Anti-allergic esters, acetal ethers, thioethers and nitrogen substituted derivatives of bicyclic compounds

A compound having the structural formula Ia or Ib ##STR15## a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, wherein:

• W and X may be the same or different and each independently represents --CH.dbd. or --N.dbd.;
• Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are the same or different and each independently represents O or S;
• R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each may be independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkynyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkoxy portion and from 2 to 6 atoms in the alkyl portion thereof, hydroxyalkyl having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, acyloxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the acyloxy portion and from 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl portion thereof, and --R.sup.7 --CO.sub.2 R.sup.0 wherein R.sup.7 represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R.sup.0 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the provisos that the OH of the hydroxyalkyl group and the acyloxy of the acyloxyalkyl group are not joined to the same carbon atoms as another heteroatom and that, when R.sup.3 are alkenyl or alkynyl, there is at least one carbon-carbon single bond between the nitrogen atom and the carbon-carbon double or triple bond;
• one of R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 is an aromatic heterocyclic group having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and at least one O, S, and/or N in the ring structure which can be substituted with from one to three substituents Y as defined below and the other can be one of the R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 groups listed above, or joined to R.sup.3 to represent a moiety when taken together with the N to which they are attached represent a ring which can contain from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, said ring optionally containing an --O--, --S-- and/or --NR.sup.4 -- heteroatomic group (wherein R.sup.4 is as defined above) and/or optionally containing a carbon-carbon double bond, and said ring optionally being substituted with one to three additional substituents R.sup.8 which substituents may be the same or different and are each independently selected from OH with the proviso that OH is not on a carbon already joined to a hetero atom, --O-acyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in each alkyl portion thereof, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkynyl having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, --COOR.sup.9 wherein R.sup.9 represents H, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms, or any two R.sup.8 substituent groups may represent a hydrocarbon ring having from 4 to 8 total carbon atoms;
• R.sup.6 represents --CO--R.sup.10, --CS--OR.sup.17, --CS--NR.sup.15 R.sup.16, --C(R.sup.11).sub.2 --OR.sup.12, --C(R.sup.11).sub.2 --SR.sup.12 or --C(R.sup.11).sub.2 --NR.sup.12 R.sup.13 ;
• R.sup.10 represents aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms, --R.sup.14, aromatic heterocyclic having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and at least one O, S and/or N in the ring structure, --OR.sup.14 or --NR.sup.15 R.sup.16 ;
• each R.sup.11 represents H, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, --CCl.sub.3, --COOR.sup.9 or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.12 represents --R.sup.14, --CO--R.sup.13 or --CS--R.sup.17 ;
• R.sup.13 represents H, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.14 represents alkyl of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.15 and R.sup.16 each independently represents H, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms, or R.sup.15 and R.sup.16 together represent a divalent polymethylene group of from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, said polymethylene group being optionally substituted with a carboxy group or alkyl ester thereof;
• R.sup.17 represents --R.sup.14 or aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms;
• m is an integer of from 0 to 3;
• n is an integer of from 0 to 2;
• Q represents an aryl having from 6 to 15 carbon atoms or an aromatic heterocyclic group having from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and at least one O, S and/or N in the ring structure, which aromatic heterocyclic group can optionally be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents Y as defined below;
• each Y substituent is independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, halogen, NO.sub.2, alkoxy having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, cyano, cycloalkyl having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, alkenyloxy having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, alkynloxy having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.18 (wherein R.sup.18 represents alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is as defined above), --SO.sub.2 NH.sub.2, --CO--R.sup.19 (wherein R.sup.19 represents OH, --NH--R.sup.18 or --O--R.sup.18, wherein R.sup.18 is as defined above), --O--B--COR.sup.19 (wherein B represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.19 is as defined above), --NH.sub.2, --NHCHO, --NH--CO--R.sup.19 (wherein R.sup.19 is as defined above, with the proviso that it is not hydroxy), --NH--COCF.sub.3, --NH--SO.sub.2 R.sup.18 (wherein R.sup.18 is as defined above), and --NHSO.sub.2 CF.sub.3 ;
• A is a pharmaceutically acceptable counterion.