aDepartment of Chemistry, Adolor Corporation, 700 Pennsylvania Drive, Exton, PA, USA
bDepartment of Pharmacology, Adolor Corporation, 700 Pennsylvania Drive, Exton, PA, USA
Abstract:
Sulfamoyl benzamides were identified as a novel series of cannabinoid receptor ligands. Starting from a screening hit 8 that had modest affinity for the cannabinoid CB2 receptor, a parallel synthesis approach and initial SAR are described, leading to compound 27 with 120-fold functional selectivity for the CB2 receptor. This compound produced robust antiallodynic activity in rodent models of postoperative pain and neuropathic pain without traditional cannabinergic side effects.