Bi-aromatic esters, a process for their preparation and their use in human or veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions

Abstract

Bi-aromatic esters have the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents H, OH, --CH.sub.3, --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH(OH)CH.sub.3, --COOR.sub.9, ##STR2## or SO.sub.2 R.sub.10 ; R.sub.9 represents H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or mono or polyhydroxyalkyl; R.sub.10 represents OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or ##STR3## r' and r'' represent H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, mono or polyhydroxyalkyl, or r' and r'' taken together form a heterocycle; R.sub.2 represents H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, OR.sub.9, F or --CF.sub.3 ; R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent H, F, OH, --CH.sub.3, --OCH.sub.3, --CF.sub.3, --COOH or --CH.sub.2 OH; R.sub.6 and R.sub.8 represent H, .alpha.-substituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.15 alkyl, .alpha.,.alpha.'-disubstituted C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 mono or polycyclic cycloalkyl whose linking carbon is trisubstituted, --SR.sub.11, --SO.sub.2 R.sub.11 or --SOR.sub.11 ; R.sub.11 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or cycloalkyl; R.sub.6 and R.sub.8 cannot simultaneously represent H; R.sub.7 represents H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, OR.sub.12 or SR.sub.13 ; R.sub. 12 represents H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or alkenyl; R.sub.3 represents H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or aralkyl; with the proviso that when R.sub.1 represents --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH(OH)CH.sub.3, --COOR.sub.9 or ##STR4## and R.sub.2 represents H then: (i) either R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are other than H or --CH.sub.3, (ii) or R.sub.7 is other than OR.sub.12 and R.sub.6 or R.sub.8 is cycloalkyl having more than 7 carbon atoms, (iii) or R.sub.7 is OR.sub.12 but R.sub.6 and R.sub.8 are other than H, (iv) or R.sub.7 is OR.sub.12 but R.sub.5 is other than H. The bi-aromatic esters are employed in human and veterinary medicine and in cosmetic compositions.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.