Substituted pyrimidines as prostaglandin D2 receptor antagonists

• Main Authors: AGUIAR, JOACY C, SHUM, PATRICK WAI-KWOK, POLI, GREGORY B, HARRIS, KEITH J, ZHAO, ZHICHENG, CHOI-SLEDESKI, YONG-MI, REILING, STEPHAN, GARDNER, CHARLES, STOKLOSA, GREGORY, STEFANY, DAVID
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.10.2012
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

The present invention is directed to a substituted pyrimidine compound of formula (I) as set forth herein, or an enantiomer thereof, or a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound. The invention also includes a method of treatment of a patient by the administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of such a compound. Formula (I), wherein m and n, independently of each other, are selected from the integers 0, 1, 2 or 3; X and Y, independently of each other, are selected from CRR, NR or O, wherein X and Y cannot both be O; or X and Y, taken together with the bond between them, form a phenyl group optionally substituted by one to four R groups; each Z, independently of each other, is CRR; R, R and R, independently of each other, are selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, aryl, amino, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, and carboxy; wherein optionally substituted alkyl, may be substituted by one to three of the same or different of halogen, carboxy, cyano, hydroxy, amino or aryl.