Patent number: 7262201
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I: wherein: ring C is a 5-6 membered heterocyclic moiety; Z is —O—, —S—, or —CH2—; R1 is hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxymethyl, di(C1-4)alkoxy)methyl, C1-4alkanoyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino, C2-5alkenyl, C2-5alkynyl, carboxy, C3-7cycloalkyl, C3-7-cycloalkylC1-3alkyl, or an optionally substituted group selected from phenyl, benzyl, phenylC2-4alkyl and a 5-6 membered heterocyclic group; n is an integer from 0 to 5; m is an integer from 0 to 3; R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halgeno, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylsulphanyl, —NR3R4 (wherein R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl), or R5X1— (wherein X1 represents a direct bond, —CH2—, or a heteroatom linker group and R5 is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl chain optionally substituted by for example hydroxy, amino, nitro, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, or an optionally substituted group selected from pyridone, phenyl an
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 5, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 28, 2007
Assignee:
AstraZeneca AB
Inventors:
Laurent F A Hennequin, Georges Pasquet