Parlow John J, Kurumbail Ravi G, Stegeman Roderick A, Stevens Anna M, Stallings William C, South Michael S
Department of Medicinal and Combinatorial Chemistry, Pharmacia Corporation, 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63167, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 Nov 3;13(21):3721-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.08.002.
Multistep syntheses of substituted benzenes and benzoquinone inhibitors of tissue Factor VIIa are reported. The benzene analogues were designed such that their substitution pattern would occupy and interact with the S(1), S(2), and S(3) pockets of the tissue Factor VIIa (TF/VIIa) enzyme. The compounds exhibited modest potency on TF/VIIa with selectivity over Factor Xa and thrombin. The X-ray crystal structures of the targeted fluorobenzene 12a and benzoquinone 14 inhibitors bound to TF/VIIa were obtained and will be described.