8-Fluoroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine: synthesis, physicochemical properties and evaluation as a bioisosteric replacement for imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine in an allosteric modulator ligand of the GABA A receptor |
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Authors: | Humphries Alexander C Gancia Emanuela Gilligan Myra T Goodacre Simon Hallett David Merchant Kevin J Thomas Steve R |
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Institution: | The Neuroscience Research Centre, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Terlings Park, Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR, UK. alexander_humphries@merck.com |
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Abstract: | 8-Fluoroimidazo1,2-a]pyridine has been established as a physicochemical mimic of imidazo1,2-a]pyrimidine, using both in silico and traditional techniques. Furthermore, a novel synthesis of a 3,7-disubstituted-8-fluoroimidazopyridine 3 has been developed and the utility of the physicochemical mimicry has been demonstrated in an in vitro system. Here, the 8-fluoroimidazopyridine ring contained in ligand 3 acts as a bioisosteric replacement for imidazopyrimidine in the GABA(A) receptor modulator 2. |
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