Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Linda J Dorn

Joseph F Dellaria, Jr

Lawrence A Black

Dee W Brooks

Anwer Basha

Wendy Lee

Compounds of the structure ##STR1## where Ar is optionally substituted carbocyclic aryl, 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic aryl, 10-membered bicyclic heterocyclic aryl containing one or two nitrogen atoms, 9- or 10-membered heterocyclic containing one or two nitrogen atoms and optionally containing a further nitrogen or oxygen atom and one oxo or thioxo substituent, benzo[b]furyl, benzo[b]thienyl, A.sub.1 is propynylene, methylene, or a valence bond, X is O, S, SO.sub.2, or NR.sub.2, Y is selected from alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, halogen, and hydrogen, A.sub.2 is selected from ##STR2## and methylene where Z is OR.sub.5 or NHR.sub.5 where R.sub.5 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, or OR.sub.5, and m and n are integers having a value of 1 or 2 are potent inhibitors of lipoxygenase enzymes and thus inhibit the biosynthesis of leukotrienes. These compounds are useful in the treatment or amelioration of allergic and inflammatory disease states.

Phenylmethyl derivatives having lipoxygenase inhibitory activity

Compounds of the structure ##STR1## wherein W is selected from ##STR2## where Q is oxygen or sulfur, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are hydrogen or alkyl, or R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, together with the nitrogen atoms to which they are attached, define a radical of formula ##STR3## R.sup.8 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, (alkoxycarbonyl)alkyl, and (alkylaminocarbonyl)alkyl; Z is --CH.sub.2 --, oxygen, sulfur, or --NR.sup.9 where R.sup.9 is hydrogen or alkyl, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 are selected from a valence bond, alkylene, propenylene, and propynylene, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are independently selected from alkyl, haloalkyl, halogen, cyano, amino, alkoxycarbonyl, and dialkylaminocarbonyl, Y is selected from oxygen, --NR.sup.10, where R.sup.10 is hydrogen or alkyl, and ##STR4## where n=0, 1, or 2, and R.sup.5 is alkyl, inhibit the biosynthesis of leukotrienes. These compounds are useful in the treatment or amelioration of allergic and inflammatory disease states.

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