Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Hideo Kikkawa

Katsuo Ikezawa

Tameo Iwasaki

Kazuhiko Kondo

Tatsuzo Ukita

Kazuaki Naito

Shinsuke Yamagata

Masakatsu Sugahara

A pyridine derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is group of the following formulae: ##STR2## (R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each H, or protected or unprotected OH, R.sup.31, R.sup.41 and R.sup.42 are protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R.sup.32 is H, lower alkyl, or protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R.sup.33 is substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, and the dotted line means the presence or absence of a double bond), R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are H, or protected or unprotected amino, or both combine together with the adjacent nitrogen to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, these compounds showing excellent bronchoconstriction inhibitory activity and/or anti-inflammatory activity of airway, and being useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of asthma.

Pyridine derivatives

Naphthalene derivative of the formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are hydrogen atom, hydroxy group, cyclo-lower alkyloxy group, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkoxy group, or both combine each other to form lower alkylenedioxy group, R.sup.3 is substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing 6-membered heterocyclic group, and groups of the formulae: --OR.sup.4 and --OR.sup.5 are the same or different and are protected or unprotected hydroxy group, processes for preparing thereof, and synthetic intermediates therefor, these compounds have excellent bronchodilating activity, and are useful in the prophylaxis and treatment of asthma.

Naphthalene derivatives, processes for preparing the same, and synthetic

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