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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2008
P. Jeffrey Conn, Brentwood, TN (US);
Craig W. Lindsley, Brentwood, TN (US);
Charles David Weaver, Franklin, TN (US);
Alice L. Rodriguez, Nashville, TN (US);
Colleen M. Niswender, Brentwood, TN (US);
Carrie K. Jones, Nashville, TN (US);
Richard Williams, Nashville, TN (US);
P. Jeffrey Conn, Brentwood, TN (US);
Craig W. Lindsley, Brentwood, TN (US);
Charles David Weaver, Franklin, TN (US);
Alice L. Rodriguez, Nashville, TN (US);
Colleen M. Niswender, Brentwood, TN (US);
Carrie K. Jones, Nashville, TN (US);
Richard Williams, Nashville, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds, including phenylethynylbenzamide derivatives, cycloalkylethynylbenzamide derivatives, styrylbenzamide derivatives, 4-(3-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)benzamide derivatives, 4-(pyridinylethynyl)benzamide derivatives, and N-phenylterephthalamide derivatives, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.