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  2. 1-Amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid as a Tic mimetic: application in the synthesis of potent human melanocortin-4 receptor selective agonists

1-Amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid as a Tic mimetic: application in the synthesis of potent human melanocortin-4 receptor selective agonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Jul 15;15(14):3430-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.05.012.
Raman K Bakshi 1 Qingmei Hong J T Olson Zhixiong Ye Iyassue K Sebhat David H Weinberg Tanya MacNeil Rubana N Kalyani Rui Tang William J Martin Alison Strack Erin McGowan Constantin Tamvakopoulos Randy R Miller Ralph A Stearns Wei Tang D Euan Maclntyre Lex H T van der Ploeg Arthur A Patchett Ravi P Nargund
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA. Raman_bakshi@merck.com
Abstract

The discovery of 1-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid analogs as potent human melanocortin-4 selective agonists is described.

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