Abstract
Thrombosis is a major cause of mortality in the industrialized world. Therefore, the control of blood coagulation has become a major target for new therapeutic agents. One attractive approach is the inhibition of factor Xa (fXa), the enzyme directly responsible for thrombin generation. In this review we describe our approaches in the design and synthesis of small molecule, noncovalent fXa inhibitors. Rational drug design and selective screening of our GPIIb/IIIa library afforded several lead compounds for our fXa program. Following-up the leads in the isoxazoline series led to potent fXa inhibitors such as SF303 and SK509 with only one basic group. The isoxazole series was then designed to remove the chiral center in the isoxazoline ring, and this effort led to SA862 which has subnanomolar fXa affinity. Optimizing the core structure generated a series of novel five-membered ring heterocycles substituted with benzamidine, which are potent fXa inhibitors. Further optimization in the pyrazole series resulted in the discovery of fXa inhibitors such as SN429 with picomolar fXa affinity. Efforts to improve the oral bioavailability by lowering the basicity of these compounds, while simultaneously maintaining potency against fXa, culmi...Continue Reading
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