Heteroaryl-ketone fused azadecalin glucocorticoid receptor modulators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9707223-B2
Application number	US-201615013218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2016
Priority date	May 25, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating antipsychotic induced weight gain, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, thereby treating the antipsychotic induced weight gain, wherein the compound of Formula I has the formula:

wherein
R 1 is a heteroaryl ring having from 5 to 6 ring members and from 1 to 4 heteroatoms each independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S, optionally substituted with 1-4 groups each independently selected from R 1a ;
each R 1a is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, halogen, C 1-6 haloalkyl, C 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 haloalkoxy, —CN, N-oxide, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, and C 3-8 heterocycloalkyl;
ring J is selected from the group consisting of a cycloalkyl ring, a heterocycloalkyl ring, an aryl ring and a heteroaryl ring, wherein the heterocycloalkyl and heteroaryl rings have from 5 to 6 ring members and from 1 to 4 heteroatoms each independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S;
each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, halogen, C 1-6 haloalkyl, C 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 haloalkoxy, C 1-6 alkyl-C 1-6 alkoxy, —CN, —OH, —NR 2a R 2b , —C(O)R 2a , —C(O)OR 2a , —C(O)NR 2a R 2b , —SR 2a , —S(O)R 2a , —S(O) 2 R 2a , C 3-8 cycloalkyl, and C 3-8 heterocycloalkyl, wherein the heterocycloalkyl groups are optionally substituted with 1-4 R 2c groups;
alternatively, two R 2 groups linked to the same carbon are combined to form an oxo group (═O);
alternatively, two R 2 groups are combined to form a heterocycloalkyl ring having from 5 to 6 ring members and from 1 to 3 heteroatoms each independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S, wherein the heterocycloalkyl ring is optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 R 2d groups;
R 2a and R 2b are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C 1-6 alkyl;
each R 2c is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 haloalkoxy, —CN, and —NR 2a R 2b ;
each R 2d is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C 1-6 alkyl, or two R 2d groups attached to the same ring atom are combined to form (═O);
R 3 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl and pyridyl, each optionally substituted with 1-4 R 3a groups;
each R 3a is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, and C 1-6 haloalkyl;
subscript n is an integer from 0 to 3;
or salts thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, tetrazole, furan, oxazole, isoxazole, oxadiazole, thiophene, thiazole, isothiazole, thiadiazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, and pyridazine.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrole, 3-pyrrole, 3-pyrazole, 4-pyrazole, 5-pyrazole, 2-imidazole, 4-imidazole, 5-imidazole, 1,2,3-triazol-4-yl, 1,2,3,-triazol-5-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-5-yl, 1,2,3,4-tetrazol-1-yl, 1,2,3,4,tetrazol-5-yl, 2-furan, 3-furan, 2-oxazole, 4-oxazole, 5-oxazole, 3-isoxazole, 4-isooxazole, 5-isooxazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl, 1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl, 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl, 2-thiophene, 3-thiophene, 2-thiazole, 4-thiazole, 5-thiazole, 3-isothiazole, 4-isothiazole, 5-isothiazole, 1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl, 1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl, 1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl, 1,2,5-thiadiazol-3-yl, 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl, 2-pyridine, 3-pyridine, 4-pyridine, pyrazine, 2-pyrimidine, 4-pyrimidine, 5-pyrimidine, 6-pyrimidine, 3-pyridazine, 4-pyridazine, 5-pyridazine, and 6-pyridazine.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, furan, oxazole, oxadiazole, thiophene, thiazole, pyridine, pyrazine and pyrimidine.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of 1-pyrazole, 3-pyrazole, 4-pyrazole, 5-pyrazole, 2-imidazole, 4-imidazole, 5-imidazole, 1,2,3-triazol-4-yl, 1,2,3,-triazol-5-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-triazol-5-yl, 2-furan, 3-furan, 2-oxazole, 4-oxazole, 5-oxazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl, 1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl, 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl, 2-thiophene, 3-thiophene, 2-thiazole, 4-thiazole, 5-thiazole, 2-pyridine, 3-pyridine, 4-pyridine, pyrazine, 2-pyrimidine, 4-pyrimidine, 5-pyrimidine, and 6-pyrimidine.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each R 1a is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, C 1-6 alkoxy and C 3-8 heterocycloalkyl.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein each R 1a is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, trifluoromethyl, and methoxy.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein ring J is selected from the group consisting of heterocycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein ring J is selected from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein ring J is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, pyridine, imidazole, pyrazole, triazole, tetrazole, thiadiazole, isothiazole, cyclohexyl, tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydro-2H-pyran.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein ring J is phenyl.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein ring J is pyridyl.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl, halogen, C 1-6 haloalkyl, C 1-6 alkoxy, C 1-6 haloalkoxy, C 1-6 alkyl-C 1-6 alkoxy, —CN, —NR 2a R 2b , —C(O)OR 2a , —S(O) 2 R 2a , C 3-8 cycloalkyl, and C 3-8 heterocycloalkyl, wherein the heterocycloalkyl group has 5-6 ring members and 1 to 2 heteroatoms.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, F, Cl, —CF 3 , OMe, OCHF 2 , —CN, —NMe 2 , —S(O) 2 Me, pyrrolidine, piperidine and morpholine.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is 4-F-phenyl.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(pyridin-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-fluorophenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(pyridin-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(6-((6-chloropyridin-3-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(pyridin-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((6-morpholinopyridin-3-yl)sulfonyl)-4,4a, 5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(pyridin-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(pyridin-3-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(thiazol-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(5-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(oxazol-4-yl)methanone,
(R)-(1-(4-f

Assignees

• Corcept Therapeutics Inc

Inventors

• Hunt Hazel
• Johnson Tony
• Ray Nicholas
• Walters Iain

Classifications

• C07D498/04

  Ortho-condensed systems · CPC title

• A61K45/06

  Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiaca · CPC title

• A61K31/56

  Compounds containing cyclopenta[a]hydrophenanthrene ring systems; Derivatives thereof, e.g. steroids · CPC title

• A61K31/497

  containing further heterocyclic rings · CPC title

• C07D519/00

  Heterocyclic compounds containing more than one system of two or more relevant hetero rings condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system not provided for in groups C07D453/00 or C07D455/00 · CPC title