Discovery of 3-(3-(4-(1-Aminocyclobutyl)phenyl)-5-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amine (ARQ 092): An Orally Bioavailable, Selective, and Potent Allosteric AKT Inhibitor.
Lapierre, J.M., Eathiraj, S., Vensel, D., Liu, Y., Bull, C.O., Cornell-Kennon, S., Iimura, S., Kelleher, E.W., Kizer, D.E., Koerner, S., Makhija, S., Matsuda, A., Moussa, M., Namdev, N., Savage, R.E., Szwaya, J., Volckova, E., Westlund, N., Wu, H., Schwartz, B.(2016) J Med Chem 59: 6455-6469
- PubMed: 27305487 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00619
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5KCV - PubMed Abstract: 
The work in this paper describes the optimization of the 3-(3-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amine chemical series as potent, selective allosteric inhibitors of AKT kinases, leading to the discovery of ARQ 092 (21a). The cocrystal structure of compound 21a bound to full-length AKT1 confirmed the allosteric mode of inhibition of this chemical class and the role of the cyclobutylamine moiety ...