Organogermanium compounds

Abstract

A polycondensation product of a germanium trihydroxide compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein W is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, aryl, cycloalkyl which may be substituted, cycloalkenyl, heteroaryl or a group of the formula: (R.sup.1)(R.sup.2)N-- wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each lower alkyl or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom form a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl which may be substituted, aralkyl, acyl, acylamino or heteroaryl, and X is --N.dbd., --CH.dbd. or ##STR3## A is a bond, alkylene, alkenylene, --CO--Y--, --CONH--Y--, --O--Y--, --S--Y-- or ##STR4## (Y is alkylene); and R is alkyl. Such compounds are useful as agents for treating immune diseases.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.