Abstract:
A novel piperazine derivative is provided to show excellent antagonism against a dopamine receptor D4, thereby being effective as a therapeutic agent for schizophrenia. A piperazine derivative having a cycloalkyl bicyclic heterocycle group is represented by a formula(1), where R1 is a group represented by the structural formula(1) or (2); X is H, halogen, nitro, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, or C1-6 alkoxy; Y is NH, S or O; R2 is phenyl or pyridine, which may be substituted or unsubstituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, and cyano; n is an integer from 1 to 3. A method for preparing a piperazine compound represented by the formula(1b) comprises the steps of: (a) subjecting cyclopentanone carboxylic acid coupled to a Wang resin and represented by the formula(3) with a piperazine to a reducing amination to obtain a compound represented by the formula(3a); and (b) applying microwave to the compound of the formula(3a) with an amine compound represented by the formula(3b) to synthesize the compound of the formula(1b), where R2, X, Y, and n are the same as defined above, and A is Wang resin. A therapeutic agent for schizophrenia comprises the compound of the formula(1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.