Department of Medicinal Chemistry, AstraZeneca R&D Montréal, 7171 Frederick-Banting, St-Laurent, Que., Canada. daniel.page@astrazeneca.com
Abstract:
The preparation and evaluation of a novel class of CB2 agonists based on a benzimidazole moiety are reported. They showed binding affinities up to 1nM towards the CB2 receptor with partial to full agonist potencies. They also demonstrated good to excellent selectivity (>1000-fold) over the CB1 receptor.