Heteroaryl cycloalkenyl hydroxyureas

Abstract

Certain novel heteroaryl cycloalkenyl hydroxyurea compounds having the ability to inhibit the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme and having formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein each R.sup.1, independently, is hydrogen, hydroxy, chloro, fluoro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkoxy; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, chloro, fluoro or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; X is O, S, SO or SO.sub.2 ; Z is methylene or ethylene; A is divalent radical derived from furan, thiophene, pyridine, benzofuran, benzothiophene or quinoline, or one of these groups having one substituent selected from chloro, fluoro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkoxy; n is 1, 2 or 3; and M is hydrogen or a pharmaceutically acceptable cation. These compounds are useful in the treatment or alleviation of inflammatory diseases, allergy and cardiovascular diseases in mammals and as the active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for treating such conditions.

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