G. Bignan, Kathleen Battista, P. Connolly
Jul 1, 2006
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Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
Abstract
A novel series of indoles and 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines having a piperidine ring at the 3-position were synthesized and found to bind with high affinity to the ORL-1 receptor. Structure-activity relationships at the piperidine nitrogen were investigated in each series. Substitution on the phenyl ring and nitrogen atom of the indole and 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine cores generated several selective high-affinity ligands that were agonists of the ORL-1 receptor.