Benzothiazole derivatives with activity as adenosine receptor ligands

A method of treating a person having a disease state treatable by modulation of the adenosine A2A receptor comprising administering, to a person in need of such treatment, an effective amount of a compound of the formula

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• wherein
• R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, benzyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, halogen, hydroxy or trifluoromethyloxy;
• R2, R3 are independently from each other hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyloxy;
• R4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, halogen, —C(O)OH, —C(O)-lower alkyl, —C(O)-halogen-lower alkyl, —CH(OH)-halogen-lower alkyl, —C(O)O-lower alkyl, —NHC(O)-lower alkyl, —(CH2)n—OH,
• or is phenyl, which is optionally attached to the benzo group via the linker —O)m—(CH2)n— and is unsubstituted or substituted by N(R5)(R6), halogen, alkoxy or nitro,
• or is 2,3-dihydro-1H-indolyl, azepan-1-yl, [1,4]oxazepan-4-yl, or is a five or six membered aromatic or non aromatic heterocycle, which may be attached to the benzo group via the linker —(O)m—(CH2)n or —N═C(CH3)— and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two group(s) R7, wherein R7 is defined below;
• R is
• (a) phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl, halogen-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, cyano, nitro, —C(O)H, —C(O)OH or by the following groups
• —(CH2)n—C(O)—N(R5)—(CH2)o-lower alkoxy,
• —(CH2)nO-halogen-lower alkyl,
• —(CH2)nO—(CH2)n+1—O-lower alkyl,
• —S(O)2—N(R5)—(CH2)n—O-lower alkyl,
• —(CH2)n—OR5,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o-lower alkoxy,
• —(CH2)nN[(CH2)o-lower alkoxy]2,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)(R6),
• —(CH2)nN[S(O)2CH3]2,
• —(CH2)nN[R5][S(O)2CH3],
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)oNR5R6,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)-lower alkenyl,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o-cycloalkyl,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—C(O)O-lower alkyl,
• —(CH2)n—S—(CH2)n—N(R5)(R6),
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o—S-lower alkyl,
• —S(O)2—N(R5)(R6),
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—S(O)2CH3
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o-phenyl,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)oOH,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)oCH(OH)—CF3,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o—CF3,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o—O—CH(OH)—C6H3(OCH3)2,
• —(CH2)nN(R5)—(CH2)o—O—C(O)—C6H3(OCH3)2,
• —N(R5)—C(O)-morpholin,
• —N(R5)—C(O)—N(R5)-phenyl, substituted by alkoxy,
• —S(O)2-morpholin,
• or is phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by
• —(CR5R6)n— five to seven membered aromatic or non aromatic heterocycle, and wherein the heterocycle is unsubstituted or further substituted by hydroxy, —N(R5)(R6), lower alkoxy or lower alkyl, or by —(C H2)nN(R5)(CH2)o— five or six membered aromatic or non aromatic heterocycle and wherein the heterocycle is unsubstituted or further substituted by hydroxy, —N(R5)(R6) or lower alkyl, or is
• b) —(CH2)n-five or six membered aromatic or non aromatic heterocycle, with the exception of the the piperazinyl group in case if n=0, which rings are unsubstituted or substituted by one or two substituents, selected from the group consisting of 2-oxo-pyrrolidin, piperidinyl, phenyl, —(CH2)nOH, halogen, CF3, ═O, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, —(CH2)n-O-lower alkyl, —(CH2)nNH2, —(CH2)nCN, —C(O)O-lower alkyl, —CH2—O—S(O)2CH3, —C(O)-lower alkyl, —C(O)—(CH2)n-lower alkoxy, —CH2—N(R6)C6H4F, —CH2—N(R6)C(O)O-lower alkyl, —N(R6)—C(O)—N(R5)—(CH2)n—O-lower alkyl, -or by tetrahydrofuran, substituted by 4-Cl-phenyl, or by piperazin-1-yl, morpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl, thiomorpholin-1-oxo, pyrrolidin-1-yl or by piperidin-1-yl or is benzopiperidin-1-yl or benzothien-2-yl, or is
• c) —(CH2)n+1-phenyl,
• —N(R5)(CH2)n-phenyl, unsubsitituted or substituted by lower alkoxy,
• —O(CH2)n-phenyl, or
• —N(R5)C(O)-phenyl, or is
• d) —N(R5)(CH2)n-5- or 6 membered aromatic or non aromatic heterocycle, unsubsituted or substituted by lower alkyl, —(CH2)n-5- or 6 membered aromatic or non aromatic heterocycle or is
• e) —(CH2)n—N(R5)(R6), lower alkyl, —O—(CH2)n-lower alkoxy, —(CH2)n-lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy, cycloalkyl, —N(R5)(CH2)nO-lower alkyl, —N(R5)(CH2)nOH, —N(R5)(CH2)nN(R5)(R6), —C(O)O-lower alkyl, —(CH2)nOH, —(HC═CH)nC(O)O-lower alkyl, octahydro-quinoline, 3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinoline, 2,3-benzo-1,4-dioxa-8-aza-spiro[4,5]decane or 1,4-dioxa-8-aza-spiro[4,5]decane;
• X is O, S or two hydrogen atoms;
• R5, R6 are independently from each other hydrogen or lower alkyl,
• R7 is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, —C(O)-lower alkyl, —C(O)O-benzyl, —C(O)O-lower alkyl, —CH2)nNR5R6, pyridinyl, optionally substituted by lower alkyl, or is —CH2N(R5)—C(O)O-lower alkyl, —NH—C(phenyl)3, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl;
• n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• m is 0 or 1;
• o is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
• or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.