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Pan G, Lu L, Zhuang W, Huang Q. Synthesis of Indole-Fused Six-, Seven-, or Eight-Membered N,O-Heterocycles via Rhodium-Catalyzed NH-Indole-Directed C-H Acetoxylation/Hydrolysis/Annulation. J Org Chem 2021; 86:16753-16763. [PMID: 34756052 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report herein the facile synthesis of indole-fused six-, seven-, or eight-membered N,O-heterocycles through rhodium-catalyzed C-H acetoxylation/hydrolysis/annulation. The notable features of this method include C-H acetoxylation using NH-indole as the intrinsic directing group, high functional group compatibility, and construction of indole-fused medium-sized rings.
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- Guoshuai Pan
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P. R. China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P. R. China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P. R. China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, P. R. China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou, Fujian 35007, P.R. China
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Chapala VL, Katari NK, Malavattu GP, Kerru N, Reddy PN, Marisetti VM. An Improved Process for the Enantioselective Synthesis of HCV NS5A Inhibitor Elbasvir (MK-8742) Chiral Amine Intermediate. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s107036322105025x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dorababu A. Indole - a promising pharmacophore in recent antiviral drug discovery. RSC Med Chem 2020; 11:1335-1353. [PMID: 34095843 PMCID: PMC8126882 DOI: 10.1039/d0md00288g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The bicyclic molecule indole has been in the limelight because of its numerous pharmacological potencies. It is used as an excellent scaffold in drug discovery of medicinal drugs such as antimicrobials, anticancer agents, antihypertensives, anti-proliferative agents and anti-inflammatory agents. In spite of its diverse therapeutic activity, it is used as a key pharmacophore in synthesizing the most potent biological agents. Besides, viral infections are ubiquitous and their prevention and cure have become a great challenge. In this regard, the design of indole-containing antiviral drugs is accomplished to combat viral infections. A lot of research is being carried out towards antiviral drug discovery by many researchers round the clock. Herein, the antiviral activity of recently discovered indole scaffolds is compiled and critically evaluated to give a meaningful summary. In addition, the structure-activity relationship of remarkable antiviral agents is discussed. Also, the structural motifs attributed to noteworthy antiviral properties are highlighted to guide future antiviral research.
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- Atukuri Dorababu
- Department of Chemistry, SRMPP Govt. First Grade College Huvinahadagali-583219 Karnataka India
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Qin Z, Yan A. QSAR studies on hepatitis C virus NS5A protein tetracyclic inhibitors in wild type and mutants by CoMFA and CoMSIA. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 31:281-311. [PMID: 32208783 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2020.1740889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Several 3D-QSAR models were built based on 196 hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A protein inhibitors. The bioactivity values EC90 for three types of inhibitors, the wild type (GT1a) and two mutants (GT1a Y93H and GT1a L31V), were collected to build three datasets. The programs OMEGA and ROCS were used for generating conformations and aligning molecules of the dataset, respectively. Each dataset was randomly divided into a training set and a test set three times to reduce the contingency of only one random selection. QSAR models were computed by comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA). For the datasets GT1a, GT1a Y93H, and GT1a L31V, the best models CoMFA-INDX, CoMSIA-SEHA, and CoMSIA-SEHA showed an r2 value of 0.682 ± 0.033, 0.779 ± 0.036, and 0.782 ± 0.022 on the test sets, respectively. From the contour maps of the three best models, we summarized the favourable and unfavourable substituents on the tetracyclic core, the Z group, the proline group, and the valine group of inhibitors. We guessed the mutants could change the electrostatic surfaces of the wild type active pocket. In addition, we used ECFP analyses to find important substructures and could intuitively understand the results from QSAR models.
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- Z Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, PR China
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Palchykov VA, Gaponov AA. 1,3-Amino alcohols and their phenol analogs in heterocyclization reactions. ADVANCES IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aihch.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Asante-Appiah E, Liu R, Curry S, McMonagle P, Agrawal S, Carr D, Rokosz L, Lahser F, Bystol K, Chase R, Black S, Ferrari E, Ingravallo P, Tong L, Yu W, Kozlowski J. In Vitro Antiviral Profile of Ruzasvir, a Potent and Pangenotype Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus NS5A. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e01280-18. [PMID: 30150466 PMCID: PMC6201069 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01280-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Inhibition of NS5A has emerged as an attractive strategy to intervene in hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. Ruzasvir (formerly MK-8408) was developed as a novel NS5A inhibitor to improve upon the potency and barrier to resistance of early compounds. Ruzasvir inhibited HCV RNA replication with 50% effective concentrations (EC50s) of 1 to 4 pM in Huh7 or Huh7.5 cells bearing replicons for HCV genotype 1 (GT1) to GT7. The antiviral activity was modestly (10-fold) reduced in the presence of 40% normal human serum. The picomolar potency in replicon cells extended to sequences of clinical isolates available in public databases that were synthesized and tested as replicons. In GT1a, ruzasvir inhibited common NS5A resistance-associated substitutions (RASs), with the exception of M28G. De novo resistance selection studies identified pathways with certain amino acid substitutions at residues 28, 30, 31, and 93 across genotypes. Substitutions at position 93 were more common in GT1 to -4, while changes at position 31 emerged frequently in GT5 and -6. With the exception of GT4, the reintroduction of selected RASs conferred a ≥100-fold potency reduction in the antiviral activity of ruzasvir. Common RASs from other classes of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) did not confer cross-resistance to ruzasvir. The interaction of ruzasvir with an NS3/4A protease inhibitor (grazoprevir) and an NS5B polymerase prodrug (uprifosbuvir) was additive to synergistic, with no evidence of antagonism or cytotoxicity. The antiviral profile of ruzasvir supported its further evaluation in human trials in combination with grazoprevir and uprifosbuvir.
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- Ernest Asante-Appiah
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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Jia P, Huang Y. A Formal [5+1] Annulation Reaction of Sulfur Ylides and 2-(1H-indol-2-yl)phenols: Access to Indole-Fused 4H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazines. Adv Synth Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201800573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Penghao Jia
- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; Tianjin People's Republic of China
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Yu W, Tong L, Selyutin O, Chen L, Hu B, Zhong B, Hao J, Ji T, Zan S, Yin J, Ruck RT, Curry S, McMonagle P, Agrawal S, Rokosz L, Carr D, Ingravallo P, Bystol K, Lahser F, Liu R, Chen S, Feng KI, Cartwright M, Asante-Appiah E, Kozlowski JA. Discovery of MK-6169, a Potent Pan-Genotype Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Inhibitor with Optimized Activity against Common Resistance-Associated Substitutions. J Med Chem 2018; 61:3984-4003. [PMID: 29681153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We describe the discovery of MK-6169, a potent and pan-genotype hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitor with optimized activity against common resistance-associated substitutions. SAR studies around the combination of changes to both the valine and aminal carbon region of elbasvir led to the discovery of a series of compounds with substantially improved potency against common resistance-associated substitutions in the major genotypes, as well as good pharmacokinetics in both rat and dog. Through further optimization of key leads from this effort, MK-6169 (21) was discovered as a preclinical candidate for further development.
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China
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Tong L, Yu W, Chen L, Selyutin O, Dwyer MP, Nair AG, Mazzola R, Kim JH, Sha D, Yin J, Ruck RT, Davies IW, Hu B, Zhong B, Hao J, Ji T, Zan S, Liu R, Agrawal S, Xia E, Curry S, McMonagle P, Bystol K, Lahser F, Carr D, Rokosz L, Ingravallo P, Chen S, Feng KI, Cartwright M, Asante-Appiah E, Kozlowski JA. Discovery of Ruzasvir (MK-8408): A Potent, Pan-Genotype HCV NS5A Inhibitor with Optimized Activity against Common Resistance-Associated Polymorphisms. J Med Chem 2016; 60:290-306. [PMID: 27808515 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We describe the research that led to the discovery of compound 40 (ruzasvir, MK-8408), a pan-genotypic HCV nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) inhibitor with a "flat" GT1 mutant profile. This NS5A inhibitor contains a unique tetracyclic indole core while maintaining the imidazole-proline-valine Moc motifs of our previous NS5A inhibitors. Compound 40 is currently in early clinical trials and is under evaluation as part of an all-oral DAA regimen for the treatment of chronic HCV infection.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec , Shanghai, 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec , Shanghai, 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec , Shanghai, 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec , Shanghai, 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec , Shanghai, 200131, China
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Yu W, Tong L, Hu B, Zhong B, Hao J, Ji T, Zan S, Coburn CA, Selyutin O, Chen L, Rokosz L, Agrawal S, Liu R, Curry S, McMonagle P, Ingravallo P, Asante-Appiah E, Chen S, Kozlowski JA. Discovery of Chromane Containing Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) NS5A Inhibitors with Improved Potency against Resistance-Associated Variants. J Med Chem 2016; 59:10228-10243. [PMID: 27792320 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The discovery of potent and pan-genotypic HCV NS5A inhibitors faces many challenges including the significant diversity among genotypes, substantial potency shift conferred on some key resistance-associated variants, inconsistent SARs between different genotypes and mutants, and the lacking of models of inhibitor/protein complexes for rational inhibitor design. As part of ongoing efforts on HCV NS5A inhibition at Merck, we now describe the discovery of a novel series of chromane containing NS5A inhibitors. SAR studies around the "Z" group of the tetracyclic indole scaffold explored fused bicyclic rings as alternates to the phenyl group of elbasvir (1, MK-8742) and identified novel chromane and 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran derivatives as "Z" group replacements offered good potency across all genotypes. This effort, incorporating the C-1 fluoro substitution at the tetracyclic indole core, led to the discovery of a new series of NS5A inhibitors, such as compounds 14 and 25-28, with significantly improved potency against resistance-associated variants, such as GT2b, GT1a Y93H, and GT1a L31V. Compound 14 also showed reasonable PK exposures in preclinical species (rat and dog).
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- Wensheng Yu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway New Jersey 07065, United States
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Department of in Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of in Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of PPDM, Merck Research Laboratories , 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway New Jersey 07065, United States
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Tong L, Yu W, Coburn CA, Chen L, Selyutin O, Zeng Q, Dwyer MP, Nair AG, Shankar BB, Kim SH, Yang DY, Rosenblum SB, Ruck RT, Davies IW, Hu B, Zhong B, Hao J, Ji T, Zan S, Liu R, Agrawal S, Carr D, Curry S, McMonagle P, Bystol K, Lahser F, Ingravallo P, Chen S, Asante-Appiah E, Kozlowski JA. Structure-activity relationships of proline modifications around the tetracyclic-indole class of NS5A inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:5354-5360. [PMID: 27680588 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.08.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We describe the impact of proline modifications, in our tetracyclic-indole based series of nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) inhibitors, to their replicon profiles. This work identified NS5A inhibitors with an improved and flattened resistance profiles.
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- Ling Tong
- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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Yu W, Zhou G, Coburn CA, Zeng Q, Tong L, Dwyer MP, Hu B, Zhong B, Hao J, Ji T, Zan S, Chen L, Mazzola R, Kim JH, Sha D, Selyutin O, Rosenblum SB, Lavey B, Nair AG, Heon Kim S, Keertikar KM, Rokosz L, Agrawal S, Liu R, Xia E, Zhai Y, Curry S, McMonagle P, Ingravallo P, Asante-Appiah E, Chen S, Kozlowski JA. Substituted tetracyclic indole core derivatives of HCV NS5A inhibitor MK-8742. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:4851-4856. [PMID: 27568086 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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As part of an ongoing effort in NS5A inhibition at Merck we now describe our efforts for introducing substitution around the tetracyclic indole core of MK-8742. Fluoro substitution on the core combined with the fluoro substitutions on the proline ring improved the potency against GT1a Y93H significantly. However, no improvement on GT2b potency was achieved. Limiting the fluoro substitution to C-1 of the tetracyclic indole core had a positive impact on the potency against the resistance associated variants, such as GT1a Y93H and GT2b, and the PK profile as well. Compounds, such as 62, with reduced potency shifts between wild type GT1a to GT2b, GT1a Y93H, and GT1a L31V were identified.
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- Wensheng Yu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of PPDM, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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Tong L, Yu W, Coburn CA, Meinke PT, Nair AG, Dwyer MP, Chen L, Selyutin O, Rosenblum SB, Jiang Y, Fells J, Hu B, Zhong B, Soll RM, Liu R, Agrawal S, Xia E, Zhai Y, Kong R, Ingravallo P, Nomeir A, Asante-Appiah E, Kozlowski JA. Alternative core development around the tetracyclic indole class of HCV NS5A inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:5132-5137. [PMID: 27634194 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.07.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2016] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Herein, we describe our research efforts to develop unique cores in molecules which function as HCV nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) inhibitors. In particular, various fused tetracyclic cores were identified which showed genotype and mutant activities comparable to the indole-based tetracyclic core.
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- Ling Tong
- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, WuXi AppTec, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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Yu W, Coburn CA, Nair AG, Wong M, Rosenblum SB, Zhou G, Dwyer MP, Tong L, Hu B, Zhong B, Hao J, Ji T, Zan S, Kim SH, Zeng Q, Selyutin O, Chen L, Masse F, Agrawal S, Liu R, Xia E, Zhai Y, Curry S, McMonagle P, Ingravallo P, Asante-Appiah E, Lin M, Kozlowski JA. Aryl or heteroaryl substituted aminal derivatives of HCV NS5A inhibitor MK-8742. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:3414-20. [PMID: 27394665 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.06.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Herein we describe our research efforts around the aryl and heteroaryl substitutions at the aminal carbon of the tetracyclic indole-based HCV NS5A inhibitor MK-8742. A series of potent NS5A inhibitors are described, such as compounds 45-47, 54, 56, and 65, which showed improved potency against clinically relevant and resistance associated HCV variants. The improved potency profiles of these compounds demonstrated an SAR that can improve the potency against GT2b, GT1a Y93H, and GT1a L31V altogether, which was unprecedented in our previous efforts in NS5A inhibition.
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- Wensheng Yu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Shanghai 200131, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of In Vitro Pharmacology, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of PPDM, Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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