Abstract: A class of fused tricyclic heteroaromatic compounds of formula (I) as defined in claim 1 or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, containing a fused pyrazole, oxazole or pyrimidine ring are ligands for dopamine receptor subtypes within the body and are therefore of use in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the dopamine system, such as schizophrenia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 1996
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2000
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
William Barnaby Davey, Paul David Leeson, Michael Rowley
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-6 alkyl or arylC.sub.1-4 alkyl group; and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a group selected from C.sub.1-6 alkyl, CF.sub.3 or C.sub.1-6 alkoxy substituted by C.sub.1-4 alkoxy; which comprises reacting an anhydrous or hydrated glyoxal of formula (II) with a compound of formula (III): ##STR2## in the presence of an acid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 8, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 4, 2000
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Michael Stewart Ashwood, Brian Christopher Bishop, Ian Frank Cottrell
Abstract: A class of 1-[3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propyl]-4-(2-phenylethyl)piperazine derivatives, substituted at the 5-position of the indole nucleus by a five-membered heteroaromatic moiety, on one or other of the ethylene carbon atoms of the phenethyl moiety by halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl, and optionally on the phenyl ring of the phenethyl moiety by halogen, trifluoromethyl, alkoxy or an oxazolidinone group and optionally by one or two further substituents, are selective agonists of 5-HT.sub.1 -like receptors, being potent agonists of the human 5-HT.sub.1D .alpha. receptor subtype whilst possessing at least a 10-fold selective affinity for the 5-HT.sub.1D .alpha. receptor subtype relative to the 5-HT.sub.1D .beta. subtype; they are therefore useful in the treatment and/or prevention of clinical conditions, in particular migraine and associated disorders, for which a subtype-selective agonist of 5-HT.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 1998
Date of Patent:
November 9, 1999
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Raymond Baker, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Angus Murray MacLeod, Austin John Reeve, Francine Sternfeld, Leslie Joseph Street
Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6a and R.sup.6b are defined herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for its preparation, intermediates and its use as a tachykinin antagonist.
Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for treating pain and nociception in a patient by administering a combination of a piperidine tachykinin antagonist and an opioid analgesic.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a non-ionic surface-active agent or an emulsion for the reduction of the hemolytic effects of an amphiphilic compound. There is also provided a method for reducing the hemolytic effects of an amphiphilic compound which comprises formulating said compound with a non-ionic surface-active agent or in the form of an emulsion.
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X, Z, R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, Ar, n and m are as defined herein which are of use in the treatment or prevention of neuropathy, asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or migraine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 15, 1998
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Timothy Harrison, Christopher John Swain
Abstract: A class of benzimidazole derivatives, substituted at the 2-position by a substituted piperazinylmethyl or piperazinylethyl moiety, are antagonists of dopamine receptor subtypes within the brain, having a selective affinity for the dopamine D.sub.4 receptor subtype over other dopamine receptor subtypes, and are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia whilst manifesting fewer side-effects than those associated with classical neuroleptic drugs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 1995
Date of Patent:
August 11, 1998
Assignee:
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Paul David Leeson
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted quinazolinedione derivatives which comprises:(a) reacting a haloformate functionalized polystyrene resin with a substituted anthranilic acid derivative under conditions effective to form a urethane-linkage;(b) reacting the product of step (a) with a primary amine under conditions effective to form an anthranilamide derivative;(c) heating the anthranilamide to effect intramolecular cyclization thereby liberating the 1,3-disubstituted quinazolinedione derivative from the resin into solution; and(d) isolating the 1,3-disubstituted quinazolinedione by filtration and solvent removal.
Abstract: Disclosed is a class of 1H-indazole derivatives, substituted at the 3-position by a substituted piperazinylmethyl moiety, which are antagonists of dopamine receptor subtypes within the brain, having a selective affinity for the dopamine D4 receptor subtype over other dopamine receptor subtypes, and are accordingly, of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, while manifesting fewer side-effects than those associated with classical neuroleptic drugs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 14, 1998
Assignee:
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Raymond Baker, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Paul David Leeson, Adrian Leonard Smith
Abstract: A class of substituted pyrimidine derivatives are ligands for dopamine receptor subtypes within the body and are therefore useful in the treatment of disorders of the dopamine system, in particular schizophrenia ##STR1##
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 1996
Date of Patent:
June 9, 1998
Assignee:
Merck, Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
William Robert Carling, Ian James Collins, Michael Rowley, Paul David Leeson
Abstract: The present invention relates to spiroketal derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.9a, R.sup.9b, m and n are as defined in the specification, and to processes for their preparation, to intermediates used in their synthesis, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use in therapy. The compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis and postherpetic neuralgia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 20, 1997
Date of Patent:
March 17, 1998
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Timothy Harrison, Simon Neil Owen, Eileen Mary Seward, Christopher John Swain
Abstract: Aralkylamino substituted azacyclic compounds of formula (I) and their salts and prodrugs. The variables are defined herein. The compounds are useful as tachykinin antagonists and are of particular use in the treatment of pain, inflammation, migraine, and emesis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 1996
Date of Patent:
March 17, 1998
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Malcolm MacCoss, Christopher John Swain
Abstract: Fused tricyclic heteroaromatic compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein one of X and Y represents nitrogen, and the other of X and Y represents oxygen, sulphur or N--R.sup.2 ;Q represents a substituted five- or six-membered monocyclic heteroaliphatic ring which contains one nitrogen atom as the sole heteroatom and is linked to the five-membered heteroatomic ring containing the moieties X and Y via a carbon atom: as well as substituted 3,4-dihydro-1-hydroxy-2-oxomethyl-naphthalene precursors thereto, are ligands for dopamine receptor subtypes within the body and are therefore useful in the treatment of disorders of the dopamine system, in particular schizophrenia.
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of substantially pure N-benzyl-3-(S)-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,4-oxazin-2-one which comprises:(i) contacting racemic N-benzyl-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,4-oxazin-2-one with (-)-3-bromocamphor-8-sulphonic acid (hereinafter referred to as (-)-3-BCS) in the presence of a racemising agent;(ii) collecting the resultant crystalline (-)-3-BCS salt of N-benzyl-3-(S)-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,4-oxazin-2-one; and(iii) liberating the free base of N-benzyl-3-(S)-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,4-oxazin-2-one by treatment of the (-)-3-BCS salt collected in step (ii) with aqueous base.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 16, 1997
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Ramon John Alabaster, Ian Frank Cottrell, Andrew William Gibson, Simon Adrian Johnson
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein n is 3 and where any carbon atom of (CH.sub.2).sub.n may be substituted by R.sup.4 and/or R.sup.5 ; X represents O or S; R.sup.1 represents (CH.sub.2).sub.q phenyl, wherein q is 0, 1 , 2 or 3 which may be optionally substituted in the phenyl ring; R.sup.2 represents aryl selected from phenyl and naphthyl; heteroaryl selected from indazolyl, thienyl, furyl, pyridyl, thiazolyl, tetrazolyl and quinolyl; benzhydryl; or benzyl; wherein each aryl or heteroaryl moiety may be substituted; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each independently represent H, halo, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, oxo, CO.sub.2 R.sup.a or CONR.sup.a R.sup.b ; R.sup.6 represents H or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; R.sup.7 represents trifluoromethyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkylC.sub.1-4 alkyl, (CH.sub.2).sub.p NR.sup.9 R.sup.10, CO.sub.2 R.sup.16, CONR.sup.9 R.sup.10, (CH.sub.2).sub.p CO.sub.2 R.sup.16, (CH.sub.2).sub.p CONR.sup.9 R.sup.10, (CH.sub.2).sub.p NR.sup.9 COR.sup.16, (CH.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 9, 1997
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Raymond Baker, Angus Murray MacLeod, Eileen Mary Seward, Christopher John Swain
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein X represents a propylene or propenylene chain optionally substituted by one or more of R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 ; m is 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1 or 2 when m is 2 or 3, and n is 0 or 1 when m is 4; R.sup.1 represents optionally substituted phenyl; R.sup.2 represents optionally substituted phenyl, heteroaryl, benzhydryl or benzyl; R.sup.3 represents H, COR.sup.9, CO.sub.2 R.sup.10, COCONR.sup.10 R.sup.11, COCO.sub.2 R.sup.10, SO.sub.2 R.sup.15, CONR.sup.10 SO.sub.2 R.sup.15, C.sub.1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by a group selected from (CO.sub.2 R.sup.10, CONR.sup.10 R.sup.11, hydroxy, cyano, COR.sup.9, NR.sup.10 R.sup.11, C(NOH)NR.sup.10 R.sup.11, CONHphenyl(C.sub.1-4 alkyl), COCO.sub.2 R.sup.10, COCONR.sup.10 R.sup.11, SO.sub.2 R.sup.15, CONR.sup.10 SO.sub.2 R.sup.15 and optionally substituted phenyl), Y--R.sup.8 or CO--Z--(CH.sub.2).sub.q --R.sup.12 ; R.sup.4 and R.sup.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 2, 1997
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
Inventors:
Angus Murray MacLeod, Kevin John Merchant, Graeme Irvine Stevenson
Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, m, n and X are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful as tachykinin antagonists.