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SUBMITTER: Iyer MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5568925 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals 20170802 10
JD5037 (1) is a potent and selective, peripherally acting inverse agonist of the cannabinoid (CB<sub>1</sub> R) receptor. Peripheral CB<sub>1</sub> receptor antagonists/inverse agonists have great potential in the treatment of metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. We report the synthesis of octadeuterated [<sup>2</sup> H<sub>8</sub> ]-JD5037 (S, S) (8) along with its (S, R) diastereomer (13) from commercially available L-valine-d<sub>8</sub> startin ...[more]