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SUBMITTER: Ahmed NS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980839 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahmed Nermin S NS Gary Bernard D BD Tinsley Hethar N HN Piazza Gary A GA Laufer Stefan S Abadi Ashraf H AH
Archiv der Pharmazie 20101222 3
Starting from tadalafil as a template, a series of functionalized tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives have been prepared and identified as novel potent and selective PDE5 inhibitors. Replacing the 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl at position 6 of tadalafil, together with elongation of the N2-methyl substituent and manipulation of the stereochemical aspects of the two chiral carbons led to the identification of compound XXI, a highly potent PDE5 inhibitor (IC(50) = 3 nM). Compound XXI was also highly sel ...[more]