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  2. Discovery of a spiroindane based compound as a potent, selective, orally bioavailable melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonist

Discovery of a spiroindane based compound as a potent, selective, orally bioavailable melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonist

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Apr 1;20(7):2106-10. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.02.058.
Shuwen He 1 Zhixiong Ye Peter H Dobbelaar Iyassu K Sebhat Liangqin Guo Jian Liu Tianying Jian Yingjie Lai Christopher L Franklin Raman K Bakshi James P Dellureficio Qingmei Hong Nancy N Tsou Richard G Ball Doreen E Cashen William J Martin David H Weinberg Tanya Macneil Rui Tang Constantin Tamvakopoulos Qianping Peng Randy R Miller Ralph A Stearns Howard Y Chen Airu S Chen Alison M Strack Tung M Fong D Euan Macintyre Matthew J Wyvratt Jr Ravi P Nargund
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA. shuwen_he@merck.com
Abstract

We report the design, synthesis and properties of spiroindane based compound 1, a potent, selective, orally bioavailable, non-peptide melanocortin subtype-4 receptor agonist. Compound 1 shows excellent erectogenic activity in the rodent models.

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