Voxilaprevir

• Molecular FormulaC₄₀H₅₂F₄N₆O₉S
• Average mass868.934 Da

Voxilaprevir is a hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural (NS) protein 3/4A protease inhibitor that is used in combination with sofosbuvirand velpatasvir. The combination has the trade name Vosevi and has received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in June 2017.^[1]

In July 18, 2017, Vosevi was approved by Food and drug administration.^[2]

The hepatitis C virus (HCV), a member of the hepacivirus genera within the Flaviviridae family, is the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide (Boyer, N. et al. J Hepatol. 2000, 32, 98-1 12). Consequently, a significant focus of current antiviral research is directed toward the development of improved methods for the treatment of chronic HCV infections in humans (Ciesek, S., von Hahn T., and Manns, MP., Clin. Liver Dis., 201 1 , 15, 597-609; Soriano, V. et al, J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 201 1 , 66, 1573-1686; Brody, H., Nature Outlook, 201 1 , 474, S1 -S7; Gordon, C. P., et al., J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 1 -20;

Maradpour, D., et al., Nat. Rev. Micro. 2007, 5, 453-463).

Virologic cures of patients with chronic HCV infection are difficult to achieve because of the prodigious amount of daily virus production in chronically infected patients and the high spontaneous mutability of HCV (Neumann, et al., Science 1998, 282, 103-7; Fukimoto, et al., Hepatology, 1996, 24, 1351 -4;

Domingo, et al., Gene 1985, 40, 1 -8; Martell, et al., J. Virol. 1992, 66, 3225-9). HCV treatment is further complicated by the fact that HCV is genetically diverse and expressed as several different genotypes and numerous subtypes. For example, HCV is currently classified into six major genotypes (designated 1 -6), many subtypes (designated a, b, c, and so on), and about 100 different strains (numbered 1 , 2, 3, and so on).

HCV is distributed worldwide with genotypes 1 , 2, and 3 predominate within the United States, Europe, Australia, and East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and China). Genotype 4 is largely found in the Middle East, Egypt and central Africa while genotype 5 and 6 are found predominantly in South Africa and South East Asia respectively (Simmonds, P. et al. J Virol. 84: 4597-4610, 2010).

The combination of ribavirin, a nucleoside analog, and interferon-alpha (a) (IFN), is utilized for the treatment of multiple genotypes of chronic HCV infections in humans. However, the variable clinical response observed within patients and the toxicity of this regimen have limited its usefulness. Addition of a HCV protease inhibitor (telaprevir or boceprevir) to the ribavirin and IFN regimen improves 12-week post-treatment virological response (SVR12) rates

substantially. However, the regimen is currently only approved for genotype 1 patients and toxicity and other side effects remain.

The use of directing acting antivirals to treat multiple genotypes of HCV infection has proven challenging due to the variable activity of antivirals against the different genotypes. HCV protease inhibitors frequently have compromised in vitro activity against HCV genotypes 2 and 3 compared to genotype 1 (See, e.g., Table 1 of Summa, V. et al., Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2012, 56, 4161 -4167; Gottwein, J. et al, Gastroenterology, 201 1 , 141 , 1067-1079).

Correspondingly, clinical efficacy has also proven highly variable across HCV genotypes. For example, therapies that are highly effective against HCV genotype 1 and 2 may have limited or no clinical efficacy against genotype 3.

(Moreno, C. et al., Poster 895, 61 ^st AASLD Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2010; Graham, F., et al, Gastroenterology, 201 1 , 141 , 881 -889; Foster, G.R. et al., EASL 45^th Annual Meeting, April 14-18, 2010, Vienna, Austria.) In some cases, antiviral agents have good clinical efficacy against genotype 1 , but lower and more variable against genotypes 2 and 3. (Reiser, M. et al.,

Hepatology, 2005, 41 ,832-835.) To overcome the reduced efficacy in genotype 3 patients, substantially higher doses of antiviral agents may be required to achieve substantial viral load reductions (Fraser, IP et al., Abstract #48, HEP DART 201 1 , Koloa, HI, December 201 1 .)

Antiviral agents that are less susceptible to viral resistance are also needed. For example, resistance mutations at positions 155 and 168 in the HCV protease frequently cause a substantial decrease in antiviral efficacy of HCV protease inhibitors (Mani, N. Ann Forum Collab HIV Res., 2012, 14, 1 -8;

Romano, KP et al, PNAS, 2010, 107, 20986-20991 ; Lenz O, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2010, 54,1878-1887.)

In view of the limitations of current HCV therapy, there is a need to develop more effective anti-HCV therapies. It would also be useful to provide therapies that are effective against multiple HCV genotypes and subtypes.

Kyla Ramey (Bjornson)

Senior CTM Associate at Gilead Sciences

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PATENT

WO 2014008285

https://www.google.com/patents/WO2014008285A1?cl=en

RELATIVE SIMILAR EXAMPLE WITHOUT DIFLUORO GROUPS, BUT NOT SAME COMPD

Example 1. Preparation of (1 aR,5S,8S,9S,10R,22aR)-5-tert-butyl-N- [(1 R,2R)-2-(difluoromethyl)-1 -{[(1 – methylcyclopropyl)sulfonyl]carbamoyl}cyclopropyl]-9-ethyl-14-methoxy-3,6-dioxo- 1 ,1 a,3,4,5,6,9,10,18,19,20,21 ,22,22a-tetradecahydro-8H-7,10- methanocyclopropa[18,19][1 ,10,3,6]dioxadiazacyclononadecino[1 1 ,12- b]quinoxaline-8-carboxamide.

Step 1 . Preparation of 1-1 : A mixture containing Intermediate B4 (2.03 g, 6.44 mmol), Intermediate E1 (1 .6 g, 5.85 mmol), and cesium carbonate (3.15 g, 9.66 mmol) in MeCN (40 mL) was stirred vigorously at rt under an atmosphere of Ar for 16 h. The reaction was then filtered through a pad of Celite and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The crude material was purified by silica gel

chromatography to provide 1-1 as a white solid (2.5 g). LCMS-ESI⁺ (m/z): [M- Boc+2H]⁺ calcd for C₂oH27CIN₃O₄: 408.9; found: 408.6.

Step 2. Preparation of 1-2: To a solution 1 -1 (2.5 g, 4.92 mmol) in dioxane

(10 mL) was added hydrochloric acid in dioxane (4 M, 25 mL, 98.4 mmol) and the reaction stirred at rt for 5 h. The crude reaction was concentrated in vacuo to give 1-2 as a white solid (2.49 g) that was used in subsequently without further purification. LCMS-ESI⁺ (m/z): [M]⁺ calcd for C₂oH₂6CIN₃O₄: 407.9; found: 407.9.

Step 3. Preparation of 1-3: To a DMF (35 mL) solution of 1-2 (2.49 g, 5.61 mmol), Intermediate D1 (1 .75 mg, 6.17 mmol) and DIPEA (3.9 mL, 22.44 mmol) was added COMU (3.12 g, 7.29 mmol) and the reaction was stirred at rt for 3 h. The reaction was quenched with 5% aqueous citric acid solution and extracted with EtOAc, washed subsequently with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO , filtered and concentrated to produce 1 -3 as an orange foam (2.31 g) that was used without further purification. LCMS-ESI⁺ (m/z): [M]⁺ calcd for C3₅H₄9CIN₄O₇: 673.3; found: 673.7.

Step 4. Preparation of 1-4: To a solution of 1-3 (2.31 g, 3.43 mmol), TEA (0.72 mL, 5.15 mmol) and potassium vinyltrifluoroborate (0.69 mg, 5.15 mmol) in EtOH (35 mL) was added PdCI₂(dppf) (0.25 g, 0.34 mmol, Frontier Scientific). The reaction was sparged with Argon for 15 min and heated to 80 °C for 2 h. The reaction was adsorbed directly onto silica gel and purified using silica gel chromatography to give 1 -4 as a yellow oil (1 .95 g). LCMS-ESI⁺ (m/z): [M+H]⁺ calcd for C₃7H₅3N₄O₇: 665.4; found: 665.3.

Step 5. Preparation of 1 -5: To a solution of 1 -4 (1 .95 g, 2.93 mmol) in

DCE (585 ml_) was added Zhan 1 B catalyst (0.215 g, 0.29 mmol, Strem) and the reaction was sparged with Ar for 15 min. The reaction was heated to 80 °C for 1 .5 h, allowed to cool to rt and concentrated. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography to produce 1 -5 as a yellow oil (1 .47 g; LCMS-ESI⁺ (m/z): [M+H]⁺ calcd for C₃5H₄₉N₄O₇: 637.4; found: 637.3).

Step 6. Preparation of 1 -6: A solution of 1 -5 (0.97 g, 1 .52 mmol) in EtOH (15 ml_) was treated with Pd/C (10 wt % Pd, 0.162 g). The atmosphere was replaced with hydrogen and stirred at rt for 2 h. The reaction was filtered through Celite, the pad washed with EtOAc and concentrated to give 1 -6 as a brown foamy solid (0.803 g) that was used subsequently without further purification. LCMS-ESr (m/z): [M+H]⁺ calcd for C₃5H₅i N₄O₇: 639.4; found: 639.3.

Step 7. Preparation of 1 -7: To a solution of 1 -6 (0.803 g, 1 .26 mmol) in DCM (10 ml_) was added TFA (5 ml_) and stirred at rt for 3 h. An additional 2 ml_ TFA was added and the reaction stirred for another 1 .5 h. The reaction was concentrated to a brown oil that was taken up in EtOAc (35 ml_). The organic solution was washed with water. After separation of the layers, sat. aqueous NaHCO3 was added with stirring until the aqueous layer reached a pH ~ 7-8. The layers were separated again and the aqueous extracted with EtOAc twice. The combined organics were washed with 1 M aqueous citric acid, brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO₄, filtered and concentrated to produce 1 -6 as a brown foamy solid (0.719 g) that was used subsequently without further purification. LCMS-ESr (m/z): [M+H]⁺ calcd for C₃i H₄₃N₄O₇: 583.3; found: 583.4 .

Step 8. Preparation of Example 1 : To a solution of 1 -7 (0.200 g, 0.343 mmol), Intermediate A10 (0.157 g, 0.515 mmol), DMAP (0.063 g, 0.51 mmol) and DIPEA (0.3 ml_, 1 .72 mmol) in DMF (3 ml_) was added HATU (0.235 g, 0.617 mmol) and the reaction was stirred at rt o/n. The reaction was diluted with MeCN and purified directly by reverse phase HPLC (Gemini, 30-100% MeCN/H₂O + 0.1 % TFA) and lyophilized to give Example 1 (1 18.6 mg) as a solid TFA salt. Analytic HPLC RetTime: 8.63 min. LCMS-ESI⁺ (m/z): [M+H]⁺ calcd for

C₄₀H55F₂N₆O9S: 833.4; found: 833.5. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CD₃OD) δ 9.19 (s, 1 H); 7.80 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1 H); 7.23 (dd, J = 8.8, 2.4 Hz, 1 H); 7.15 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1 H); 5.89 (d, J = 3.6 Hz, 1 H); 5.83 (td, J_H-F = 55.6 Hz, J = 6.4 Hz, 1 H); 4.56 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 1 H); 4.40 (s, 1 H) 4.38 (ap d, J = 7.2 Hz, 1 H); 4.16 (dd, J = 12, 4 Hz, 1 H); 3.93 (s, 3H); 3.75 (dt, J = 7.2, 4 Hz, 1 H); 3.00-2.91 (m, 1 H); 2.81 (td, J = 12, 4.4 Hz, 1 H); 2.63-2.54 (m, 1 H); 2.01 (br s, 2H); 1 .88-1 .64 (m, 3H); 1 .66-1 .33 (m, 1 1 H) 1 .52 (s, 3H); 1 .24 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 3H); 1 .10 (s, 9H); 1 .02-0.96 (m, 2H); 0.96- 0.88 (m, 2H); 0.78-0.68 (m, 1 H); 0.55-0.46 (m, 1 H).

PATENT

US 20150175625

PATENT

US 20150175626

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The hepatitis C virus (HCV), a member of the hepacivirus genera within the Flaviviridae family, is the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide (Boyer, N. et al. J Hepatol. 2000, 32, 98-112). Consequently, a significant focus of current antiviral research is directed toward the development of improved methods for the treatment of chronic HCV infections in humans (Ciesek, S., von Hahn T., and Manns, MP., Clin. Liver Dis., 2011, 15, 597-609; Soriano, V. et al, J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 2011, 66, 1573-1686; Brody, H., Nature Outlook, 2011, 474, S1-S7; Gordon, C. P., et al, J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 1-20; Maradpour, D., et al, Nat. Rev. Micro. 2007, 5, 453-463).

Virologic cures of patients with chronic HCV infection are difficult to achieve because of the prodigious amount of daily virus production in chronically infected patients and the high spontaneous mutability of HCV (Neumann, et al, Science 1998, 282, 103-7; Fukimoto, et al, Hepatology, 1996, 24, 1351-4; Domingo, et al, Gene 1985, 40, 1-8; Martell, et al, J. Virol. 1992, 66, 3225-9). HCV treatment is further complicated by the fact that HCV is genetically diverse and expressed as several different genotypes and numerous subtypes. For example, HCV is currently classified into six major genotypes (designated 1-6), many subtypes (designated a, b, c, and so on), and about 100 different strains (numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on).

HCV is distributed worldwide with genotypes 1, 2, and 3 predominate within the United States, Europe, Australia, and East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and China). Genotype 4 is largely found in the Middle East, Egypt and central Africa while genotype 5 and 6 are found predominantly in South Africa and South East Asia respectively (Simmonds, P. et al. J Virol. 84: [0006] There remains a need to develop effective treatments for HCV infections. Suitable compounds for the treatment of HCV infections are disclosed in U.S. Publication No. 2014-0017198, titled “Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus” filed on July 2, 2013 including the compound of formula I:

Example 1. Synthesis of (laR,5S,8S,9S,10R,22aR)-5-teri-butyl- V-[(lR,2R)-2-(difluoromethyl)- 1-{ [(1-methylcyclopr opyl)sulfonyl] carbamoyl} cyclopropyl] -9-ethyl- 18,18- difluoro-14-methoxy-3,6-dioxo-l,la,3,4,5,6,9,10,18,19,20,21,22,22a-tetradecahydro-8H-7,10-methanocyclopropa[18,19] [1,10,3,6] dioxadiazacyclononadecino[ll,12-6]quinoxaline-8- carboxamide (I) by route I

[0195] Compound of formula I was synthesized via route I as shown below:

Synthesis of intermediates for compound of formula I SEE PATENT

US  20150175626

References

Voxilaprevir

Clinical data
Trade names	Vosevi (combination with sofosbuvir and velpatasvir)
Identifiers
IUPAC name[show]
CAS Number	1535212-07-7
PubChemCID	89921642
ChemSpider	44209500
UNII	0570F37359
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C40H52F4N6O9S
Molar mass	868.94 g·mol−1

FDA approves Vosevi for Hepatitis C

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