A previous publication from our laboratory reported the identification of a new class of 2-(1H-imidazo-2-yl)piperazines as potent T. brucei growth inhibitors as potential treatment for Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT). This work describes the structure-activity relationship (SAR) around the hit compound 1, which led to the identification of the optimized compound 18, a single digit nanomolar inhibitor (EC 7 nM), not cytotoxic and with optimal in vivo profile that made it a suitable candidate for efficacy studies in a mouse model mimicking the second stage of disease.
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