Phenyl-substituted cycloalkenyl compounds useful as PDE IV inhibitors

Abstract

A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is --CH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 fluorines; X is O or S(O).sub.s where s=0 to 2; R.sub.2 is C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 cyclic alkyl, optionally substituted by one to three methyl groups or one ethyl group; --CH.sub.2 -cyclopentyl, --CH.sub.2 -cyclopropyl, 3-tetrahydrofuranyl, C.sub.1-7 alkyl, CH.sub.3 or CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 substituted by one to three fluorines; --(CH.sub.2).sub.n COO(CH.sub.2).sub.g CH.sub.3, or (CH.sub.2).sub.n O(CH.sub.2).sub.g CH.sub.3, wherein n is 2 to 4 and g is 0 to 2; R.sub.3 represents a moiety of formula (a); ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represent hydrogen or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together represent a bond; B represents >C.dbd.O, >C.dbd.S or >CH--R.sub.6 wherein R.sub.6 represents H, OH, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy or C.sub.1-6 thioalkoxy; and m and r each independently represents zero or an integer in the range of 1 to 4 wherein m+r represents an integer in the range of from 2 to 4; with the proviso that when R.sub.1 is methyl, X is oxygen, R.sub.2 is methyl or cyclopenyl, R.sub.3 does not represent cyclopent-1,2-ene-3-one.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.