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Hepatic fibrosis commonly exists in chronic liver disease and would eventually develop to cirrhosis and liver cancer with high fatality. Phosphodiesterase-9 (PDE9) has attracted profound attention as a drug target because of its highest binding affinity among phosphodiesterases (PDEs) with cyclic guanosine monophosphate. However, no published study has reported PDE9 inhibitors as potential agents against hepatic fibrosis yet. Herein, structural modification from a starting hit LL01 led to lead 4a, which exhibited an IC50 value of 7.3 nM