Long‐acting dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors have emerged as promising molecules for interventions for type 2 diabetes. Once weekly dosing brings greater patient compliance and more stable glycemic control. Starting from our previous highly potent compound with a thienoprimidine scaffold, which is unfortunately severely hit by hepatic biotransformation, a lead compound was rapidly generated by drawing on the experience of our previously discovered long‐acting compounds with pyrrolopyrimidine scaffold. With the aid of an in silico biotransformation prediction tool, (R)‐2‐((2‐(3‐aminopiperidin‐1‐yl)‐4‐oxo‐6‐(pyridin‐3‐yl)thieno[3,2‐d]pyrimidin‐3(4H)‐yl)methyl)‐4‐fluorobenzonitrile was eventually generated and determined to have high potency, a fine pharmacokinetic profile, and a long‐acting in vivo efficacy.
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