Roussel Uclaf

Alan C Barnes

David A Rowlands

Peter John Ramm

David P Kay

Peter D Kennewell

John Bodenham Taylor

Peter Wilfred Hairsine

Frederick L Parker

Peter A Robson

Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and .dbd.CH--, G is ##STR2## Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or taken with Y forms a carbon-carbon bond, Z' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and halogen, Y is hydrogen, or taken with Z is a carbon-carbon bond or taken with X is .dbd.O and X is hydrogen or taken with Y is .dbd.O, R is selected from the group consisting of hydroxymethyl, formyl, tetrazol-5-yl, N-(tetrazol-5-yl) carbamoyl, aminomethyl and carbamoyl, R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and its non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having antiallergic activity and their preparation.

Imidazo[2,1-C]quinolines, useful as antiallergic agents

Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and .dbd.CH--, G is selected from the group consisting of --0--, ##STR2## Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or taken with Y forms a carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bond, Z' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and halogen, Y is hydrogen, or taken with Z is a carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bond or taken with X is .dbd.0 and X is hydrogen or taken with Y is .dbd.0, R is selected from the group consisting of hydroxymethyl, formyl, tetrazol-5-yl, N-(tetrazol-5-yl) carbamoyl, aminomethyl and carbamoyl, R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and its non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having anti-allergic activity and their preparation.

Substituted imidazo 1,2-a-quinoxaline-4-(5H)ones, their compositions and

Novel imidazoquinoxalines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and cyclohexylcarbonyloxymethoxy, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonylvinyl of 4 to 7 carbon atoms, --COR, --CONH(CH.sub.2).sub.n --X and --A--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --Y, R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, amino, --CF.sub.3, --CHCl.sub.2 --, phenyl, aralkyl of 7 to 10 carbon atoms, aralkoxy of 7 to 10 carbon atoms, n is 0 and X is phenyl or n is an integer from 1 to 5 and X is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms, aryl of 6 carbon atoms and aralkyl of 7 to 8 carbon atoms or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated heterocycle with 4 to 8 ring carbon atoms optionally containing at least one oxygen atom or sulfur atom or nitrogen atom optionally substituted with alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms or alkoxycarbonyl of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, Hal is chlorine or bromine, A is selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## m is a integer from 1 to 3, Y is ##STR4## their non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts when R.sub.1 is other than --OH and their salts with pharmaceutically acceptable metals or nitrogen bases when R.sub.1 is --OH, having antiallergic properties.

4,5-Dihydroimidazo-[1,2-a]quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acids and their

Novel imidazo[1,2-a]quinolines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, thienyl, pyridyl and phenyl optionally substituted with at least one member of the group consisting of halogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl and alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms,s cyclohexyl, --NO.sub.2 and phenoxy, R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of alkoxy and alkylthio of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and their non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having a remarkable anxiolytic activity and a hypnotic activity and their preparation.

Imidazo[1,2-a]quinoline derivatives useful as anxiolytics

Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and .dbd.CH--, G is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## Z is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or taken with Y forms a carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bond, Z' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and halogen, Y is hydrogen, or taken with Z is a carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bond or taken with X is .dbd.O and X is hydrogen or taken with Y is .dbd.O, R is selected from the group consisting of hydroxymethyl, formyl, tetrazol-5-yl, N-(tetrazol-5-yl) carbamoyl, aminomethyl and carbamoyl, R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and its non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having antiallergic activity and their preparation.

Imidazoquinoxalines and pyrroloquinoxalines

Novel oxoimidazoquinoxalines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine and bromine, X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms and cycloalkyl-alkyl of 4 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, aluminum, --NH.sub.4, organic amine and ##STR2## R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are individually alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or taken together with the nitrogen atom form a saturated heterocycle of 4 to 6 carbon atoms optionally containing an oxygen atom or second nitrogen atom and n is a number from 1 to 5 and their non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having antiallergic activity and their preparation.

Oxoimidazoquinoxalines

Novel imidazoquinoxalines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, --NH.sub.4, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, magnesium, aluminum and non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable amines, X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and carbamoyl and Y and Z are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and halogen and their non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts having anti-allergic activity and their preparation.

Novel imidazoquinoxalines

A novel process for the preparation of xanthane-2-carboxylic acids of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl of 1 to 9 carbon atoms and R.sub.1 is alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms which possess an antiallergic activity and are particularly useful for treating asthma and asthmatic form bronchitisis of allergic origin.

Process for preparing

Novel xanthone-2-carboxylic acid compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of --COOR', a 1H-tetrazol-5-yl and a 1H-tetrazolylcarbamoyl, R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and cation of a non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic base, R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 9 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 9 carbon atoms and alkoxy alkoxy of 2 to 9 carbon atoms and X is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## AND ##STR3## WHEREIN R.sub.1 is alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, acyl of an aliphatic acid of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, aroyl of 7 to 8 carbon atoms, araliphatic acyl with 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the aliphatic portion and 6 or 7 carbon atoms in the aryl portion, aralkyl of 7 to 8 carbon atoms, arylsulfonyl, a carbamoyl, a carboxyalkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, --CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- Het where n is 1,2 or 3 and Het is a N-attached nitrogen heterocyclic which may contain an additional heteroatom and ##STR4## AND Alk is alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and R.sub.3 is arylsulfonyl which possess anti-allergic properties and their preparation.

Novel xanthone-2-carboxylic acid compounds

Novel xanthone-2-carboxylic acid compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of --COOR', a 1H-tetrazol-5-yl and a 1H-tetrazolylcarbamoyl, R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and cation of a non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic base, R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 9 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 9 carbon atoms and alkoxy alkoxy of 2 to 9 carbon atoms and X is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## AND ##STR3## WHEREIN R.sub.1 is alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, acyl of an aliphatic acid of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, aroyl of 7 to 8 carbon atoms, araliphatic acyl with 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the aliphatic portion and 6 or 7 carbon atoms in the aryl portion, aralkyl of 7 to 8 carbon atoms, arylsulfonyl, a carbamoyl, a carboxyalkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, --CO--(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- Het where n is 1, 2 or 3 and Het is a N-attached nitrogen heterocyclic which may contain an additional heteroatom and ##STR4## AND Alk is alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms and R.sub.3 is arylsulfonyl which possess anti-allergic properties and their preparation.

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Alan C Barnes