
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 5/0808 : the side chain containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms, e.g. Val, Ile, Leu
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 5/0827 : containing heteroatoms different from O, S, or N

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for reducing the rate of degradation of proteins in an animal, comprising contacting cells of the animal with certain boronic ester and acid compounds. Also disclosed herein are novel boronic ester and acid compounds, their synthesis and uses.

Claims

1. A compound having the formula:

2. The compound of claim 1, wherein P is R⁷—

C(O)—

, R⁷—

SO₂—

, R⁷—

NH—

C(O)—

, or R⁷—

O—

C(O)—

;

R⁷ is one of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, or heteroarylalkyl, any of which can be optionally substituted, or when P is R⁷—

C(O)—

, then R⁷ can also be N-morpholinyl.

3. The compound of claim 1, wherein P is R⁷—

C(O)—

or R⁷—

SO₂—

; and

R⁷ is one of C_6-10 aryl, C_6-10 ar(C_1-6)alkyl, 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl or 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl(C_1-6)alkyl, any of which can be optionally substituted, or when P is R⁷—

C(O)—

, R⁷ can also be N-morpholinyl.

4. The compound of claim 1, wherein one of R¹, R², or R³ is

5. The compound of claim 1, wherein A is zero.

6. The compound of claim 1, wherein:

A is zero;

P is one of R⁷—

C(O)—

, R⁷—

SO₂—

, R⁷—

NH—

C(O)—

, or R⁷—

O—

C(O)—

;

R⁷ is one of quinolinyl, quinoxalinyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, furanyl, or pyrrolyl, or when P is R⁷—

C(O)—

, R⁷ can also be N-morpholinyl;

R² is;

7. The compound of claim 1, wherein said compound is one of:

N-(4-morpholine)carbonyl-(O-benzyl)-L-tyrosine-L-leucine boronic acid;

or

N-(4-morpholine)carbonyl-[O-(2-pyridylmethyl)]-L-tyrosine-L-leucine boronic acid;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or boronate ester thereof.