Oxime-carbamates and oxime-carbonates as bronchodilators and anti-inflammatory agents

Abstract

There are disclosed compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is ##STR2## R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or ##STR3## a is 1-3; b is 1-3; c is 0-2; X, Y and Z are each, independently, a bond, O, S. or NH, with the proviso that if one of X or Y is O, S or NH, the other must be a bond; R.sup.2 is amino, loweralkylamino, arylamino, loweralkoxy or aryloxy; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, aryloxy, loweralkanoyloxy, amino, lower alkylamino, arylamino or loweralkanoylamino; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each, independently hydrogen or lower alkyl; m is 0-4; n is 1-4; and o is 1-4; and, which by virtue of their ability to selectively inhibit an isoenzyme of 3':5'-cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase located in pulmonary smooth muscle tissue and inflammatory cells, are bronchodilatory and antinflammatory and so are useful in the treatment of acute and chronic bronchial asthma and associated pathologies.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.