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US 5,710,140 AGranted
Phenyl heterocycles as COX-2 inhibitors
AssigneeMerck Frosst Canada, Inc.
InventorsYves Ducharme, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
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Abstract
The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
Claims17
A compound of formula I ##STR216## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein:
- X--Y--Z-- is selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) --CH.sub.2 --NR.sup.3 --CH.sub.2 --,
- (b) --CR.sup.5 (R.sup.5')--NR.sup.3 --C(O)--,
- (c) --N.dbd.CR.sup.4 --NH--,
- (d) --C(O)--NR.sup.3 --CR.sup.5 (R.sup.5')--,
- (e) --NR.sup.3 --CH.dbd.CH-- provided R.sup.1 is other than --S(O).sub.2 Me, and
- (f) --CH.dbd.CH--NR.sup.3 -- provided R.sup.1 is other than --S(O).sub.2 Me,
- wherein side b is a double bond, and sides a and c are single bonds;
- and
- X--Y--Z-- is .dbd.CH--NR.sup.3 --CH.dbd.,
- wherein sides a and c are double bonds and side b is a single bond;
- R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) S(O).sub.2 CH.sub.3,
- (b) S(O).sub.2 NH.sub.2,
- (c) S(O).sub.2 NHC(O)CF.sub.3,
- (d) S(O)(NH)CH.sub.3,
- (e) S(O)(NH)NH.sub.2,
- (f) S(O)(NH)NHC(O)CF.sub.3,
- (g) P(O)(CH.sub.3)OH, and
- (h) P(O)(CH.sub.3)NH.sub.2,
- R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- (b) C.sub.3, C.sub.4, C.sub.5, C.sub.6, and C.sub.7, cycloalkyl,
- (c) mono-, di- or tri-substituted phenyl wherein the substituent is selected from the group consisting of
- (1) hydrogen,
- (2) halo,
- (3) C.sub.1-6 alkoxy,
- (4) C.sub.1-6 alkylthio,
- (5) CN,
- (6) CF.sub.3,
- (7) C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- (8) N.sub.3,
- (9) --CO.sub.2 H,
- (10) --CO.sub.2 --C.sub.1-4 alkyl,
- (11) --C(R.sup.5)(R.sup.6)--OH,
- (12) --C(R.sup.5)(R.sup.6)--O--C.sub.1-4 alkyl, and
- (13) --C.sub.1-6 alkyl-CO.sub.2 --R.sup.5 ;
- and
- (d) mono-, di- or tri-substituted heteroaryl wherein the heteroaryl is a monocyclic aromatic ring of 5 atoms, said ring having one hetero atom which is S, O, or N, and optionally 1, 2, or 3 additional N atoms;
- or
- the heteroaryl is a monocyclic ring of 6 atoms, said ring having one hetero atom which is N, and optionally 1, 2 or 3 additional N atoms;
- said substituents are selected from the group consisting of
- (1) halo, including fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo,
- (2) C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- (3) C.sub.1-6 alkoxy,
- (4) C.sub.1-6 alkylthio,
- (5) CN,
- (6) CF.sub.3,
- (7) N.sub.3,
- (8) --C(R.sup.5)(R.sup.6)--OH, and
- (9) --C(R.sup.5)(R.sup.6)--O--C.sub.1-4 alkyl;
- R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) hydrogen,
- (b) CF.sub.3,
- (c) CN,
- (d) C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- (e) hydroxy C.sub.1-6 alkyl, and
- (f) --C(O)--C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- (g) optionally substituted
- (1) --C.sub.1-5 alkyl-Q,
- (2) --C.sub.1-3 alkyl-O--C.sub.1-3 alkyl-Q,
- (3) --C.sub.1-3 alkyl-S--C.sub.1-3 alkyl-Q,
- (4) --C.sub.1-5 alkyl-O--Q, or
- (5)--C.sub.1-5 alkyl-S--Q,
- wherein the substituent resides on the alkyl and the substituent is C.sub.1-3 alkyl;
- and
- (h) --Q;
- R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) hydrogen,
- (b) CF.sub.3,
- (c) CN,
- (d) C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- (e) --Q,
- (f) --O--Q;
- (g) --S--Q, and
- (h) optionally substituted
- (1) --C.sub.1-5 alkyl-Q,
- (2)--O--C.sub.1-5 alkyl-Q,
- (3)--S--C.sub.1-5 alkyl-Q,
- (4) --C.sub.1-3 alkyl-O-C.sub.13 alkyl-Q,
- (5) --C.sub.1-3 alkyl-S--C.sub.1-3 alkyl-Q,
- (6) --C.sub.1-5 alkyl-O--Q, or
- (7) --C.sub.1-5 alkyl-S--Q,
- wherein the substituent resides on the alkyl and the substituent is C .sub.1-3 alkyl, and
- R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of
- (a) hydrogen,
- (b) C.sub.1-6 alkyl,
- or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 or R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 together with the carbon to which they are attached form a monocyclic saturated carbon ring of 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 atoms;
- Q is CO.sub.2 H, CO.sub.2 -C.sub.1-4 alkyl, tetrazolyl-5-yl, C(R.sup.7)(R.sup.8)(OH), or C(R.sup.7)(R.sup.8)(O--C.sub.1-4 alkyl).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.