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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1986
Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Abstract
(Benzimidazol-2-yl)-pyridinium compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is --SR.sup.9, --SO.sub.3.sup.- or --S--SO.sub.3.sup.- ; R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 each is hydrogen or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxy or a negatively charged oxygen atom; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or a negative charge; R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 each is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, aryl, halogen, cyano, nitro, formyl, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkanoyl, arylcarbonyl, carboxy, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, aryl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, carbamoyl, mono- or di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkylcarbamoyl, pyrrolidinocarbonyl, piperidinocarbonyl, carbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, mono- or di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkylcarbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, pyrrolidinocarbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, piperdinocarbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, hydroxy, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxy, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkanoloxy, aryloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyloxy, aryl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyloxy, aryloxycarbonyloxy, carbamoyloxy, mono- or di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkylcarbamoyloxy, pyrrolidinocarbonyloxy, piperidinocarbonyloxy, hydroxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, trifluoromethyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxymethyl or (C.sub.2 -C.sub.3)-alkylenedioxymethyl or two of these substituents which are adjacent jointly and together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached are a 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring; and R.sup.9 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20)-alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.7)-cycloalkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.7)-alkenylalkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.7)-alkynylalkyl, substituted (C.sub.3 -C.sub.7)- alkenyl-alkyl, aryl, aryl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, hydroxy- (C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxy- (C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyl- (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyl-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, dicarboxy-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkylcarbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, optionally N-substituted amino-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, optionally N-substituted amino-carboxy-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, optionally N-substituted amino-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkoxycarbonyl-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.7)-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7)-alkyl or a residue derived from a cysteine-containing oligopeptide by elimination of the SH group; provided that when there is a net single positive charge there is an external anion, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.