Patent number: 9688678
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted oxindole derivatives of the formula I wherein A is a ring selected from phenyl and 6-membered hetaryl containing 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms as ring members, where ring A carries one substituent R6 and optionally one substituent R7; B is a ring selected from phenyl and a monocyclic or bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S as ring members, where ring B may carry 1, 2 or 3 substituents R8; X1, X2, X3 and X4, independently of each other, are selected from —CH2—, —O—, —S(O)c—, —NH—, —C(O)—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —S(O)cCH2—, —CH2S(O)c—, CH2NH—, —NHCH2—, —CH2C(O)— and C(O)CH2—; X5 is NH, CH2 or O; and wherein c, R1, R2, (R3)a, (R4)b, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the claims. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel substituted oxindole derivatives of the formula I, and to their use for the treatment of vasopressin-related disorders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2017
Assignee:
AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Hervé Geneste, Wilfried Hornberger, Katja Jantos, Andreas Kling, Marcel Van Gaalen