Biphenyl-substituted oxazolidinones as cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors: Modifications of the oxazolidinone ring leading to the discovery of anacetrapib

…, J Napolitano, GE Taylor, CF Thompson…

Index: Smith, Cameron J.; Ali, Amjad; Hammond, Milton L.; Li, Hong; Lu, Zhijian; Napolitano, Joann; Taylor, Gayle E.; Thompson, Christopher F.; Anderson, Matt S.; Chen, Ying; Eveland, Suzanne S.; Guo, Qiu; Hyland, Sheryl A.; Milot, Denise P.; Sparrow, Carl P.; Wright, Samuel D.; Cumiskey, Anne-Marie; Latham, Melanie; Peterson, Laurence B.; Rosa, Ray; Pivnichny, James V.; Tong, Xinchun; Xu, Suoyu S.; Sinclair, Peter J. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 54, # 13 p. 4880 - 4895

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Abstract

The development of the structure–activity studies leading to the discovery of anacetrapib is described. These studies focused on varying the substitution of the oxazolidinone ring of the 5-aryloxazolidinone system. Specifically, it was found that substitution of the 4-position with a methyl group with the cis-stereochemistry relative to the 5-aryl group afforded compounds with increased cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibition potency and a robust in ...