Deng_2017_Medchemcomm_8_982

Inhibitors of diacylglycerol lipases and alpha,beta-hydrolase domain containing protein 6 (ABHD6) are potential leads for the development of therapeutic agents for metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we report the enantioselective synthesis and structure activity relationships of triazole ureas featuring chiral, hydroxylated 2-benzylpiperidines as dual inhibitors of DAGLalpha and ABHD6. The chirality of the carbon bearing the C2 substituent, as well as the position of the hydroxyl (tolerated at C5, but not at C3) has profound influence on the inhibitory activity of both DAGLalpha and ABHD6, as established using biochemical assays and competitive activity-based protein profiling on mouse brain extracts.