Recently, direct inhibition of factor Xa (FXa), which links the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms in the blood coagulation cascade, [3][4][5][6][7] has emerged as an attractive strategy for the discovery of novel antithrombotic agents. [8][9][10][11] In previous papers, 1,2) we reported the synthesis and biological activity of new compounds in a series of 1-arylsulfonyl-3-piperazinone derivatives, and through this investigation M55113 (1) (IC 50 : 0.06 mM) and M55551 (2) (IC 50 : 0.006 mM) were confirmed to be somewhat favorable as FXa inhibitors.In order to investigate the role played a piperazine moiety in these compounds, we focused on comparison of the activity of compounds which have an ethylenediamine structure in place of the piperazine ring of M55113 and M55551. The present paper concerns the synthesis of such compounds together with their inhibition of FXa.
ChemistrySynthesis of ethylenediamine derivative 9 corresponding to M55113 and M55551 was achieved as shown in Chart 1. Compound 6, prepared by the reaction of N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-1,2-diaminoethane hydrochloride (4) with 6-chloro-2-naphthalenesulfonyl chloride (5) under basic conditions, was deprotected with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) to yield compound 7. The condensation of 7 with 1-(4-pyridinyl)-4-piperidinecarboxaldehyde (8) prepared by Swern oxidation 12) of the corresponding methanol yielded the desired ethylenediamine derivative 9 in the presence of reducing agent. 13) The route of synthesis of compound 13, which contains an amide group on the ethylenediamine moiety of compound 9, is shown in Chart 2. Compound 11, prepared by the reaction Discovery Research Center, Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; 722 Jimba-aza-uenohara, Gotemba, Shizuoka 412-8524, Japan. Received November 5, 2003; accepted February 2, 2004 Compounds containing an ethylenediamine structure in place of the piperazine ring of M55113 (1) and M55551 (2) were synthesized to investigate the effects of a piperazine moiety and evaluated for activity as factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors. Most such compounds, however, exhibited lower activity (1/10-1/100) than that of M55113 and M55551 as FXa inhibitors.