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US 2008/0318965 A1Published application
Derivatives of Alpha2-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist
AssigneeNicox S.A.
InventorsFrancesca Benedini, Francesco Impagnatiello, Stefano Biondi, Ennio Ongini, Wesley Kwan Mung Chong
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Abstract
The present invention relates to alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist nitrooxyderivatives having improved pharmacological activity and enhanced tolerability. They can be employed for the treatment of ocular diseases, in particular high intraocular pressure and glaucoma.
Claims11
Compound of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof,
- A-X1—Y—ONO2 (I)
- wherein:
- A is selected from
- X1 has the following meanings:
- —C(O)—, —C(O)O—,
- Y is a bivalent radical having the following meanings:
- a)
- straight or branched C1-C20 alkylene, preferably C1-C10, being optionally substituted with one or more of the substituents selected from the group consisting of:
- halogen atoms, hydroxy, -0NO2 or T0, wherein T0 is
- —OC(O)(C1-C10 alkyl)-ONO2 or —O(C1-C10 alkyl)-ONO2;
- cycloalkylene with 5 to 7 carbon atoms into cycloalkylene ring, the ring being optionally substituted with side chains T, wherein T is straight or branched alkyl with from 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
- b)
- c)
- where n is an integer from 0 to 20,
- n1 is an integer from 1 to 20;
- d)
- wherein:
- n1 is as defined above and n2 is an integer from 0 to 2;
- X2=—OCO— or —COO— and R2 is an hydrogen atom or CH3;
- e)
- wherein:
- n1 and n2, R2, and X2 are as defined above;
- Y1 is —CH2—CH2— or —CH═CH— (CH2)n2-;
- f)
- wherein:
- n1 and R2 are as defined above, R3 is H or —COCH3;
- with the proviso that when Y is selected from the bivalent radicals mentioned under b)-f), the —ONO2 group is linked to a —(CH2)n1 group;
- g)
- wherein X3 is an oxygen atom or a sulphur atom,
- n3 is an integer from 1 to 6,
- R2 is a defined above;
- h)
- wherein:
- n4 is an integer from 0 to 10;
- n5 is an integer from 1 to 10;
- R4, R5, R6, R7 are the same or different, and are H or straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl, wherein the —ONO2 group is linked to
- wherein n5 is as defined above;
- Y2 is an heterocyclic saturated, unsaturated or aromatic 5 or 6 members ring, containing one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and is selected from
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.