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US 20120277430A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2012/0277430 A1 TANGUCH et al. (43) Pub. Date: Nov. 1, 2012 (54) PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUNDS (52) U.S. Cl. ........................................................ 544/238 (57) ABSTRACT (76) Inventors: Takahiko TANGUCHI, Cambridge (GB); Jun Kunitomo, The present invention provides a compound which has the Kanagawa (JP) effect of PDE inhibition, and which is useful as a medicament for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on. A com pound of formula (I), wherein R1 represents a substituent; (21) Appl. No.: 13/543,296 R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a Substituent; R3 repre sents a hydrogenatom, or a substituent; Ring. A represents an (22) Filed: Jul. 6, 2012 aromatic ring which can be substituted, and Ring Brepresents a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring which can be substituted, Related U.S. Application Data or a salt thereof. (62) Division of application No. 13/148,172, filed on Oct. 20, 2011, filed as application No. PCT/US2010/ (Io) 000307 on Feb. 4, 2010. (60) Provisional application No. 61/202,207, filed on Feb. 5, 2009, provisional application No. 61/213,927, filed on Jul 30, 2009. Publication Classification (51) Int. Cl. CO7D 403/14 (2006.01) Patent Application Publication Nov. 1, 2012 Sheet 1 of 3 US 2012/0277430 A1 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.OO . 0.50 O.OO ... Vehicle 3 10 30 Compound A (mg/kg, i.p.) Fig. 1A 0.25 0.20 - 0. 15 ------------ 0. 10 0.05 - 0.00 - --- vehicle 3 Compound A Fig. 1B "control OCompound A: 3 Z Compound A: 10 8 Compound A: 30 a Compound A:100 (in g/kg, ip.) -30t O 0 min O to 90 m in Fig. 2A Patent Application Publication Nov. 1, 2012 Sheet 2 of 3 US 2012/0277430 A1 control Compound A: 3 2) Compound A: 10 Compound A: 30 (in g/kg, ip) -30 to Omin O to 90 min Fig. 2B i * O O O 1 3 10 30 RS O.3 Compound A (mg/kg, i.p.) MK-801 (0.3 mg/kg, s.c.) - Fig. 3 Patent Application Publication Nov. 1, 2012 Sheet 3 of 3 US 2012/0277430 A1 3000 2500 2000 squnooA??a?oe 1500 1000 -60 to 0 min O to 90 min Fig. 4 US 2012/0277430 A1 Nov. 1, 2012 PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUNDS medications, D or D/5-HT, antagonists, mainly derives from their activation of the indirect pathway in the striatum. TECHNICAL FIELD As PDE10A inhibitors are able to activate this pathway, this Suggests that PDE10A inhibitors are promising as antipsy 0001. The present invention relates to pyridazinone com chotic drugs. The excessive D receptor antagonism in the pounds. brain by Dantagonists causes problems of extrapyramidal side effects and hyperprolactinaemia. However the expres sion of PDE10A is limited to these striatal pathways in the BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION brain, thus side effects by PDE10A inhibitors were expected to be weaker compared with current Dantagonists. Regard 0002 Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are a superfamily of ing hyperprolactinaemia, PDE10A inhibitors would produce enzymes encoded by 21 genes and Subdivided into 11 distinct no prolactin elevation due to lack of D receptor antagonism families according to structural and functional properties. in the pituitary. Moreover, the presence of PDE10A in a direct These enzymes metabolically inactivate the ubiquitous intra pathway makes it likely that PDE10A inhibition will have cellular second messengers, cyclic adenosine monophos some advantage over current Dantagonists; the direct path phate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate way is thought to promote desired action, and activation of (cGMP): PDEs selectively catalyze the hydrolysis of the this pathway by PDE10A inhibitors may counteract extrapy 3'-ester bond, forming the inactive 5'-monophosphate. On the ramidal symptoms induced by excessive D receptor antago basis of substrate specificity, the PDE families can be further nism. In addition, activation of this pathway could facilitate striatal-thalamic outflow, promoting the execution of proce classified into three groups: i) the cAMP-PDEs (PDE4, dural Strategies. Furthermore, enhancement of second mes PDE7, PDE8), ii) the coMP-PDEs (PDE5, PDE6 and PDE9), senger levels without blockade of dopamine and/or other and iii) the dual-substrate PDEs (PDE1, PDE2, PDE3, neurotransmitter receptors may also provide therapeutic PDE10 and PDE11). advantages with fewer adverse side-effects compared with 0003. The cAMP and coMP are involved in the regulation current antipsychotics (e.g., hyperprolactinaemia and weight of virtually every physiological process Such as pro-inflam gain). This unique distribution and function in the brain indi matory mediator production and action, ion channel function, cates that PDE10A represents an important new target for the muscle relaxation, learning and memory formation, differen treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders, in par tiation, apoptosis, lipogenesis, glycogenolysis and gluconeo ticular psychotic disorders like Schizophrenia. genesis. Especially, in neurons, these second messengers 0005. As a phosphodiesterase (PDE)10 inhibitor, a com have important role in the regulation of synaptic transmission pound represented by the formula: as well as in neuronal differentiation and survival (Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 2006, vol. 5: 660-670). Regulation of these processes by cAMP and ccjMP are accompanied by activa tion of protein kinase A(PKA) and protein kinase G (PKG), which in turn phosphorylate a variety of substrates, including transcription factors, ion channels and receptors that regulate a variety of physiological processes. Intracellular cAMP and cGMP concentrations seem to be temporally, spatially, and functionally compartmentalized by regulation of adenyl and guanyl cyclases in response to extracellular signaling and their degradation by PDEs (Circ. Res. 2007, vol. 100(7): 0006 wherein Z is 950-966). PDEs provide the only means of degrading the cyclic nucleotides cAMP and ccjMP in cells, thus PDEs play an essential role in cyclic nucleotide signaling. Thereby, i PDEs could be promising targets for various therapeutic 21 drugs. Y N X 0004 Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) was discovered y 1 n n Nx N X in 1999 by three independent groups (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1999, vol.96: 8991-8996, J. Biol. Chem. 1999, vol. 274: Y Y 18438-18445, Gene 1999, vol. 234: 109-117). Expression N4N4 studies have shown that PDE10A has the most restricted 0007) was disclosed in WO2006/072828 Pamphlet. distribution within the all known PDE families; the PDE10A 0008 Further, as aphosphodiesterase (PDE)10 inhibitor, a mRNA is highly expressed only in brain and testes (Eur. J. compound represented by the general formula Biochem. 1999, vol. 266: 1118-1127, J. Biol. Chem. 1999, (I) vol. 274: 18438-18445). In the brain, mRNA and protein of PDE10A are highly enriched in medium spiny neurons (MSNs) of the striatum (Eur. J. Biochem. 1999, vol. 266: 1118-1127, Brain Res. 2003, vol. 985: 113-126). MSNs are classified into two groups: the MSN that express D dopam ine receptors responsible for a direct (striatonigral) pathway and the MSN that express D dopamine receptors responsible for an indirect (striatopallidal) pathway. The function of direct pathway is to plan and execution, while indirect path way is to act as a brake on behavioral activation. As PDE10A expresses in both MSNs, PDE10A inhibitors could activate both of these pathways. The antipsychotic efficacy of current 0009 was also disclosed in WO2008/001182 Pamphlet. US 2012/0277430 A1 Nov. 1, 2012 I0059) R' is a hydrogen atom, or a methyl group, and 0090 8 0060 Ra is a hydrogen atom, or a Cacyclic hydrocar 0091. The compound according to any one of the above mentioned 1 to 7, wherein bon group which can be substituted, a compound of formula: 0092 R represents 0093 a hydrogenatom, or a Coalkoxy group which can be substituted. 0094. 9 0.095 The compound according to any one of the above mentioned 1 to 8, wherein (0096 R represents 0097 a hydrogen atom, or a Coalkoxy group. 0.098 (10) 0099. The compound according to any one of the above mentioned 1 to 9), wherein 0100 R represents 0101 a hydrogen atom. 01.02 11 0061 wherein 0103) The compound according to any one of the above 0062 Ring A" is a benzene ring which can be substituted mentioned 1 to 10, wherein by halogen, and 0104 Ring. A represents 0063 R'" is an acyl group 0105 a benzene ring which can be substituted by 1 to 5 0064 are excluded: substituents selected from 0065 or a salt thereof. 0106 (1) a halogen atom, 0107 (2) a Co alkyl group which can be substituted, 0.066 (2) 0.108 (3) a Coalkoxy group which can be substituted, 0067. The compound according to the above-mentioned 0109 (4) a 4- to 6-membered heterocyclic group contain 1 or 2, wherein ing 0 or 1 oxygenatom, and 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms as heteroa 0068 R represents toms which can be substituted, 0069 a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a Co alkyl 0110 (5) a C- alkylsulfonyl group which can be substi group which can be substituted, or a Co to alkoxy group tuted, which can be substituted. I0111 (6) a C-, cycloalkyl group which can be substituted, 0070 (3) 0112 (7) a cyano group, 0071. The compound according to the above-mentioned 0113 (8) a carbamoyl group which can be substituted, 1 or 2, wherein 0114 (9) a Co alkylsulfonyloxy group which can be 0072 R represents substituted, 0073 a Coalkoxy group which can be substituted by 0115 (10) a C-7 cycloalkyl-C alkynyl group which can one or more Substituents selected from a halogen atom, a be substituted, Coalkoxy group, and a C-7 cycloalkyl group. 0116 (11) a tetrahydropyranyl group which can be substi 0074 (4) tuted, 0075.