Patent number: 5278152
Abstract: The compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which R is an aldehyde group or a group which can be converted into an aldehyde, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, hydrogen, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, lithium, ammonium or triethylamnonium, orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a cyclic diester,R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydrogen, alkoxy or halogen, R.sup.5 and R.sup.8 are alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, cyanide, hydroxyl or hydrogen, and X, Y or Z are oxygen or sulfur, or prodrug forms of the compound of the formula I can be used for the treatment of diseases caused by viruses.The preparation of these compounds and pharmaceutical preparations containing them and their use is described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 18, 1993
Date of Patent:
January 11, 1994
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Anuschirwan Peyman, Eugen Uhlmann, Irvin Winkler, Matthias Helsberg, Christoph Meichsner
Patent number: 5242908
Abstract: The use of a compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which V is an alkyl group, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine, n is an integer from 1 to 5, W is an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or alkoxy group, cyanide, nitro, carboxyl, hydrogen or a cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or carboalkoxy group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or halogenoalkyl group, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, lithium, ammonium, triethylammonium or hydrogen, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a cyclic diester, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carboalkoxy, cycloalkyl or alkoxy group, hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine and X, Y and Z are oxygen or sulfur, for the treatment of diseases caused by DNA viruses or RNA viruses is described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 1991
Date of Patent:
September 7, 1993
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Anuschirwan Peyman, Eugen Uhlmann, Karlheinz Budt, Jochen Knolle, Irvin Winkler, Matthias Helsberg