Pfizer Corporation

Warner-lambert Company

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Makoto Kawai

Akiyoshi Kawai

Yasuhiro Katsu

Hiroki Koike

Seiji Nukui

Rodney W Stevens

Kazuo Ando

Yuji Shishido

Tomoki Kato

Tsutomu Masuda

Takafumi Ikeda

Yoshinori Murata

Noriaki Murase

Mitsuhiro Kawamura

Hirofumi Omura

Minoru Sakakibara

Junji Takada

This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A, B, R, Rand Rare each as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by CB2 receptor binding activity such as, but not limited to, inflammatory pain, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, visceral pain, acute cerebral ischemia, pain, chronic pain, acute pain, post herpetic neuralgia, neuropathies, neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, HIV-related neuropathy, nerve injury, rheumatoid arthritic pain, osteoarthritic pain, back pain, cancer pain, dental pain, fibromyalgia, neuritis, sciatica, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease, cough, broncho constriction, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis, cerebrovascular ischemia, emesis such as cancer chemotherapy-induced emesis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, asthma, dermatitis, seasonal allergic rhinitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), constipation, diarrhea, functional gastrointestinal disorder, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes, glaucoma, osteoporosis, glomerulonephritis, renal ischemia, nephritis, hepatitis, cerebral stroke, vasculitis, myocardial infarction, cerebral ischemia, reversible airway obstruction, adult respiratory disease syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis or bronchitis. 

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A compound of the formula: ##STR1## and its pharmaceutically effective salts, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from the following: (a) hydrogen, halo, R.sup.5 --, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, hydroxy-R.sup.5 --, R.sup.5 --O--R.sup.5 --, or the like; (b) Ar--, Ar--R.sup.5 --, Ar--C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, Ar--C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, Ar--O--, Ar--O--R.sup.5 -- or the like; (c) R.sup.5 --C(O)--, --NO.sub.2, cyano, NH.sub.2 --C(O)--, R.sup.5 --NH--C(O)--, (R.sup.5).sub.2 --N--C(O)--, Ar--C(O)-- or the like; and (d) R.sup.5 --C(O)--NH--, Ar--C(O)--NH-- or the like; wherein Ar is optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl such as phenyl and pyridyl; and wherein R.sup.5 is optionally halo-substituted C.sub.1-6 alkyl; R.sup.3 is selected from the following: (e) cyano, formyl, tetrazolyl, triazolyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, R.sup.5 --C(O)--, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl-C(O)--, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl-C(O)--, R.sup.5 --C(O)--R.sup.5 --, or the like; (f) R.sup.5 --C(O)--NH--, Ar--C(O)--NH--, or the like; (g) R.sup.5 --S--, R.sup.5 --S(O)--, R.sup.5 --NH--S(O).sub.2 --, or the like; and (h) Ar--C(O)--, Ar--R.sup.5 --C(O)--, Ar--C.sub.2-6 alkenylene-C(O)-- or the like; or two of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together form a group of the formula --A.sup.1 --B.sup.1 --A.sup.2 -- or --A.sup.1 --B.sup.1 --A.sup.3 --B.sup.2 --A.sup.2 -- such as cyclic alkyl optionally substituted with oxo; R.sup.4 is hydrogen, halo, R.sup.5 --C(O)-- and the like; X is O, S, S(O) or S(O).sub.2 ; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The present invention also provides processes for the preparation thereof, the use thereof in treating cytokine mediated diseases and/or cell adhesion molecule (CAM) mediated diseases and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.

Pyridylfuran and pyridylthiophene compounds

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Makoto Kawai