Claims for Patent: 8,765,732

Summary for Patent: 8,765,732

Title:	Aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds
Abstract:	The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
Inventor(s):	Kuntz; Kevin Wayne (Woburn, MA), Chesworth; Richard (Concord, MA), Duncan; Kenneth William (Norwood, MA), Keilhack; Heike (Belmont, MA), Warholic; Natalie (Brighton, MA), Klaus; Christine (Weymouth, MA), Knutson; Sarah Kathleen (Cambridge, MA), Wigle; Timothy James Nelson (Waltham, MA), Seki; Masashi (Tsukuba, JP), Shirotori; Syuji (Tsukuba, JP), Kawano; Satoshi (Tsukuba, JP)
Assignee:	Epizyme, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
Application Number:	13/722,807
Patent Claims:	1. A method of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (Ig) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR00441## wherein said cancer is lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma, prostate cancer or breast cancer; R.sub.2, R.sub.4 and R.sub.12 are each, independently C.sub.1-6 alkyl; R.sub.6 is C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.2-T.sub.2, wherein Q.sub.2 is a bond or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker optionally substituted with halo, cyano, hydroxyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxy, and T.sub.2 is H, halo, cyano, --OR.sub.a, --NR.sub.aR.sub.b, --(NR.sub.aR.sub.bR.sub.a).sup.+A.sup.-, --C(O)R.sub.a, --C(O)OR.sub.a, --C(O)NR.sub.aR.sub.b, --NR.sub.bC(O)R.sub.a, --NR.sub.bC(O)OR.sub.a, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.a, --S(O).sub.2NR.sub.aR.sub.b, or R.sub.S2, in which each of R.sub.a, R.sub.b, and R.sub.c, independently is H or R.sub.S3, A.sup.- is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion, each of R.sub.S2 and R.sub.S3, independently, is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, or R.sub.a and R.sub.b, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 or 1 additional heteroatom, and each of R.sub.S2, R.sub.S3, and the 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring formed by R.sub.a and R.sub.b, is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3, wherein Q.sub.3 is a bond or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker each optionally substituted with halo, cyano, hydroxyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxy, and T.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of halo, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, OR.sub.d, COOR.sub.d, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.d, --NR.sub.dR.sub.e, and --C(O)NR.sub.dR.sub.e, each of R.sub.d and R.sub.e independently being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, or -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3 is oxo; or any two neighboring -Q.sub.2-T.sub.2, together with the atoms to which they are attached form a 5- or 6-membered ring optionally containing 1-4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S and optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)O--C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl; R.sub.7 is -Q.sub.4-T.sub.4, in which Q.sub.4 is a bond, C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl linker, or C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkenyl linker, each linker optionally substituted with halo, cyano, hydroxyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxy, and T.sub.4 is H, halo, cyano, NR.sub.fR.sub.g, --OR.sub.f, --C(O)R.sub.f, --C(O)OR.sub.f, --C(O)NR.sub.fR.sub.g, --C(O)NR.sub.fOR.sub.g, --NR.sub.fC(O)R.sub.g, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.f, or R.sub.S4, in which each of R.sub.f and R.sub.g, independently is H or R.sub.S5, each of R.sub.S4 and R.sub.S5, independently is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, and each of R.sub.S4 and R.sub.S5 is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5, wherein Q.sub.5 is a bond, C(O), C(O)NR.sub.k, NR.sub.kC(O), S(O).sub.2, or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker, R.sub.k being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, and T.sub.5 is H, halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, or S(O).sub.qR.sub.q in which q is 0, 1, or 2 and R.sub.q is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, and T.sub.5 is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl except when T.sub.5 is H, halo, hydroxyl, or cyano; or -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5 is oxo; and R.sub.8 is H, halo, hydroxyl, COOH, cyano, R.sub.S6, OR.sub.S6, or COOR.sub.S6, in which R.sub.S6 is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, or di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, and R.sub.S6 is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)O--C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, and di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino; or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a 4 to 11-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 to 2 additional heteroatoms, and the 4 to 11-membered heterocycloalkyl ring formed by R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.6-T.sub.6, wherein Q.sub.6 is a bond, C(O), C(O)NR.sub.m, NR.sub.mC(O), S(O).sub.2, or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker, R.sub.m being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, and T.sub.6 is H, halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, or S(O).sub.pR.sub.p in which p is 0, 1, or 2 and R.sub.p is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, and T.sub.6 is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl except when T.sub.6 is H, halo, hydroxyl, or cyano; or -Q.sub.6-T.sub.6 is oxo. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein R.sub.6 is C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, each of which is optionally, independently substituted with one or more -Q.sub.2-T.sub.2, wherein Q.sub.2 is a bond or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker, and T.sub.2 is H, halo, cyano, --OR.sub.a, --NR.sub.aR.sub.b, --(NR.sub.aR.sub.bR.sub.c).sup.+A.sup.-, --C(O)NR.sub.aR.sub.b, --NR.sub.bC(O)R.sub.a, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.a, or R.sub.S2, in which each of R.sub.a and R.sub.b, independently is H or R.sub.S3, each of R.sub.S2 and R.sub.S3, independently, is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sub.a and R.sub.b, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 or 1 additional heteroatom, and each of R.sub.S2, R.sub.S3, and the 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl ring formed by R.sub.a and R.sub.b, is optionally, independently substituted with one or more -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3, wherein Q.sub.3 is a bond or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker and T.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, OR.sub.d, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.d, and --NR.sub.dR.sub.e, each of R.sub.d and R.sub.e independently being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, or -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3 is oxo; or any two neighboring -Q.sub.2-T.sub.2, together with the atoms to which they are attached form a 5- or 6-membered ring optionally containing 1-4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is of Formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR00442## wherein Q.sub.2 is a bond or methyl linker, T.sub.2 is H, halo, --OR.sub.a, --NR.sub.aR.sub.b, --(NR.sub.aR.sub.bR.sub.c).sup.+A.sup.-, or --S(O).sub.2NR.sub.aR.sub.b, R.sub.7 is piperidinyl, tetrahydropyran, cyclopentyl, or cyclohexyl, each optionally substituted with one -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5 and R.sub.8 is ethyl. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is of Formula (IIa) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR00443## wherein each of R.sub.a and R.sub.b, independently is H or R.sub.S3, R.sub.S3 being C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, or R.sub.a and R.sub.b, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 or 1 additional heteroatom, and each of R.sub.S3 and the 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl ring formed by R.sub.a and R.sub.b, is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3, wherein Q.sub.3 is a bond or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker each optionally substituted with halo, cyano, hydroxyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxy, and T.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of halo, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 12-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, OR.sub.d, COOR.sub.d, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.d, --NR.sub.dR.sub.e, and --C(O)NR.sub.dR.sub.e, each of R.sub.d and R.sub.e independently being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, or -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3 is oxo; R.sub.7 is -Q.sub.4-T.sub.4, in which Q.sub.4 is a bond, C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl linker, or C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkenyl linker, each linker optionally substituted with halo, cyano, hydroxyl or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxy, and T.sub.4 is H, halo, cyano, NR.sub.fR.sub.g, --OR.sub.f, --C(O)R.sub.f, --C(O)OR.sub.f, --C(O)NR.sub.fR.sub.g, --C(O)NR.sub.fOR.sub.g, --NR.sub.fC(O)R.sub.g, --S(O).sub.2R.sub.f, or R.sub.S4, in which each of R.sub.f and R.sub.g, independently is H or R.sub.S5, each of R.sub.S4 and R.sub.S5, independently is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, and each of R.sub.S4 and R.sub.S5 is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5, wherein Q.sub.5 is a bond, C(O), C(O)NR.sub.k, NR.sub.kC(O), S(O).sub.2, or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker, R.sub.k being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, and T.sub.5 is H, halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, or S(O).sub.qR.sub.q in which q is 0, 1, or 2 and R.sub.q is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, and T.sub.5 is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl except when T.sub.5 is H, halo, hydroxyl, or cyano; or -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5 is oxo; provided that R.sub.7 is not H; and R.sub.8 is H, halo, hydroxyl, COOH, cyano, R.sub.S6, OR.sub.S6, or COOR.sub.S6, in which R.sub.S6 is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, or di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, and R.sub.S6 is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)O--C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, and di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino; or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a 4 to 11-membered heterocycloalkyl ring which has 0 to 2 additional heteroatoms and is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.6-T.sub.6, wherein Q.sub.6 is a bond, C(O), C(O)NR.sub.m, NR.sub.mC(O), S(O).sub.2, or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl linker, R.sub.m being H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, and T.sub.6 is H, halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, or S(O).sub.pR.sub.p in which p is 0, 1, or 2 and R.sub.p is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl, and T.sub.6 is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, hydroxyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.10 aryl, 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, and 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl except when T.sub.6 is H, halo, hydroxyl, or cyano; or -Q.sub.6-T.sub.6 is oxo. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein R.sub.a and R.sub.b, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl ring having 0 or 1 additional heteroatoms to the N atom and the ring is optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.3-T.sub.3, wherein the heterocycloalkyl is azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, imidazolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, oxazolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, triazolidinyl, piperidinyl, 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridinyl, piperazinyl, or morpholinyl. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein R.sub.7 is piperidinyl, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydro-2H-thiopyranyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, pyrrolidinyl, or cycloheptyl, each optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5. 7. The method of claim 6, R.sub.8 is H or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl which is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)O--C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkoxyl, amino, mono-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino, and di-C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino. 8. The method of claim 4, wherein R.sub.7 is C.sub.3-C.sub.8 cycloalkyl or 4 to 7-membered heterocycloalkyl, each optionally substituted with one or more -Q.sub.5-T.sub.5. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is selected from ##STR00444## ##STR00445## ##STR00446## ##STR00447## ##STR00448## ##STR00449## ##STR00450## ##STR00451## ##STR00452## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is ##STR00453## 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of ##STR00454## 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is lymphoma selected from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is leukemia selected from chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and mixed lineage leukemia. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is breast cancer. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject has a cancer expressing a Y641 mutant of EZH2. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising performing an assay to detect a Y641 mutant of EZH2 in a sample comprising cancer cells from the subject having a cancer before administering to the subject expressing the Y641 mutant of EZH2a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of Formula (Ig) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is administered orally to the subject in need thereof. 18. A method of treating lymphoma comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of ##STR00455## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein said lymphoma is selected from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.