Novel fluorinated imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxaline derivatives were synthesized.
The strategy allows a diversity oriented synthesis (DOS).
Compounds were evaluated as potent inhibitors of PDE10A.
2-F-pyridin-3-yl as substituent lead to highly potent (picomolar IC50) inhibitors.
A high selectivity for PDE10A was found for bromine-containing analogs.