文摘
The design, synthesis and SAR of a novel class of valerolactam-based arylsulfonamides as potent and selective FXa inhibitors is reported. The arylsulfonamide¨Cvalerolactam scaffold was derived based on the proposed bioisosterism to the arylcyanoguanidine-caprolactam core in known FXa inhibitors. The SAR study led to compound 46 as the most potent FXa inhibitor in this series, with an IC50 of 7 nM and EC2¡ÁPT of 1.7 ¦ÌM. The X-ray structure of compound 40 bound to FXa shows that the sulfonamide¨Cvalerolactam scaffold anchors the aryl group in the S1 and the novel acylcytisine pharmacophore in the S4 pockets.