Acridine derivatives

Abstract

The invention relates to new and known tricyclic dione derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein W represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; X represents lower alkyl; Y represents NR1; R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl or lower alkoxycarbonyl-lower alkyl; Z represents aryl or heteroaryl optionally substituted by one or more halo, cyano, nitro, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halo-lower alkoxy, COR.sup.2, OCOR.sup.2, CO.sub.2 R.sup.2, OR.sup.2, S(O).sub.n R.sup.2, NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, N(R.sup.4)COR.sup.5, Ar, Ar-lower alkyl, Het or Het-lower alkyl substituents and/or on adjacent carbon atoms by lower alkylenedioxy; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each individually represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, Ar, Ar-lower alkyl, Het or Het-lower alkyl substituents; or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together represent the group --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.N--CH.dbd.CH--; Ar represents aryl optionally substituted by one or more halo, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or nitro substituents; Het represents heteroaryl optionally substituted by one or more halo, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or nitro substituents; and n stands for 0, 1 or 2 and to their salts which are inhibitors of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase.

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