Trisubstituted piperazine compounds, their production and use

Abstract

Novel trisubstituted piperazine compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are lower alkyl groups; A is a phenyl group, a hydrocarbon group formed by condensation of two or three 5- to 8-membered rings, a monocyclic 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 3 hetero-atoms selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, a dicyclic heterocyclic group formed by condensation of a benzene ring with a 5- to 8-membered hetero-ring containing 1 to 3 hetero-atoms selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, a tricyclic heterocyclic group formed by condensation of (i) a 5- to 8-membered hetero-ring containing 1 to 3 hetero-atoms selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and (ii) a benzene ring, and (iii) a benzene ring or a 5- to 8-membered hetero-ring containing 1 to 3 hetero-atoms selected from the class consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, or a styryl group of the formula: Ar--CR.sup.4 .dbd.CR.sup.5 -- wherein Ar is a phenyl group, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, the phenyl group represented by A or Ar, the hydrocarbon group represented by A, the monocyclic 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic group represented by A, the dicyclic heterocyclic group represented by A and the tricyclic heterocyclic group represented by A being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more substituents selected from the class consisting of a lower alkyl group, a halo lower alkyl group, a hydroxy lower alkyl group, an acyloxy lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a halo lower alkoxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl lower alkoxy group, a lower alkenyloxy group, aralkyloxy group, a lower alkoxy lower alkoxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, carboxyl group, carbamoyl group, an N,N-di-lower alkylcarbamoyl group, an N-lower alkylcarbamoyl group, halo group, cyano group, nitro group, hydroxy group, acyloxy group, amino group, a lower alkylsulfonylamino group, acylamino group, a lower alkoxycarbonylamino group, acyl group, mercapto group, a lower alkylthio group, a lower alkylsulfinyl group, a lower alkylsulfonyl group and oxo group; X is methylene group, carbonyl group or thiocarbonyl group and G is a group of the formula: --CH.sub.2 --.sub.n Z--R.sup.6 wherein n is an integer of 0 to 2, Z is a chemical bond, O, S, SO, SO.sub.2, CO, COO, OCO, OCONR.sup.7, CONR.sup.7 or NR.sup.7 (wherein R.sup.7 is hydrogen, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a lower alkoxycarbonyl group), and R.sup.6 is hydrogen, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group or a lower alkenyl group, provided that, when n is O and Z is chemical bond, R.sup.6 is not hydrogen or a lower alkyl group are useful as a platelet activating factor antagonist.