Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12790 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130, USA.
Abstract:
A series of 2-pyridinylpiperazines derived from beta-Ala-(2,4-Cl)Phe dipeptide was synthesized for the study of their SARs and possible interactions with the MC4 receptor. Compounds such as 11k (Ki=6.5 nM) possessed high potency.