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Carbamate caspase inhibitors and uses thereof

US7074782B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 2003
Grant dateJul 11, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D279/30
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention provides caspase inhibitors of formula I:wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur; R1is hydrogen, —CHN2, R, CH2OR, CH2SR, or —CH2Y; Y is an electronegative leaving group; R2 is CO2H, CH2CO2H, or esters, amides or isosteres thereof; R3 is a group capable of fitting into the S2 subsite of a caspase enzyme; R4 and R5 are taken together with the intervening nitrogen to form heterocyclic ring and R is as described in the specification. The compounds are effective inhibitors of apoptosis and IL-1β secretion.

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