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US008853205 B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,853,205 B2 Makriyannis et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Oct. 7, 2014 (54) HETEROPYRROLE ANALOGSACTING ON 5,462,960 A * 10/1995 Barth et al. ................... 514,406 CANNABINOID RECEPTORS 6.432,984 B1 8, 2002 Barth et al. 6,509,367 B1 1/2003 Martin et al. 7,119, 108 B1 10/2006 Makriyannis et al. (75) Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Watertown, 7,393,842 B2 7/2008 Makriyannis et al. MA (US); Venkata Kiran Vemuri, 7,745.440 B2 6/2010 Makriyannis et al. Boston, MA (US) 7,872,006 B2 1/2011 Moritani et al. 8,084,451 B2 * 12/2011 Makriyannis et al. ........ 514,241 (73) Assignee: University of Connecticut, Farmington, 2004/0192667 A1 9/2004 Makriyannis et al. CT (US) 2004/0248956 Al 12/2004 Hagmann et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS past is tituted under 35 EP O576,357 A1 12/1993 .S.C. 154(b) by ayS. EP O656354 A1 6, 1995 This patent is Subject to a terminal disis- FREP 2758.723O658546 A1 6,T 19951998 Ca10. FR 2856683 A1 12/2004 WO 9719063 A1 5, 1997 (21) Appl. No.: 13/202,499 WO 972.1682 A1 6, 1997 WO 2005OOO820 1, 2005 (22) PCT Filed: Feb. 19, 2009 WO 2006067443 6, 2006 WO 2006O74445 A2 T 2006 (86). PCT No.: PCT/US2O09/OO 1054 WO 2007061948 A2 5, 2007 S371 (c)(1), OTHER PUBLICATIONS (2), (4) Date: Nov. 11, 2011 Fan, H. et al., “Analogs of JHU75528, a PET ligand for imaging of (87) PCT Pub. No.: WO2010/104488 cerebral cannabinoid receptors (CB1): Development of ligands with PCT Pub. Date: Sep. 16, 2010 optimized lipophilicity and binding affinity.” European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 44, pp. 593-609, 2009. (65) Prior Publication Data European Search Report dated Jun. 28, 2012. Notification of Transmittal, the International Search Report and Writ US 2012/OO46280 A1 Feb. 23, 2012 ten Opinion of the International Searching Authority for PCT/ US2009/001054 dated Sep. 14, 2009. Related U.S. Application Data International Preliminary Report on Patentability for PCT/US2009/ (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/813.546, 001054 dated Aug. 23, 2011. filed as application No. PCT/US2006/000720 on Jan Howlett A.C. et al. "Azido- and isothiocyanato-substituted aryl 10, 2006, now Pat No. 8 O84,451 pyrazoles bind covalently to the CB1 cannabinoid receptor and impair signal transduction'. Journal of Neurochemistry, Wiley (60) Provisional application No. 60/642.544, filed on Jan. Interscience, New York, NY, US, vol. 74, No. 5, Jan. 1, 2000, 2174 10, 2005. 2181. (51) Int. Cl. (Continued) CO7D 231/4 (2006.01) C T E. 3:08: Primary Examiner — Kamal Saeed CO7D 405/2 (2006.01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP CO7D 40/0 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. CPC ............ C07D 231/14 (2013.01); Co7D401/10 (7) ABSTRACT 405/12(2013.01); (2013.01); C07D 409/04 C07D 233/90(2013.01); (2013.01) C07D Disclosed are biologically- active hetero pyrrole analogs such USPC .................. 27.28.23 as imidazoles, thiazoles, oxazoles and pyrazoles capable of 514/318: 514/326 514,406. 544/139. 544/140. interacting with the CB1 and/or CB2 cannabinoid receptors. 544/406. 546/1 87; 546/21 1; 548/365.7 Aspects disclose hetero pyrrole analogs acting as CB1 and/or (58) Field of Classification Search CB1 receptor antagonists, having selectivity for the CB1 or None CB2 receptor, acting as neutral antagonists, acting preferen See application file for complete search history. tially on CB1 receptors located in the peripheral nervous system, and/or acting as nitric oxide donors. 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