Glaxo Group Limited

William L Mitchell

Alan Naylor

Harry Finch

Lawrence H Lunts

Ian F Skidmore

Ian H Coates

John Bradshaw

David Hartley

David C Humber

George B Ewan

James A Bell

Alexander W Oxford

Barry J Price

Gerard Martin Paul Giblin

Andrew John Eatherton

Brian Peter Slingsby

David J Cavalla

John W Clitherow

David E Bays

Malcolm Clive Carter

Ian B Campbell

Colin David Eldred

Stephen Swanson

Alcide Perboni

David George Allen

Charles Willbe

Richard Howard Green

Derek Anthony Rawlings

Andrew Richard Whittington

Brian D Judkins

Jennifer Margaret Doughty, Legal Representative

Matthew Russell Johnson

The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases, particularly pain, which diseases are caused directly or indirectly by an increase or decrease in activity of the cannabinoid receptor.

Pyrimidine derivatives and their use as CB2 modulators

The present invention relates to novel pyrrolopyridine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases, particularly pain, which diseases are caused directly or indirectly by an increase or decrease in activity of the cannabinoid receptor.

Pyrrolopyridine derivatives

Piperidineacetic acid derivatives useful as fibrinogen antagonist agent

The invention provides compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom or a group selected from C.sub.1-6 alkyl and C.sub.1-6 alkoxy;

Benzanilide derivatives

The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q represents a 1- or 2-naphthalenyl group. The compounds have a stimulant action at .beta..sub.2 -adrenoreceptors and may be used in the treatment of diseases associated with reversible airways obstruction such as asthma and chronic bronchitis.

Phenethanolamine derivatives

The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Im represents an imidazolyl group of the formula: ##STR2## R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a group selected from C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 alkenyl, C.sub.3-10 alkynyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkylC.sub.1-4 alkyl, phenyl, phenylC.sub.1-3 alkyl, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.5, --COR.sup.5, --CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.5 ;

Tricyclic ketones useful as HT.sub.3 -receptor antagonists

The invention provides a method of treatment of diseases associated with reversible airways obstruction such as asthma and chronic bronchitis, utilizing the compounds of the formula ##STR1## or a physiological acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q represents a 1- or 2- naphthalenyl group.

The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## and physiologically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein AR represents the group ##STR2## where Q.sup.1 represents a straight or branched C.sub.1-3 alkylene group, ##STR3## where Q.sup.2 represents a group R.sup.3 CO--, R.sup.3 NHCO--, R.sup.3 R.sup.4 NSO.sub.2 --, or R.sup.5 SO.sub.2 --, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, and R.sup.5 represents a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, ##STR4## R represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group; and

The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## and physiologically acceptable salts and solvates thereof; wherein;

Phenethandamine derivatives and pharmaceutical use thereof

The invention relates to tetracyclic ketones of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n represents 1, 2 or 3;

[(Imidazol-4(and 5)-yl)methyl] tetracyclic ketones having 5-HT.sub.3

The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## and physiologically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein Ar represents the group ##STR2## where Q.sup.1 represents a straight or branched C.sub.1-3 alkylene group, ##STR3## where Q.sup.2 represents a group R.sup.3 CO--, R.sup.3 NHCO--, R.sup.3 R.sup.4 NSO.sub.2 -- or R.sup.5 SO.sub.2 --, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, and R.sup.5 represents a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, ##STR4## R represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-3 alkyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group; and k represents an integer from 1 to 8; m represents zero or an integer from 2 to 7, and; n represents an integer from 1 to 7 with the proviso that the sum total of k, m and n is 4 to 12; X represents an oxygen or sulphur atom, and; Y and Z each represent a bond, or an oxygen or sulphur atom with the proviso that when Y is a bond m is zero, or when Y represents an oxygen or sulphur atom m is an integer from 2 to 7, or when Y and Z each independently represent an oxygen or sulphur atom then n is an integer from 2 to 7; Q represents a naphthalenyl group which may optionally be substituted by one or two groups selected from C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, hydroxy and halogen. The compounds have a stimulant action at .beta..sub.2 -adrenoreceptors and may be used in the treatment of diseases associated with reversible airways obstruction such as asthma and chronic bronchitis.

The invention relates to ketones of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a group selected from C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.3-6 alkenyl, C.sub.3-10 alkynyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkylC.sub.1-4 alkyl, phenyl, phenylC.sub.1-3 alkyl, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.8, --COR.sup.8, --CONR.sup.8 R.sup.9 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 and R.sup.9, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl group, or a phenyl or phenylC.sub.1-4 alkyl group, in which the phenyl group is optionally substituted by one or more C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy or hydroxy groups or halogen atoms, with the proviso that R.sup.8 does not represent a hydrogen atom when R.sup.1 represents a group --CO.sub.2 R.sup.8 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.8);

Ketone derivatives

The invention relates to ketones of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Im represents an imidazolyl group of the formula: ##STR2## one of the groups represented by R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3-6 alkenyl, phenyl or phenyl C.sub.1-3 alkyl group, and each of the other two groups, which may be the same or different, represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group;

Tricyclic ketone derivatives as 5-HT antagonists

This invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) and physiologically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein

Chemical compounds

The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Im represents an imidazolyl group of the formula: ##STR2## and the various substituents are defined hereinbelow. The compounds are potent and selective antagonists of the effect of 5-HT at 5-HT.sub.3 receptors and are useful, for example, in the treatment of psychotic disorders, anxiety, and nausea and vomiting.

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William L Mitchell