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Design and Synthesis of 4-Substituted Benzamides as Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable <i>I</i><sub>Ks</sub> Blockers

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posted on 2001-10-17, 00:00 authored by John Lloyd, Joan B. Schmidt, George Rovnyak, Saleem Ahmad, Karnail S. Atwal, Sharon N. Bisaha, Lidia M. Doweyko, Philip D. Stein, Sarah C. Traeger, Arvind Mathur, Mary Lee Conder, John DiMarco, Timothy W. Harper, Tonya Jenkins-West, Paul C. Levesque, Diane E. Normandin, Anita D. Russell, Randolph P. Serafino, Mark A. Smith, Nicholas J. Lodge
Multiple delayed rectifier potassium currents, including <i>I</i><sub>Ks</sub>, are responsible for the repolarization and termination of the cardiac action potential, and blockers of these currents may be useful as antiarrhythmic agents. Modification of compound <b>5</b> produced <b>19(S)</b> that is the most potent <i>I</i><sub>Ks</sub> blocker reported to date with >5000-fold selectivity over other cardiac ion channels. Further modification produced <b>24A</b> with 23% oral bioavailability.

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