Evaluation of endo- and exo-aryl-substitutions and central scaffold modifications on diphenyl substituted alkanes as 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitors
Discovery and Preclinical Sciences, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. lin_chu@merck.com
Abstract:
A search for a suitable replacement for the central norbornyl scaffold presented in the recently disclosed novel FLAP inhibitors is herein described, as well as the SAR study performed on the endo and exo-aryl groups.