Bicyclic aza compounds as muscarinic M1 receptor and/or M4 receptor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10689368-B2
Application number	US-201916459179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2019
Priority date	Feb 6, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and/or M4 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1/M4 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds include those according to formula 1, or a salt thereof, wherein Q, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are as defined herein.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of treating a cognitive disorder, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the formula (1b):

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein
Q is an optionally substituted five or six or seven membered heterocyclic ring containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatom ring members selected from N, O and S;
R 3 is selected from hydrogen; fluorine; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and a C 1-9 non-aromatic hydrocarbon group which is optionally substituted with one to six fluorine atoms and wherein one, two or three, but not all, carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon group may optionally be replaced by a heteroatom selected from O, N and S and oxidized forms thereof;
R 4 is a hydrogen or a C 1-6 non-aromatic hydrocarbon group which is optionally substituted with one to six fluorine atoms and wherein one or two, but not all, carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon group may optionally be replaced by a heteroatom selected from O, N and S and oxidised forms thereof;
and the dotted line indicates an optional second carbon-carbon bond, provided that when a second carbon-carbon bond is present, then R 3 is absent.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the moiety:

is selected from groups AAA to ACB, BAA to BCZ, CAA to CBZ, DAA to DBG and EAA to EAB:

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein R 3 is present and the optional second carbon-carbon bond is absent.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein R 3 is selected from hydrogen; fluorine; hydroxyl; methoxy and cyano.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein R 3 is hydrogen.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein R 4 is selected from hydrogen and methyl.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
ethyl 2-[4-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-[4-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-[4-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-[4-(1-ethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-[4-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2S)-1-propanoylpyrrolidin-2-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[1-(methylcarbamoyl)pyrrolidin-2-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2S)-1-(methoxycarbonyl)pyrrolidin-2-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2R)-4,4-difluoro-2-(methoxycarbonyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2R)-4,4-difluoro-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2R)-2-methyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2R)-2-ethyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2S)-2-methyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2S)-2-ethyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate
ethyl 2-[4-(2,2-dimethyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[2-(1,2-oxazol-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate
ethyl 2-{4-[(2R,4S)-4-fluoro-2-(methoxycarbonyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-{4-[(2R,4R)-4-fluoro-2-(hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-[4-cyano-4-(pyridin-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
ethyl 2-(2-oxo-3,4′-bipiperidin-1′-yl)-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate; and
ethyl 2-{4-[2-(methoxycarbonyl)azepan-1-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
Ethyl 2-[4-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-[4-(4-chloro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-{4-[4-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-imidazol-2- yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-[4-(4-cyano-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-[4-(4,5-dichloro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Methyl 2-[4-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-[4-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-{4-[1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl]piperidin-1-yl}-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Methyl 2-[4-(1,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Ethyl 2-[4-(1,5-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate;
Methyl 2-[4-(1,4-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-azas

Assignees

• Heptares Therapeutics Ltd

Inventors

• Brown Giles Albert
• Cansfield Julie Elaine
• Congreve Miles Stuart
• O'Brien Michael Alistair
• Pickworth Mark
• Rackham Mark David
• Tehan Benjamin Gerald
• Teobald Barry John

Classifications

• C07D491/10

  Spiro-condensed systems · CPC title

• C07D417/14

  containing three or more hetero rings · CPC title

• C07D413/14

  containing three or more hetero rings · CPC title

• C07D409/14

  containing three or more hetero rings · CPC title

• C07D405/14

  containing three or more hetero rings · CPC title