EP0602851B1 — Quinazoline derivatives

USPTO Abstract

The invention concerns quinazoline derivatives of the formula I <CHEM> wherein m is 1, 2 or 3 and each R<1> includes hydroxy, amino, ureido, hydroxyamino, trifluoromethoxy, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy and (1-3C)alkylenedioxy; and and Q is a 9- or 10-membered bicyclic heterocyclic moiety containing one or two nitrogen heteroatoms and optionally containing a further heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur, or Q is a 9- or 10-membered bicyclic aryl moiety which heterocyclic or aryl moiety may optionally bear one or two substituents selected from halogeno, hydroxy, oxo, amino, nitro, carbamoyl, (1-4C)alkyl, (1-4C)alkoxy, (1-4C)alkylamino, di-[(1-4C)alkyl]amino and (2-4C)alkanoylamino; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; and the use of the receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitory properties of the compounds in the treatment of cancer.