Thieno-1,4-diazepines

A thieno-1,4-diazepine having the following structure ##STR183## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl which may optionally be substituted by hydroxy or halogen, a cyclopropyl group, branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or a halogen, and

• n is an integers from 0 to 10 and
• when n is greater than zero,
• R.sub.2 is halogen hydroxy, ##STR184## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5, which may be identical or difference, are hydrogen, branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group with 2 to 10 carbon atoms which may optionally be substituted by halogen, hydroxy, morpholino or a c-linked heterocyclic group selected from the groups furan or indol, whilst the carbon chain may be interrupted by nitrogen, oxygen, oxygen or sulphur,
• branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylcarbonyl group, optionally substituted by hydroxy or halogen, or substituted by an amino group which is optionally mono- or di-substituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, whilst the alkyl group may be substituted by halogen or hydroxy, phenylcarbonyl, optionally substituted phenylsulphonyl or tolylsulphonyl, wherein the substituents are halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, amino or acetylamino, an alkylsulphonyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together with the nitrogen atom form a saturated or unsaturated 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched alkyl groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, this ring possibly containing nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur as further heteroatoms, such as morpholin, piperazin, imidazol, 1,2,3-triazol, 1,2,4-triazol, pyrazol, imidazolin, imidazolidin, pyrazolin, pyrozolidin, thiomorpholin, or pyrrolidin, imidazol whilst each additional nitrogen atom may optionally be substituted by a branched or unbranched alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms,;
• R.sub.2 is an tolylsulphonyloxy or phenylsulphonyloxy, optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.2 is a branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulphonyloxy group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.2 is phenylcarbonyloxy, optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.2 is branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkylcarbonyloxy group, whilst the alkyl chain may be interrupted by nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur;
• R.sub.2 is ##STR185## wherein R.sub.6 is branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl optionally substituted by halogen, an aryl group optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy
• R.sub.7 is hydrogen or branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl
• R.sub.2 is ##STR186## wherein R.sub.8 and R.sub.9, which may be identical or different, are branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 together with the nitrogen atom represent a 5- or 6-membered ring optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, this group optionally containing as further heteroatoms nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur, such as morpholin, piperazin, triazol, pyrazol, imidazolin, imidazolidin, pyrazolin, pyrazolidin, thiomorpholin,
• pyrrolidin, or imidazol, whilst each additional nitrogen atom is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl
• R.sub.2 is branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyloxy optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy;
• R.sub.2 is an imido group dioxolan optionally substituted by methyl or phenyl
• when n is greater than or equal to 0
• R.sub.2 is --CH.dbd.O, --COOH, of cyano;
• R.sub.2 is branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl with the proviso that if R' is hydrogen, R.sub.3 is ochlorophenyl, X and Y both are nitrogen, R.sub.2 Z.sub.n cannot be methoxycarbonylethyl;
• R.sub.2 is an aryloxycarbonyl group, preferably phenyloxycarbonyl;
• R.sub.2 in the case that X and Y are not both nitrogen is a group of general formula ##STR187## wherein R.sub.10 and R.sub.11, which may be identical or different, are hydrogen, phenyl optionally substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or hydroxy, branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkenyl or alkynyl which may optionally be substituted by halogen, hydroxy, nitro, amino, substituted amino, or
• R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 are saturated or unsaturated 5-, 6- or 7-membered heterocyclic ring linked by a carbon atom, optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl
• R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 together with the nitrogen atom are a saturated or unsaturated 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring optionally mono- or polysubstituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and optionally containing, as further heteroatoms, nitrogen, oxygen, or sulphur, such as morpholin, piperazin, triazol, pyrazol, imidazolin, pyrazolin, pyrazolidin, imidazolidin, thiomorpholin, pyrrolidine, or imidazol, whilst each additional nitrogen atom may be substituted by branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl
• R.sub.2 is a group of general formula ##STR188## wherein B is oxygen, sulphur, NH or NC.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl
• D is the group (C Re Rf)n', wherein n may be an integer from 0 to 3,
• Ra is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl,
• Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl optionally substituted by a hydroxy or amino group, or phenyl;
• R.sub.3 is phenyl, wherein the phenyl ring, preferably in the 2 position, may be mono or poly-substituted by methyl, halogen, nitro, alkoxy, or trifluoromethyl, or R.sub.3 is pyridyl,
• R is hydrogen, alkyl or an acyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain,;
• R' is hydrogen, phenyl optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, or R' is branched or unbranched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl
• X,Y independently of each other are C--R.sub.1 or N but cannot both simultaneously represent C--R.sub.1, or Y is the group C--COOR*, wherein R* is alkyl or hydrogen, and X is nitrogen;
• Z is a branched or unbranched alkyl or alkenyl group with n carbon atoms, wherein Z may optionally be substituted phenyl substituted by halogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or disubstituted by R.sub.2, whilst R.sub.2 may be identical or different;
• in the form of its racemates, enantiomers, diastereomers and mixtures thereof, as a free base or as a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.