Diephenyl carbocyclic thioamide derivatives

A compound of the formula:

• 183
• wherein X is a group of the formula
• 184
• wherein:
• R15 is halogen, nitro, lower alkyl sulfonyl, cyano, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, lower alkyl aminosulfonyl, perfluorolower alkyl, lower alkylthio, hydroxy lower alkyl, alkoxy lower alkyl, lower alkylthio lower alkyl, lower alkylsulfinyl lower alkyl, lower alkylsulfonyl lower alkyl, lower alkylsulfinyl, lower alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, aryloxy;
• R16 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, lower alkyl, OH, perfluorolower alkyl, or lower alkylthio;
• or
• X is a group of formula X-2
• 185
• wherein Het is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms selected from N,O, and S, or
• Het is a 9- or 10-membered bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms selected from O, S, and N;
• R15 and R16 are as above;
• R30 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;
• and p is an integer from 0 to 1
• or X is a group of formula X-3
• 186
• wherein:
• R18 is aryl, heteroaryl, aryl lower alkyl, heteroaryl lower alkyl
• R19 is substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl alkyl, and
• R20 is substituted or unsubstituted lower alkanoyl or aroyl;
• and Y is a group of formula Y-1
• 187
• wherein:
• R22 and R23 are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, nitro, cyano, lower alkylthio, lower alkylsulfinyl, lower alkyl sulfonyl, lower alkanoyl, halogen, or perfluorolower alkyl and at least one of R22 and R23 is other than hydrogen, and
• R24 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, aryl, nitro, cyano, lower alkyl sulfonyl, or halogen;
• or Y-2 is a group of the formula:
• 188
• Het is a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring bonded via a carbon atom wherein said ring contains one, two or three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S and R30 and R3, are independently hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, halogen, cyano, perfluoroalkyl, or aryl and at least one of R30 and R31 is adjacent to the point of attachment;
• p is an integer of from 0 to 1;
• or Y is a group of formula Y-3
• 189
• wherein:
• R25 is lower alkyl, unsubstituted or fluorine substituted lower alkenyl, or a group of formula R26-(CH2)e-, R26 is aryl, heteroaryl, azido, cyano, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkylthio , lower alkyl sulfonyl, lower alkyl sulfinyl, perfluoro lower alkanoyl, nitro, or R26 is a group of formula —NR28R29,
• wherein
• R28 is H or lower alkyl,
• R29 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkanoyl, aroyl, perfluoro lower alkanoylamino, lower alkyl sulfonyl, lower alkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, or R28 and R29 taken together form a 4, 5 or 6-membered saturated carbacyclic ring optionally containing one heteroatom selected from 0, S, and N;
• with the carbon atoms in the ring being unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl or halogen,
• Q is —(CH2)fO—, —(CH2)fS—, —(CH2)fN(R27)—, or —(CH2)f—,
• R27 is H, lower alkyl, aryl, lower alkanoyl, aroyl or lower alkoxycarbonyl,
• e is an integer from 0 to 4, and
• f is an integer from 0 to 3;
• and the dotted bond is optionally hydrogenated;
• and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.