“…[14][15][16] Based on these receptor systems the design of tetrahydroisoquinolines attracts many interests. [17][18][19][20] In our previous work, (S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (TIC) was used as a lead and C-and/or N-terminal amino acid modifications were performed. [21][22][23] In this continuing work on the modification of TIC with a substituted-dihydroimidazole functional group, seventeen novel 2-substituted (S)-2-(3,3-dimethyl-1-oxo-10,10a-dihydroimidazo [1,5-b]isoquinolin-2(1H,3H, 5H)-yl)acetic acids (5a-q) were synthesized, and evaluated in an in vitro anti-platelet aggregation assay, and an in vivo antithrombotic model.…”