Discovery of highly potent and selective Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Pyridazinone analogs with improved metabolic stability.
Young, W.B., Barbosa, J., Blomgren, P., Bremer, M.C., Crawford, J.J., Dambach, D., Eigenbrot, C., Gallion, S., Johnson, A.R., Kropf, J.E., Lee, S.H., Liu, L., Lubach, J.W., Macaluso, J., Maciejewski, P., Mitchell, S.A., Ortwine, D.F., Di Paolo, J., Reif, K., Scheerens, H., Schmitt, A., Wang, X., Wong, H., Xiong, J.M., Xu, J., Yu, C., Zhao, Z., Currie, K.S.(2016) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 26: 575-579
- PubMed: 26675441 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.11.076
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4RX5 - PubMed Abstract: 
BTK inhibitor GDC-0834 (1) was found to be rapidly metabolized in human studies, resulting in a suspension of clinical trials. The primary route of metabolism was through cleavage of the acyclic amide bond connecting the terminal tetrahydrobenzothiophene with the central linker aryl ring ...