Gruenenthal Gmbh

Ulrich G Seipp

Werner P Vollenberg

Werner Guenter Englberger

Oswald K Zimmer

Michael Haurand

Johannes Schneider

Stephan Wnendt

Wolfgang Werner Strassburger

Werner Winter

Erwin O Kiesewetter

Gerriet K Loschen

Cornelia Geist

Gudrun E Michel

Bernd Zimmermann

Bernd Mueller

Heide Hecker-Kia

Norbert Ulbrich

Brigitte J Bosman

Use of catechol derivatives as proteinase inhibitors

Oxyalkyne compounds corresponding to the formula I ##STR1## in which the substituent Y in the meta- or para-position is R.sup.1 represents CH.sub.3 or NH.sub.2, R.sup.2 represents H or CH.sub.3, R.sup.3 represents H, C.sub.1-3 -alkyl or COCH.sub.3, and Ar represents an aromatic residue selected from the group ##STR2## with the proviso that the substituents R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different and each substituent represents H, F, Cl, Br, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl, CF.sub.3 or C.sub.1-6 -alkoxy, and R.sup.7 represents H, F, Cl, Br, C.sub.1-3 -alkyl or CF.sub.3, in the form of their racemates or mixtures of diastereoisomers or in optically active form, which are suitable active ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions.

Oxyalkyne compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and

An acetohydroxamic acid compound of formula I ##STR1## as such or in form of a complex with .beta.-cyclodextrin or hydroxypropyl-.beta.-cyclodextrin specifically inhibits 5-lipoxygenase and is useful in pharmaceutical compositions for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases due to the action of leucotrienes. The acetohydroxamic acid compound may be prepared by reacting 3-thiophenecarboxaldehyde with hydroxylamine or a salt thereof to form the corresponding oxime, reducing the oxime with a boron-containing reducing agent to form N-(thien-3-yl)methyl-hydroxylamine, and introducing an acetyl group.

Acetohydroxamic compound and complexes pharmaceutical compositions

Substituted phenylacetylenes of the formula ##STR1## wherein one of the groups R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom and the other represents the group of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sub.3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R.sub.4 is a methyl or an amino group and wherein R.sub.2 represents mono- or binuclear aromatic or heterocyclic residues containing sulfur, nitrogen or oxygen as hetero atoms and optionally being substituted by 1 to 3 substituents as defined, which specifically inhibit 5-lipoxygenase and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases due to the action of leukotrienes. The compounds may be prepared by reacting a compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2 has the same meaning as above and one of the groups R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom and the other represents the group of the formula --COR.sub.3, with hydroxylamine to form the oxime which then is reduced to the corresponding hydroxylamine compound into which the group of the formula --COR.sub.4 is introduced.

Substituted phenylacetylenes, pharmaceutical compositions containing

Phenol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein A and B have the same or different meanings and each represent one of the groups --C.tbd.C--, cis--CH.dbd.CH-- or trans--CH.dbd.CH--, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or phenyl group or a cycloalkyl group, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, acetyl or propionyl, R.sub.4 has the same meaning as R.sub.3 or represents an alkyl group, R.sub.5 is a carboxylic or a hydroxy group or a functional derivative of such groups or R.sub.5 is a nitrile group and R.sub.6 is hydrogen, an alkyl group or the group OR.sub.4 which specifically inhibit 5-lipoxygenase and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases due to the action of leukotrienes. The compounds are prepared by reacting suitable acetylene compounds or metal derivatives thereof with alkyl or aryl halides or by means of Wittig reactions optionally followed by transforming the member R.sub.5 into another carboxylic acid derivative. By hydrogenation A and B may be varied within the scope of the definition.

Phenol derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing these

Disclosed are new heterocyclic compounds, medicaments containing them (for oral or parenteral administration) and processes for the preparation and use of these heterocyclic compounds and medicaments. The new compounds which particularly act as inhibitors of blood platelet aggregation and as blood pressure lowering agents correspond to the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a cation or the residue of an alcohol, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen or methyl, A is a member of the group consisting of the radicals --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, (trans)--CH.dbd.CH-- and --C.tbd.C--, and wherein B represents an alkyl or a cycloalkyl radical. In these compounds the phenyl radical may be arranged with respect to the double bond in the E- and/or in the Z-configuration and at the carbon atom bearing the group R.sup.2 (and others) may exist RS- or S-configuration. The compounds of formula I are prepared in a manner known per se starting from derivatives of 3.alpha.,5.alpha.-dihydroxycyclopentane-1.alpha.-acetaldehyde .gamma.-lactol substituted accordingly and phosphonium salts of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.6 represents hydrogen or alkyl and wherein Hal is chlorine, bromine or iodine.

Heterocyclic prostaglandin type compounds, medicaments containing them

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