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  • Title: 2,5-diketopiperazines as potent, selective, and orally bioavailable oxytocin antagonists. 2. Synthesis, chirality, and pharmacokinetics.
    Author: Borthwick AD, Davies DE, Exall AM, Livermore DG, Sollis SL, Nerozzi F, Allen MJ, Perren M, Shabbir SS, Woollard PM, Wyatt PG.
    Journal: J Med Chem; 2005 Nov 03; 48(22):6956-69. PubMed ID: 16250654.
    Abstract:
    A short stereoselective synthesis of a series of chiral 7-aryl-2,5-diketopiperazines oxytocin antagonists is described. Varying the functionality and substitution pattern of substituents in the 7-aryl ring and varying the chirality of this exocyclic ring have produced potent oxytocin antagonists (pK(i) > 8.5). SAR and pharmacokinetic profiling of this series of (3R,6R,7R)-2,5-diketopiperazines together with the introduction of an ortho F group in the 7-aryl ring to improve rat pK has culminated in the 2',4'-difluorophenyldiketopiperazine derivative 37, a highly potent oxytocin antagonist against the human oxytocin receptor (pK(i) = 8.9) that has >1000-fold selectivity over all three vasopressin receptors V1a, V2, and V1b. It has good bioavailability (46%) in the rat and moderate bioavailability (13-31%) in the dog and is more active in vivo in the rat than atosiban (rat DR(10) = 0.44 mg/kg iv).
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