Carboxylic acid therapeutic agents
AssigneePfizer Inc.
InventorJohn L. Belletire
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Abstract
A series of substituted phenylacetic acid compounds and their derivatives, including the pharmacologically acceptable base salts of said acids, have been found to be active as oral hypoglycemic agents. Preferred member compounds include 6-ethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid, 6-benzyloxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid, chroman-4-carboxylic acid, p-chlorophenylacetic acid, o-methylphenylacetic acid, o-methoxyphenylacetic acid, p-methoxyphenylacetic acid and .alpha.,.alpha.-di(4-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid. Synthetic routes leading to those member compounds which are novel per se are described in some detail.
Claims10
A pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral administration comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and an effective blood sugar lowering amount of an oral hypoglycemic agent, said agent being a compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids of the formula:
- ##STR6## and the lower alkyl esters and unsubstituted amide derivatives thereof, and the base salts of said acids with pharmacologically acceptable cations, wherein
- X is hydrogen or lower alkyl;
- X.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower phenylalkoxy, with the proviso that when X.sup.1 is other than lower alkyl, X is hyrogen;
- and
- Y is oxygen or sulfur.
A method for lowering blood sugar in the treatment of a diabetic host, which comprises orally administering to said host an effective blood sugar lowering amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids of the formula:
- ##STR7## and the lower alkyl esters and unsubstituted amide derivatives thereof, and the base salts of said acids with pharmacologically acceptable cations, wherein
- X is hydrogen or lower alkyl;
- X.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower phenylalkoxy, with the proviso that when X.sup.1 is other than lower alkyl, X is hydrogen;
- and
- Y is oxygen or sulfur.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.