PIPERAZINE SUBSTITUTED ARYL BENZODIAZEPINES

• Main Authors: CHEN, ZHAOGEN, LE HUEROU, YVAN, AICHER, THOMAS, DANIEL, TUPPER, DAVID EDWARD, PINEIRO-NUNEZ, MARTA, MARIA, ROCCO, VINCENT, PATRICK, SPINAZZE, PATRICK, GIANPIETRO, RULEY, KEVIN, MICHAEL, MARTIN, FIONNA MITCHELL, SCHAUS, JOHN, MEHNERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.05.2007
• 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

Described herein are compounds of formula (I) wherein: is an optionally benzo-fused five or six member aromatic ring having zero to three hetero atoms independently selected from N, S, and O; Alk is (C1-4) alkylene or hydroxy substituted (C1-4) alkylene; X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is hydrogen, (C1-6) fluroalkyl, (C3-6) cycloalkyl, or (C1-4) alkyl, wherein the (C1-4) alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, methoxy, ethoxy, OCH2CH2OH, or -CN; R2 is H, halogen, (C1-6) fluoroalkyl, (C1-6) cycloalkyl, OR4, SR4, NO2, CN, COR4, C(O)OR4, CONR5R6, NR5R6, SO2NR5R6, NR5COR4, NR5SO2R4, optionally substituted aromatic, or (C1-6) alkyl, wherein (C1-6) alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with a hydroxy group; R3 is hydrogen (C1-6) fluoroalkyl, (C2-6) alkenyl, Ar, (C1-4)alkyl-Ar, or (C1-4) alkyl wherein (C1-4) alkyly is unsubstituted or substituted with a phenyl; R4 is hydrogen, (C1-6) alkyl, (C1-6) fluoroalkyl, or optionally substituted aromatic; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, (C1-6) alkyl, or optionally substituted aromatic, R7 is hydrogen, (C1-6) alkyl, (C1-6) fluoroalkyl, or optionally substituted aromatic; R8 and R9 are independently hydrogen, (C1-6) alkyl, or optionally substituted aromatic; Ar is optionally substituted phenyl, napthyl, monocyclic heteroaromatic or bicyclic heteroaromatic; Z1 and Z2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, (C1-6) alkyl, (C1-6) fluoroalkyl, OR7, SR7, NO2, CN, COR7, CONR8R9, NR8R9, and optionally substituted aromatic; and all salts, solvates, optical and geometric isomers, and crystalline forms thereof. Also, described are the use of the compounds of formula (I) as antagonists of the dopamine D2 receptor and as agents for the treatment of psychosis and bipolar disorders, and pharmaceutical formulations of the compounds of formula (I)