STYRYL DERIVATIVES AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION

• Main Authors: BOYD, EWAN CAMPBELL, WARRELLOW, GRAHAM JOHN, ALEXANDER, RIKKI PETER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 02.11.2004
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; 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

Compounds of general formula (1) are described, wherein Y is a halogen atom or a group -OR1, wherein R1 is an optionally substituted alkyl group; X is -O-, -S- or -N(R6)-, where R6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R2 is an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl group; R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, is each a group -(CH2)n Ar, where Ar is a monocyclic or bicyclic aryl group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen atoms and n is zero or an integer 1, 2 or 3; R5 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; and the salts, solvates, hydrates and N-oxides thereof. Compounds according to the invention are pout, selective and orally active PDE IV inhibitors and are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of asthma and other diseases.