Synthesis and biological evaluation of pyrazoline analogues with β-amino acyl group as dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors

A series of pyrazoline derivatives with β-amino acyl group were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase IV. Several pyrazoline derivatives exhibited submicromolar inhibitory activities against DPP-IV. X-ray co-crystal structure of initial hit compound 1h was determined. Among this series, carboxylic acid substituted pyrazoline derivative 2u was the most active and greatly decreased the inhibitory activity toward CYP3A4 enzyme.

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