Phenethanolamine derivatives

Abstract

The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## and physiologically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein Ar represents the group ##STR2## where Q.sup.1 represents a straight or branched C.sub.1-3 alkylene group, ##STR3## where Q.sup.2 represents a group R.sup.3 CO--, R.sup.3 NHCO--, R.sup.3 R.sup.4 NSO.sub.2 -- or R.sup.5 SO.sub.2 --, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, and R.sup.5 represents a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, ##STR4## R represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group; and k represents an integer from 1 to 8; m represents zero or an integer from 2 to 7, and; n represents an integer from 1 to 7 with the proviso that the sum total of k, m and n is 4 to 12; X represents an oxygen or sulphur atom, and; Y and Z each represent a bond, or an oxygen or sulphur atom with the proviso that when Y is a bond m is zero, or when Y represents an oxygen or sulphur atom m is an integer from 2 to 7, or when Y and Z each independently represent an oxygen or sulphur atom then n is an integer from 2 to 7; Q represents a naphthalenyl group which may optionally be substituted by one or two groups selected from C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, hydroxy and halogen. The compounds have a stimulant action at .beta..sub.2 -adrenoreceptors and may be used in the treatment of diseases associated with reversible airways obstruction such as asthma and chronic bronchitis.

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