US 5,246,940 A · Substituted N-biphenylyl lactams

Abstract

This invention relates to novel N-biphenylyl lactam compounds having a substituted methylidene or methyl moiety adjacent to the lactam nitrogen, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are angiotensin II receptor antagonists, and are useful in treating hypertension (lowering high blood pressure), congestive heart failure, elevated ocular pressure, cerebral stroke, angina, cardiac insufficiency, myocardial infarction or diabetic nephropathy. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention, a method of treating a physiological condition in a mammal that is mediated by angiotensin II which comprises administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound of the invention, and novel processes for preparing the compounds of the invention.

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Dependent claims

A compound of the following formula:

##STR10## wherein W.sup.3 is (CH.sub.2).sub.p or C=CG.sup.1 G.sup.2 ;
p is 1,2,3 or 4;
G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 are independently selected from hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl;
R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-4 alkoxycarbonyl or tetrazolo;
R.sup.2 is hydroxy, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, (C.sub.1-6 alkyl)HN, di(C.sub.1-6 alkyl)N, (HO)HN, (HO) (C.sub.1-6 alkyl)N, (C.sub.1-4 alkoxy) (C.sub.1-6 alkyl)N, phenoxy or substituted phenoxy;
R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy;
and
pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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