Alkyl or aryl substituted dihydronaphthalene derivatives having retinoid and/or retinoid antagonist-like biological activity

A compound of the formula

• wherein X1 is (C(R1)2)n where R1 is independently H or alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons, and n is an integer between 0 and 2;
• Z is —CO—CR1═CR1—;
• R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons, F, Cl, Br, I, CF3, fluoro substituted alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons, OH, SH, alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbons, or alkylthio of 1 to 6 carbons;
• R3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons or F;
• m is an integer having the value of 0-3;
• o is an integer having the value of 0-3;
• Y is heteroaryl selected from a group consisting of pyridyl, thienyl, furyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, thiazolyl, oxazolyl, imidazolyl and pyrrazolyl, said heteroaryl groups being optionally substituted with one or two R2 groups;
• A is (CH2)q where q is 0-5, lower branched chain alkyl having 3-6 carbons, cycloalkyl having 3-6 carbons, alkenyl having 2-6 carbons and 1 or 2 double bonds, alkynyl having 2-6 carbons and 1 or 2 triple bond;
• B is hydrogen, COOH or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, COOR8, CONR9R10, —CH2OH, CH2OR11, CH2OCOR11, CHO, CH(OR12)2, CHOR13O, —COR7, CR7(OR12)2, CR7OR13O, or Si(C1-6alkyl)3, where R7 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl group containing 1 to 5 carbons, R8 is an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons or trimethylsilylalkyl where the alkyl group has 1 to 10 carbons, or a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbons, or R8 is phenyl or lower alkylphenyl, R9 and R10 independently are hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, or a cycloalkyl group of 5-10 carbons, or phenyl or lower alkylphenyl, R11 is lower alkyl, phenyl or lower alkylphenyl, R12 is lower alkyl, and R13 is divalent alkyl radical of 2-5 carbons;, and
• R14 is (R15)r-substituted alkyl of 1-6 carbons, (R15)r-substituted alkenyl of 1-6 carbons and 1 or 2 double bonds, (R15)r-substituted alkynyl of 1-6 carbons and 1 or 2 triple bonds, (R15)r-phenyl, (R15)-naphthyl, (R15)r-heteroaryl where the heteroaryl group has 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, or R14 is (CH2)pCO2H or (CH2)pCO2R8 where p is integer between 0 to 10, r is an integer having the values of 0-5, and
• R15 is independently H, F, Cl, Br, I, NO2, N(R8)2, N(R8)COR8. NR8CON(R8)2, OH, OCOR8, OR8, CN, COOH, COOR8 an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons, fluoro substituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 10 carbons and 1 to 3 double bonds, alkynyl group having 1 to 10 carbons and 1 to 3 triple bonds, or a trialkylsilyl or trialkylsilyloxy group where the alkyl groups independently have 1 to 6 carbons.