Solvay Pharmaceuticals, B.v.

Abbvie Bahamas Limited

Abbott Healthcare Products B.v.

Martina A W Van Der Neut

Cornelis G Kruse

Wouter I Iwema Bakker

Axel Stoit

Arnold Van Loevezijn

Hein K A C Coolen

Jan Zorgdrager

Hiskias G Keizer

Jennifer Venhorst

Agatha A M Rensink

Martin De Haan

Martin De Hann

This invention concerns arylsulfonyl pyrazoline carboxamidine derivatives as antagonists of 5-ht6 receptors, to methods for the preparation of these compounds and to novel intermediates useful for their synthesis. The invention also relates to the uses of such compounds and compositions, particularly their use in administering them to patients to achieve a therapeutic effect in parkinson's disease, huntington's chorea, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, manic depression, psychoses, epilepsy, obsessive compulsive disorders, mood disorders, migraine, alzheimer's disease, age related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, sleep disorders, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorders, panic attacks, akathisia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit disorder, withdrawal from abuse of cocaine, ethanol, nicotine or benzodiazepines, pain, disorders associated with spinal trauma or head injury, hydrocephalus, functional bowel disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, obesity and type-2 diabetes. The compounds have the general formula (1) wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the description.

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This invention concerns compounds of the general formula (1): and derivatives thereof, which are antagonists of 5-HTreceptors, wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the description. The invention also concerns methods for the preparation of these compounds, to novel intermediates useful for their synthesis, and to uses of such compounds and compositions, particularly their use in administering them to patients to achieve a therapeutic effect in treating at least on disease or condition chosen from Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, manic depression, psychoses, epilepsy, obsessive compulsive disorders, mood disorders, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, age related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, sleep disorders, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorders, panic attacks, akathisia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit disorder, withdrawal from abuse of cocaine, ethanol, nicotine or benzodiazepines, pain, disorders associated with spinal trauma or head injury, hydrocephalus, functional bowel disorder, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, obesity and type-2 diabetes.

Azaindole derivatives of formula (I): wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the specification, are described. These compounds have a combination of partial nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonism and dopamine reuptake inhibition. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, to methods for preparing them, methods for preparing novel intermediates useful for their synthesis, methods for preparing compositions, and uses of such compounds and compositions, for example, their use in administering them to patients to achieve a therapeutic effect in disorders in which nicotinic receptors and/or dopamine transporters are involved, or that can be treated via manipulation of those receptors.

Azaindole derivatives with a combination of partial nicotinic acetyl-choline receptor agonism and dopamine reuptake inhibition

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Martina A W Van Der Neut