Amino acid derivatives, medicaments containing said compounds and methods of producing them

A compound of the formula ##STR32## wherein R denotes a phenyl, 1-naphthyl or 2-naphthyl group, a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring linked via a carbon atom and containing a nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur atom or a nitrogen atom and an oxygen, a sulphur or a further nitrogen atom, whilst a nitrogen atom of an imino group may be substituted by an alkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl group, or a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring linked via a carbon atom and containing 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms, whilst a 1,4-butadienylene group may be attached both to the 5-membered and to the 6-membered heteroaromatic rings via two adjacent carbon atoms and the bicyclic heteroaromatic rings thus formed may also be bound via a carbon atom of the 1,4-butadienylene group and

• the groups mentioned for R hereinbefore, including the mono- and bicyclic heteroaromatic rings in their carbon skeleton, may additionally be mono-, di- or at most trisubstituted by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, by alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups with 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxy, phenyl, phenylalkoxy, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, hydroxy, amino, acetylamino, propionylamino, benzoyl, benzoylamino, benzoylmethylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkanoyl, cyano, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, trifluoromethylsulphynyl or trifluoromethylsulphonyl groups, whilst the substituents may be identical or different and the abovementioned benzoyl, benzoylamino and benzoylmethylamino groups in turn may additionally be substituted in the phenyl moiety by a fluorine, chlorine or bromine atom, an alkyl, trifluoromethyl, amino or acetylamino group, or the diphenylmethyl group, wherein
• the phenyl groups independently of one another may be mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, methyl, methoxy, hydroxycarbonylmethoxy, alkoxycarbonylmethoxy, hydroxy or trifluoromethyl groups, whilst the substituents in each case may be identical or different,
• n denotes the numbers 0, 1 or 2,
• U denotes a single bond, an oxygen atom or the --NH group,
• R.sup.1 denotes a hydrogen atom,
• a straight-chained or branched alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may be terminally substituted by a cycloalkyl group with 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or denotes a cycloalkyl group with 3 to 8 carbon atoms, whilst the abovementioned groups may in turn be substituted by an alkoxycarbonyl, phenylalkoxycarbonyl, carboxy, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino or dialkylaminomethyl group,
• a branched or unbranched alkylcarbonyl group containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms, which may be substituted in the alkyl moiety by an alkoxycarbonyl or phenylalkoxycarbonyl group, by a phenyl group or by a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring linked via a carbon atom, or a benzoyl group, wherein the phenyl moiety may also be replaced by a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic ring linked via a carbon atom, whilst the 5-membered heteroaromatic rings mentioned hereinbefore may contain a nitrogen, an oxygen or a sulphur atom or a nitrogen atom and an additional oxygen, sulphur or further nitrogen atom and may also be substituted by an alkyl group at a nitrogen atom, the 6-membered heteroaromatic rings may contain 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms, and the phenyl groups mentioned hereinbefore may additionally be mono-, di- or at most tri-substituted, as may all the heteroaromatic rings in their carbon skeleton, by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, by alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups with 3 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, hydroxy, amino, acetylamino, propionylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkanoyl, cyano, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, trifluoromethylsulphynyl or trifluoromethylsulphonyl groups, whilst the substituents may be identical or different,
• the aminocarbonyl group, which may be mono- or disubstituted at the nitrogen atom by alkyl, phenylalkyl, (1-naphthyl)alkyl, (2-naphthyl)alkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, phenylalkoxycarbonylalkyl, phenoxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, diphenylalkyl, phenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl groups with 3 to 8 carbon atoms in the ring in each case, whilst the substituents may be identical or different and the abovementioned phenyl groups may in turn, independently of one another, be mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, methyl, methoxy, hydroxycarbonylmethoxy, alkoxycarbonylmethoxy, hydroxy or trifluoromethyl groups,
• an alkoxycarbonyl or phenylalkoxycarbonyl group, whilst the phenyl moiety in its turn may be mono- or disubstituted by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, methyl, methoxy, hydroxycarbonylmethoxy, alkoxycarbonylmethoxy, hydroxy or trifluoromethyl groups and the substituents in each case may be identical or different,
• a phenyl or phenylmethyl group, a hetaryl or hetarylmethyl group linked via a carbon atom, wherein hetaryl denotes a five-membered heteroaromatic ring which contains a nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur atom or a nitrogen atom and an oxygen, sulphur or further nitrogen atom, and wherein a nitrogen atom of an imino group may be substituted by an alkyl group, or a 6-membered heteroaromatic ring linked via a carbon atom, which contains 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms, and wherein the phenyl group may additionally be mono-, di- or at most trisubstituted, as may hetaryl in the carbon skeleton, by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, by alkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups with 3 to 8 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl, alkoxy, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, carboxyalkyl, hydroxy, amino, acetylamino, propionylamino, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkanoyl, cyano, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, trifluoromethylsulphinyl or trifluoromethylsulphonyl groups and the substituents may be identical or different,
• R.sup.2 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or phenylalkyl group, which may also be mono- or disubstituted in the phenyl moiety by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, alkyl, trifluoromethyl, amino or acetylamino groups, whilst the substituents may be identical or different,
• R.sup.3 denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group,
• Y denotes an oxygen atom or the --NR.sup.4 -- group wherein
• R.sup.4 denotes a hydrogen atom, a branched or unbranched alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the phenylmethyl group,
• m denotes the numbers 1 or 2 and
• V denotes a hydrogen atom, a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom, a cyano, alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, phenylalkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, dialkylamino, hydroxymethyl, hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl, hydroxybutyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy or trifluoromethylthio group or the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.o --Y.sup.1 --W--Y.sup.2, wherein
• o denotes the numbers 0, 1 or 2,
• W denotes the --SO.sub.2 -- group or the group >C=X wherein
• X denotes an oxygen atom or one of the divalent groups .dbd.N--CONH.sub.2 or .dbd.N--CN,
• Y.sup.1 denotes a single bond, an oxygen atom or the group --NR.sup.5 -- wherein
• R.sup.5 denotes a hydrogen atom or a straight-chained or branched alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms or
• R.sup.5 together with the group y.sup.2, the enclosed nitrogen atom and the enclosed group >C=X forms a saturated heterocyclic ring with 5 to 7 ring members,
• Y.sup.2 denotes a straight-chained or branched alkyl group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms optionally substituted by a hydroxy, alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl group, a cycloalkyl group with 4 to 10 carbon atoms, a straight-chained or branched alkoxy group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an aminoalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, phenylmethoxy or 2-phenylethoxy group, a phenyl or phenylalkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety optionally mono-, di- or trisubstituted in the phenyl moiety by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, by methyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino, hydroxy, methoxy, acetyl, acetylamino, aminocarbonyl, methylaminocarbonyl or dimethylaminocarbonyl groups, or the --NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 group wherein
• R.sup.6 denotes a hydrogen atom, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted by a hydroxy, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or dialkylamino group with the proviso that the hydroxy group is not bound in the 1-position of the alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group with 4 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenyl, phenylmethyl, 2-phenylethyl or 3-phenylpropyl group optionally mono-, di- or trisubstituted in the phenyl moiety by fluorine, chlorine or bromine atoms, by methyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, methoxy, amino, acetylamino, aminocarbonyl, methylaminocarbonyl, dimethylaminocarbonyl or cyano groups, whilst the substituents may be identical or different, or an alkanoyl, benzoyl, phenylalkanoyl, alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl group and
• R.sup.7 has the meanings given for R.sup.6 with the exception of a phenyl, alkanoyl, benzoyl, phenylalkanoyl, alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl group or
• R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 together denote an n-alkylene group with 4 to 6 carbon atoms or
• R.sup.7 together with the group R.sup.5 of the group --NR.sup.5 -- mentioned for Y.sup.1 hereinbefore denotes an unbranched alkylene group or oxoalkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms,
• whilst all the abovementioned alkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkoxy, phenoxycarbonylalkyl, phenylalkoxy, phenylalkoxycarbonyl, phenylalkoxycarbonylalkyl, phenylalkanoyl, phenylalkyl, diphenylalkyl, naphthylalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, alkoxycarbonylmethoxy, carboxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminomethyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkanoyl and alkoxycarbonyl groups, unless otherwise stated, may each contain 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl and alkoxy moieties,
• or a tautomer, diastereomer, enantiomer or physiologically acceptable salt thereof.