GB8620880D0 — Therapeutic agents

USPTO Abstract

Compounds of the formula:- <CHEM> wherein R is phenyl or phenyl substituted by one or more substituents selected from nitro, halo, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, aryl(C1-C4 alkoxy), C1-C4 alkylthio, C1-C4 alkylsulphonyl, hydroxy, trifluoromethyl and cyano; R<1> and R<2> are each independently H or C1-C6 alkyl, or the two groups may be joined together to form with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached a pyrrolidinyl, piperidino, morpholino, piperazinyl or N-(substituted)-piperazinyl group, said substituent being C1-C4 alkyl, C2-C4 alkanoyl or pyridyl; or R<2> is H or C1-C4 alkyl and R<1> is C3-C7 cycloalkyl, aryl, indanyl, or heteroaryl, or a C1-C4 alkyl group substituted by one or more substituents selected from C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxycarbonyl, aryl and heteroaryl; R<3> is C1-C6 alkyl; Y is an alkylene group of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms which may be straight or branched-chain having at least 2 carbon atoms in the chain linking X to the oxygen atom; X is 1-imidazolyl optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 substituents which may be C1-C4 alkyl groups or halo atoms, or wherein the 4 and 5 positions may be linked by -(CH2)p- where p is 3 or 4, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are antagonists of PAF and are useful in the treatment of allergic, inflammatory and hypersecretory conditions.