Optimization of Imidazo[4,5-B]Pyridine-Based Kinase Inhibitors: Identification of a Dual Flt3/Aurora Kinase Inhibitor as an Orally Bioavailable Preclinical Development Candidate for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Bavetsias, V., Crumpler, S., Sun, C., Avery, S., Atrash, B., Faisal, A., Moore, A.S., Kosmopoulou, M., Brown, N., Sheldrake, P.W., Bush, K., Henley, A., Box, G., Valenti, M., De Haven Brandon, A., Raynaud, F.I., Workman, P., Eccles, S.A., Bayliss, R., Linardopoulos, S., Blagg, J.(2012) J Med Chem 55: 8721
- PubMed: 23043539 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm300952s
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4B0G - PubMed Abstract: 
Optimization of the imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-based series of Aurora kinase inhibitors led to the identification of 6-chloro-7-(4-(4-chlorobenzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-2-(1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (27e), a potent inhibitor of Aurora kinases (Aurora-A K(d) = 7 ...