2-amino-3-cyano-bicyclic pyridines/pyrazines as inhibitors of interleukin 1

Abstract

There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is CH or N Y is CHR.sup.1, NR.sup.2, O or S; R.sup.1 is lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, quinolyl, quinazolinyl or quinoxalinyl, wherein the substituents are selected from halo, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkyl sulfonyl, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, mercapto and lower alkylthio; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, quinolyl, quinazolinyl or quinoxalinyl, wherein the substituents are selected from halo, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, mercapto and lower alkylthio, with the proviso that when R.sup.2 is substituted phenyl, the substituent is other than carboxy or lower alkoxycarbonyl, which, by virtue of their ability to inhibit interleukin 1, are of use as antiinflammatory agents and in treatment of disease states involving enzymatic tissue destruction, and there is also disclosed a method of using such compounds in the treatment of immunoinflammatory, inflammatory/proliferative and enzymatic tissue destruction conditions.

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