Patent number: 5663375
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which n is 0, 1 or 2 and R.sup.1 is attached at any of the positions 7, 8, 9 or 10, and each R.sup.1 is halo, carboxy, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkylthio, hydroxy-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, hydroxy-C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, nitro, trifluoromethoxy, --COOR.sup.5 where R.sup.5 is an ester group, --COR.sup.6, --CONR.sup.6 R.sup.7 or --NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 where R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl;R.sup.2 is phenyl, naphthyl or heteroaryl selected from thienyl, pyridyl, benzothienyl, quinolinyl, benzofuranyl or benzimidazolyl, said phenyl, naphthyl and heteroaryl groups being optionally substituted, or R.sup.2 is furanyl optionally substituted with C.sub.1-4 alkyl;R.sup.3 is nitrile, carboxy, --COOR.sup.8 where R.sup.8 is an ester group, or --CONR.sup.9 R.sup.10 where R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl; andR.sup.4 is --NR.sup.11 R.sup.12, --NR.sup.11 COR.sup.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 1994
Date of Patent:
September 2, 1997
Assignees:
Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Industries Limited
Inventors:
Michael Brunavs, Colin Peter Dell, Peter Thaddeus Gallagher, William Martin Owton, Colin William Smith