Macrocyclic Inhibitors Of Hepatitis C Virus

• Main Authors: SAMUELSSON BENGT BERTIL, JOHANSSON PER-OLA MIKAEL, VENDEVILLE SANDRINE MARIE HELENE, BELFRAGE ANNA KARIN GERTRUD LINEA, IVANOV VLADIMIR, NILSSON KARL MAGNUS, SIMMEN KENNETH ALAN, RABOISSON PIERRE JEAN-MARIE BERNARD, DE KOCK HERMAN AUGUSTINUS, ROSENQUIST ASA ANNICA KRISTINA, SURLERAUX DOMINIQUE LOUIS NESTOR GHISLAIN, PELCMAN MIKAEL, HU LILI, TAHRI ABDELLAH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.09.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES

Inhibitors of HCV replication of formula (I) and the N-oxides, salts, and stereoisomers, wherein each dashed line represents an optional double bond; X is N, CH and where X bears a double bond it is C; R1 is -OR7, -NH-SO2R8; R2 is hydrogen, and where X is C or CH, R2 may also be C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxyC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl; R4 is aryl or Het; n is 3, 4, 5, or 6; R5 is halo, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, C1-6alkoxy, phenyl, or Het; R6 is C1-6alkoxy, or dimethylamino; R7 is hydrogen; aryl; Het; C3-7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl; or C1-6alkyl optionally substituted with C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl or with Het; R8 is aryl; Het; C3-7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl; or C1-6alkyl optionally substituted with C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl or with Het; aryl is phenyl optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents; Het is a 5 or 6 membered saturated, partially unsaturated or completely unsaturated heterocyclic ring containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and being optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents; pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds (I) and processes for preparing compounds (I). Bioavailable combinations of the inhibitors of HCV of formula (I) with ritonavir are also provided.