Hoffmann-la Roche Inc.

Christopher H Hill

Geoffrey Lawton

Peter D Davis

William Harris

Michael John Broadhurst

Philip Stephen Jones

David Nigel Hurst

Paul Brittain Kay

Ian Reginald Kilford

Ian Edward Smith

Goeffrey Lawton

Robert Murray McKinnell

Disclosed are compounds of the general formulawhich are oxamide derivatives and inhibitors of the enzyme inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH).

Oxamide IMPDH inhibitors

Amino-substituted dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidinones of the formula in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl or lower cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, R.sup.2 represents lower alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl or lower cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, and R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, lower cycloalkenyl or lower cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are protein kinase inhibitors. They can be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of inflammatory, immunological, oncological, bronchopulmonary, dermatological and cardiovascular disorders, in the treatment of asthma, central nervous system disorders or diabetic complications or for the prevention of graft rejection following transplant surgery.

Bicyclic nitrogen heterocycles

A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or hydroxy, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together are a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- and R.sup.7 is hydrogen or R.sup.1 and R.sup.7 taken together are a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- and R.sup.2 is hydrogen; R.sup.3 is an aryl or aromatic heterocyclic group; R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each independently are hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, haloalkyl, nitro, amino, acylamino, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl; R.sup.8 is a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.p --R.sup.9 or --(CH.sub.2).sub.q --R.sup.10 ; R.sup.9 is hydrogen, alkylcarbonyl, aminoalkylcarbonyl, cyano, amidino, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, aminocarbonyl or aminothiocarbonyl; R.sup.10 is hydroxy, alkoxy, halogen, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, trialkylamino, azido, acylamino, alkylsulfonylamino, a 5- or 6-membered saturated nitrogen-containing heterocycle; X and Y are oxygen; Z is CH; m, p and q are, independently, an integer from 0 to 5, and n an integer from 1 to 5, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are useful in the control of inflammatory, immunological, oncological, bronchopulmonary or cardiovascular disorders.

4-�3-indolyl!-1H-pyrrolone

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, aryl or lower aralkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, aryl or lower alkyl optionally substituted by hydroxy, acyloxy, amino, mono(lower alkyl)amino, di(lower alkyl)amino, carboxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl or aminocarbonyl; and

Substituted pyrroles

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of substituted maleimides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryl or heteroaryl, by reacting an activated glyoxylate of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 has the above significance and X is a leaving atom or group, with an imidate of the formula ##STR3## wherein R.sup.2 has the above significance, R.sup.3 is alkyl, aryl or trialkylsilyl and Y is oxygen or sulfur, in the presence of a base and, after treating the resulting reaction product obtained in which R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl with a strong base, hydrolyzing and dehydrating the resulting hydroxy-pyrrolinone of the formula ##STR4## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and Y have the above significance. The substituted maleimides of formula I are pharmacologically active, for example as protein kinase C inhibitors and which a useful, for example, in the treatment and prophylaxis of inflammatory, immunological, bronchopulmonary and cardiovascular disorders, or as antiproliferative agents useful, for example, in the treatment of immune diseases and allergic disorders.

Process for the preparation of 2-substituted and 2,3-disubstituted

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, X, m, n, p, and q are as set forth in the specification, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts of acidic compounds of formula I with bases and of basic compounds of formula I with acids, which are useful in the control or prevention of inflammatory, immunological, oncological, bronchopulmonary, dermatological or cardiovascular disorders or for the treatment of asthma, AIDS or diabetic complications or for the stimulation of hair growth are described.

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, X and Y have the signficance given in the description, are useful in the control or prevention of inflammatory, immunological, bronchopulmonary or cardiovascular disorders.

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