Objective To design, synthesis and activity screening of salicylanilides as new mglu5 receptor antagonist. Methods A scaffold hopping approach has been exploited to design a novel class of mglu5 receptor antagonists Ⅰ - Ⅳ. The design compounds were synthesized by using salicylic acids and anilines. The structures of target compounds were identified by NMR and MS. The activity of mglu 5 was screened by Ca2x mobilization assay. Results The designed salicylanilides show potent antagonistic activity to mglu5 receptor in vitro. Among them, compoun...