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| Description: | In one embodiment, the present invention provides compounds of formula (Ie) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts as described herein, wherein said compounds of formula (Ie) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts have an IC50 for MAGL below 25 μM, preferably below 10 μM, more preferably below 5 μM as measured in an assay comprising the steps of: list-style a) providing a solution of a compound formula (e), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in DMSO; b) providing a solution of MAGL (recombinant wild-type) in assay buffer (50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane; 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid); c) adding 1 μL of compound solution from step a) to 19 μL of MAGL solution from step b); d) shaking the mixture for 1 min at 2000 rpm; e) incubating for 15 min at RT; f) adding 20 μL of a solution of 4-nitrophenlyacetate in assay buffer (50 mM tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane; 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, 6% EtOH); g) shaking the mixture for 1 min at 2000 rpm;h) incubating for 5 min at RT; i) measuring the absorbance of the mixture at 405 nm a first time; j) incubating a further 80 min at RT;k) measuring the absorbance of the mixture at 405 nm a second time; l) substracting the absorbance measured under i) from the absorbance measured under k) and calculating the slope of absorbance; wherein: i) the concentration of the compound of formula (Ie), or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the assay after step f) is in the range of 25 μM to 1.7 nM; ii) the concentration of MAGL in the assay after step f) is 1 nM; >iii) the concentration of 4-nitrophenylacetate in the assay after step f) is 300 μM; and iv) steps a) to 1) are repeated for at least 3 times, each time with a different concentration of the compound of formula (Ie), or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
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