FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS HAVING CRF ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY

• Main Authors: ASO, KAZUYOSHI, MOCHIZUKI, MICHIYO, KOBAYASHI, KATSUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.12.2009
• 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

There is provided a compound of the formula: wherein R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, a substituted amino, etc.; R2 is an aromatic group substituted with one or two substituents at the positions adjacent to the position bonded to Z, and said aromatic group may have additional substituent(s); X is -NR3- wherein R3 is a hydrogen, an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl or an acyl, or sulfur; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are an optionally substituted methine or a nitrogen, etc.; and Z is an optionally substituted methylene, provided that carbonyl is excluded; or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, which have CRF receptor antagonist activity and use thereof.